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274 CORRESPONDENCE AND PUBLIC PAPERS.
happiness of them and of this monarchy. This has been
intimated to Mr. Carmichael, who can communicate the
same to your Excellency, to whom I beg leave to make a
tender of my service, being, &c.
Count de Florida Blanca.
JAY TO THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS.
gIR . Cadiz, 3d March, 1780.
Captain Morgan being still here, waiting for a fair
wind, I have an opportunity of transmitting to your
Excellency a copy of a letter just come to hand from
the Count de Florida Blanca, in answer to mine to
M. Galvez.
Being apprehensive that if present I should probably be amused with verbal answers capable of being
explained away if necessary, until the two courts
could have time to consult and decide on their
measures, I thought it more prudent that my first
application should be by letter rather than in person.
The answer in question, divested of the gloss which
its politeness spreads over it, gives us, I think, to
understand, that our independence shall be acknowledged, provided we accede to certain terms of treaty,
but not otherwise; so that the acknowledgment
is not to be made because we are independent, which
would be candid and liberal, but because of the previous considerations we are to give for it, which is
consistent with the principles on which nations
usually act.
I shall proceed immediately to Madrid. There are
many reasons (hereafter to be explained) which in-
| Title | The correspondence and public papers of John Jay - 1 |
| Creator | Jay, John |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000305 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 274 CORRESPONDENCE AND PUBLIC PAPERS. happiness of them and of this monarchy. This has been intimated to Mr. Carmichael, who can communicate the same to your Excellency, to whom I beg leave to make a tender of my service, being, &c. Count de Florida Blanca. JAY TO THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS. gIR . Cadiz, 3d March, 1780. Captain Morgan being still here, waiting for a fair wind, I have an opportunity of transmitting to your Excellency a copy of a letter just come to hand from the Count de Florida Blanca, in answer to mine to M. Galvez. Being apprehensive that if present I should probably be amused with verbal answers capable of being explained away if necessary, until the two courts could have time to consult and decide on their measures, I thought it more prudent that my first application should be by letter rather than in person. The answer in question, divested of the gloss which its politeness spreads over it, gives us, I think, to understand, that our independence shall be acknowledged, provided we accede to certain terms of treaty, but not otherwise; so that the acknowledgment is not to be made because we are independent, which would be candid and liberal, but because of the previous considerations we are to give for it, which is consistent with the principles on which nations usually act. I shall proceed immediately to Madrid. There are many reasons (hereafter to be explained) which in- |
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