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J A Y TO FLORIDA BLANCA. 295
carried on principally in small, fast-sailing vessels that
draw but little water, and that the chief remittances
to Europe have been in bills of exchange instead of
produce.
With respect to the protection of national industry,
I take it for granted that it will always flourish where
it is lucrative and not discouraged, which was the case
in North America when I left it: every man being
then at liberty, by the law, to cultivate the earth as
he pleased, to raise what he pleased, to manufacture
as he pleased, and to sell the produce of his labour to
whom he pleased, and for the best prices, without any
duties or impositions whatsoever. I have indeed no
apprehensions whatever on this subject. I believe
there are no people more industrious than those of
America, and whoever recurs to their population, their
former exports, and their present productions amid
the horrors of fire and sword, will be convinced of it.
By what means, or what branches of commerce, will
the States of America have it in their power to
indemnify Spain, whenever this power may second
the views and operations of the Americans f
America will indemnify Spain in two ways—by
fighting the enemy of Spain, and by commerce.
Your Excellency will be pleased to remark that
Spain, as well as America, is now at war with Britain,
and therefore that it is the interest of both to support
and assist each other against the common enemy. It
cannot be a question whether Britain will be more or
less formidable if defeated or victorious in America;
| Title | The correspondence and public papers of John Jay - 1 |
| Creator | Jay, John |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000326 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | J A Y TO FLORIDA BLANCA. 295 carried on principally in small, fast-sailing vessels that draw but little water, and that the chief remittances to Europe have been in bills of exchange instead of produce. With respect to the protection of national industry, I take it for granted that it will always flourish where it is lucrative and not discouraged, which was the case in North America when I left it: every man being then at liberty, by the law, to cultivate the earth as he pleased, to raise what he pleased, to manufacture as he pleased, and to sell the produce of his labour to whom he pleased, and for the best prices, without any duties or impositions whatsoever. I have indeed no apprehensions whatever on this subject. I believe there are no people more industrious than those of America, and whoever recurs to their population, their former exports, and their present productions amid the horrors of fire and sword, will be convinced of it. By what means, or what branches of commerce, will the States of America have it in their power to indemnify Spain, whenever this power may second the views and operations of the Americans f America will indemnify Spain in two ways—by fighting the enemy of Spain, and by commerce. Your Excellency will be pleased to remark that Spain, as well as America, is now at war with Britain, and therefore that it is the interest of both to support and assist each other against the common enemy. It cannot be a question whether Britain will be more or less formidable if defeated or victorious in America; |
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