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JAY TO BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. 63
There is some reason to hope that this Court begins to think more seriously of a treaty with us than
heretofore. A few weeks will enable me to judge
better of their views. In politics I depend upon
nothing but facts, and therefore never risk deceiving myself or others by a reliance on professions
which may or may not be sincere.
The Duke of Crillon is still at sea. I am tempted
to wish that expedition had not been undertaken.
If it fails it will do harm, and I see little prospect of
its succeeding.1 You are several letters in my debt,
and I wish to know whether one relative to Mr.
Vaughan ever reached you.
As I have reason to think this letter will go unopened to your hands, I have written with less reserve
than usual. In a former letter I informed you that
Mr. Toscan carried your letter for Congress which
was committed to my care in April last. I mean the
one in which you requested leave to retire, and mentioned your wishes respecting your grandson. Your
letter to me upon that occasion also contained an
intimation which demanded my warmest acknowledgments. I have since waited for a good opportunity
of informing you of the part I acted in consequence
of it. It appeared to me most expedient to avoid
taking any measures to induce Congress to adopt
your proposition, so far as it respected me, for though
the change would be agreeable to me, I did not wish
to give occasion to debates on a subject which could
only affect my personal concerns, especially, too, as
1 Reference to the attack on Minorca which, however, proved successful.
| Title | The correspondence and public papers of John Jay - 2 |
| Creator | Jay, John |
| Publisher | G.P. Putnam's Sons |
| Place of Publication | New York, London |
| Date | [1890-93] |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000084 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | JAY TO BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. 63 There is some reason to hope that this Court begins to think more seriously of a treaty with us than heretofore. A few weeks will enable me to judge better of their views. In politics I depend upon nothing but facts, and therefore never risk deceiving myself or others by a reliance on professions which may or may not be sincere. The Duke of Crillon is still at sea. I am tempted to wish that expedition had not been undertaken. If it fails it will do harm, and I see little prospect of its succeeding.1 You are several letters in my debt, and I wish to know whether one relative to Mr. Vaughan ever reached you. As I have reason to think this letter will go unopened to your hands, I have written with less reserve than usual. In a former letter I informed you that Mr. Toscan carried your letter for Congress which was committed to my care in April last. I mean the one in which you requested leave to retire, and mentioned your wishes respecting your grandson. Your letter to me upon that occasion also contained an intimation which demanded my warmest acknowledgments. I have since waited for a good opportunity of informing you of the part I acted in consequence of it. It appeared to me most expedient to avoid taking any measures to induce Congress to adopt your proposition, so far as it respected me, for though the change would be agreeable to me, I did not wish to give occasion to debates on a subject which could only affect my personal concerns, especially, too, as 1 Reference to the attack on Minorca which, however, proved successful. |
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