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i24 CORRESPONDENCE AND PUBLIC PAPERS.
V.
That the following commerce be prohibited and
declared contraband between the subjects of his
Catholic Majesty and the United States, viz. :
All such as his Catholic Majesty may think proper
to specify.
Remarks. On this proposition Mr. Jay can offer
nothing but an assurance of his being ready to concur
in every reasonable regulation that may be proposed.
VI.
The United States shall relinquish to his Catholic
Majesty, and in future forbear to use, or attempt to
use, the navigation of the river Mississippi from the
thirty-first degree of north latitude—that is, from the
point where it leaves the United States—down to the
ocean.
Remarks. The impression made upon the United
States by the magnanimity of his Majesty's conduct
towards them ; the assistance they hope to receive
from the further exertions of the same magnanimity;
the deep wound which an alliance with so great a
monarch would give to the hopes and efforts of
the enemy; the strong support it would afford to
their independence ; the favourable influence which
the example of such a King would have on other
nations; and the many other great and extensive
good consequences which would result at this interesting period from his Majesty's taking so noble and
decided a part in their favour, have all conspired in
prevailing upon Congress to offer to relinquish in his
| 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 | 00000145 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | i24 CORRESPONDENCE AND PUBLIC PAPERS. V. That the following commerce be prohibited and declared contraband between the subjects of his Catholic Majesty and the United States, viz. : All such as his Catholic Majesty may think proper to specify. Remarks. On this proposition Mr. Jay can offer nothing but an assurance of his being ready to concur in every reasonable regulation that may be proposed. VI. The United States shall relinquish to his Catholic Majesty, and in future forbear to use, or attempt to use, the navigation of the river Mississippi from the thirty-first degree of north latitude—that is, from the point where it leaves the United States—down to the ocean. Remarks. The impression made upon the United States by the magnanimity of his Majesty's conduct towards them ; the assistance they hope to receive from the further exertions of the same magnanimity; the deep wound which an alliance with so great a monarch would give to the hopes and efforts of the enemy; the strong support it would afford to their independence ; the favourable influence which the example of such a King would have on other nations; and the many other great and extensive good consequences which would result at this interesting period from his Majesty's taking so noble and decided a part in their favour, have all conspired in prevailing upon Congress to offer to relinquish in his |
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