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JAY TO ROBERT R. LIVINGSTON. 223
inducement offered to transmit to me through him
some important information, which had been confidentially communicated to him in Holland by Mr.
Adams, and which he did not choose to hazard by a
common conveyance.
Considering the nature of these representations,
and the limits and objects of my commission and
instructions, it became a difficult question how far
I ought, and in what manner I could interfere. I
finally judged it would not be improper to send Mr.
Carmichael down with instructions to make a full
inquiry into the facts alleged against the Commodore,
and to use my influence with this government to stop
the vessel for the present, in case on such inquiry
there should arise a very strong presumption that
such a step would be necessary to preserve her. Mr.
Carmichael did not think that a business of this kind
was within the duty of his appointment, and he
doubted his being able to ride post so far. This was
a delicate business, and the management of it could
with propriety be only committed to one in whose
prudence and circumspection much confidence might
be reposed. It would have been improper for me to
have undertaken it, because I could not justify exposing by my absence our negotiations for aids and a
treaty to unseasonable delays.
Soon afterwards I received a very long exculpatory
letter from the Commodore. This letter placed his
transactions in a different point of view, and inclined
me to think that the proposed interposition on my
part would have been unnecessary.
| 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 | 00000244 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | JAY TO ROBERT R. LIVINGSTON. 223 inducement offered to transmit to me through him some important information, which had been confidentially communicated to him in Holland by Mr. Adams, and which he did not choose to hazard by a common conveyance. Considering the nature of these representations, and the limits and objects of my commission and instructions, it became a difficult question how far I ought, and in what manner I could interfere. I finally judged it would not be improper to send Mr. Carmichael down with instructions to make a full inquiry into the facts alleged against the Commodore, and to use my influence with this government to stop the vessel for the present, in case on such inquiry there should arise a very strong presumption that such a step would be necessary to preserve her. Mr. Carmichael did not think that a business of this kind was within the duty of his appointment, and he doubted his being able to ride post so far. This was a delicate business, and the management of it could with propriety be only committed to one in whose prudence and circumspection much confidence might be reposed. It would have been improper for me to have undertaken it, because I could not justify exposing by my absence our negotiations for aids and a treaty to unseasonable delays. Soon afterwards I received a very long exculpatory letter from the Commodore. This letter placed his transactions in a different point of view, and inclined me to think that the proposed interposition on my part would have been unnecessary. |
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