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224 CORRESPONDENCE AND PUBLIC PAPERS.
I forbear burdening these despatches with copies
of the various letters I have received and written on
this subject, as well because, as they relate to transactions in Holland and France with the public agents
and Ministers in those countries, they are not properly
within my province, as because they contain nothing
of sufficient importance to make it necessary for me
again to send further copies.
You will be pleased to observe that my last letter
to the Minister was dated the 9th of October, and
that there is a paragraph in it soliciting his speedy
attention to the affairs on which he had promised to
write me. I received no answer. Some weeks elapsed
and the same silence continued.
I consulted the Ambassador of France, as to the
propriety of my going to the Escurial, and endeavouring to prevail upon the Minister to proceed in our
affairs, observing that the measures of Spain with
respect to us might be important, if not to this, yet
to the next, campaign, and that the sooner they were
decided, the better enabled Congress would be to
regulate their future operations. He was of opinion
that, as the Minister had promised to give me notice
of the time when he would be able to transact these
affairs with me, it would be most prudent to wait with
patience somewhat longer, and not, by an appearance
of too great solicitude, to give him uneasy sensations.
All things considered, this advice appeared to me discreet, and I followed it.
Thus the month of October produced nothing but
expectation, suspense, and disappointment.
| 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 | 00000245 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 224 CORRESPONDENCE AND PUBLIC PAPERS. I forbear burdening these despatches with copies of the various letters I have received and written on this subject, as well because, as they relate to transactions in Holland and France with the public agents and Ministers in those countries, they are not properly within my province, as because they contain nothing of sufficient importance to make it necessary for me again to send further copies. You will be pleased to observe that my last letter to the Minister was dated the 9th of October, and that there is a paragraph in it soliciting his speedy attention to the affairs on which he had promised to write me. I received no answer. Some weeks elapsed and the same silence continued. I consulted the Ambassador of France, as to the propriety of my going to the Escurial, and endeavouring to prevail upon the Minister to proceed in our affairs, observing that the measures of Spain with respect to us might be important, if not to this, yet to the next, campaign, and that the sooner they were decided, the better enabled Congress would be to regulate their future operations. He was of opinion that, as the Minister had promised to give me notice of the time when he would be able to transact these affairs with me, it would be most prudent to wait with patience somewhat longer, and not, by an appearance of too great solicitude, to give him uneasy sensations. All things considered, this advice appeared to me discreet, and I followed it. Thus the month of October produced nothing but expectation, suspense, and disappointment. |
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