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JAY TO ROBERT R. LIVINGSTON. 265
mentioned to M. Cabarrus the King's discontents, by
way of apology for not granting further supplies, and
with design that they should be represented to me in
that light, I thought it prudent to write to the Minister on the subject, although in other circumstances
it might have been more proper for me to have
omitted taking notice of such an indirect communication. I wrote him as follows :l
This letter, if I may use the expression, might
have been higher mounted, and the strange conduct
of this Court would have justified my writing in a
different style, but I feared that offence might have
been taken, though, perhaps, for no other purpose than
to cover a refusal to aid us with a plausible pretext.
Although I had little confidence in M. Del Campo's
late professions of friendship, yet, as the present
occasion afforded an opportunity of trying their
sincerity, and as men ill-disposed towards us are
sometimes pushed into acts of friendship, merely by
an opinion of their being thought friendly, I enclosed
the above letter in the following note to him :
" Madrid, March 2, 1782.
" Mr. Jay presents his compliments to M. Del
Campo, and takes the liberty of enclosing a letter to
his Excellency, the Count de Florida Blanca, which
he requests the favor of him to deliver.
" M. Del Campo may not, perhaps, in future have an
opportunity of rendering a more welcome and inter-
1 This letter of March 2, 1782, appears on p. 182.
| 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 | 00000286 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | JAY TO ROBERT R. LIVINGSTON. 265 mentioned to M. Cabarrus the King's discontents, by way of apology for not granting further supplies, and with design that they should be represented to me in that light, I thought it prudent to write to the Minister on the subject, although in other circumstances it might have been more proper for me to have omitted taking notice of such an indirect communication. I wrote him as follows :l This letter, if I may use the expression, might have been higher mounted, and the strange conduct of this Court would have justified my writing in a different style, but I feared that offence might have been taken, though, perhaps, for no other purpose than to cover a refusal to aid us with a plausible pretext. Although I had little confidence in M. Del Campo's late professions of friendship, yet, as the present occasion afforded an opportunity of trying their sincerity, and as men ill-disposed towards us are sometimes pushed into acts of friendship, merely by an opinion of their being thought friendly, I enclosed the above letter in the following note to him : " Madrid, March 2, 1782. " Mr. Jay presents his compliments to M. Del Campo, and takes the liberty of enclosing a letter to his Excellency, the Count de Florida Blanca, which he requests the favor of him to deliver. " M. Del Campo may not, perhaps, in future have an opportunity of rendering a more welcome and inter- 1 This letter of March 2, 1782, appears on p. 182. |
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