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284 CORRESPONDENCE AND PUBLIC PAPERS.
and remember such marks of friendship with a proper
degree of sensibility. I am pleased with your idea of
paying whatever we owe to Spain. Their pride, perhaps, might forbid them to receive the money. But
our pride has been so hurt by the littleness of their
•conduct, that I would in that case be for leaving it at
the gate of the palace, and quit the country. At
present such a step would not be expedient, though
the time will come when prudence, instead of restraining, will urge us to hold no other language or conduct
to this Court than that of a just, a free, and a brave
people, who have nothing to fear from, nor to request
of, them.
I am, etc., etc., John Jay.
On receiving Dr. Franklin's letter I sent for my
good friend the notary, and desired him to make it
known among the bankers, that I had received supplies equal to all my occasions, and was ready to pay
to every one his due. He received the commission with as much pleasure as I had the letter. He
executed it immediately, and our credit here was
re-established.
M. Cabarrus became displeased with himself, and
took pains to bring about a reconciliation by the
means of third persons, to whom I answered that as
a Christian I forgave him, but as a prudent man,
could not again employ him. As this gentleman has
suddenly risen into wealth and importance, and is
still advancing to greater degrees of both, I shall
insert a letter which I wrote in reply to one from
him on the subject:
| 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 | 00000305 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 284 CORRESPONDENCE AND PUBLIC PAPERS. and remember such marks of friendship with a proper degree of sensibility. I am pleased with your idea of paying whatever we owe to Spain. Their pride, perhaps, might forbid them to receive the money. But our pride has been so hurt by the littleness of their •conduct, that I would in that case be for leaving it at the gate of the palace, and quit the country. At present such a step would not be expedient, though the time will come when prudence, instead of restraining, will urge us to hold no other language or conduct to this Court than that of a just, a free, and a brave people, who have nothing to fear from, nor to request of, them. I am, etc., etc., John Jay. On receiving Dr. Franklin's letter I sent for my good friend the notary, and desired him to make it known among the bankers, that I had received supplies equal to all my occasions, and was ready to pay to every one his due. He received the commission with as much pleasure as I had the letter. He executed it immediately, and our credit here was re-established. M. Cabarrus became displeased with himself, and took pains to bring about a reconciliation by the means of third persons, to whom I answered that as a Christian I forgave him, but as a prudent man, could not again employ him. As this gentleman has suddenly risen into wealth and importance, and is still advancing to greater degrees of both, I shall insert a letter which I wrote in reply to one from him on the subject: |
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