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374 CORRESPONDENCE AND PUBLIC PAPERS.
their effect on the confidence with which he wished
to inspire the American Commissioners, conveyed by
Mr. Benjamin Vaughan to Dr. Franklin an extract of
certain instructions to Sir Guy Carleton, of which
the following is a copy, viz. :
"June 2$th,\ 782. It has been said, that * great effects might
be obtained by something being done spontaneously from
England.' Upon this and other considerations, his Majesty
has been induced to give a striking proof of his royal magnanimity and disinterested wish for the restoration of peace,
by commanding his Majesty's Ministers to direct Mr. Gren-
ville, that the independence of America should be proposed by
him in the first instance, instead of making it the condition of
a general peace.
" I have given a confidential information to you of these
particulars, that you may take such measures as shall appear to you most advisable for making a direct communication of the substance of the same, either immediately
to Congress, or through the medium of General Washington, or in any other manner, which you may think most
likely to impress the well-disposed parts of America with
the fairness and liberality of his Majesty's proceedings in
such great and spontaneous concessions.
" The advantages, which we may expect from such concessions are, that America, once apprised of the King's
disposition to acknowledge the independence of the thirteen
States, and of the disinclination in the French Court to
terminate the war, must see that it is from this moment to-
be carried on with a view of negotiating points, in which
she can have no concern, whether they regard France, or
Spain and Holland at the desire of France; but some of
which, on the contrary, may be in future manifestly injurious
to the interests of America herself.
" That if the negotiation is broken off, it will undoubtedly
| 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 | 00000395 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 374 CORRESPONDENCE AND PUBLIC PAPERS. their effect on the confidence with which he wished to inspire the American Commissioners, conveyed by Mr. Benjamin Vaughan to Dr. Franklin an extract of certain instructions to Sir Guy Carleton, of which the following is a copy, viz. : "June 2$th,\ 782. It has been said, that * great effects might be obtained by something being done spontaneously from England.' Upon this and other considerations, his Majesty has been induced to give a striking proof of his royal magnanimity and disinterested wish for the restoration of peace, by commanding his Majesty's Ministers to direct Mr. Gren- ville, that the independence of America should be proposed by him in the first instance, instead of making it the condition of a general peace. " I have given a confidential information to you of these particulars, that you may take such measures as shall appear to you most advisable for making a direct communication of the substance of the same, either immediately to Congress, or through the medium of General Washington, or in any other manner, which you may think most likely to impress the well-disposed parts of America with the fairness and liberality of his Majesty's proceedings in such great and spontaneous concessions. " The advantages, which we may expect from such concessions are, that America, once apprised of the King's disposition to acknowledge the independence of the thirteen States, and of the disinclination in the French Court to terminate the war, must see that it is from this moment to- be carried on with a view of negotiating points, in which she can have no concern, whether they regard France, or Spain and Holland at the desire of France; but some of which, on the contrary, may be in future manifestly injurious to the interests of America herself. " That if the negotiation is broken off, it will undoubtedly |
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