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382 CORRESPONDENCE AND PUBLIC PAPERS.
our final and decided determination not to treat otherwise in writing, in the form of a letter. He preferred
this to a verbal answer, and the next day I prepared
the following draft of such a letter:
jay to richard oswald.
Sir :
It is with regret that we find ourselves obliged, by
our duty to our country, to object to entering with
you into negotiations for peace on the plan proposed.
One nation can treat with another nation only on
terms of equality, and it cannot be expected that we
should be the first and only servants of Congress
who would admit doubts of their independence.
The tenor of your commission affords matter for a
variety of objections, which your good sense will
save us the pain of enumerating. The journals of
Congress present to you unequivocal and uniform
evidence of the sentiments and resolutions of Congress on the subject, and their positive instructions
to us speak the same language.
The manner of removing these obstacles is obvious,
and, in our opinion, no less consistent with the dignity
than the interest of Great Britain. If the Parliament
meant to enable the King to conclude a peace with
us on terms of independence, they necessarily meant
to enable him to do it in a manner compatible with
his dignity, and, consequently, that he should previously regard us in a point of view that would render
it proper for him to negotiate with us. What this
point of view is you need not be informed.
| 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 | 00000403 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 382 CORRESPONDENCE AND PUBLIC PAPERS. our final and decided determination not to treat otherwise in writing, in the form of a letter. He preferred this to a verbal answer, and the next day I prepared the following draft of such a letter: jay to richard oswald. Sir : It is with regret that we find ourselves obliged, by our duty to our country, to object to entering with you into negotiations for peace on the plan proposed. One nation can treat with another nation only on terms of equality, and it cannot be expected that we should be the first and only servants of Congress who would admit doubts of their independence. The tenor of your commission affords matter for a variety of objections, which your good sense will save us the pain of enumerating. The journals of Congress present to you unequivocal and uniform evidence of the sentiments and resolutions of Congress on the subject, and their positive instructions to us speak the same language. The manner of removing these obstacles is obvious, and, in our opinion, no less consistent with the dignity than the interest of Great Britain. If the Parliament meant to enable the King to conclude a peace with us on terms of independence, they necessarily meant to enable him to do it in a manner compatible with his dignity, and, consequently, that he should previously regard us in a point of view that would render it proper for him to negotiate with us. What this point of view is you need not be informed. |
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