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44Q CORRESPONDENCE AND PUBLIC PAPERS. their own name and in that of the King, that they are content to treat with the said States-General of the United Provinces in the character of, and holding them for a free country, estates, and provinces, over which they have no claims, and to make a truce with them in the name and under the character above described; and this they do on the conditions herein^ after described and declared by these presents." On the 30th of January, 1648, a treaty of peace was concluded between Spain and the United' Provinces. The full powers or commission given by the King of Spain to his plenipotentiaries for making this peace were dated near two years before, viz., 7th of June, 1646, and they show clearly that he negotiated with those Provinces as with independent States, on that occasion. The tenor of this commission is very different from that of Mr. Oswald. The following is an extract from it: " All the powers which are concerned in this war, having by common consent chosen the city of Mun- ster as a place of holding the Congress and the negotiations for the peace aforesaid, we have thought proper to name plenipotentiaries there to treat with the States of the free Provinces of the Low Countries, or with their Ambassadors and Plenipotentiaries, authorized and deputed for this purpose, etc." From this detail it appears that the Dutch ever after their declaration of independence in July, 1581, uniformly treated with the neighbouring nations on
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 | 00000461 |
Type | Books/Pamphlets |
Transcript | 44Q CORRESPONDENCE AND PUBLIC PAPERS. their own name and in that of the King, that they are content to treat with the said States-General of the United Provinces in the character of, and holding them for a free country, estates, and provinces, over which they have no claims, and to make a truce with them in the name and under the character above described; and this they do on the conditions herein^ after described and declared by these presents." On the 30th of January, 1648, a treaty of peace was concluded between Spain and the United' Provinces. The full powers or commission given by the King of Spain to his plenipotentiaries for making this peace were dated near two years before, viz., 7th of June, 1646, and they show clearly that he negotiated with those Provinces as with independent States, on that occasion. The tenor of this commission is very different from that of Mr. Oswald. The following is an extract from it: " All the powers which are concerned in this war, having by common consent chosen the city of Mun- ster as a place of holding the Congress and the negotiations for the peace aforesaid, we have thought proper to name plenipotentiaries there to treat with the States of the free Provinces of the Low Countries, or with their Ambassadors and Plenipotentiaries, authorized and deputed for this purpose, etc." From this detail it appears that the Dutch ever after their declaration of independence in July, 1581, uniformly treated with the neighbouring nations on |
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