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444 CORRESPONDENCE AND PUBLIC PAPERS.
sions. He said that could not be expected in our
case, for that Spain had not yet acknowledged our
independence. I replied that we had declared it, and
that France, Holland, and Britain had acknowledged
it. Here the Marquis de Lafayette took up the subject, and it continued between him and the Ambassador till the Count de Vergennes came in. The
Marquis told the Ambassador, among other things,
that it would not be consistent with the dignity of
France for her ally to treat otherwise than as inde*
pendent. This remark appeared to me to pique the
Count d'Aranda not a little.
The Count de Vergennes, on coming in, finding
the conversation earnest, inquired whether we could
not agree. The Ambassador stated my objections.
The Count said I certainly ought to treat with the
Ambassador, and that it was proper we should make
a treaty with Spain in the same manner that we had
done with France. I told him I desired nothing
more ; and that the commission to M. Gerard, and
the reason assigned by this Court to the King of
Great Britain for entering into alliance with us,
pointed out both the manner and the principles
which were observed and admitted on that occasion.
The Count did not seem pleased with my allusion to
the communication made of our alliance to England.
He observed, that Spain did not deny our independence, and he could perceive no good reason for my
declining to confer with the Ambassador about a
treaty, without saying any thing about our independence, an acknowledgment of which would naturally
| 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 | 00000465 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 444 CORRESPONDENCE AND PUBLIC PAPERS. sions. He said that could not be expected in our case, for that Spain had not yet acknowledged our independence. I replied that we had declared it, and that France, Holland, and Britain had acknowledged it. Here the Marquis de Lafayette took up the subject, and it continued between him and the Ambassador till the Count de Vergennes came in. The Marquis told the Ambassador, among other things, that it would not be consistent with the dignity of France for her ally to treat otherwise than as inde* pendent. This remark appeared to me to pique the Count d'Aranda not a little. The Count de Vergennes, on coming in, finding the conversation earnest, inquired whether we could not agree. The Ambassador stated my objections. The Count said I certainly ought to treat with the Ambassador, and that it was proper we should make a treaty with Spain in the same manner that we had done with France. I told him I desired nothing more ; and that the commission to M. Gerard, and the reason assigned by this Court to the King of Great Britain for entering into alliance with us, pointed out both the manner and the principles which were observed and admitted on that occasion. The Count did not seem pleased with my allusion to the communication made of our alliance to England. He observed, that Spain did not deny our independence, and he could perceive no good reason for my declining to confer with the Ambassador about a treaty, without saying any thing about our independence, an acknowledgment of which would naturally |
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