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i34 CORRESPONDENCE AND PUBLIC PAPERS.
nor will the congratulations that you will receive on it from
certain persons be sincere.
With great esteem and regard, believe me to be, dear sir,
your sincere friend and obedient humble servant,
William Bingham.
JAY TO BENJAMIN VAUGHAN.
Philadelphia, 30th November, 1784.
Dear Sir :
A sufficient number of members to form a Congress
not having arrived at Trenton, I passed on to this
place ten days ago, to visit my friends. I found your
family well, and am happy in this opportunity of cultivating their acquaintance.
Your obliging letter of the 5th August.lately came
to hand. Accept my thanks for it, and for the pamphlets enclosed with it.
The policy of Britain respecting this country is so
repugnant to common sense that I am sometimes
tempted to think it must be so ; and the old adage of
quos Deus, etc., always occurs to me when I reflect on
the subject.
The India business never appeared to me a difficult
one. Do justice, and all is easy. Cease to treat those
unhappy natives as slaves, and be content to trade
with them as with other independent kingdoms. On
such an event, advantageous though fair treaties
might be made with them, and you might leave, with
their consent, force sufficient in circumscribed limits
to secure the benefit and observance of them. Your
tribute, indeed, would be at an end, but it ought not
to have had a beginning ; and I wish it may ever
| Title | The correspondence and public papers of John Jay - 3 |
| Creator | Jay, John |
| Publisher | G.P. Putnam's Sons |
| Place of Publication | New York, London |
| Date | [1890-93] |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000169 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | i34 CORRESPONDENCE AND PUBLIC PAPERS. nor will the congratulations that you will receive on it from certain persons be sincere. With great esteem and regard, believe me to be, dear sir, your sincere friend and obedient humble servant, William Bingham. JAY TO BENJAMIN VAUGHAN. Philadelphia, 30th November, 1784. Dear Sir : A sufficient number of members to form a Congress not having arrived at Trenton, I passed on to this place ten days ago, to visit my friends. I found your family well, and am happy in this opportunity of cultivating their acquaintance. Your obliging letter of the 5th August.lately came to hand. Accept my thanks for it, and for the pamphlets enclosed with it. The policy of Britain respecting this country is so repugnant to common sense that I am sometimes tempted to think it must be so ; and the old adage of quos Deus, etc., always occurs to me when I reflect on the subject. The India business never appeared to me a difficult one. Do justice, and all is easy. Cease to treat those unhappy natives as slaves, and be content to trade with them as with other independent kingdoms. On such an event, advantageous though fair treaties might be made with them, and you might leave, with their consent, force sufficient in circumscribed limits to secure the benefit and observance of them. Your tribute, indeed, would be at an end, but it ought not to have had a beginning ; and I wish it may ever |
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