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JAY TO PRESIDENT WASHINGTON. 45
agreed, the posts will be included. They contend
that the article about the negroes does not extend to
those who came in on their proclamation, to whom
(being vested with the property in them by the rights
of war) they gave freedom ; but only to those who
were, bona fide, the property of Americans when the
war ceased. They will, I think, insist that British
debts, so far as injured by lawful impediments, should
be repaired by the United States, by decision of mutual commissioners. These things have passed in
conversation, but no commitments on either side—
and not to be of any official weight or use whatever.
The king observed to me the other day : " Well,
sir, I imagine you begin to see that your mission will
probably be successful."—"I am happy, may it please
your Majesty, to find that you entertain that idea."—
" Well, but don't you perceive that it is like to be so ? "
—"Thereare some recent circumstances (the answer
to my representation, etc.) which induce me to flatter
myself that it will be so." He nodded with a smile,
signifying that it was to those circumstances that he
alluded. The conversation then turned to indifferent
topics ; this was at the drawing-room.
I have never been more unceasingly employed than
I have been for some time past, and still am. I hope
for good, but God only knows. The Wm. Penn sails
in the morning. I write these few lines in haste, to
let you see that the business is going on as fast as
can reasonably be expected; and that it is very important that peace and quiet should be preserved for
the present. On hearing, last night, that one of our
| Title | The correspondence and public papers of John Jay - 4 |
| Creator | Jay, John |
| Publisher | G.P. Putnam's Sons |
| Place of Publication | New York, London |
| Date | [1890-93] |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000072 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | JAY TO PRESIDENT WASHINGTON. 45 agreed, the posts will be included. They contend that the article about the negroes does not extend to those who came in on their proclamation, to whom (being vested with the property in them by the rights of war) they gave freedom ; but only to those who were, bona fide, the property of Americans when the war ceased. They will, I think, insist that British debts, so far as injured by lawful impediments, should be repaired by the United States, by decision of mutual commissioners. These things have passed in conversation, but no commitments on either side— and not to be of any official weight or use whatever. The king observed to me the other day : " Well, sir, I imagine you begin to see that your mission will probably be successful."—"I am happy, may it please your Majesty, to find that you entertain that idea."— " Well, but don't you perceive that it is like to be so ? " —"Thereare some recent circumstances (the answer to my representation, etc.) which induce me to flatter myself that it will be so." He nodded with a smile, signifying that it was to those circumstances that he alluded. The conversation then turned to indifferent topics ; this was at the drawing-room. I have never been more unceasingly employed than I have been for some time past, and still am. I hope for good, but God only knows. The Wm. Penn sails in the morning. I write these few lines in haste, to let you see that the business is going on as fast as can reasonably be expected; and that it is very important that peace and quiet should be preserved for the present. On hearing, last night, that one of our |
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