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i9o CORRESPONDENCE AND PUBLIC PAPERS.
any very satisfactory arrangement on that head will,
I fear, continue to prove an arduous task. In my
opinion, Great Britain should at present agree not to
take any seamen from our vessels on the ocean, or in
her colonial ports, on account of the injuries thence
resulting to our navigation. It would be difficult to
support the position, that she ought to agree not to
seek for and take her own seamen on board of any
merchant vessel in the ports of Great Britain or
Ireland.
In the India, or 13th Article, "It is expressly
agreed, that the vessels of the United States shall
not carry any of the articles, exported by them from
the said British territories, to any port or place,
except to some port or place in America, where
the same shall be unladen." I would propose
that after the word America be added, " or to
some foreign port or place in Asia." There is,
indeed, nothing in the article as it now stands which
restrains the India Company's government from continuing to permit our vessels to carry cargoes from
India to China ; but it would be better, if possible, to
establish this as a right by express agreement.
For my own part, I regard the present moment as
unfavourable for negotiations with Great Britain.
Although she has reason not only to approve but to
admire the conduct of our government, yet while it
appears doubtful to her whether the sentiments and
tiispositions of the great body of our people are pacific
and friendly or otherwise, it seems natural to suppose
that it will be her policy to be reserved. To multiply
| 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 | 00000217 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | i9o CORRESPONDENCE AND PUBLIC PAPERS. any very satisfactory arrangement on that head will, I fear, continue to prove an arduous task. In my opinion, Great Britain should at present agree not to take any seamen from our vessels on the ocean, or in her colonial ports, on account of the injuries thence resulting to our navigation. It would be difficult to support the position, that she ought to agree not to seek for and take her own seamen on board of any merchant vessel in the ports of Great Britain or Ireland. In the India, or 13th Article, "It is expressly agreed, that the vessels of the United States shall not carry any of the articles, exported by them from the said British territories, to any port or place, except to some port or place in America, where the same shall be unladen." I would propose that after the word America be added, " or to some foreign port or place in Asia." There is, indeed, nothing in the article as it now stands which restrains the India Company's government from continuing to permit our vessels to carry cargoes from India to China ; but it would be better, if possible, to establish this as a right by express agreement. For my own part, I regard the present moment as unfavourable for negotiations with Great Britain. Although she has reason not only to approve but to admire the conduct of our government, yet while it appears doubtful to her whether the sentiments and tiispositions of the great body of our people are pacific and friendly or otherwise, it seems natural to suppose that it will be her policy to be reserved. To multiply |
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