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324 CORRESPONDENCE AND PUBLIC PAPERS.
JAY TO WTILLIAM WILBERFORCE.
Bedford, N. Y., 8th November, 1809.
Dear Sir :
On the 28th ult, I received your letter of the 1st
of August last, and I thank you for it, and for the
pamphlet enclosed with it.
I am well persuaded that your sentiments relative
to me are such as you describe ; and I assure you that
mine relative to you correspond with them.
The patrons of the Abolition Act and of the African Institution certainly do honour, and will probably do more than ordinary good, to Great Britain,
against whom complaints have ascended both from
Asia and Africa. It is pleasing to behold a nation
assiduously cultivating the arts of peace and humanity
in the midst of war, and while strenuously fighting
for their all, kindly extending the blessings of Christianity and civilization to distant countries.
That your and our governments should co-operate
in rendering their respective laws against the slave-
trade effectual, is to me very desirable, and I believe
that a convention for the purpose would be approved
by all who think and feel as you and I do respecting
that base and cruel traffic. Whether the times are
propitious to such a convention, is another question.
Negotiations are said to be pending between our government and Mr. Jackson. I can discern no objection
to his being instructed to propose such a measure.
They who offer to do what is fit and right to be done,
cannot be losers by it. I can do but little—that little
shall be done.
| 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 | 00000351 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 324 CORRESPONDENCE AND PUBLIC PAPERS. JAY TO WTILLIAM WILBERFORCE. Bedford, N. Y., 8th November, 1809. Dear Sir : On the 28th ult, I received your letter of the 1st of August last, and I thank you for it, and for the pamphlet enclosed with it. I am well persuaded that your sentiments relative to me are such as you describe ; and I assure you that mine relative to you correspond with them. The patrons of the Abolition Act and of the African Institution certainly do honour, and will probably do more than ordinary good, to Great Britain, against whom complaints have ascended both from Asia and Africa. It is pleasing to behold a nation assiduously cultivating the arts of peace and humanity in the midst of war, and while strenuously fighting for their all, kindly extending the blessings of Christianity and civilization to distant countries. That your and our governments should co-operate in rendering their respective laws against the slave- trade effectual, is to me very desirable, and I believe that a convention for the purpose would be approved by all who think and feel as you and I do respecting that base and cruel traffic. Whether the times are propitious to such a convention, is another question. Negotiations are said to be pending between our government and Mr. Jackson. I can discern no objection to his being instructed to propose such a measure. They who offer to do what is fit and right to be done, cannot be losers by it. I can do but little—that little shall be done. |
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