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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 6: (search)
by France; but that, as they had been entered upon without the least concert with him, he thought himself perfectly free from all engagements concerning them. Grantham to Weymouth, 19 Feb., 1778. Ibid., 24 Mar., 1778. After these assertions, which were made so directly and so solemnly that they were believed, he explained thathat they might be willing to restore; and he answered, that while France supported the colonies in rebellion no negotiation could be entered into. Weymouth to Grantham, 20 May, 1778. But, as both Great Britain and Spain were interested in preserving colonial dependency, he invited a closer union between them, and even proposed dependence; and from a well-considered policy refused in any event to concert with other governments the relations of his country to its colonies. Weymouth to Grantham, 27 Oct., 1778. Meantime Florida Blanca continued to fill the courts of Europe with declarations that Spain would never precede England in recognising the separa
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 8: (search)
ts offers of mediation. Lest their ambassador at London should betray the secret, he was kept in the dark, and misled; Grantham, the British ambassador at Chap. VIII.} 1779. Madrid, hoodwinked by the stupendous dissimulation of Florida Blanca, wrote home in January, 1779: I really believe this court is sincere in wishing to bring about a pacification; Grantham toWeymouth, Jan., 1779, (indorsed) received 1 Feb from the Marquis de Almodovar. and, at the end of March, the king of England stils, under the additional disadvantage of making it to the French, rather than to the Americans themselves. Weymouth to Grantham, 16 March, 1779. If independence was to be conceded to the new states, Lord Wey- Chap. VIII.} 1779. mouth held that itade the basis of all the advantages to Great Britain which so desirable an object might seem to be worth. Weymouth to Grantham, 16 March, 1779, and Ibid., 4 May, 1779. Uncontrolled by entangling connections, England reserved to itself complete fre
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 28: (search)
up with the knowledge and at the wish of Vergennes; but everything relating to the conditions of peace was withheld from him to the last. So soon as Shelburne saw a prospect of a general pacification, of which he reserved the direction to himself, Fitzherbert, a diplomatist of not much experience and no great ability, was transferred from Brussels to Paris, to be the channel of communication with Spain, France, and Holland. He brought with him a letter of recommendation to Franklin from Grantham, who expressed his desire to merit Franklin's confidence, and from Townshend, who declared himself the zealous friend to peace upon the fairest and most liberal terms. While the commission and instructions of Oswald were preparing, Shelburne, who best understood American affairs, accepted the ultimatum of Franklin in all its branches; only, to prevent the bickerings of fishermen, and to respect public opinion in England, he refused the privilege of drying fish on the island of Newfoundla
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 29: (search)
us to understand them ourselves; there is need of but three persons to make peace, myself, the Count de Vergennes, and you. I shall be as pacific in negotiating as I shall be active for war, if war must be continued, he added, on 14. the fourteenth. Rayneval replied: Count de Vergennes will, without ceasing, preach justice and moderation. It is his own code, and it is that of the king. On the fifteenth, they both came up to Lon- 15. don, where, on the sixteenth, Rayneval met Lord 16. Grantham. Nothing could be more decided than his refusal to treat about Gibraltar. On the seventeenth, 17. in bidding farewell to Rayneval, Shelburne said, in the most serious tone and the most courteous manner: have been deeply touched by everything you have said to me about the character of the king of France, his principles of justice and moderation, his love of peace. I wish, not only to re-establish peace between the two nations and the two sovereigns, but to bring them to a cordiality which