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Turquie (Turkey) (search for this): chapter 30
two sovereigns, but to bring them to a cordiality which will constitute their reciprocal happiness. Not only are they not natural enemies, as men have thought till now; but they have interests which ought to bring them nearer together. We have each lost consideration in our furious desire to do each other harm. Let us change principles that are so erroneous. Let us reunite, and we shall stop all revolutions in Europe. By revolutions he meant the division of Poland, the encroachments on Turkey, and the attempt of the court of Vienna to bring Italy under its control by seizing the fine harbors of Dalmatia. There is another object, continued Shelburne, Chap. XXIX.} 1782. Sept. 17. which makes a part of my political views; and that is the destruction of monopoly in commerce. I regard that monopoly as odious, though the English nation, more than any other, is tainted with it. I flatter myself I shall be able to come to an understanding with your court upon this subject, as well a
Florida (Florida, United States) (search for this): chapter 30
r reciprocal freedom of commerce, which was equally grateful to Franklin and Oswald, and a concession to the British of the free navigation of the Mississippi. For himself, he re- Chap. XXIX.} 1782. Sept. peatedly insisted with Oswald, that West Florida should not be left in the hands of the Spaniards, but should be restored to England; and he pleaded in favor of the future commerce of England as if he had been of her council, and wished to make some reparation for her loss, not duly considering the dangers threatening the United States, if England should hold both East and West Florida and the Bahama Islands. Shelburne had hoped to make a distinction between the jurisdiction over the western country and property in its ungranted domain, so that the sales of wild lands might yield some compensation to the loyal refugees; but Jay insisted that no such right of property remained to the king. Oswald urged upon him the restoration of the loyalists to their civil rights; but Jay answ
Department de Ville de Paris (France) (search for this): chapter 30
o be fire-proof were blown up or consumed, and a fleet under Lord Howe was close at hand to replenish the stores of the fortress. The news of the catastrophe made Paris clamorous for peace. France, it was said, is engaged in a useless war for thankless allies. She has suffered disgrace in the West Indies while undertaking to conrred; and had wantonly and contrary to the laws of war destroyed the property which could have furnished the means of payment. The day after Strachey's arrival in Paris, Adams, encountering him and Oswald at the house of Jay, to their surprise and delight blurted out his assent to the proposed stipulation for the payment of debts.ill gain by the whole coming before parliament, I do not imagine that the refugees will have any objections, added Shelburne. Fitzherbert, the British minister in Paris, was instructed to take part in the American negotiations; and, with his approval and that of Strachey, Oswald was empowered to sign Chap. XXIX.} 1782. Nov. a tr
Halifax (Canada) (search for this): chapter 30
allegation that, though they claimed to have full powers, they were not plenipotentiaries; that they were acting under thirteen separate sovereignties, which had no common head. To meet the exigence, Shelburne proposed either an extension of Nova Scotia to the Penobscot or the Kennebec or the Saco, so that a province might be formed for the reception of the loyalists; or that a part of the money to be received from sales of the Ohio lands might be applied to their subsistence. To the ministr fish on Newfoundland. Nov. This was, after a great deal of conversation, agreed to by John Adams as well as his colleagues, upon condition that the American fishermen should be allowed to dry their fish on any unsettled parts of the coast of Nova Scotia. Franklin said further: I observe as to catching fish you mention only the banks of Newfoundland. Why not all other places, and among others the gulf of St. Lawrence? Are you afraid there is not fish enough, or that we should catch too many
Versailles (France) (search for this): chapter 30
ot lay the downfall of Chap. XXIX.} 1782. Sept. this once respectable empire to my door; and that if ruin should attend the measures that may be adopted, I may not long survive them. The delay had given time to British creditors and to the refugees to muster all their strength and embarrass the negotiation by their importunities. On purely Spanish questions, Jay appears to the best advantage. On the twenty-sixth of September, 26. Aranda, in company with Lafayette, encountered him at Versailles. Aranda asked: When shall we proceed to do business? Jay replied, When you communicate your powers to treat. An exchange of commissions, said Aranda, cannot be expected, for Spain has not acknowledged your independence. We have declared our independence, said Jay; and France, Holland, and Britain have acknowledged it. Lafayette came to his aid, and told the ambassador that it was not consistent with the dignity of France that an ally of hers like the United States should treat otherwi
Gibraltar (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): chapter 30
s if Mr. de Vergennes himself were speaking to me, were the words with which he was welcomed. Gibraltar, observed Rayneval, is as dear to the king of Spain as his life. Shelburne answered: Its cessRayneval 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 seriouon, Chap. XXIX.} 1782. Sept. the French and Spanish fleets united under his command to reduce Gibraltar; and Count d'artois, the brother of the king, passed through Madrid to be present at its surre Indies while undertaking to conquer Jamaica for Spain; and it now shares in the defeat before Gibraltar. Vergennes saw that France needed and demanded repose. To obtain a release from his engagemeack lands and the fisheries; the Americans were still less bound to continue the war to obtain Gibraltar for Spain. 25. Early in the morning of the twenty-fifth, the king was urging Shelburne to co
Gulf of Mexico (search for this): chapter 30
s colleague. Rayneval passed through London directly to Bow Wood, the country seat of Shelburne in the west of Chap. XXIX.} 1782. Sept. England. I trust what you say as much as if Mr. de Vergennes himself were speaking to me, were the words with which he was welcomed. Gibraltar, observed Rayneval, is as dear to the king of Spain as his life. Shelburne answered: Its cession is impossible: I dare not propose it to the British nation. Spain wishes to become complete mistress of the Gulf of Mexico, continued Rayneval. On this point, Shelburne opened the way for concession, saying: It is not by way of Florida that we carry on our contraband trade, but by way of Jamaica. Shelburne owned reluctantly the necessity of conceding independence to the United States, but was resolved to concede it without any reservation. As to the question of boundaries and fisheries, observed Rayneval, I do not doubt of the earnest purpose of the king to do everything in his power to restrain the Ameri
Massachusetts (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 30
him on his guard as to the British demands relating to debts and compensation of tories; but he could not recall his word. On the thirtieth, the American commissioners met 30. Oswald and Strachey, and for four several days they discussed the unsettled points of the treaty. Jay and Franklin had left the north-eastern boundary to be settled by commissioners after the war. It is due to John Adams, who had taken the precaution Chap. XXIX.} 1782. Oct. 29. to obtain from the council of Massachusetts authenticated copies of every document relating to the question, that it was definitively established in the treaty itself. On the north-west it was agreed that the line should be drawn through the centre of the water communications of the great lakes to the Lake of the Woods. The British commissioners denied to the Americans the right of drying fish on Newfoundland. Nov. This was, after a great deal of conversation, agreed to by John Adams as well as his colleagues, upon condition th
Jamaica, L. I. (New York, United States) (search for this): chapter 30
as if Mr. de Vergennes himself were speaking to me, were the words with which he was welcomed. Gibraltar, observed Rayneval, is as dear to the king of Spain as his life. Shelburne answered: Its cession is impossible: I dare not propose it to the British nation. Spain wishes to become complete mistress of the Gulf of Mexico, continued Rayneval. On this point, Shelburne opened the way for concession, saying: It is not by way of Florida that we carry on our contraband trade, but by way of Jamaica. Shelburne owned reluctantly the necessity of conceding independence to the United States, but was resolved to concede it without any reservation. As to the question of boundaries and fisheries, observed Rayneval, I do not doubt of the earnest purpose of the king to do everything in his power to restrain the Americans within the limits of justice and reason. Be their pretensions to the fisheries what they may, it seems to me that there is one sure principle to follow on that subject; nam
France (France) (search for this): chapter 30
y to cut the cords which tied the Americans to France. Franklin, who had vainly labored with his co be relied on; but Franklin neither criminated France, nor compromised himself, nor his country, nor said to me about the character of the king of France, his principles of justice and moderation, hisinciples on trade accord exactly with those of France; Count de Vergennes thinks that freedom is thethe kind and generous exertions of the king of France; and on the third Oct. 3. of October it renewthe French envoy at Philadelphia the policy of France: If we are so happy as to make peace, the kiniven to Fitzherbert to inyoke the influence of France to bend the Americans. Vergennes had especiale condition of subjects which they renounce? France would not prolong the war to secure to the Chergennes his ideas concerning America, saying, France must wish to assist us in keeping the Americanted States would be the best means of forcing France and Chap. XXIX.} 1782. Nov. 30. Spain to decl[5 more...]
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