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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 6: (search)
her importunities for delay by the necessity of providing for the defence of her colonies; the danger that would hang over her homeward-bound troops and commerce; the contingency of renewed schemes of conquest on the part of the Russians against the Ottoman empire; the succession of Bavaria; the propriety of coming to a previous understanding with the Netherlands, which was harried by England, and with the king of Prussia, who was known to favor the Americans. Count Florida Blanca to Count de Aranda, 13 Jan., 1778. Communicated with other documents from the Spanish archives by Don Pascual de Gayangos. Count Montmorin, the successor of d'ossun as French ambassador at Madrid, had in his childhood been a playmate of the king of France, whose friendship he retained, so that his position was one of independence and dignity. As a man of honor, he desired to deal fairly with the United States, and he observed with impartiality the politics of the Spanish court. On receiving a commu
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 8: (search)
m Cape Bonavista to Point Riche. The question of a right to fortify the commercial establishment of Chandernagor fell with the surrender of that post; Ibid. the insinuation of a desire to recover Canada, Vergennes always repelled as a calumny. As the horizon began to clear and Florida Blanca became sure of his power over France, he could not conceal his joy; and, having suffered from the irony of the Spanish ambassador at Paris, he now exclaimed: I submit cheerfully to the satires of Aranda Chap. VIII.} 1778. to gain for myself a reputation that shall never die. From this time he was in earnest in wishing Spain to take part in the war. But his demands in comparison with the moderation of France were so extravagant, that he was ashamed himself to give them utterance; and in November he requested Vergennes Nov. 20. to suggest to him the advantages which France would bind itself to secure to Spain before listening to propositions for peace. Florida Blanca to Vergennes, 20 No
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 27: (search)
of the United States, and Franklin refused to accept at second hand that independence which his country had already won. Grenville remarked that the war had been provoked by encouragement from France to the Americans to revolt; to which Vergennes answered with warmth that France had found and not made America independent, and that American inde- Chap. XXVII.} 1782. May 10. pendence was not the only cause of the war. On the next day, Grenville, unaccompanied by Franklin, met Vergennes and de Aranda, and offered peace on the basis of the independence of the United States and the treaty of 1763. That treaty, said Vergennes, I can never read without a shudder. The king, my master, cannot in any treaty consider the independence of America as ceded to him. To do so would be injurious to the dignity of his Britannic Majesty. The Spanish ambassador urged with vehemence, that the griefs of the king of Spain were totally distinct from the independence of America. With regard to America,
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 29: (search)
h 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 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 aAranda, 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 otherwise than as independent. Vergennes pressed upon Jay a settlement of claims with Spain. Jay answered: We shall be content with no boundaries short of the Mississippi. So soon as Oswald received his new commission, the negotiation, after the loss of a month, moved forward