New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-05-25


power to subordinate American to French interests
Tbis oooornt for tho character Of those lnstruc-
tions which Law broke as he might Dreak HIS
CLAW nine and which, had he observed them
strictly would so far as can now be cohJectuIe"'
have rendered the conclusion of peace at tha'
time ont of the question. whatever might nave
happened subsequently. MI. rene" siNe'' ~
family tradition, this anecdote lnus'ratihs gay
views regarding the character OF 'he "si'i"'i'
body whose instructions ne Nlola'e" 81
ciouslv. "Some thirty years afterward, "ouVer-
nenr Morris was sitting over the Pohsheu ''i
booanv at Bedford with John Jay, wheh he su"-
denly calculated through clouds OF smoke Jay,
,,.hat a GOT Of id scoundres we had in that lid
Congress- Yes said jay. that we hao' anu Ne
knocked the ashes from his pipe
II wonld be interesting to know the names OIL
| tho American" authors of whom VergehheS
,,rote "a Luzerne His Majesty further empower.
, .o continue the donations which NJ Uerar"
&c o,ven or promised, TO various American
,,bors and of which he will surely have hanuc"
u list Mr. Pellew observes that thls HS'
has not vet been disclosed ana the topic IL o'l'
which even NJ de Crcourt shows desire 10 AVN
This delicate subject, he says, has hech even !"
nv time the subject of CRITICISMS ana oo"
versies into which we need not enter. pu'
- do mot know who the Gallcized America"
writers were-excepting perhaps, Tom any
can norceiye the effects Of their work. hou No"'u
boastcd that he could do what ne peas"
CONGRESS- Gerard was not less successlui III
inc and maintaining influence Ill 'iie ""l'
LEGISLATION Tie Secretaryshlp OF 'he O'
on Foreign Affairs was an important po''' 49,,
nn,niroo Of the French Minister filed IL az ""S'
,1'oro ,,.os no doubt strong French party
o,,,oro tho ncople. or these influences couiu NV
... Soor established Public sentiment iurnn'eo "
,;,o1. nro,cvt and a safe shelter TO Nc'al
, A. the worst they could mus plo"'
ha,ost if mistaken judgment, ana SO picS'' "
their noGtcal status and reputation '"'
poris bowcver. felt the effects of all thls "''N-
uoss soverelv. and had he not Dceh uu"'"'''
firm himself he would probably nave "'''
erccd bv il in his negotiations. ,
- o,ord to the variance of opinion pc'"c'"
~. I'D Franklin at this time Mr.. PeleW 'ah's
;esne with Sparks Lodge and Haze poih'i'E Wv.
tbot the friendship between the TWO was n'
strained. far less broken; throughout the loi'o"
inv summer they lived together at IassN !" ''
most oiIectionatc intimacy, and witi'lh " -
Franklin appointed Jay one oi MS cN''"
Never word was said by either rehec'IhG ,
character or the wisdom Of the other II Is 'hen,
strange that the bioeraphcrs and ahihlie'N ~
Franklin should have thought fit. without i'1'''
, too,s IN disnaracc the services Of the Hl'n
.ho,, Franklin himself ever loved and cs'ee'H'"'
Ia holds that the conduct of Franklin ou''HN
,ho ncyotiations can surely be explained ""n'"'
o,,. disnoracement Of his colleagues az" ~
.i.,s thc exclamation offered by Charles I'm, -
,a.,,s IN the effect that Franklin was III 10,
FIRST Mace. Minister 10 the Court ol fr""'' "" %,
,ba, he was only subsequently ana scco"''"'''
a nccotiator Of the peace and that IN Ms
capacity. with the grave responsibilities
noscd. he could neither with proprleV n'' w.
advantage 10 this country exhibit inc mimi
81 lay who acted simply as neHou"'"'
ENGLAND. unhampcrcd by the ohhga'loh ~ 49,,
Court of France which affected fT"H' wa
pellcy further points Ia the fact tha' N""'''
his private opinions may have Deem .n'H w.
not allowed by Franklin 10 influence Ms P"
conduct. and from this time 10 'Ac co"'i",
tbo treatv he acted in perfect harmony win MS
COLLEAGUES" lie moreover. as MI. rene" s"'"
actually made himself jointly resp'hsio'e WIN
1o,. and Adams for the ignoring Of the lns'ru'-
.;ors ia act constantly by the advice OF EI'''''
s,.;r, ~ lay on one occasion: am oil }""I
oninion. and will 20 on with these centrum"
fO.wold and Strachy in The business "l'"'''
CONSULTING this Court On this Mr PcN"" "'-
.a.,.os "Tbr significance Of this pablo ac-
knowcdgmcnt by franklin must not DE- over
Locked for thereby he became fully cn'l'ed -
the credit or dscrcdit, Of preaching the lnSIu'
,ion 70 act constantly by the advice oil france,
which credit or dscrcdit Is usually IcSeiN'"
only for JAY and Adams
II is fine illustration Of Jays character 'h"'
the French Ministers while na'uraHN N'A'" ~
his infcxibity. did not attribut" :" MN h's''"N
In France Vcrsrnncs complained Of characters
so little manageable as those of Jay ami Adams
but he admired and esteemed the man who hAd
| l.;e
NOS. 81 do moi credit him with gratitude - u.s.
but he is incapable Of prcfcrring England 10 rs
10 olories in being independent, and his desire
IN nrove his attachment 10 his country sometimes
makes him unjust. But we need not ichr from
him any premcdtatcd act prcludiclal /" NC al
| rarco Considering the circumstances. TINS IS
equivalent TO a remarkable trlbnt" OF commence
from an official so placed as TO know everything
| that WAS passing behind the scenes as well as
| unon the stage. Mr. Pcllcws account OF Jay
| work in 1894 when sent as special envoy 10 Eng
! land 70 NEGOTIATE the treaty aiterwaTd Known h|
his name is interesting though it throws LITTLE
| nov, lirht upon the events The treaty "IsP-
nointod a large proportion Of the American people
| though the early opposition 10 it. being mani
| foe,od beforc its provisions were known IN III"
| Iri,nd Stotcs clearly was not based upon reason
| II was apparently the best that any ncgoua'or
| could have obtained at the time, though II was
no, 50 good as Mr. Pccw here represents IT, the
settlements which it purportcd - effect having
proved in practice neither efficient nor durable.
| As 10 JAWS mistake in the cotton article, that
| might have been committed by any man al uhc
| time. for the export Of cotton had but Just begun
| and no one could have foresecn what was 10
| come Of the experiment All the obloquy poured
out upon the envoy upon his return, however
failed to move him, for, as Mr.. Pcllcw says :
! Io b,I " lc I
! duty he was satisfied that all forsthe best
and was undistractcd by popular applause or
! condemnation
The present monograph presents plcasan'
! picturc of one of tie pUrcst, most sn2lc-innhed,
| sinccrest and most sagacious and Christian states
! mon the annals of the Republic can show. In
| his long carccr-1s member OF the ,ohtihen,'I
| Congress President Of Congress- member Of the
| Constitutional Convention, Foreign Secretary,