The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1895-12-10
commerce was called May 9th, and the

Commerce was called May 9th, and the
foliowing resolutions were passed:
Resolved, That this corporation can
| discover neither policy nor justice in
commencing hostilities against any ma
ton before the means of negotiation
have been exerted to prevent them.
Resolved, That in the present crisis,
we consider the appointment OF an En-
voy Extraordinary to the Court of
powerful Of those means having an
equal view to the peace, interest and
dignity Of the republic.
Resolved, That the talents and In
tegrity of the character selected for this
| important mission have inspired his
countrymen with confidence and will,
as we believe, have happy effect in
bringing to a favorable issue the object
of his negotiations.
Resolved, That if, nevertheless, this
Emf assy should fail to preserve TO US
the blessings of peace, yet we persuade
! ourselves it cannot fail to convince all
nations of our justice and moderation,
| TO unite our sentiments and efforts, and
render an appeal 10 arms more honor
able TO Us and more formidable to our
enemies
But the news met with different
reception in other localities. The DEM
ocratic Society of Philadelphia led off
with a set of resolutions characterizing
the appointment as the most unconsti-
tutional and dangerous measure IN the
annals of the United States"
! Sympathizers with the French all
over the United States took hostile ac-
ton upon the proposed Embassy to
| Great Britain The Democratic Soci-
ETY. of Washington, Pa, held meeting
on June I'D and passed resolutions
censuring the Executive for advising
neutrality during the war between
France and England, and for nomi-
mating John Jay as special Envoy,
which, to say the least of it, contin-
ued the resolutions, was great in
delicacy to the people of the United
States
The Democratic Society of Wythe
Courthouse Va, Washington's own
State, on July 18th, prepared an ad-
dress containing strong words, directed
at the President himself.
The most bitter hostility to the ap-
| pointment came from the new settle
ments in the West, where Jays mission
was deemed little less than a surrender
to the power that had been melting the
Indians to hostility. And yet these
| frontier settlers were to ne the first
class of American citizens benefited by
the treaty, which when signed, included
the withdrawal of the British garrlSons
| from posts within the territory of this
country and thus deprived the hostile
Indians of confidence and support. Be
fore his departure for England, Jay
was burned in effigy in at least one
town-LeXington, Ky.
A DIFFICULT MISSION.
England was reluctant to do any
more than was absolutely necessary to-
ward recognizing America as COM
mercial nation. The mother country
deemed the Americans still colonists,
though temporarily elienated, and was
disposed to give the envoy little
| besides civility, and not too much
of that. Lord Grenville at first treated
the appointment of an envoy from this
country as utterly superfiuous, offering
| to the Americans ample redress for the
seizure of American vessels by appeal
from the Admiralty Courts to the
higher courts of England, and justify
| ing the detention of vessels laden with
provisions for France. Indeed, to Mr..
jay the mission to the King of England
must have been suggestive of that OF
/ the mouse sent to bell the cat. However,
the newspapers of the day gave notice
| from time to time of the progress in
the negotiations. Now Mr.. Jay had
dined with Mr.. Pitt the old friend OF
the colonies, and now he had been pre-
| scented TO the King. The anti Federal
papers alleged that he had even kissed
| the hand of the QUEEN, and the radical
clubs resolved that for this offense his
| lips ought TO be DLStered to the bone.
Then to Boston first came the news, by
vessel from England, that a treaty
had been perfected but little was
known as to the terms of the document.
Toward the end Of January, Frederick
Jaw in New York received a letter from
his brother. dated November u, 1l94,
and authorized the publication of the
! following extract in the newspapers:
at will give you pleasure to be in
! formed that the treaty | was sent here
| to negotiate was signed the day before
| yesterday
The Pennsylvania Gazette on Feb
ruary 4th published the following ex-
tract from a letter written by Lon
don merchant to his friend in this coun-
| try. under date of December 9th:
THE treaty has actually been signed
between the United States and Great
Britain and published in our GaZettes-
! in consequence thereof the price of
American stock has risen very consid-
! erably. particularly bank stock. which
/ is at one hundred and twenty-four
pounds sterling a share, dividend to the
purchaser.
Nothing more definite was known as
| to the terms of the treaty than that
! Great Britain agreed to extend the time
/ during which appeals should be posi-
] bic from the findings of Admiralty
courts in cases involving the seizure of
| American vessels. and also had agreed
to withdraw from the Western posts in
accordance with the former treaty with
this country which closed the Revolu-
! tionary War.
New York being a maritime COM
munity and having more to lose by a
war than most of the other States, was
! prepared to welcome Mr.. Jay with open
arms. for the fact was recognized that,
however unsatisfactory the treaty
might be in other respects, certain
| great and advantageous concessions
! had been wrung from Great Britain. and
a war would not take place. The time
was ripe for an expression OF apprecl-
| alton toward Mr.. Jay. His popularity
is evinced by the factthat his party
nominated him for Governor of the
! State of New York to succeed Gov
ernor Clinton, and he was elected dur
| ing his absence. On May p, 1873, Mr..
jaw landed in New York and was well
coined by an immense conc6urse of cit
! liens r.io received and conducted
| him, amidst repeated acclamations, TO
his house on Broad Way, where Mr..
Jay addressed them. At . joyful peal
was rung from the bells of the city,
and at Z a Federal salute was fired from
the Battery.
THE STORM OF ABUSE BREAKS
LOOSE.
Up to that time the treaty had not
been published. and. as nothing was
known definitely about il, there was
nothing for the opposition to criticise.
The terms of the treaty were fully made
known in July. and Immediately the
storm burst All the pent-up hatred
of England growing out of the seven
years of the American Revolution, and
all the repressed sympathy for France
growing out OF the French Revolution
OF 1893. combined to undo the great
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