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Gazette Of The United States, & Philadelphia Daily Advertiser
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
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A London merchant expresses no regret over the US House's rejection of Jay's Treaty, viewing it as a lesson for future negotiations, and is astonished by American fears of war, noting Britain's war-weariness and the value of firmness.
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"I do not regret the treatment of Mr. Jay's Treaty. It was not what it ought to have been, and might have been, as is generally believed here. The spirit of the Representatives will be a lesson to future treaty makers. One thing I cannot but express a degree of astonishment at, and that is the dread your papers were full of of a war in consequence of the rejection of the treaty. This country has more than enough of war already, and America will ever derive more justice from firmness, than by any expressions of fear."
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rejection of jay's treaty by the representatives; no war anticipated despite american fears
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A London merchant writes that he does not regret the US treatment of Jay's Treaty, believed to be suboptimal, and sees the Representatives' spirit as a lesson for future treaties. He is astonished by American newspaper fears of war from the rejection, noting Britain's existing war burdens and that America gains more from firmness than fear.