1388. COMMERCE, Control by Congress.—[further continued].
The late proceedings in
America have produced a wonderful sensation
in England in our favor. I mean the
disposition which seems to be becoming general,
to invest Congress with the regulation
of our commerce, and, in the meantime, the
measures taken to defeat the avidity of the
British government grasping at our carrying
business. I can add with truth, that it was
not till these symptoms appeared in America
that I have been able to discover the smallest
token of respect towards the United States in
any part of Europe.—
To James Madison. Washington ed. i, 413.
(P.
Sep. 1785)
