The cantos of ezra pound [from The Cantos of Ezra Pound (1972)]
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11816 200 million dollars 11817 has in general been well rec'd' 11818 Elbridge Gerry 11819 demands of the treasury generally answered by warrants 11820 @ $40 to 1 in specie. 11821 Says Vergennes: for strangers?
11823 the Americans have laid on themselves ... 11824 if french be obliged to submit they will be victims 11825 of zeal or their rashness in supplying the Americans 11826 with arms, clothes and munitions' 11827 De Vergennes 11828 'I thank yr/ Excellency for the confidence, 11829 do you mean that the Chevalier de Luzerne has 11830 already recd/ such instructions or that they are on their 11831 way to him? 11832 Let me quote you some prices in Boston, 11833 foreigners have profited by the difference 11834 between silver and bills of exchange 11835 that is paper $25 to 1 of silver 11836 but no more than 12 paper for One in bill of exchange 11837 also difference in paper as between Boston and Philadelphia 11838 If any european merchant can show good cause for 11839 exception I doubt not we will do justice to him.' 11840 1780 11841 Mazzei: little hope of success @ so low an interest 11842 more offered by powers of Europe (to T. Jefferson) 11843 Keeps good company, devoted to you, Wythe and the 11844 gentlemen of Virginia, know not how you feel toward him. 11845 'Value differently from yourself, sir, the 11846 union which subsists between France and the U.S. 11847 and that France may deserve some preference 11848 over other powers 11849 who have no treaty with America and who have not even 11850 acknowledged 11851 her independence ...' 11852 de Vergennes 11853 Army discipline greatly improved 11854 Rush 11855 'If the french fleet shd/ consistently remain on that coast' 11856 (to de Vergennes) 11857 'Not able on reflection to see why [Page 400] 11858 I shd/ not have published my powers in February' 11859 (To Vergennes, July 17) 11860 that I had intention of going to Amsterdam 11861 no arguments but force respected in Europe ... 11862 to show U.S. the importance of an early attention to language 11863 for ascertaining the language. 11864 [Image] Ching 11865 Ming 11866 Mr Bicker:, that I shd/ consider what houses 11867 were connected with England 11868 and also which had 'other connections' 11869 equally likely to hinder the loan or defeat it 11870 (meaning, I found, the French ministry) 11871 and which not of credit sufficient 11872 (particularly Neufville) 11873 provision for negotiating the capital 2% 11874 for undertakers to furnish the capital 2% 11875 Brokerage 1/2 % expenses stamped paper 1/2 11876 amortization 2 1/4 11877 for 3 million guilders 11878 I answered Mr Calkoen's questions in writing 11879 conversation by interpreters being heavy 11880 and he then read them to a society 11881 and thus began to be known ... that 11882 wd/ be burdensome for us to go on ten years with the war 11883 but for the English equally so 11884 The taking of Charleston has not strengthened them 11885 on the contrary ... 11886 when England borrows each year a sum equal 11887 to all her exports 11888 shd/ we be laughed at for 11889 wanting to borrow up to 1/12th (one twelfth) 11890 of our exports?
11892 'Laurens, dont la fâcheuse catastrophe me désole ... 11893 (captured by England) 11894 un parent me témoigne de l'inclination d'y placer 11895 vingt mille florins d'Hollande' 11896 van der Capellen 11897 Ven der Kemp peut être de grand utilité pour le Congrès 11898 'King of Spain so good as to offer his surety 11899 for interest and the capital' 11900 B. Franklin 11901 P.S. I find the sum he wd/ guarantee is 11902 150,000 dollars 11903 payable in 3 years 11904 No considerable sum here obtainable as Monsieur Necker 11905 is making a loan 11906 (meaning placing one) 11907 depuis qu'il (Mr Laurens) est enfermé à la Tour 11908 (i.e. the towYer of London) 11909 America is willing to give a just interest 11910 'Mortier and Meerkemaer act under Mssrs Staphorst 11911 I am sorry Mr Blomberg is ill 11912 I think them (the two Tenkate) are capable 11913 but found them so liable to influence that I never cd/ close 11914 Mr Van Vloten is at Utrecht' 11915 H. Bicker 11916 'but have never obtained any money 11917 (12 Nov. 1780) 11918 nor the least hope of obtaining' 11919 J. A. 11920 Whether Sir Jo. Yorke after 20 years residence 11921 is ignorant of the Dutch constitution 11922 or is merely insulting 11923 Burgomasters of Amsterdam are one 11924 integral branch of the sovereignty 11925 ... and disliking the french they familiarized to call
11927 King of England demands punishment of the regents. 11928 'la persécution contre M. Van Berckel 11929 et ses complices' 11930 Capellen de Pol 11931 de ne pas presser votre départ 11932 les affaires ... crise ... temps pourrait 11933 but des Anglais outre celui d'amuser la république d'Holland 11934 loss of Charleston 11935 Dutch have joined the neutrality 11936 tout crédit soit d'un peuple soit d'un particulier 11937 ... de deux choses 11938 l'opinion de la bonne foi 11939 et de la possibilité 11940 ou il se trouve de faire face ... 11941 Affaires (Xmas day, Amsterdam) still suspended 11942 but stockjobbing goes on uninterruptedly 11943 at coffee houses on Sundays and holidays 11944 when it cannot be held upon 'change 11945 'What they cd/ learn from Dutch history 11946 or french of the last 25 years' 11947 J. A. 29 years later [Page 403] LXIX
11948 In which case a minister here from Congress wd/ be useful 11949 ... if the neutrality, a minister to all neutral courts 11950 might be useful 11951 Dec. 31 Amsterdam 1780 11952 1st Jan. Philadelphia 1781 11953 yr/ commission plenipotentiary sent herewith 11954 Huntington, President 11955 for a secret address you may send under cover 11956 à 11957 Madame la veuve de M. Henry Schorn 11958 op de Agsterburg wal by de Hoogstraat 11959 depreciation of money a TAX on the people 11960 paid in advance and 11961 therefore prevents the public from being found in debt, true 11962 it is an unequal tax and causes perplexity 11963 but by no means disables the people from carrying on the war 11964 Merchants, farmers, tradesmen and labourers gain 11965 they are the moneyed men, 11966 The capitalists those who have money at interest 11967 or those on fixed salaries 11968 lose. 11969 England has increased her debt 60 million 11970 ours is not over 6 million 11971 who can hold out the longer? 11972 the depreciation has not tended to make the people 11973 submit to Britain 11974 American exports 1774, 12 million 11975 English debt 200 million 11976 the American debt only six 11977 a british minister and stock-jobber 11978 Vergennes is fixedly resolved to commit himself to nothing 11979 not even his treaty with the U.S. now existing [Page 404] 11980 For the purpose of chicaning the U.S. out of their liberty 11981 this congress proposed at Vienna with the two Emperors 11982 part of England's palaver 11983 La Cour de Londres éludera autant et aussi long qu'elle peut 11984 l'aveu direct 11985 ou indirect de l'indépendence des Etats Unis 11986 Cornwallis' fate has emboldened the Hollanders 11987 4 Dec. '81 11988 Crops in U.S. finest known 11989 '12,000 florins, J'ai honte d'être Hollandais' 11990 6 Jan. Capellen 11991 '2 burgomasters, 2 schepens and a pensionary.' 11992 'I believe this set receive ample salaries 11993 to resist American loan 11994 British ministers, Dutch court, and the holders of 11995 English stocks' 11996 (to Franklin. Jan 25) 11997 that the province of Friesland and M. Berdsma be remembered 11998 that Mr Adams be admitted minister from 11999 the congress of the U.S.N.A. 12000 resolved in the Province House (Friesland) 12001 to treat with the hanseatic 12002 I found the old gentleman perfectly sound in his 12003 system of politics 12004 very poor opinion of the new ministry 12005 and of the preceding, insincerity 12006 duplicity Shelbourne still flatters the 12007 King with ideas of CONciliation 12008 all to raise the price of stocks 12009 Amsterdam 26 April 12010 if the houses Fiseaux, Hodshon, Crommelins, van Staphorst 12011 5 million by August 12012 Le corps des négociants de cette ville 12013 souhaitant joindre leurs acclamations à ceux de route la nation 12014 J. Nollet, Schiedam
12016 donnent ce repas de cent couverts 12017 et qu'il y aura beaucoup de personnes de Rotterdam' 12018 Dumas 12019 It is true I may open a loan for 5 million 12020 cash is not infinite in this country 12021 WE THEREFORE (May 11th 1780) 12022 accept the terms you propose 4 1/4th% for remedium 12023 Willinck 12024 Staphorst 12025 Fynje 12026 the words piddling etc/ once cost me very dear 12027 If you wd/ open 3 million at first 12028 ... Van Vloten and I have agreed 12029 3000 bonds @ 1000 francs each 12030 Willinck 12031 etc. 12032 the minister of the Emperor is 90 years of age and 12033 never appears 12034 Oswald's credentials 12035 to treat with the 'U.S.A. (named specificly) 12036 after this statuum quorum 12037 My Dear General (Lafayette) 12038 million and a half, of the 3 million, in cash 12039 Amsterdam Sept. 29 12040 Treaty ready by monday (J. A. to Jefferson) 12041 7 Oct '82 12042 that France will not 12043 be in necessity of purchasing from Russia 12044 after the war as she can then get some from America? 12045 The King's loans do not fill 12046 Paris, 7th November 12047 Vergennes certainly knows this or is not even 12048 an European statesman [Page 406] 12049 ... avoid too great dependence 12050 on any one power in Europe 12051 Nous sommes en attendant charmés de voir 12052 que les états des autres provinces et conséquemment la 12053 république entière ont, à l'exemple des Etats de Frise 12054 reconnu ... 12055 signed Les membres de la Société Bourgeoise 12056 de Leeuwarde 12057 W. Wopkins 12058 V. Cats 12059 S.P.Q. Amst. faustissimo foedere juncta 12060 (on a medal) 12061 factions, cabals, and slanders 12062 many things said to me, false, more I suspect 12063 and yet others wd/ do good if repeated 12064 London May 27. 1785 12065 to his Majesty in his closet 12066 To T. J/ ... of ruining our carrying trade if they can 12067 (remaining page ciphered) 12068 Between St James and Versailles 12069 ACT of navigation 12 Car. II, c 18 12070 navigation by an American master 12071 three fourths of the seamen American 12072 bubbles of our own philosophical liberality 12073 (to Jay, 19 Aug. '85 12074 and of the U.S. which wd/ find market in Barbary 12075 if both governments are possessed of the contents of my letter 12076 by opening it in the post office ... 12077 Mr Pitt said that wd/ surprise 12078 people here for that wars never interrupted 12079 the interest of DEBTS 12080 Fat of the spermaceti whale 12081 gives the clearest 12082 and most beautiful light of any substance known in nature [Page 407] 12083 Consequence ... that Portugal has, for four score years, 12084 clothed herself in British woolens like any British colony 12085 and has never been able to introduce woollen manufacturies 12086 at home 12087 AND the British Islands have drunk no other than 12088 Port, Lisbon and Madeira 12089 although the wines of France are much better. 12090 His Lordship wished so too. 12091 Million guilders new loan from Holland 12092 Paris 1787 12093 'This country will within the next 12 or 15 years 12094 come to a pretty good constitution' 12095 Yrs/ Lafayette 12096 To T. Jefferson: 12097 'You fear the one, I the few.' 12098 In this matter of redeeming certificates 12099 that were used payin' the sojers 12100 vignette in margine 12101 King, Sam Johnson of N. Carolina 12102 Smith (W.) S. Carolina, Wadsworth (Jeremiah 12103 J. Lawrence, Bingham, Carrol of Carrolton 12104 gone piss-rotten for Hamilton 12105 Cabot, Fisher Ames, Thomas Willing 12106 Robt Morris, Sedgwick 12107 natural burella 12108 squad of the pink-haired snot 12109 traitors blacker than Arnold 12110 blacker than Bancroft 12111 per l'argine sinistra dienno volta 12112 behind that mask Mr Schuyler (Filippo) 12113 these the betrayers, these the sifilides 12114 advance guard of hell's oiliness 12115 in their progeny no repentence 12116 quindi Cocito, Cassio membruto [Page 408] 12117 Mr Madison proposed that the original holders 12118 shd/ get face value, 12119 but not speculators who had bought in the paper for nothing. 12120 ov the 64 members ov the House ov reppyzentativs 12121 29 were security holders. 12122 lappin cream that is, and takin it 12123 off of the veterans. 12124 an' Mr Madison's move wuz DEE-feated. 12125 Maclay and Jim Jackson stood out against dirtiness' 12126 smelled this stink before Madison 12127 smelt it or before he told Tom about it.
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12128 'My situation almost the only one in the world 12129 where firmness and patience are useless' 12130 J. A. vice president and president of the senate 12131 1791 12132 Will the french refuse to receive Mr Pinckney? 12133 idea of leading Mr Adams ... 12134 Blount (senator) has been speculating with the English ... 12135 surrounded by projecters and swindlers, you will be, Gerry, 12136 Friendship, Marshall a plain man and the frogs 12137 countenance only enemies of our constitution. 12138 set our seamen ashore at St Jago de Cuba 12139 till our ships arm ... office of Secretary as rival of president 12140 in aim to have quintuple directory.... Vervennes' friends 12141 dislike the facts laid to his charge. 12142 Hamilton no command, 12143 too much intrigue. McHenry was secretary for war, in 98 12144 We shd/ have frigates, no European peace can be lasting. 12145 expedient to recommend war against France? 12146 (presupposing they shall not have declared war against us 12147 (thus to Pickering.) 'Talleyrand 12148 affects utter ignorance, Mr Gerry has communicated, although 12149 knowing that Talleyrand had much greater acquaintance 12150 with the 12151 said X, Y, Z than has Mr Gerry. 12152 (Signed Gerry) 12153 Hague 1st July '98 12154 peculators, cd/ they be aroused to drive out the French ... 12155 Vans M/ exhausted all things in enormous bribes' (ciphered) 12156 Talleyrand, leaving however reserves for chicanery, 12157 and Murray not yet removed from the Hague 12158 about 'peace'
12160 peace, war 12161 aimed at elections. My appointment of Murray 12162 has at least laid open characters to me 12163 'you are hereby discharged' 12164 John Adams, President of the United States 12165 to Tim Pickering 12166 to execute office so far as to affix seal to enclosed commission 12167 John Marshal of Virginia, to be Chief Justice 12168 and certify your own name pro hac vice 12169 Hamilton's total ignorance (or whatever) 12170 of practice and usage of nations. 12171 eternal neutrality in all wars of Europe. 12172 I leave the state with its coffers full 12173 Dec 28th 1800 12174 73 for Jefferson 12175 73 for Burr 12176 a few foreign liars, no Americans in America 12177 our federalists no more American than were the antis 12178 And in the mirror of memory, formato loco 12179 My compliments to Mrs Warren 12180 as to the sea nymphs 12181 Hyson, Congo, Bohea, and a few lesser divinities 12182 Sirens shd/ be got into it somehow. 12183 Tories were never so affable 12184 Tories were never so affable. 12185 We shall oscillate like a pendulum. 12186 slow starvation, a conclave, a divan, 12187 what shall we do when we get there 12188 (first congress of Philadelphy) a nursery 12189 for American statesmen 12190 treasons, felonies, new praemunires 12191 Virginia has sown wheat instead of tobacco 12192 never happy in large and promiscuous companies [Page 411] 12193 Quincy's knowledge of Boston harbour, 2 million issued in bills 12194 old to bind young unconsenting, what right? 12195 why exclude women from franchise? 12196 power follows balance of land 12197 been months here, and never on horseback. 12198 fountain head of Justinian, 12199 deep, Bracton, Domat, Ayliffe and Taylor 12200 from '61 here in Braintree 12201 was aversion to paper, they preferred to do business by barter 12202 you are right, Rush, our trouble is iggurunce 12203 of money especially 12204 are still stockjobbers to believe English reports 12205 'No extravagance is too great 12206 Ten thousand of General Washington's army 12207 gone over to Clinton. Count D'Estaing making procession 12208 through 12209 Boston with the Host, and seizing a meeting house 12210 for a chapel and the devil knows what.' 12211 40,000 Russians about to go through 12212 more solicitation as to means of obtaining it, than as to 12213 amount of 12214 my salary 12215 At any rate send me the news. 12216 quails, partridges, squirrels 12217 God willing, I will not go to Vermont 12218 I must be 12219 (whole of french policy) 12220 within scent of 12221 (merely to string us along to keep us from) 12222 the sea 12223 (sinking entirely, to have us strong enough for their 12224 purpose, but not strong enough for our own, to prevent us 12225 from obtaining consideration in Europe. Hence my pleasure 12226 in having set up a standard in Holland. [Page 412] 12227 populariser, dépopulariser 12228 to popularize Mr Jefferson 12229 and dépopulariser General Washington, all on system. 12230 were our interest the same as theirs 12231 we might better trust them, yet not entirely 12232 for they do not understand even their own. 12233 I have hitherto paid the Dutch interest out of capital 12234 (London '85 to Art Lee) 12235 Court as putrid as Amsterdam, divine science of politics. 12236 sale of six million acres to diminish the national debt--- 12237 and the society of a few men of letters. 12238 left at New England Coffee House, London 12239 will be brought me by some Boston sea captain 12240 I shall call my brook, Hollis Brook 12241 After generous contest for liberty, Americans forgot 12242 what it consists of 12243 after 20 years of the struggle meminisse juvebit 12244 'seeks information from all quarters and judges more 12245 independently than any man I ever met' 12246 J. A. on G. Washington 12247 that there were Americans indifferent to fisheries 12248 and even some inclined to give them away 12249 this was my strongest motive 12250 for twice going to Europe. 12251 fish boxes were rec'd in my absence. 12252 'Their constitution, experiment, I KNOW 12253 that France can not be long governed by it.' 12254 To Price, 19 April 1790 12255 aim of my life has been to be useful, how small in 12256 any nation the number who comprehend ANY 12257 system of constitution or administration 12258 and these few do not unite. 12259 Americans more rapidly disposed to corruption in elections 12260 than I thought in '74 12261 fraudulent use of words monarchy and republic
12262 I am for balance [Image] 12263 and know not how it is but mankind have an aversion 12264 to any study of government 12265 Thames a mere rivulet in comparison to the Hudson river 12266 73 to Jefferson, to Mr Burr 73 12267 DUM SPIRO 12268 nec lupo committere agnum 12269 so they are against any rational theory. 12270 DUM SPIRO AMO [Page 414] LXXI
12271 A German ambassador once told me he cdn't bear 12272 St Paul 12273 he was, he said, so hard on fornication. 12274 Dismissed to the joy of both parties, I do not 12275 curse the day I entered public affairs. 12276 Now in the first year before congress 12277 (that is before '74) 12278 I was drying my saddlebags and four yeomen in the bar room 12279 were talking politics: 'If' says one 'they can take 12280 Mr Hancock's wharf and Mr Rowe's wharf 12281 They can take my house and your barn.' Rebel! 12282 I was disgusted at their saying rebel. I wd/ meet rebellion 12283 when British governors and generals should begin it, 12284 that is, their rebellion against principles of the constitution. 12285 'and in the mean time build frigates' 12286 (1808 he wrote this as in the beginning) 12287 in every principal sea port ... not to fight squadrons at sea 12288 but to have fast sailing frigates. 12289 From England greater injuries 12290 than from France, 12291 I am for fighting whichever forces us first into a war. Yüklə 2,9 Mb. Dostları ilə paylaş:
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