Thomas Jefferson actually said...

I have the satisfaction to inform you that the negotiation depending between the United States and the Government of Great Britain is procee...

Delays, indeed, have taken place, occasioned by the long illness and subsequent death of the British minister charged with that duty.

A step so friendly will afford further evidence that all our proceedings have flowed from views of justice and conciliation.

I can not, therefore, but recommend the suspension of this act for a reasonable time, on considerations of justice, amity, and the public in...