Pinckney finally wrung from the Spaniards a treaty which was as beneficial to the West as Jay's treaty, and was attended by none of the drawbacks which marred Jay's work.

The Spaniards at the outset met his demands by a policy of delay and evasion.

Finally, he determined to stand this no longer, and, on October 24, 1795, demanded his passports, in a letter to Godoy, the "Prince of Peace." The demand came at an opportune moment; for Godoy had just heard of Jay's treaty.

He misunderstood the way in which this was looked at in the United States, and feared lest, if not counteracted, it might throw the Americans into the arms of Great Britain, with which country Spain was on the verge of war.

It is not a little singular that Jay should have thus rendered an involuntary but important additional service to the Westerners who so hated him.
He Negotiates a treaty.
The Spaniards now promptly came to terms.