insulted by Genet, 159, 160;
refuses to deny Jay's card, 160;
upheld by popular feeling, 160;
his annoyance at the episode, 160;
obliged to teach American people self-respect, 162, 163;
deals with troubles incited by Genet in the West, 162, 163;
sympathizes with frontiersmen, 163;
comprehends value of Mississippi, 164, 165;
sends a commission to Madrid to negotiate about free navigation, 166;
later sends Thomas Pinckney, 166;