The New Hampshire gazette — Portsmouth [N.H.], 1798-04-19 00:00:00, page 4

EXHIBIT B.
(Inclofed inthe Envoys’ Letter,No.4.)
Extraél from General Mar/hall’s fournal.
~ December 17th, 1797. 1 stepped
into Mr. Gerry’s apartment, where I
saw M. Y. He exprefled his regret
at having been disabled to dine with
us at M, de Beaumarchais, by an in
veterate tooth-ache. He then asked
tne whether I had seen M. de Bean
marchais lately ? I told him, not since
he dined with us 3 and that he had
left us much indisposed. He then ob
served, that he had not known until
lately that I was the advocate for that
gentleman in his- cause againit, the
" State of Virginia ; and ‘that M. .de
Beaumarchais, in consequence of that
circumstance, had expreficd sentiments
of high régard for me. I replied,
that M. de Beaumarchais’ cause was
of great magnitude, very uncertain
issue—and consequently that a por
tion of the interest he felt in it would
very naturally be transferred to his
advocate. He immediately said (low
‘and apart) that M. de Baumarchais
had consented, provided his claims
could be established to facrifice fifty
thousand pounds fierling of it, as the
private gratification which had been
fequired of us : so that . the gratifica
tion might be made without any loss
to the American government. ;
I answered, that a gratification on
any terms, or inany form, was a fab
je&t which we approached with much
fear and difficulty, as we were notau
thorifed by our government to make
one ; nor had it been expefted that
one would be necessary : that I could
not undertake to fay whether my col
leagues would consent to it in any
state of things ; but I could under
take to fay, no one of us would con
sent to it, unless it was preceded or
accompanied by a full and entire re
cogirition of the claim of our citizens,
and a fatisfalory arrangement on the
fubje& of our mission. Hefaid it was
in the expe&ation of that event only
that he mentioned it. We parted ;
and I stated the conversation to Gen.
“Pinckney, who was disinclined to any
ftipulation-of the fors, and considered
“3t.a5 a renewal of the old reprobated
§y et of indire& unauthorized ne-
FOCIRMOD. . o 8. M el Rt
* Having been originally the counsel
of M. de Beanmarchais, I had deter
mined, and so I informed Gen. Pinck
ney, that I would not, by my voice
fall eamein, and then Mr. Gerry’s
carriage drove into the yard. . Here’s
Mr. Gerry said Gen. Marshall. lam
glad of it said M. X, for I wished to
meet all of you gentlemen, to inform
you that M. Y. had another meflage
to you from M. Talleyrand. [imme
diately exprefled my furprize at it, as
M. Talleyrand, M, Y. aad he, all
koew our determination to have no
further communication on the sub
ject of our miflion, with persons not
officialiy authorized. He replied, that.
determinatioti .was made fix weeks
ago; .and it was presumed that we
had changed our opinion. I said that
I bad not ; and I did not believe my
colleagues had. Artthat moment Mr.
Gerry entered the room, and I pri
vately acquainted bim with.the obje&t
of M. Y.’s visit. -Gen. Mauthall, Mr.
Gerry and mylelf then withdrew into
another room ; and immediately agreed
to adhere to. our former refolujiom.
M. X. was then called in ; when [
acquainted him, in a few words with
our determination : and "Mr, .Gerry
expatiated more at large on the pro
priety of our afting in this ‘manger,
and on the very unprecedented way in
which we had been treated since our
arrival. , T st dia¥ ha
. Oncthe twentieth of Dgcember; a
lady, whe iswell acquainted with M
Talleyrand, exprefled toyme ,her con
cern that we were ftill.in {o unsettled:
a situation : but fays to me, why will
not you fend us-money ? If you wounld
but fend. us a loan, all matters would
be adjusted, and, fthe added, when you
were contending for your revoldtion,
we leat you money. - I meationed the
very great differences there ,was be
tween the fitwation. of the two coun
tries at that period and the::prefent,
and the diffetent circamftances under
which the loan was made us, and the
loan was now demanded from us. She
replied, we do not make a,demand- ;
we think it more delicate that the
offer thould comg-from you : -but M.
Talleyrand had.mentioned to me (who
am fufely mot- in his copfidence) the
neceflity of your.making us a loan :and
d kngw he has.mentivned it to.two or
three others’; and that you have been
informed of it:. and I will assure
youy -that 'if .you, remain here “fix
months longer, you wounld not ad
vance a single itep further in your ne.
gociations,. without a loan. If that
is the case, I replied we may as well
go away .now. ‘Why that possibly,
said she, might lead to a rupture ;
which yon had better avoid for we
know we have a very considerable
party in America, who are strongly
inour, interest. There is no occa
sion to enter-into a further detail of
the conversation. I bave only noted
this part of it as expreflive of what I
believe (as far as relates to the loan
and a party in America in their favor)
to be the sentiments of the French goe
vernment with regard to us. .
Curr Les CoTEsWORTH PINCGKNEY.
December 1 1797. 5
(- BXBIBIT C.
(Inclofed in the Envoys’ letter N 0.4 )
December 13. Mr. Gerry acci
dentally calling on Gen. Pinckney,
found M. X. and was soon informed
that his obje& was to obtain another
interview between the ministers and
M. Y. on the affairs of their mission.
Gen. Marshall -happening also to be
there, we retired into another room,
and immediately agreed to adhere to
our former determination, not to have
any more informal communications.
M. X. having been called in, General
Pinckney briefly communicated our
determination ; and Mr. Gerry ob
served that he was much hurt by this
proposition ; that the ministers had
already proceeded farther in this mode
of communication than perhaps they
could juftify ; that they had refufed,
fix weeks ago, to renew it ; and that
some regard ought to be paid to
their feelings which had been fuffi
ciently mortified ; that the popofi
tion was difrefpe&tful to the Envoys,
as it betrayed a belief that they had
loft the sense of their dignity, and
were indeed incompetent to their of
fice ; that had there been but one
Envoy Extraordinary, he ought to
have had an audience in a few days ;
and that for three to remain between
two and three months in this fitua-,
tion, was too humiliating, too deba
sing for any nation to submit to it ;
that for his own part, had he been
sent to any other nation in Europe,
with two other Envoys, he would not
have consented to have remained in
such a state ten days ; that knowing
the great desire of the government
and nation of the U. S. to be at peace
with France, he had, with his col
leagues, submitted to this indignity,
at the rifque of the severe censure of
the former.—Having also enquired of
M. X. at what time M: Talleyrand
could be seen, the former said he
would enquire of M. Y. who on the
16th in the evening, sent, in Mr.
Gerry’s absence from his lodgings, a
billet as follows ; *“* M. Y. has the
honor to present his refpeéts to Mr.
Gerry, and to inform him that he
will have the honor to wait on him
to-morraw morning, at ten o’clock,
to go together to the minister of fo
reign relations. He is with refpe&,”
&c. On the morning of the 17th M.
Y. came in while Mr. Gerry was at
breakfaft, not having received an an
swer to his note : and Mr. Marshall
coming in, M. Y. took him aside and
conferred with him a considerable
‘time ; after which the former and the
rest of the family left the room : and
M. Y. and Mr. Gerry being togeth
er, M. Gerry told him that his ob
je& in feeing M. Tallyrand was to re
turn him a civility, by requesting him
to fix a day for dining with Mr. G.
‘who intended to invite his colleagues ;
by this interview to promote, if pofii.
ble, a better understanding between
the Minister and the. American En
voys ; and Mr. G. also proposed to
confer with the minister on the disa
greeable situation the Envoys were
in, and to fiate to him some report
which appeared to be founded, ref
pe€ling a proposition before the Di
re&ory for fending oft all Americans
in a short period : bui Mr. Gerry ad
ded, that he could not hear a word on
the fubje& of the mission, or the pre
liminariesto a negociation ; asthe En
voys had determined unanimously a
gainst any informal communications
on the fubjet. M. Y.in an answer
said, that Mr: Marshall had just heard
him on a fubje&t of this kind ; and
eftablith any agreement in his favor ;
that I would positively oppose any ad
mission of the claim of any French
citizen, if not accompanied with the
admission of the claims of the Ameri
can citizens of property captured and
condemned for want of a role d’equi
page. My reason for conceiving that
this ought to be stipulated expressly,
was a conviftion that if it was referred
to Commissioners, it would be com
mitting to chance as complete a right
as any iudividual ever poflefled. Gen.
Pinckney was against admitting the
claim at any rate. |
After my return, Mr. Gerry came
into my room, and told me that M.
Y. bad called on him to accompany
him on a visit to M. Talleyrand ; that
he proposed feeing M. Talleyrand,
and returning the civility of the din
ner, and endeavouring to bring about
fomeintercourfe between him and us.
December ißth. Gen. Pinckney
and Mr. Gerry met in my room, and
Mr. Gerry detailed to us the conver
sation mentioned in our public letter.
The proposition relative to the claim
of M. de Beaumarchais is entirely
different from my understanding of
it, in the very brief statement made
tome by M. Y. We resolved that
we would rigidiy adhere to the rules
we had adopied, to enter into no ne
gociation with persons not formally
authorized to treat with us.—We
came also to the determination to pre
pare a letter to the minister of foreign
relations, stating the obje& of our
mission and difcufling the fubje&ts of
difference between the two nations, in
like manner as if we had been a&ual
ly received ; and to clofei‘tlie letter
with requesting the government to
open the negociation with us, or to
grant us our pafiports.
that we might confider it, as he did,
merely as a conversation between our
selves. He then stated that two mea
.fures which M. Talleyrand proposed
being adopted, a restoration of friend
fhip between the republics would fol
low immediately ; the one was a gra
tuity of fifty thousand pounds sterling,
the other a purchase of thirty-two
millions of the Dutch refcriptions :
that as to the firft, M. de Beaumar
chais had recovered in a cause depend
ing in Virginia, between that State
and himfelf, one hundred and forty
five thousand 'pounds sterling ; that
there was an appeal from the judg
ment ; that he would sign an a& to
relinquish forty-five thousand pounds,
if the whole should be finally recover
ed, leaving only one hundred thou
sand pounds for himfelf ; that the for
ty-five thousand pounds might accrue
to the U. S. who would, in that case,
lose but a fuall part of fifty thousand
pounds : that the purchase of the fiz
teen millions of refcriptions would a
mount to but one million three hun
dred and thirty-three thousand pounds
fix shillings and eight pence sterling,
which, with an interelt of five per cent
wou!ld be certainly pdid by the govern
ment of Holland te the U. 5. and
leave them without any loss ; that
more than one half the sum may now
* be hired in Holland, on the credit of
~ the refcriptions, and an easy arrange
ment be made for payment by short
inftalments, which might be obtained
allo by a loan ; thatit was worthy the
attention of the Envoys to confider,
whether. by so small a facrifice they
would eftablith a peace with France,
- or whether they would risk the conse
quences ; that if nothing could be
done by the Envoys, arrangement
would be made forthwith to ravage the
coasts of the U. S. by frigates from
St. Domingo ; that small States which
had offended France were fufferihg by
it ; that Hlamburgh and other cities
in that quarter wonld within a month
or two have their governments chang
ed ; that Switzerland would undergo
the fame operation ; and that Portu
gal would probably be in a worse pre
dicament ; thatthe expedition against
- England would be certainly pursued ;
and that the present period .was the
most favourable, if we wished to adopt
any measure for a pacification. Mr.
Gerry in answer said, that if the French
were disposed to pursue with vengeance
the U. S. they might perhaps ravage
their coasts and injure themn in this
way, but they never could subdue
them : The measure he thought ut
terly impracticable, even if attempted
by France and her allies. To which
M. Y. affented.© Mr. Gerry observed
forther, that the ravages alluded to
would undoubtedly ¢lofely conneét the
U. S. and Gréat-Britain, and prevent
the former from ° returning to the
friendfhip which they have ever had
for France ; that as to the propositions
he should express noopinion on them ;
that his situation and that of his col
leagues was extremely difficult ; that
the Dire&tory were exclusively preju
diced againfl the government of the
U. S. and considered them as the
friends of Great Britain ; that if the
envays could have an oppértunity of
being heard, they could remove such
impressions, and show that the govern
ment were the friends of France as
much as of Great Britain ; but that
the Envoys were now in the most pain
ful situation ; that they were treated,
in the eyesof all Europe and of the
American government and nation,
~with the utmost contempt, and were
submitting to indignities which they
could not reconcile to their feelings
or juftify to their constituents.” M. Y.
said that the observations were juit 3
but that the American Envoys had
not experienced worse treatment than
other ministers, nor indeed as bad ;
that the Envoy of Portugal was again
ordered to depart ; and that but little
ceremony was observed to the Envoys
in general. M. Y. and Mr. Gerry
then took a ride to M. Talleyrand’s
Bureau, who received them politely ;
and afier being seated, Mr. Gerry ob
served to M. Talleyrand, in English,
slowly, that M. Y. had stated to him
that morning some propositions as
coming from M. Talleyrand, refpeét
ing which Mr. Gerry could give no
opinion ; that this obje&t at this in
terview was, to request of him infor
matioft whether he would fix a time
for taking a dinner with Mr. Gerry,
at which he proposed to invite his col
leagues ; that he wished for more fre
quent interviews of some kind or other
between himfelfand the Envoys :—
Conceiving that many imaginary dif
ficulties which obftruéted the negocia
tion would vanish by this means ; and
that those which were real would be
surmounted ; that conceiving the de
licate part which the Minifterof France
bad to a&, at this time, he did not
with M. Talleyrand to accept the in
vitation if it wonld fubjet him to in
conveniences : That he wished to speak
on another fubje& ; and it was pain
ful to him to acknowledge that the
precarious situation of the envoys was
such as to render it impossible for them
~to take measures for decent arrange.
ments ; thata short time since he had
supposed measures were taking a fa
‘vorable turn 5 but that lately he bad
received, from various quarters, infor
mation of a report made by the min
THE. subscriber, as Executor of
. the last Will of Do&. HALL
JACKSON, late of Portsmouth, phy
sician, deceased, being very desirous
of having the business of said estate
closed without delay, once more gives
notice, that constant attendance is
given at his store in Market-street for
said purpose 5 and he requests those
persons who have accounts unsettled
with said estate, or are indebted by
notes of hand or otherwise, to call and
fettle the fame, as they may find it
for their interest to attend to this re
quest. Should it not be convenient
for them to pay the balances imme
diately, a reasonable time may be a
greed on for that . purpose— Provided
the accounts are clfed. ‘Thole who
‘will not attend to a request so reason
able, may; expe& to have their ac
counts and notes put into such hands
as will produce a settlement, which
must be expensive to them, and will
be disagreeable to
JEREMIAH LIBBEY.
Portsmouth, April 6, 1798. .
‘
~ N. B. A number of books belonging
to said eflate being lent by the deceased,
2hofe avho have any of them in their pof-
Jelfion are asked the favour of returning
them to Mrs. Fackfon. - :
ifter of the interior, and under the
consideration of the Dire&ory, for
fending all Americans from Paris in
twenty-four hours ;~that he could not
be responsible for the troth of the in
formation, but it appeared to him, as
well from the various quarters from
which it came, as from theintelligence
of the person who gave it, to be high
ly probable ; that if this was the case,
it was unneceflary for the Diretory,
as he conceived, to pass any arretre, as'
it respected the envoys, for that they
would depart from Prris whenever it
was hinted as the wish of the Dire&o
ry ; that for his own part he tfhould
feel more at ease, until we were receiv
ed, to reside in a city of some other
nation than that of France ; and to
return to Paris on notice that the Di.
reClory were disposed to open the ne
gociation. M. Talieyrand appeared
to be very uneasy at this declaration ;
but avoided faying a word on it. He
said, that the information M. Y. had
given me was just, and might always
be‘relied on : But that he would-re
duce to writing his propositions ;
which he accordingly did ; and after
he had shewn them to Mr. Gerry, he
burnt the paper. The substance was
as follows—[See No. I.] -
He thean said, that he accepted of
the invitation ; that he would dine
with him the decade after the present
in which he was engaged.
Mr. Gerry did not repeat all that
he had said to M. Y. having no doubt
he would communicate the whole to
M. Talleyrand. And after exprefling
a friendfhip for the French republic,
and a warm desire to renew the for
mer attachment of the two republics,
which M. Talleyrand warmly recipro
cated, Mr. Gerry bid M. Talleyrand
adien ; leaving with him M. Y.
No. I.
That the Envoys should come for
ward generally, and fay:
“‘France has been serviceable to the
U. S. and now they wish to be servi
ceable to France : Understanding that
the French republic has sixteen mil
lions of Dutch refcriptions to fell, the
U. S. will purchase them at par, and
will give her further assistance when
in their power. .
“g‘he firft arrangement being made,
the French government will rtake mea
sures for reimbursing the equitable
demands of America arising from pri
zes, and to give free navigation to
their thips in future.”
e T A RYT R S ureore S s =
g% Attached to the preceding are
the note from the American Envoys,
inclofing the Meflage of the Execu
tive Dire§ory, on the fubje& of sei
zure of Englith merchandizes in
France, the invitation to the Coun
cil of Five Hundred, to decree all neu
tral veflels as gaod prize, having En.
glith produce or manufaftures on
board :—And the Legislative Decree,
to that effe@ :—Thefe have all been
published, and republithed, in the
Gazette and other p:pers.
- & The Important Communi
cations contained in this day’s
ExTra.GAZETTE : Byan
exertion we have been enabled
to present them thus early to
an anxious and jnterefted Pub
lic. They are highly momen
tous ; and require to be PE
RUSED, and RE-PERUSED
with the most f{crupulous at
tention. |
AMERICANS !
READ, CONSIDER, and
DECIDE.as the Guardians of
your Country’s honor, interest
and Independence. |
EUROPEAN SUMMARY.
London papers have been receiv
ed at New-York, pr. Packet, to Feb.
18. Convoys are granted to Ameri
can veflels to fail March 1, Insurance
7 guineas, 1§ without convoy. Pre
parations are still made with ad&ivity
in I'rance, for invasion and conquest
of Great Britain.—This objed, it is
official declared, shall fupercede all o
thers. Voluntary contributions for
the service are daily made. In En
gland, arrangements are making for
a complete repulfal of the attempt.
The people appear united—Sub{crip
tions for the expence of complete de
fenfive arrangements, are made to the
amount of sixty ene millions.—Den
mark and Sweden are arming to pre
serve their neutrality against French
power. Switzerland is revolutioni
zing. The Pope it is said has fled
from Rome, and Gen. Bertheir has
arrived shere, Expeéted changes are
talked of in the Dire&ory—anxiety
rests upon the approaching eleGion—
French Rulers dread the wox populi.
It has been against them at two e
le¢tions. 'The third may be more
loud and imperative. A Confiitu
tion for Holland, has been framed in
France and sent to that Republic.
Sonthonax has been. civilly received
i Frange. = . 5] ,
PORTLAND, ' April 16.
April 11th. Arrived Ship Mary,
Capt. Bakery St. Übesy 32 days. Lej
there, Ship Olive. Branch, Titcomb, Bof
tony to fail in twe days. Ship Eliza,
Chauncy, Portfmouthyto fail in 10 days.
Ship Neawport, Capt. Teav, Boston from
Algiers, performing quarantine, Skip
Hope, Frederickfburg, March 29, lat.
38, 42, long. 48, fg‘o’&e‘ Stip Porwona,
Alexandriay from Bourdeaux, bound to .
Baltimore, cut 30 days. April 5y date
41y 41, long. 59, 3(}:;33:3 _l?uy,_
Jrom }?g/?a{z,]kv daysy bound to Malaga.
By laf¢ Evening’s Mail.
BOSTON, April 17.
INTERESTING.
The communication of the instruc
tions to, and dispatches from the In
voys of the U. States at Paris (tho’a
measure of an extraordinary naturc)
seems to be fatisfied by the extraor.
dinary consequences it has produced.
The effe¢t produced by the details
given by our Envoys, on the public
mind, is truly pleasing. All parties
have united in the opinion, that the
question now {ubmitted to this people
is, whether they are ready to become
tributary to the haughty and impe
rious government which has {o long
harrafled their commerce - and insult
ed their sovereignty ? The inftruétions.
are not yet made public, but. from
good authority we are ailured, that
whenever they are given to the world,
they will refle& the highest honor on
our Executive Department, for wii
dom, political integrity, and attach
ment to peace and tranquility. When
read in Congress, many gentlemen
who have fately indulged themselves
in the most virulent inveétives againit
the President, and charged him with
insincerity in the negociation with
I'rance, have, with a candour whici
does them infinite honor, acknow
ledged themselves to be thoroughly
fatisfied with his whole conduét to
wards France, and highly pleased
with the {pirit of conciliation shewn
by him in the inftru&ions. Lelt this
circumstance should be thought in
credible, it ought to be known, that
on the question of publishing the in
structions, Mr. Gallatin declared him
{elf against that measure, and in the
course of his speech, said, the only
reason that could be offered in favor
of it, was, that it was proper to con
vince the public that the conduct of
the administration had been fair and
upright—he thought such an effect
ought to be produced, and was fatis
fied that it might be believed with
propriety. He would therefore pro
pose a resolution which he said would
fuperfedg the neceflity of publithing
the inftru&ions, and if the motion to
publish should be loft, he would lay
his resolution on the table. He then
read his resolution V\;E;h was nearly
in the following words, but certainly
expressed the following sentiments :
Resolved, As the dpinion of this
House, that the inflructions given by the
President of the U. States, to the Envoys
at Paris, were full, liberal and fatisfac
tory, and well calculated to ensure the of-
Jelts of their mission 3 and further, that
in the opinion of this Houfey should they
Jail to obtain the purposes for awhich they
awere commiffionedy the failure wwould no¢
be owing to any ewant of exertion on the
part of the Execulivey but must be attri
buted altogether to an indisposition on the
part of France to meet the advances
mmade Wy our Governmment.” .
The opmions contained in the above
resolution appeared to be general a
mong the gentlemen who usually vote
with Mr. GarLraTin, and it is hoped
an effe¢tual reconeciliation will take
_place.