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sot damping which, ffiail he ten uol.
lass,- cr upwards, the officer stamping
such vellum, parchment, or piper, pur
fuanr to the direction, of the said act,
(ball be, and hereby is authorifed and
required to make to fach person, thfe
fame allowance and deduction on the
emorint of the said duties, as is direct
cd'by the fi:ft feClion of thiaaft to be
made in the cases therein mentioned.
Ahd be ft farter maed, That the
ft^mped paper, required by the afore
faid aft to be furniftied tor the citizens
of the United States,, by the Treasury
Department, ^tll be fororlhed at the
rate of dot, provided by that aft, with
out any additional charge on# account
of the piece of paper, or any other ex
penfe,>any thing in the said aft to the
contrary notwiihftanding,atfd that all
paper, forihe purpofe^ aforefaid, flhall
be fbnrifhedat the expense of the U
nited State*, by the Secretary of the
Treasury Departmow, who is hereby
authorifed to employ annually, a Suffi
cient lam for that pnrpofr, and for the
receflaty purchase of vellum and parch
<nem,«K of any moniesinrhe Treafu
r, of the United States, not otherwise
appropriated : Provided alwajr, that
nothing herein contained, (hall be so
conftrurd, as to require the Treafory
Department tofumbh any slumped vel
lum or parchment, without an addition
al, chargefor the price of those materi
al-, over, and above the dutv on the
?,mp ;.which price, in all cases where
-Damped vellum- or parchment (hall be
imniilmd, the Sect©ary of that Depart
ment is hereby authoriftd and required
rQ&as neadv as mar be, according to
" the atlu.il eoft of those articles, refpc&'
Help;
md'te. ih farther enaßed, That so
much of the ihxcfiQ^ ad, as relates to
slump duties on " any certificate or de
h ntnrc for drawback of enftoms or du
ties," shall be and the fame so hertby
repealed; and that in lieu of the said
ft,mpduties, one fourth per cent on the
amount of all drawbgki, allowed by
law, on the exportation of goods,wares,
and merchandize, imported, shall be re
tained for the nfe of the United States,
by the coHcQots paying such drhw
tak, ; and in addition to the fam of
;/ one per sen', directed to be so retained
B +fy^^.»* tea An a&fto pronde
* more effifamlly for the collection of the
duties imposed bylaw on goods,wares,
and merchandizes, imported into the U
nited States, and on the tonnage of
ships or vessels." March 19, 1798.
tarotefaptefatoett&fret.^
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Note from Mr, Gerry io the Mm
fontf Foreign Relations.
MR. Gerry having seen in the Redacteur
of this morning, the publication of a letter to
him from the Miuifler of Foreign Affairs of
the bench Republic, dated 24th Meflidor,
(July 12) requests him to order a jufttraof
taon of the anfwes, of the 20th July, to be
dfo published#
Mr. Gerry beipg on the eve of hi, depart
ure from Paris, prefames the Minifler Will
readily comply herewith, to prevent part'll
red undue reprefentationa againfl him in hit
absence.
Bari;, Jul, 25, 1798.
Mr. Gerry's ^nfaer,
feth letter of tk< Minified Foreign Affairs.
~ PARIS, JULY 20, '9B.
Citizen Minder,.
I RECEIVED, on the 27th Meffidor,
vnur letter of the 24th, [July 12] on which
permit me to make foina obfervationt.
You allege, that iu the United States, the
French Republic is accused of trot wishing ,
for peace ; and to shew that it was always
desirous thereof, you recur to the arrival of
M. Genet in America. Far from accufa
tionsof any kidti, I wilh to cultivate harmo
^,- r.y between the two Government#, as% ^ fo
id bail of peace. From that epoch to the
departure from the United States of M. A
det, the correfpotdence of the Secretaries of
State of the United States with the French
Minister, in America, and tho American
Miniver, jn France, contains the hiftory to
faftime of the unhappy differences between
the two Republics, and evinces the sincere
desire of the Government of the United States
>amidft the inevitable cmbamffments result
ing from the convulsive state of Europe, to
referee harmony and friendship with the
j French Republic, and go perform with fcru.
Bat,ention \he duties of neutrality. If,
unfortunate events, France had fof
injurres during that terp^lill the man
^t.^ ^^^^
W^M^ WHIWOT
in a fatton to fulfil the conditions receffafr
for the renewal of the political coonaxiopl
Had he been received, he could have applied
for other powers if neceflary.; nothing is
more ufoul. The application which you Ifo*
so RrcnUouflv urged on my part must have
been for the renewal of powers annulled by
the a& of fending away the other Enjoys;
fttrel, thbn your arguments vrould have ap
plied with much more force to the case of a
Mioifter whose powers were only fuppafed
inadequate to the objeas of his mission. The
a& of rejecting this Minifies,- accotopaffled
with circumstances 'of high displeasure on the
part of the government of the French repub
lic, could not fail to wound deeply the gov
ernienf of the United States, and to produce
ebfervationa on such an important event,
Let the cause and cffca be buried in obliv
ion, the remembrance thereof cannot ptfr
mote harmony. This you will readily ac
cede to, when you confider the amicable ami
attentive conduH immediately adopted by
the American government in tendings three i
Envoys Extraordinary, /with adequate p±w
era to e&a a reconciliation and a req,ra&f
the commercial intcrcQurfebetweea therc
pubiics.
-, From the arrival of the Xovovs at Firis to?
.the departure of two of them, the obje& of
their mission were , defeated by infuperlble
bars, arising from demands of loans, which,
violating the neutrality of the United Status,
would have involved them in an immediate
war, and of pecuniary reparations for the ob.
fervations hinted at. Toward, the end of
that period, after imposing on me ftcrery,yeu
Rated the embarrafTmenu and difatirfafyon
of the Executive Directory, on account of
the opinion, and conversations of my col
leagues, its determination not to treat with
them, and its desire to negotiate With me ;
and you added, that my departure would pro
duce an immediate rupture. Aftoteilhcd as
I was at this communication, I informed you
that I had no powers to treat fepsratdy ; the
measure war impossible ; and that, had my
powers been adequate, a treaty made under
such circamflances could never be ratified by
my government. You differed from mo—„
we reasoned on the fubje&, and each adher
ed to hit opinion, purged in vaintfe an,
reifonablencfs of admitting prejudices aglib fir
my colleagues without informing them offfie
caffes thereof; the good effea in rm&tfng
these, which might result from such infering
tion; and the necessity of making&owa&
them, all that had now paffed&twceo us.
You held me to the promise of fccrcfj, ,d
--ding, that isl would negotiated we could, f|on
finiOra treaty, for thgxccurivc Dir&ry
were notin a habit oCTpcoding much time
about such matted.^ You defred an^fain
tervicw, in which, after a difetfion if fne
ffubjea/I confirmed and adhered torffew
termination.
In this state, affairs remained for feme
time, and I flattered myfelf with the hope,
that, failing in the proportion for negotiat
ing with me, fcparatcly, your next step would
be to accredit the three Envoys ; in such an
eveg, the fesrefy mentioned would have
been proper. This expectation was ftretah.
ened liy the two subsequent interviews witch
they had with you ; and you may judge of
my surprise on the receipt of your lette| of
the 28th of Ventofe, containing a refa(# to
btreat with two of the Envoys, and renewing
the proportion to treat with me. Finding
that I was the person alluded to, and tb&all
hopes of oar being jointly accredited were at
an end, I agai^fofed, in the most positive
terms, to raffrafe, fcparatcly, Anker
proportion vßLmteohade, that to pffient a'
rupture, I fhouwromaie here till information
could be feat to my Government of t|«fc L
vents. Embarrassing as such a fate was, 1
fubroitted to it rather than to bring on ire.
You afterwards sent me your note of the tyh
Germinal, [3lft May] proposing that I ffionld
resume our reciprocal communications upon
the intcrefts of the French Republic abd the
United States. To this I replied on the 4th
of April, that I could only confer informally
and unaccredited on any Übje& refpe&ing
our miffioD, and communicate to the govern
ment of the United States the refills of fach
conferences, being, ia my individual capaci.
ty, unauthorifod to give them an official
stamp. The diy after the departure from
Paris of the laR of my colleagues, I again ad
dressed you, and quotingthe above paragraph,
informed you, that this I coffdered as the
line of condufl well underwood to fea^
ed on my part; To this you mafeoblobjec.
tion, verbally pr by writing, and thui acqui
efeed in it ; bad you not, I &>nldfoav£ im
mediately demanded my passport. At one
of our firft interviews after that letter, you
Rated a difficulty in adopting the plan pro
posed by my letter of the 20th of Aoril, from
your not being informed of the wimcs of the
government of the United States in regard to
a treaty ; ttyfe were so reafonablc, that I
thought it ben to communicate them to you ;
and according to4toown opinion, since ex
pressed, they would require little or no time
for dilcuffion. Nothing can exceed them
for moderation or juflicc.
Believing that you was seriously dis
posed to bring forward the plan of a
treaty for the consideration of the gov
ernment of the United States, and be
ing also convinced that the fubjeft had
been so fully difluffed, and was so well
uaderftood „ not to require much
time to accom^ifti it, I informed yog
, that t ffiould embark for Arctrica ia
June ; and' although you ^jeded to it
in the firft inftanct, you afterwards ap
peared to be felly Convinced of the ne
cessity of it, andpromifed to digest the
plan proposed without delay, and to
fend ft ta me for examination. I con
ferred, with you at different times on the
expediency of fending a Minister to
Philadelphia, to complete the negotia
tion, aad you premifod to confider of
it..
As length the Sophia arrived, and a
few days afterwards you informed me
that ! might make myfelf quite easy ;
that France did not wi(h a war with the
United States ; that (he had no
thoughts of it ; that the American af
fairs were then before the Executive
Directory ,and that every thing would
be arranged to my wiffifl. lagain fat
ed thtmeceffity of fending a Miuifler
' ter America to ° cpmnta, , the negotia
tion ; you said yoglroia propose one
to the Executive Directory. This I
could not suppose was for tbp^urpofe
ypu have since stated, of refid^ there
after the ratification of the treat..
Thus were matters cireumftanced un
til the arrival of the Gazettes, contain
ing flic difpstebes of the Envoys, to
their government, 'which gave a more
thanunomentpry turn to yoys corref,
. pondence with me. When t informed
you that I (hould embark so the Soph
ia, as foonas (he could be fitted for the
sea, there was Rill time to furnish the
plan of the treaty, and to feed it by me,
if expedient. You desired me to re
m#in hcro; I told you my return was
indifeenfible—and gave np other reason
—lthought that fuscient< You con
ceive it depended 00 me to he publicly
received by the Etfcotive Directory :
But our opinions are different on this
point, A Government fends three En
ro,sfo treat with another Government
,—this objeds to two of them, and pro.
poses to treat with thelhird, Candour
mu(l adwit. that the latter cannot ac
cept fix proposal, without transferring,
in that instance, fe^xecurive authority
of his. government, who wq#ld only
have nominated three Ecto,s to the
I foreign government who would have
appointed one ofthem- You fav,at,
if m, powers acre altered by the de
partus of mrcetogues, y^t, on my t
"%wh hft^efy, thought to fo,refer-,,
red the qweftion to my government,and
in the interim to have fixed with you,
by a cahn and amicable difeuffiqfy all
tb.e contentions points of our dinerenc
ct. If my government, as you repeat
edlv touted, was apprised before the
2oih of March of the proposition to
treat with me fcparatcly, jt is evident
that it was noudifpofed to fend me new
powers ; for the Sophia failed on the
zßth of thafmonth ; and, knowing this,
you dil| .oiged me to make the applica
tion. I have been always ready, and,
had you come forward with the proj
eft of a treaty, would have entered into
a-calm add amicable conference with
>you; onevtry part of it, but not into fl
'formal ffilolary difcyffion, which was
not proposed till fame time after I was
ready to embark, wot only relative to
the' Cenfular Convention which will
soon expire, was^ontrary to my Stipu
lation relative to conferences; in which
you acquiesced,and would have requir
ed months to be completed. You was
the firft, you affirm, to press feripufly
the negotiation ; you will agree with
me, that the merit would have been
greater, had the meafdre itfelf been tea
iible. You frequently remind me of
your exertions, which I am disposed as
much as poffibb to appreciate ; regrg
; ting at the fame time their cirepitpus
direction. Go my part, I think you
will be convinced that every thing has
been done, which cireusances herein
,! truly detailed would admit.
It is with pleafore I learn that the
Executive Directory i& still ready, and
is as much disposed at ever to terminate,
by a liberal negotiation, the differenc
es which fobfiftbetween the two coun
tries. This djfpofition has alwaffex
ifted on the part of the government of
the United States. A negotiation then,
if fa on foot, free from all proportions
of loans and explanations of speeches,
to be held if neceffaty imacity of foroe
neutral nation, and providing for a de
-cifion by three or five commissioners,
of all poi^t which may net be deter
mined by wren negotiation, would fall ,
be accompanied, in my opinion, with
ffOhfe having no authority, I
cannot make the propofiuon. ,
; A set&„ meafute appear# to be
fefc, jl which & dignity of this
^t'l^h¥ f^f''""Tie '%l&^^"y^d ^fr l ^?'^
a 0
government is as deeply concerned 0
the interaft of the United Stales. The
depredations, outrages, and crueltim,
committed on our commerce and citi
zens in the Weft-Indies, and on out
coaffs, by , French privateers, fomu of
which it is said have no commifyas,
are perhaps seldom tpar^lelled among
civilized nations. It i; ftid that this
government has not been early appriz
ed of these events, which have been a:
great source of irritation in the United
States, and a principal cause of the re
pre(live measures adopted by them. Ay
recal of the commissions of the priva
teers, arid restraining, them by severe
penalties to the proper objects of cap
ture, cannot fail to'have a happy eifefy
You claim a promise of my good of
fices as a private citizen in America.
These than not be wanting to represent
truly every measure of this goyern
mehi. and to render feccefqfol allfoch
as may be wdl adapted'9 efficß are
conciliation. This it all that can be
expelled of me, and the duty which!
owe to my country will require it. And
now, Citizen Minister, having given
you a testimony of my esteem, fach as
refalts from a frank .and candid con
dufy I bid you adieu, wiring sincere
ly a speedy renewal of amity and com
merce between the two republics.
Accept, Citizen Minister, the assur
ances of my perfed coafid©rarion.
E. GERRY.
" BLESSED be Gop," fay apouadk
clergyman in Savannah to his pock,
" America can never despond, or sup
pose that (he is altogether without the
protection of Providence, wliile it
pleases the Lord or HqsT, to shield
out national rights and Sovereignty by
a PiNCßteo, a Marshall, siud a
GsrrT, to condud our negotiations,
and Support our interest and honour a-,
broad; by a Washington, the fa
ther of his country, at the head of an
army of hemes to defend its invaded
rights ; End, ,n Apams, to preside o
ver the united wisdom and patriotifra
of the Union, to fraud at the helm, and
when the blaftof war blows in our ears,
to guide thciwhirlwind and direct the
flora." Newham,Jbire Ga%.
Says the Mtf Mercurj, Talleyrand
talkaas ufoal of the pacific disposition
*oftbe French# fira|^^
ware of this Cofiam^nUnfc
instant, believe hi> MfiaufyeftW!
do, you are loft. q^^tynH,
mericans are a mefi^fybOT^lrcn#<
thus tells us in ewraffefifyfen are *
not boflile towards us, that tnty with ft
„ejeroe peace, when their oaiOT ate at
perfeß war, it it is possible to hold
with us ? The French cannot invade
our country, with an army, while the
English are most powerful by fa.
Their only war against us muftbe a ma
rine one prosecuted in Small armed ves—
sels. Have not the French pursued
this kind of hostility for two years put
with more faccefs than .they could af
ter a declaration of war ? Scarcely a
ny of our merchant veffcls escape, that
fall in with their cruifep. They have
found easy prey, on our defacdefe com
merce. * If they had Wared war, our
merchants would have been cautious,
our vessels would have been armed, or
foiled under popvoys; and French pi
rates would have failed^ or have taken ?
•perhaps, to land robbery. Let the Di r
rectory, if they with to be believed,
precede t|ieir bowed declarations, with,
a revolution ofthe bitter and villannaa
orders, which they have issued. Let
them dm good ad. Kna*at#n gene
rally talk well ! Btrt liftenjng to take
will not preserve property,
Hh letter, fat the Salem Gazette.
remind; w offff foUtyng t%&e :
" CATO, an honest, wellmeaning,
good sfee African, had for a lot^
time borneptiefywte Scolding, feoff
ing, and intuiting conduce of his ter- ^
magaar wife Phillis, rill; tofing all pa
tience, and tevery reafonabte measure
for an adjustment being at an end, he
procured a fopple hickory twig# ~
threatened her with a severe chaftne
ment, telling her at the fame time, that
hehad tried fair means long enough to
no purpose. Gitte* Phillis, feeing Ca
to's face diveded of its usual (mile, be
gan,o thinkhe was in ',^f,erc.
fore, falling on hetkne&, &©cs/4&n<
(he cried out, %D @'4MIP C ,
to, do let mi live in lu, and sffi, so ,
as we used to do." " No, Gone dam
you, fay# Cato, de dibbit trust you, me
bear it long enough, and ra^ bare
faxtefaxftun now me boot eta.'