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London, England, 1810-10-30 00:00:00

NIIIE IORK PAPERS.

The following interesting extract frees the Free-
resn's Journal, IN Com one of Mr. Elliot's rellava
upon French infloetice in the Uuited States. We
hope that gentleman will petsevere in exposing the
inpatalleled villainy and Atrocity of the Jefferson
Adminietrattoo. His situation in Coupe.* during
the time that the greatest cnuses of that Administra-
tion were committed against the people, enable.
him to reader to his country an important Service
of which few tutu are capable.-.-Noired Shaw
Gazelle.)
Deserverling to the memorable mujon of !ROSA
the reader's recollection is recalled for Oar MON
truant to the (pahl.e) message of lite Pre; a 1
Jeffet.ous at the commencemeut of the Stsslou.-
It imireated, in terms the mom anegairocel, that
the Mailed States were on the eve of war With
Sele.ikmg of the injuries received from th t
rower, the Message seid—s. Some or theta are of
a nature to be met ley 'force miry, and rile of thee*
may lead to it. I mined. therefore, but reciron-
mend such preparation as circumstances call for."
The Message, indeed, abonioded in that ambiguity
of expression. and in that geiserslization of censure
wpou •• every belligerent,' for which the laroinonv
tuned of tlne remarkable man wet distinguished.—
Spain sus parliculerly, • mold shell of--.the general
ceusure upon •• the belligerents" waft evidently
meson fur (treat nothing .110 said of
France. Mark thia--intf one weed of Fiume I
Vat the Prp.ideist had so his tmctesaiOu doeurnest.
Gan General Annstrorit. announcing to him, in
the mo‘t perfect 4 all official forms, that as it re.
spectei! the difficuhies which appeared to exist Le.
trews the Jmetiran and SpaaiskiGat•ernmeate, theft
was in feet. as Mr. itembilph assort utter said its the
Mouse of Iteineseutatives. •• Nu Spaito."
Speaking of Spain, among other matters, the Pres
shield acrd --,* Proposibous for adjusting amicably
the troiondaries of Louisiana hare not hero acceded
to." to a private message soon niter, he said—" It
$ the police of Spain to reserve herself for evente."
Yet this arch deceiver knew that the rearm why the
boond.ories of Louisiana could not be sdjucted with
Spaia woe, that France would not softer Spam to
Wind them with the I:nited States upon any terms
sa hatever ! And he was godly of the most useprie-
cipltd conduct in telling Congress (this he would
say to Cie America. people and to the worl I)
•hat it was the poic7 of Spain to reserve herself
fie eerier. when his agents abroad had infnrmed
him th.t it was the policy of France to reserve
flp.olll tor events !—[The Public Me-sage was sent
roo eu the 3i of December, and the Pr,.
ear Meseeze only three al ejs efteel—The •• Wais-
t/m.9a Jedi:rsou,' the only mon on earth of whom
the otiter is at this
..• it., and he appeals to his Cool for the truth
wt 1.0 assertion, fur no plirive ur petunia! re..son,
..I: limes that (rein the very "ruin of the neiten-
inn. in reference to the wen:ham as fre:i NS buton•
it .rt *of Louisiana. the Cloverern:mt of Spoin was
so.r•re.l in t..4e no pfrp %Ow...lever withoie
...r f -r: • co.u-n,m Is of France. and wan in Is.
‘• • ..t at every atai;e of hose. s.. 11

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sag tlispnae,l to effect a settlement (between the
United :State* and Split.] on if plan analogous to
what our Nlinistsrs proposed."—What a horrible
violator of truth! When he said this, he knew
that if Frauce 4. was disposed to effect **settlement"
it would be " effected" in one moment. But there
is ninth virtue in that word "analogous." Analo-
gous to what?—`• Our Ministers," in the offers they
" proposer to relinquish our claims for
spoliations, both Spanish mill French, merely to
obtain a boundary for Louisiana !—For Spanish
spoliaiionsalons it is said we hove lately been offer-
-1,1 eight asilliosss of dollars! The " analogous,"
theretore, as the private documents du not 'hew
that our Ministers, in making those offers, said
any thing about buying Florida. undoubtedly
meant thos--Fromee wants marry, at least Eight
Mamas, •besides the relinquishment of' all claims
fer Spanish and French Spuliatimis—aad avast
hate el!

Geurral Armstrong. at length. tantalized be-
yond endurance in this business, sod well knowing
that there was a snake in Me gram 'oohed to
Tslleyrunil to know whet the United States Inu.t
. expect from France, should they go to war with
Spain. The General wrote t.. the President (and
the President iscamiiiinsly suffered this to go to
Congress in the mars of confidential docuinents)—
" M. Talleyrand was instenteneous, prompt, on.
eopsivecal in his reply —' If you go to war with Spam,
France can neither doubt our hesitate I I she must
take past with Spain ! !!"
Thin. early was the criminal man who then
preienfied to e:lininiater the Executive department
of the Government of the United States, informed,
nfficially. by his own confidential mem, 'lathe in.
Riexible determination of the Emperor Napoleon
to rooml the conduct of the United States. in
its foreign relations; and thus early, as we shed
soon ebunilaiitli, prose, did lie stihniu to such con-
trol! These fiche. infinitely momentous !revolt('
any thing in our recent history, hese been con-
cealed from the good people of the United States,
(rein 1803 to Mei!
The con'•lrutial message on often alluded to-.
the confidential document which eeeour.ianieit it—
the attempt of Mr. Jefferson to mike Mr. Ran-
dolph a Chaitlolll of the Committee to whom the
Private Meioage was referred (the independent end
hon. et Macon heist' then the man who coined
Committees), the tool a the Executive, to bring
torwaid, in conclave. a propositiou to appropriate
two millions of dollars, with a Vigi. supersede the
measures which it seetand must naturally grow out
of the Me.-age. ea it contained not a hint shin!
money, end did contain snotty hints about ear-.
the conversation bete:ems Jefferson and Riatelolph.
iiivotijog the iteliguant refusal of the letter to net
the disivmourable part assigned him—the.sub dance
of conversations between the some Gene lemon and
M►. Madison. end Mr. Gallatin. on the same soh.
jest—the (sort of) commisaion issued to Mr. Bid.
*oil sod (lettere' Vernon, as N.l.tingers of the
Mooed Represe-itstives, and Kui.hts of the Rack-
Stairs, when it was ascertained that Mr. Ita.nlult•h
week{ oppose the Adria iii . tiution—the autecini-
ensues, and other mu:aeu►res of the " new leader."
—with the result—will be reviewed in succession.

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