The gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1798-1799, 1798-07-02

min,r Philadelphia whole frlt iicP was 70 declare
the T. s. that they houd be urged 70 carry INTO
execution the dcfcnve claulcs OF the treaty ot ahance
aliho the exiting circumstances were II the m II une
quivocal within the cslus loders tar from
viewing this conduct in lis proper ght, the american
government conGdered il as the acknowledgment Of
right and in the fame lpirt the commlihoners and en-
VOWS extraordinary have this queon IN the begin
ming of rteir memorial The mniRcr OF the republic
Philadep hia having given uneareis 20 the Amerc
government recalled with re4d'nelt and ms recall
WAS attended with circumstances OF extreme ieverity
Ills fucceior carried 10 the IT, all the separations that
could he whed for, accompanied with the hnoereh and
mcn friendly declarations Nothing can equal The lpi-
rit Of Cancellation, rather confederation, IN which
his nlruions drawn up ~ rcia'on 70 every point
that had occaGoned any uneafncls TO the Federal Gov
eminent. Citizen Adet, IN the name OF the convention,
corrobcr rated thofe expire ions Of coed WILL and that
afembv tef received with the euhons OF unbDund-
ed confidence and nccrity, the miniler which the
PRECEDENT of the y. fent them with the apparent
intention Of Corrc pondng fnccrcly withthe dlpohtons
which the republic had never cesied 20 evlnce.
Yet will hardly he believed that the French rcpuo-
lie and her alliance actually iacrihced at the very
moment when (e thus giving 70 her ally increaicd
proofs Of her attention and regard and that the eorr
bonding concentrations Of the Federal Executive had
no otlr view but to Iull her and her government into
deceiful fccurty 1t is nevertheless well known, at
this day. that il at that period that MIR Jay WHO
had been fcnt London, only, it then iSduirsd
der 70 negotiate arrangements, rcPccting Ghe crew
tious which were committed by the Brifidp n ,be
he American trade, was fgning ttcrtifed bv N.
CATION and commerce. the ncsoSlI~A.- IA ~
which had been kept mott profound ccret AZ aris al
Philadelphia That treaty ayowed to oar min
liter pleupotentjary until the la extremity and was
communicated him only for forms fake, after had
been lanoncd by fhc ratification Of the Senate When
The agents Of the republic planned OF that FERROUS
conduit, they were an(wered by appeal to the lnde-
gd byt he
ties Of 1873 Grange mode Of defence aganlt COM
plant, which the diiimuation which was ued proves
10 have been but well grounded an iniIdous ub-
tcrluge, which the real point Of the queIhon iub
flutes general principle which the republic could not
be lufpeed Controvtrt dc y, and which 10y means
Of a lophifm delroys thai intimate confidence which
ought iubha between two allies, and particularly be-
tween the French republic and the U. 5.
1t II is difficult TO ocoVer IN this conduSt th2tWhch
ought be looked for from friend, what lhaIwe think
OF the treaty elf aud Of its provons hat treaty -
this day known all Europe and the imlli maJori-
ties which gaveit an6tion 10 both houeS, well a. the
Rrong and numerous expeditions Of the opinion Of The
people againl II, are 70 many honorable tetImonia' ~
iupport OF the view which the French government ha'
taken Of IT, he undersigned will repeat the obIer-
vations made by bis prediction thS treaty, IN his
note Of the 9th Vcutolc before mentioned and IN that
Of the 9Th edor following; neither will he repeat
what the mnllter rlenpotenlary OF the Tepubie A
Philadelphia, ict lorth much large his official note
otthe zSth Erumaire. HE will confne hImfef 70 Obier-
wing iummay THAI every thing having beel calculated
IN that treaty to make the neutaty of the IT, s ope
rate 70 the disadvantage ofh French republic and 20
The advantage Of England at the Federal Govern
ment having in that n(rumynt, made 20 GreAtbritAu
conceiiions the mol unheard T. the molt Incompatible
with the interefs Of the S. the moi dcrogaory the
alliance which iubfAed between tie faid U and the
French republc-Ihe latter ha- been perfectly free ~
order avoid the inconvenience If he treaty Of Lon
/ O NJ h. pf ION
which the laws Of nations and prior treaties offered.
Such arc the motives which have prompted the ar
rctteS Of the directory Of which the u. s. complain
well as the oondua OF its agents in The Wefindics All
thole mcafureI founded article H. Of the
ty OF 1873; which provides that navigation and
commerce france fhal always land in relation the
US 90 tie footing Of the moi favored marion. The
executive directory be blamed if the execution OF
TINS eventual caulc, has produced ome ngcniences
to the American flag. IS to abufcs, which may have
aEiien under he operation Of that principle I'll under
h6ned again repeats that he ready u dculs them
| IN The mon anicable manner.
From this fAithful expedition or the faas.vhieh have
Progremvely I'D 70 the Prcfent exiting Misunderstanding
Ovtwen the two republics evident The hgn-
q obietved p the beg nnng Of tbs sn!wer that the
French republic were irf Sggrieved, and that fuoh 81
her mcaiurcs may have given rife TO the comp
O. INC v . are with few exceptions th- natuaal CON
equence OF tate OF things which was IN their power
| 70 produce avoid
II the undersigned in fettng fo;h the complaints Of
the republic houd confne mief 70 the treaty Of Lon
don he would but partially fulfil his duty which drets
| his attention tofurther Objects.
From the moment when that treaty war put into er-
ecutlOn The government Of the u appeared 20 II nix
tIet reeacd from the necthity Of flving appearances
towards the republic. Notwithstanding the reiterated
a.uranee which had been given 20 its mEi1ers, that
tbs treaty lhouId make change in the exiting
itate Of he neutrality Of the u S. the French cru ers
were notified n The coure q theyear 1896 that they
could no longer As had been Heretofore praaiced be
admitted to Tell ther prize, in the port, Of the u s.
hS declhon was made b. the federal court of juace
and grounded the treaty CONCLUDED between the u 81
and GTeabIitain. The newspapers known to be I'M
der the dret control Of the cabinet have, hncc that
treaty been doubly a6tvein their inveeve and caum-
mes -ganlt the republic, and agant her principles her
representatives and agcns libelous publications open
y pad Tor by the miniler Of O1eaIhrtain have brot