The gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1798-1799, 1798-10-08

was al this comrAunca alton, i Informed YOU thai
had no powers to treat lsPirately. the mea
iure WAS inv1 .lible and that had nay powers
been adequate, a treaty nude under iuch cir
gnm1ances casll never be ratified by my gov
ernneDr You d'Hsred from me. we reafoned
on this f.bi St, ard each adhered to his opinion.
urged in vain the unreafonablsnefs of admit
ting prejudce agaipl my colleagues without
Informing them otthe cauics thereof; the good
sdctt in removing thefe which might re(olt
from fnch information. and The neeelity of
making known to them, all that had now paleI
between us You held me to the promiG. Of
flcrecy, adding, that If would negotiate, We
could foop hnif. treaty, for the Executive Di-
rettory were nor IA the habit of fpeHdng much
time about fuch matters. You deiired another
interview, 10 which, after difcunion of the
fuh-6, | confirmed and adhered to my deter.
rnination.
In this fate, affairs remained for fcmetirfie.
and catered rnyielf with the hope that fail
Ing IN the prop iition for negotiating with me,
feparstely, your next liep would be 10 accredit
the three Enyoys in fuch an event, the iecrc-l
ry mentioned would hive been proper. This
eype9lJ was arengtheaed by The TWO fuble
qaent Interviews Which hey had W til you, and
yol MY Judge Of my furprife on the receipt Of
yol lctrer of the zSrh Veliofe, containing re-
fafal 10 cit 9th two of The Envoys, and re-
ne0ing the prop 7fitian, TO ..leat with one. Find
ing thar was the perfln alluded to- and that all
hopes Of our beag jointly accredited were a;
a. end again refufed, IN the mot pofitive
{ rms, to negotiate enerately Another prcpo-
haon vas then made, that 10 prevent ruptare
.hould remrn here ill information could be
isnt,to mp G1vefnp1ent Of thefe events. En-
barraihlg as luch liase was | lu6mitted to il
rss.s.sr tam to bring on war You afterwards |
f-nt me your note Of tie fAh Germina, (3Il
May) propofng that lhauli refume our re.
ciprocal communications upon the interelti of
RE French Republic an the United States -
To tins replied on the 4th Of April, that |
could oaly confer info maliy and unaccedi,ed
on any fu5jed relpe6tiag our milton, and com
run.cate 10 the Government of the United
States, the refulr Of fuah conferences, being, in
my individual capacity, unauthorized to give
them an oIhcial Camp. The day after the de-
parture from Paris of The la9 of my colleagues,
| agair addref-d you, and quoting the above
paragraph, informed you, thar this conGdrr
ed as the line of conduit yell underaood to be
obferve1 on my part to this you made 70 OBJ
jeaion verbally or by writing, and thus acqui
efced in il had younit, thould have irnme
dateiy demanded M padport. At one of our
frf interviews alter that letter you hatci diff
hcrlty in adopting the plan propoled by my
leite- Of the goth Of April, from your not Being
informed of the wiihes of the Government of
the United States in regard to treaty !; thefe
were e. reafonable that l thought il beR to.
communicate them 70 you, and according to
your own opinion free exPrefed, they would
teqajre Il tie or no time for dilculion moth
ing can exceed them for moderation or jnf.
tice.
Believing that you was feriouly difpof-d to
bring forward the plan of a treaty for the con
Il IerAtioa Of the Government of the u. States,
and being al,o convinced that the fnbi,a had
been 70 fully ddcuGed, AID was 70 we'll under
food, as not to require much time to accom- |
plilh t, Informal you that / Mould embark |
for America in Jlae, an although you objef |
ed 70 il in he hrt intance, you Afterwards ap- |
pe4reI 10 b. fully convinced of the neceairy OF |
it, and pramiiel to diget the plan propoied |
without delay, and to fsnd is TO M for exami- |
natioa conferred with you at different times |
on the e1p.1ieacy Of leai'n5 MIA Ter to Phi |
IA ielp'il 70 complete the ne5ociati IN, AM you |
psom;lcd 70 coniiier Of it.
At length the Sophia arrived, aai few
DAYS aftsr% ,rd, you informed me thar I might |
make RYielfqalie eaiY; thattr2nce did not with |
a wiz with The Unae1 States that FL. had no
Thoughts Of il that the American aHairs were
then before the Execu,ive ID r-6tory, and thIt
every thing would Be arranged to my wihes
I again lta'ed the uecedi y of fen ling Miniaer
to America 70 complete the negotiation !; you |
fsd you would Ptcpoe one q th- Executive |
Directory. fhis | could not flppole was for !,
the puspofe you have ince flted, of rcliling |
there after the ratification OF the treaty
Thus were matters circumfanced until the !
arrival OF the Gazettes, containing the Df |
patches of the Lnvoys to their Government,