The gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1798-1799, 1798-06-18
THE GAZETTE.
PORTLAND.
The Dispatches

ron be 5tb infant. the Pr1fdtnt communicated ID
CoHgreG G9G dlPatebe5 from orr envoy5 a Paris,
Of qcbeb The toLo1Oizg il JI52ance. The French
Mhave tbe mbndlnce to demand a contribution
and this Is tie continual din Of THAR coztcrccrt.
The JacoJiH tat7ioa hare heretofore a6cried thai
X r. and z. qrere unauthorized individuals
What new excge quN they bace noqv, cviea ~
niHjfey TaLlyrard bar HmEB repeated IL 4? No
Jingle qpord zvas uttered about The famous Bri
tin Treaty. qObicb has 70 long BEEN The bug bea,
of our Taco6iHr Bu! FRANCE 10 tell, hi t5u7-
drel ii kbaf IF he Dire7@y, ba5 jonad tauA
qv5tb he fareqyrH yPeecb Of WgyGngten! Rra4
br mbh-see, and learn igyRraai2s. Ne are
too (o90 70 anger.
THE Dispatches from our Envoys at Paris,
this day communicated, by the Prefdent Of the
United States, 70 both houfes Of Congrels,
conGa Of letter dated on the 9th of March
lat, encloGng minutes Of two conferences, OBJ
tanned at the inRdnce Of the Envoys, on the I'd
and 9TH Tor 6th*) Of the fame month, v it'll the
Mnller for Foreign Affairs. At the frt con
ference, General PinCkney introduced the con
verlation, by expecting the anxiety Of The Anne
rican government and Envoys to remove the
fulfilling differences between the two countries.
He iaid that many inadmillblc proportions for
effe6ting that Object, had been received BY them
throuob M " o-.I IL - ~ .-.,;taI ~ W..
the mIniIler, to know whether other means
might be deviled to obtain 70 defirable an end.
In antwer M. Talleyrand Elid that the Dircao-
~ were extremely wounded by the fpecch of
General Warrington, when about to re,ir from
Office, and by the irt and lat ipecch Of Mr..
Acams ; and that explanations were required
OF the Lnvoys; and that, previous to treating
with them, The Directory expected fome proof
on the part Of the United States of a friendly
dhPoiiton. Here M. Talleyrand alluded verv
lntelligibly to loan. General Pinckney havjng
lntlmated that loan would exceed their powers
M. Talleyrand drew dian6ion between atfinc
contrary to inftrudions and acting in cafe
where they were ilcnt, and urged that in the
latter cafe K was their duty to ufe their dilcre
ton Tor the public good. He laid the PRINCIPAL
Objection Of the American government 10 4
loan mutt be its tendency 10 draw il our Of 2
neutra iituatlon, and remarked that there were
levera! ways Of obvis,ng luch 40 effect fuch
as reliance on the fecrecy of France, dfguiC
ing the loan, making it payable by diRant IN
italIments and France rafting preteat fpplies
upon the credit of ito this it was an(wered.
that they conceived their in(tru6ions did not
admit OF loan that the United States had
reiolyed faithfully 10 maintain their neutrality.
that they would do nothing in fcret which II
known would arrange them among the belize
rent powers that as they could not, if leapted
with France, furnilh either men or lhips otwar.
and money being the only thing that would We
aiked OF them. to furnilh money was in faa u
make war. The minilter repeated The neccai
" there was OF proving our fricndhip for the
KePuoic by ione immediate aid, or BY Enletbi1y
7V6ifb might avaH them-In the courie of the
convention the miniRer complained Of the En-
voys not having vihted him, and pretended
mat the original favourable difpoftion IF tie
Directory had been a good deal altered BY the
codneis and dltance which the Envoys had
ooieTVed becaue they had not made brivate
gym p him, and faid he conceived their not
havInG had an audience Of the Directory ought
not 10 have prevented It. Mr. Marhall told
him' that their feeling the Directory or not, was
an Object Of no fort of concern 10 them, but
that i was their opinion, that until their public
was in lome degree recognized, rbev
could nottake upon themlelves to at rs r, nix
ters. The minier f,id that was very true. bur
that hey might Zee him as pyiulte iriiD:iuab.
ana di.cul. the oi ds eff differences between
the two nations.
At the fscond conference On the 18th Tor OH
the ENJOYS o6ierved, that they hal previouly
I uncertain % ssss5 n @sG 2ys fe lP eoyf,eae