The gazette., 1799-02-18

The fenldtion which thefe details irreGhabIy
excite, is that of aRonihment, at the uuparai
leled efrontery of Mr.. Tallsyrand in demand
ing OF MIR. Gerry the names of x Y and z !;
alter 7 had accompanied him on Witt to the
mln'Iter coIb qVbOm tbs coHveyjatog detailed in tbs
PRINTED dJloatebcI then pa5Sa and who then afur
ed Mr.. Gerry thar The information Mr.. Y
had given him was juR, and might always be
relied oD-"-After z had in the hrf inhance
introduced Mr.. Gerry TO the miniRer, and ferv-
ed as their mutual Interpreter, and qvben The con
pa5atioH bsteVesn item bad alj6 been Rated ia tbe
djPNtcbes ard after X Y and had dined to
gether with Mr.. Gerry at Mr.. TaIleyrand's
liable, on rifing from which X and renewed
the ProPolition abeur the MONEY The very
cHcumaance Of Mr.. Talleyrand's being contn-
ued IN Office after the account Of thefe intrigues
had been PNbihed to the world, is declGve
proof that they were commenced and carried
on with the Privity and by the fecret ord.rs Of
the directory. 1t was to accompih the obiea
OF thete intrigues that the American ENJOYS
were kept at Paris unreceived, fix months af.e
their credentials had b-en laid before the dircc.
tory and it was only becaule they were fuPe-
rIor 20 thofe intr'gues, and that no hopes re
NAMED of wheeling or terrifying them into
compliance, that TWO Of them were then
tent away--and with marks of inlulI and con-
tempt.
2. The faa that the French government at
tempted to inveigle Mr.. Gerry into fepara;e
negotiation will not be quenioned az FIRE il
vas made PriVate!y and under an injunction Of
ge1ecy towards bis COLLEAGUES it was afterwards
plainly Infatuated by thc mini0er, in his letter
q he ~ l. .-11
the envoys that the executive directory was diff
Poled to treat with one Of the three; and that
one he openly avowed, in his letter of he 81 Of
April, 70 be Mr.. Gerry. The bretence for ftIetf-
ing him was that his "oPin'ons. prefuued to
be more impartial, promCed in the courfe Of the
explanations, more of that reciprocal confidence
which was indilPenGble" But when, before,
have their " obi1ian5" been Rated as a iutidable
ground for rejecting the ambaGldors OF peace
Ambafadors 80, OF eAab!iihed probity, whole
chara6ers were Of the frh dfinaion in their
own country, and Whole demeanor towards the
government to which they were dePutcd, was
decent and refpeaful Who had, with a frank
nefs which The candor Of their naru6ions war
rInted, communicated the important points
which they contained and who unrsnlittingly
and with the mott anxious f3lic;lude, entreated
that the negotiations might Be commenced /?
What more proper or more honourable qualities
ought miniaers deputed to negotiate with a
foreign nation TO pohels p But why ihould a
foreign government queRion the obinion5 Of the
ambaiiadors ient to negotiate with it on lube6s
OF dBfTeHce between the two nations If wilely
cholen, and faithful TO the interets of their OWN
country, they mutt Of courle pofe1s different
opinions from the government to which they
are 1ent the differing 9tinisn5 maotained by the
two nations on their REFLECTIVE rights and inter
etts, being the caufe and objects of the negocia-
tion-A government really ddpofed to treat on
fair principles would never obied TO the obinions
of fforeign ambahadors. 1t would receive them,
and appoint its own miniRers, with proper pow
ers, to treat with them, propole its terms, and
receive thoie offered and dilculs both : and if
then they could not agree, put an end TO the
neg0ciation. The French government did not
with to negotiate, it deGred to mbolc treaty on
the United States. To this practice it had been
accuRomed towards the minor powers in Eu-
rope, whom it has fubjeded to its will and
it expected equal fubmifion from the U. States.
Hence Mr.. Talleyrand's fecret declaration TO
Mr.. Gerry, " that if he would negotiate they
could toon hnifh treaty }5r tbs sxecEtive dirsc
tory qUtre not ia f5+ habit Of endiqg much time a
bept jiscb mattert." Hence the objections to
geNeral Pinckney and general Marlhall /: they
manifehed dIcernment fuperior to the in
trigues of the French government, and an in
vncible determination not TO lurrend-r the hon
or, the inlereG, or the independence of their
country. 1t was neceGary then to get rid oi
them and fseing that ncitAer defpair of nego.
tiating, nor Rudied indignites, could induce
them to quit their potts, PaGports were fent to
them to quit France It was with difficulty
that general Pinckney could obtain PermiIion
to ltay two or three months for the recovery of
his ick daughter, to whom an immediate voy-
age would probably prove fatal. Unernbarrai
Extract Of letter. dated June I5th, 1898, from