The gazette., 1799-02-11

a reconciliation would be hcl promoted by his
mode only, fncerely wifhed It fucceG."
On The z9th of June, received the minia.
er's letter No. Io /; and in which after relaxing
from the 6ra point Of his general plan, and
iuggelting that the third would not meet wirh
much difficulty, as foon as the fecond ihould lie
amicably adjuaed he for the frR time pro-
Poled that ihcuid dfcufS in writing, fome ar
ticles Of the treaty, comprif4d under the fecond
point. Nearly three months had then elaplad
iince lad declared 1 could only confer with
him informally on the obisds of the milton
noa1ly tWo months fince he was informed of the
views Of the United States in regard to trea-
~, and had promiled to come forward in a
few days with the project thereof, and fx weeks
ince | had aPprifed him of my intention to
embark in the Sophia. AS then compliance
with his wifhes would have given faudion not
only to his departure from the plan we had a
greed on for forming an arrangement; lut ALTO
to the meafure adopted by his Government, of
accteditng at plealure the whole or part only
Of commifion and as had frequently de-
nanded my pafport by letters, as we'll as BY
my fecre;ary, paaed in flence his propoftion
for dlculIion, as meafure he well knew was
inadmilTable, and urged in my letter Of the fra
of July (No. zo) in a more decided tone, the
demand for The paGport &c.
On the 5th jolly, not having received an an
fwer to my laf, | called on the minifer, to
know the caute Of bis OBTAINING my paEport
and to give him an opportunity before my de
Parture, of removing the obllacles to plan Of
Pacifcation. He began by obfervirg thar in
note accompanying his iaa letter, lie had Rated
two points relpetting the con ular convention,
expecting that would dlcufs them, as he had
done, bGl had not taken any notice Of them !;
that had l1id | had no powers-He had pow
ers and Of conlequenct, | lhould not com
pro11it my fate, Whit he would compromit
his That might take the difcuGion t9 the u
nited States, and my Government might Judge
Of It; that when my colleagues were here the
Government could not treat with them thar
when they were fant OF, It was ready to treat
with me that altho' had no powers might
f,nd for them or remaining there might give
my government an opportunity Of tending 9th
er miEiiters, If l cid not choole 10 proceed in
the bulinds that ii this, there would BE 10
reiPonhbity on my part ,hat there were but
aiew points for diicuhicn, which might fcoa be
hnilhed and that if war was the confequence
Of my leaving the country, il would bechargea-
bic 70 ne. To which replied, that The laa
propoftion of the Directory for me 10 treat, was
one which had before reje6ted that in April
lall, he knew | would only contfr on the fubje6ls
OF the million, and made The objection to the
meatuIe; that on the z9th June, after my bag
gage was on board, and | was ready to embark,
he 6ra ProPoied d1culion in 1yrifi4g, of the
articles Of the treaty that ! c0nfidered this,
however qualified, as a formal mode cF nego
ciation, which Ihad uniformly declined that.
had he brought forward, as he had pfoPofed,
The plan Of treaty, and in it compriCrd the ar
t;c!es which ! had aated, we might have paHcd
On it exPediiouily, and might have made It ac
ceptable to beth Governments that he NOT
important part might have been 6rt conGdefcd
and if not adjuted, might have Precluded The
necefity Of PaAing On the reit that in addition
70 the cbjaeion already fated to his mode. it
commenced with the con(ular convention,
which would ioon expire tkat thou'd we agree
On this, and on the leher points Of the CONNER
cial treaty he may referve to the ialt the weigh
ty articles thereof and falling in theGs, we
might waae leveral months, by fsuiilels negO
cistiar thar ihould we unite in all the points
which he has f1ggeRed. his mode Of ditcUGion
would require llveral months that the iols Of
time, by thefe or other means, might compronit
the Government of the United States, and my
clflikewiie that if a war fhould be The confe
quence Of his departing from the plan We had
agreed on. for obtaining treaty, be would be
chargeable as the cauie Of it.-1hc miniRer
fad the mode he had propoied was generally
adopted by France. replied the other was
not unufual, End in the prefent cafe was pre-
(erable, if not indapeni5le he oblerved that
the notes which had lent hin, relpe9ing the
views of the United States, were informal.
anfwercd, il was true, but that would remove
that difficulty He then propoted the 7h July
for another interview, bur afterwards put It of
till the ninth On the Oh reduced the notes
to form for continuing part Of the treaty.
On the 9th Of July called Oh the miniaer;
and he enquired whether had received his let