The gazette., 1799-02-18

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IHh Secretary OF State respectfully fubmts the fol-
lowing eport on the relating to the United
Ss2tes and France 6nce the lal communicat to Co
Ereis on that fubeG.
D4ssr'ae'' sf STATE, Jan. IS, r79q.
REPORT of The Secretary of State, on
Is: Traal7aiOnf relating 10 tb: United States and
.Frarer, frre tie La? eotsnsgnicatious to CongreG
on tbs Gbs8.
THE points chiefly merit;ng attention,
are the attempts of the French government.
|. To exculpate ihelf from the charge of
corruption, as having demanded douceur Of
Fifty Thoufand Pounds Rerling (27z,ooo dol
lars for The pockets of the Directors and Mn
ilters' as rcPTeiented 10 the difpatches of our
Envoys.
II. To deratch Mr.. Gerry from his col.
leagues and to inveigle HIM into a feparate
negotiation and
III. lts defgn, if the negotiation failed, and
war fhould take place between the United
States and France, TO throw the blame Of The
rupture on the United States.
I. The d1Patches of the Fnvoys publihed
in The United States, ( republihed in England,
reached Paris towards the laft If May; and on
the goth OF that month, he French MiniRer,
Mr. Tallyrand, affecting an entire ignorance Of
the Perions deignated By the letters w, K, Z,
and Z-cal'i1g them intriguers, whole obied
was 70 deceive Eh= Envoys-writes to Mr.. Gerry
aud "Prays him Immediately to make known
TO bin their names"
Mr.. Ger.Y, in his aalwer of the an, wifhes
10 eYade Mr.. T2lieyr4nd's requea and with
Ieafon, for he an his colleague, had promifrd
Elellr'. x and that tbeir names fnoulI in no
event be made public" Nix. Gerry in his letter
of Odober # in notic;ng the repetition Of Mr..
1alleYraad's requcf for thof. names, Rates as an
objection to Giving them up "t thar they COLD
be otheTw,fe afcertained - and that Mr.. Tai
leyrand's m=fenger. admitting III. faa tiat they
were already known, Immediately mentioned
Their names. Mr.. Gerry nevertheless certified
in writing the names Of X 7 and z wi,h the
relerve "that hey lhould not be pubifhed on
his authority !" and bsiides formally certifying
TO Mr.. Talcyr7nd The names Of his o7ca brivate
ogfuts' added that " they did not produce. to
his kGOwle 'Ge, credentials or documents of any
kind" Credentials" 10 zyyitns were certainly
not to be exPeded to be produced by agents
employed r. make corrupt proportions but
Mr. Gerry had M. Talley1 7nd's own a1urance
that Mr.. was afing BY his authority. 1t i,
recited in the Env3ys difpatches. and upon Mr..
Gerry's own report to his colleagues, that on
the 18TH December, 1907, Mr.. Y g fated to
him that two Meafures which Mr.. TalleyraQd
proPoled, beng adopted reaoration Of friend
ihip between the republics would follow imme
diately; the one was a grafaaty of Etly h1p(and
Psnnd5 Rsrlng the other purchafe Of thirty
TWO millions Of Dutch refcriptions," and after
converting on thele topics, Mr.. Gerry and Mr..
Z rode to Mr.. Talleyrand's Office, where "Mr.
Gerry oblerved to Mr.. Ta,leyrand, that Mr.. Y
had hated to him that morning fOme propof.
tions as coming from Mr.. Talleyrand, refpeSt-
ing which, Mr. Gerry could give no orinion,' ?
And after making fome other obfervations, Mr..
Taleyrand anlwered I" that the information Mr..
had given him (Mr. Gerry was jut and
might atzvzp5 BE- relied o1."--This declaration
Ramb5 qoHb fbe Misifer'J aatbaity, all the COM
nunications made by Mr.. Y to the ENJOYS.
and Mr.. Y himfelf, who is Mr.. Bellamy, of
Hanburgh, in his public vindication, declares,
that g he had done nothing, faid nothing, writ
ten nothing, without the orders Of citizen Tai.
leyrand The fame may be aGarted in regard
10 idr. X for he fra introduced Mr.. Y TO the
Envoys andhs feparate commucic ations were
fubaantiaily the fame with thofc Of Y. and bo:h
together were pre(ent with the Envoys when
The communications were more than once re-
Peated.
j allo deferves notice, that in Rating The
preliminary demands Of the French government
the private agen.s X and Y and the minifer,
ne a Gni.ar anRuage. The agents declare,
that the Directory are extremely irritated at the
fpeeeh ofthe Prcfdent, and re quire an sxplana-
nation Of lome parts Of it, and reParaton for
ohets thar this NUT give pain 70 he ENJOYS
u ,Ae Di-ca>ry would not dlfenle wUh iI: