Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1799-12-30
MONDAY, DECEMBER 80, 1899.

rior relations. Yon will perceive, Sir, that
did not think myielf at liberty TO 60, not only
not oct of the commas, but beyond thsm-ln
one word alone | desiated, IN The word,
+" Miniiiei" infead of g Secretary of Foreign
Relaions.--No dires or ndireta and Unofficial
communications written or verbal will be held
by me with the French agents on American
affairs.
accept the appointment which it has pleafed
the PRECEDENT to clothe me with, under grateful
| fenfe of the high honor conferred upon me, 10
Unexpectedly, by this mark of his confidence
may be allowed to fay, that though was
deeply fenfible of the honor conferred by the
| 6ra nomination. and fhall always hope retain
a mott grateful recollection of it !; yet Sir, the
new modiGe alton of that nomination gave me
great pleaiure always conceiving. as thought
| did, that any negotiation with France would
be full of anxeres and political perils to the
ENJOYS that fhould be employed by our govern.
meat, l had no wifhes 10 be engaged in it, and
no expectation that | fhould be. To have
lhare in it was by me uniought. You will
| execute this declaration, becaule | was inerumen-
tai in certain preliminary iteps relative to the
advances of France, which produced the BATS
Of the appointment.
l fend tkc original of the inelofed 10 Mr..
Talleyrand by poit, another copy to Major
iMounthorence to be handed to him, third to
a Mr.. Griffith for Major MountAorence in cafe
| the other failed, to be opened by Mr.. Griffith,
If Major M. ihould have been out of Paris,
and direaed Mr.. G.. to follow the inaruetions
which he would End in the letter to Major M.
which were to deliver the inclofedto Mr.. Taley-
rand, and to take bis letter, in anfwer for me,
I to fend it to me.
| AS foon as have the anfwcr of the Direc.
tory, fhall have the honor of tranimtting
copies TO you, fir. by different ways.
l am, with the created refpett
and lincere eltcem,
Dear Sir, faithfully,
Your moa obed't fsrvant,
WILLIAM v. MURRAY,
The Hon. 7iimotty Piekerisg. E,g.
Secran, fate Of the United
Pafs fss May, 1899, 9Th year of the French3
owshepubic, one and indivi6ble
TIE Biinieer Of Exterior Relation 10 Mr.. William
nars Murray, Minjaer Rsfdtnt Of tie Jnae4i
StAtes at tbs Hague.
augur too well, Sir, from the eagernefs
you dilpfay in fulfilling the inArutaionslof your
government, not to halten to aniwer the letter
| received from you dated the 18th of this
month.
The Executive Directory, being informed OF
| the nomination Of Mr.. Oliver Ellsworth, of
Mr. Patrick Henry, and of ymirfelf as Envoys
| Extraordinary and Mniters Plenporentiary of
| the United States to the French Republic, 10
dicnfs and terminate all differences which f1b
fit between the two countries, fees with plea
iure that its perseverance in pacific fentiments
has kept open the way to an approaching re-
Cancellation. Il has long time ago maneltcd
its intentions with refpea to this fubjeef. Be
pleafsd to tranlmit to your COLLEAGUES, & accept
yourfef, the frank and explicit adnrancc that
! it will receive the ENJOYS of the United States
| in the ofiicill character with which they are in-
veRed; that they ihAll enjoy all the preroga-
lives which are attachedto it by the law of
nations, and that one or more miniaers lnall be
duly authorized to treat with them.
1t was certainly annecedary to flfer 70 many
months TO elaFfe for the mere confirmation of
| what had already declared to M. Gerry. and
| which, after his departure, caufed to be de-
clared to you at the Hague. iucerely regret
| that your two colleagues await this anfwer at
| luch great dtance. As to you, fir, whom it
will reachNia>a few days, and who undcrfeand
70 well the value Of time when the rettoraton
of harmony between two republics, which every
| thing invites to friendship is a quefion, be al.
| fured, that as foon as YOU can take in
hand the objef of your milton, hsl have
the honor Immediately to fend you pafports.
Accept, fir. the aHurances of my very fncere
confederation. {Signed)
CHI. MAU. TALLEYRAND. E