The gazette., 1799-02-18

difpofiton of the French government more un-
friendly to the United States incomparably grea-
ter zeal for negotiating was exhibited Afterwards
than before.
On the the goth May, the miniRer announces
to MIR. Gerry the publication OF the ENJOYS
difpatches: In his letter Of the 18TH OF June,
he fays this incident only for a moment 1uI-
pended the principal obea"-the negotiation
with Mr.. Gerry and in his letter of June 10Th,
he declares, that " the French Goveinmen iu-
perior to all the perfonalites, TO all the manGu
vres of its enemies, peIfeveres in the intention
of conciliatng with incerity all the differences
which have happened between the two coun-
tries" On the IIth Of June the mlnilter lends
him plan for conducting the negotiation TOR
the frA time Rates the " three points" on which
he ftys " all negotiations between France and
the United States mutt eilentially ret ;" and
" gives (what he calls) large dcveloPement'
of them concluding by preding him to remain
at Paris, to accelerate the negocation-" the
drawing together of thoietie which the French
Republic and The True Americans have regret
ed 10 fee RELAxED
On the z7th Of June, the niniter again
writes to Mr.. Gerry, ana II language the molt
importunate, filch as had never before been
ufed. urges him not to withdraw, "uhen the
French government, hyperion 20 all -eienimeGts,
AMI never htening to any thing but Ju'lice,
manifels iftlf anxious to conclude fold and
mutually fatisfa6t rY agreement" he MIN
far even obfarves that the firlt OF the : three
points" mentioned in his preceding letter IRE
fpeaing amicable declarations about mutu1I re-
ordinations might be Poaponed-IhatthC third
about the examination Of reciprocal d mage
would doubtlefs experience no difficulty on either
fide, after the fecond fhould Be amicably fetted.
That il was to the fecond therefore they fl uid
frlt attend it being 70 much the more mpor
tant, as it embraced the iource Of ali the dlt
ferences between the two nations. And on the
z2d of Tuly, the miniher renounces all demands
of " loans and explanations on the fubjeet OF
fpeeches !" and even aff-6ti to be hurt that MIR
Gerry ihould have ment ioned them although
both he and his private agents had, before, 70
long and 70 obainately perlevered il demanding
them Of the ENJOYS, as the indfPenGble Prelm-
naries to negotiation. And doubtlels It IS
partly owing to the publication Of their df-
patches, thereby expoiing to the world thoie
fhamelefs demands with the icandalous pro
petition Of The douceur, that they are now re-
linguihed.
In adducing thefe circumstances 10 thew the
ncIealed zeal Of the French government, ince
the publication Of the dhpa;ches, 70 negotiate
on its differences with the UnitedStates, i IS not
70 be underaood, that they afford ihadow ot
evidence of its fncerity. But as projections,
verbal or written furnilhed the only ground on
which Mr.. Gerry could form his opinion, " that
before the arrival of the difpatches of the en-
voys the minilter was Gncere and anxious TO
obtain a reconciliation" much more, Profeliions
ftronger and more importunats, afterwards
made, afford proportionaby higher evidence of
fuceriry But the pre!ent details demonItrate
that all thofe projections were merely ott-niIole,
In the minilter's lat mentioned letter, after
faying that bis " fscond Poirt % tx the mean
ing Of the treaties between the two countries"
was moi important, " as il embraced the iource
of all the differences" and that to this taey
fhould frR attend, he purPol-ly paies by the
mott intereaing quelions which i involves, an 4
fends Mr.. Gerry note on the Coniular Con-
vcntion, of all poGible lubjeds in difference the
mot inGynifcant as it would have expired by
is own limitation in two years and halt /;
within which time, the commerce OF France,
iuding from its preent ttate Of annlhIlation,
would probably not fuynilh Jingle ihiP to yilit
the ports of the United States. Ia his next let
ter, dated July 9th, he puriues his fpeculations
on the Conlular Convention, and fends Mr.
Gerry two more notes upon it, complaining
that he had not tranimitted TO him his opinion
upon his hrR note, and recommending rhe two
lalt to his attention although Mr.. Gerry had
repeatedly and potitiveiy declined 4 formal die
culion, fuch as the miniaer now urged n writ
ing. Mr.. Gerry ltates alto, thar this hrit note
Of the miniaer on the Coniular Convention, was
fent fix weeks after he had demanded his paf
port, and when his baggage was actually on
board the Sophia
In word, the more clearly the impoaibilty
of entering on formal negotiation appeared,
the more was it pref.d by the French minaer.
Mr., Gerry, in his letter to Mr.. Talieyrand Of
July 10th, as iualy as pointedly expo!es the
boalted zeal Of the miniaer-" You was the irlt,
you affirm, to prefs feriou0y the negotiation :
you will agree with me that the merit would
have been greater, had the mealure itfelf been