The gazette., 1799-02-18

the CEIgtd Sf9if5s ana lHlss At lle tllnes as
have b.fore remarked when three envoys extra
ordinary were waiting month after month anc
met RESPECTFULLY foliciting to be heard, and e
enter on the dilcutiion of Ill the fubie1s Of DIFF
ference between tie two countries and among
thlfe, on the French dePredaticns on our com
merce. Yet Mr.. Talleyrand has the confidence
to aGert, and to Mr. Gerry too, one Of thof
envoys, that the French government never
refufei and never Will refufe TO enter into df
cuGion upon every proper lubjea Of difcufIion.'
Does the miniher mean that b2je debredah2n
are not "a proper fubjea Of difcuaion !" Yes
with relpe6t 10 a valt proportion Of them
Mr.. Y. his private agent, explicitly told oul
envoys, that the condemnanons Of vehels fol
want Of the roIt Gfquib4ge were net 10 be quef
toned g that being point on which MfrIH
while minifer Of juftice had written treauie
and on which the Directory were drcidtd."
1t is ft here to recolec another and pc
remptory refufAl of the French goveFrm nt
g to enter into difcuf1ion" upon the fubje6 oi
dife:ence between France AMI the y States.
General Pincknev, appointed ] miniltsr Pie
nipotenti4rY of The United States to the French
Tepl6iic, went to Paris in the autumn Of 1895.
There was a. irt las in the cafe of the ENJOYS
Extraordinary in 1907 fhsw Of receiving
him bu; loon tke fceue was changed and he
was not rny reiuied hearing, ADD aftet bsar
ing thouf4nd indigHties, ordered to leave
France but the predeeedar cf Mr. Talleyraud,
Charles DE La G. ok, in letter 70 Ar Mon
roe, intended 10 be communicated TO General
Pincknev, declared (bcing lfecial y charged e
do 10 by the Directory, AM Mr.. De La Croix
repeated the declaration to General Pnckney's
Secretary " That il viii MT acknowledge nor
receive anorher nl.niier Plenip0;e7c airy from
the United States, until af er the redreis Of Eh-
grievances d5manded of the American govern
ment, aud which The Ftench Icpub'ic has a
right to erPeG from it," To this rctol@ti7n We
have lsen he Directory adhere and we have
ah1 feen, in the demands i made To eur eNv0ys
extraordinary, as the WtPtalaJi' traiimiH4r'e'
TO any negotiation. what il meant by redrels
o. grievances" Prior to the reception Of MN
liter from America ; it coniiited IN doarfr Tor
The pocket Of The Directors and mini0ers-in
the purchafe at par Of thirty.two millions Of
Du.ch Secaritier, then worth but halt that fun,
and in Lean5 as immos and Indefinite as their
dcpredations on our commerce.
The fame letter from the French miniaer
De La Cro;x to Mr.. Mo1roe, affords another
proof Of the aim and endeavours Of the French
Government to fAaraIe the Peers fr m the
Government OF the United States. In tie fen
tence next following the above quoted p2Gage,
De La Croix fays, Z" pray you to be perfuad-
ed, citizen nini(ter, that this determination hav
ing become necefary, allows to fubitt between
the French Republic and the American People
tie affection founded upon former b-nehts and
reciprocal interels."
If were TO allow mF-lf 70 make any fur
Iher reflections on the coaduf of France to.
wards the United States, it would be % fluff
rate the truth Of M Barlow a1crtion, Tbff
tie Frerab Government determined 10 Fleece 70. Il
the French Government f" liltrEed las Mr.. Tai
IeyIand fays it does) to nothing but ju0icc,' s.
really detired 4 reconciliation, i would have
propolsd 70 h* jogf msafarr 0f (9iJf4zs1, Tor tha
injuries fIid i, had received. Or il too proud
10 propof- 10 Us, At leal ii woul1 taye p-clcri-
bed to i.lelf, fone limit 10 rePryals 81 at any
rate. i would not have fPurned Us from lis
Prelence, ,s.tnen we RESPECTFULLY prelanted our
ielves, fought reconciliation, and offrei to
make juLt Etlisfadion for every iajury we had
committed. And If las Mr. Talleytenj aticrts
I" the Freuch government has not ce4led r. Of
fer TIE exad jufice It dcmauds," it ai1o would
have permitted US to fate our claims. But il
would have been 70 ealy 10 alccrtain all he
damages we had done & their amount woulI
have been - fmall even if We agreed to pay
tor all Englllh, Spanih & Dutch vedels brought
by French cruilets, into our ports, while Al.
thofe nations were 1t war with France few
Of which tie ufice of the Fedeial courts, IN yin
dcafi01 Of ne ov-regnty 2f he United 5fafe5, re
cued from the hands of the + eReh Contuls,
Agents and Privateerlmen and # 70 that 2
IN 1unt we allo added ten times the value OF the
mileiable corvette lie Canius, veilel which
had been unlawfully fitted out for war 10 the
United States, but which has been the bnrthen
Of every note from Adct's il 1898, 60 De La
Croix'S and TzIlsyrand's in 1896 and 1898,
The amount Of the whole, il was known, would
be 10 fHaH; the French Government did not
choolc to have it aJserfai7ed: for then the iniu
rles done by the French to the CONNER &c OF ,he
United States mutt aio have been examined
and adjuted and when adjuaed, payment mutt
hay, been made or aipulated but 10 this, the
French government, doubtlefs thought, cit
would find only real disadvantage !" the a.
mount Of its own demands dedu6led from ,hoie
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