The gazette., 1799-02-18

EnvoYs mutt ieaTch for them, and propofe them
tnemielves. Being afked to fuggeG the means,
the ah1"er is " moEey"-the purchale Of the
Dutch retcriPtlons, and 1.-The fifty thouland
pounds tterling, as doCceur to the Dire6tory."
The MiHJger told the Envoys that the Drec-
tory were wounded by the Prefident's fpeech
ana n his converiation with Mr.. Gerry on the
2Sth OF O6f. fad " the Directory had pafTed an
arret, which he offered for peruial, in which they
bad demanded oftb ENJOYS an explanation Of
Tome parts, and reparation for Others, of the
PTehdents fPeech to COngteGs Of the I6rh Of
May, 1897 that he was feniilde that difficulties
would exit on the part of the Envoys relative to
this demand but that BY their offering ,noney he
tho't he could prevent the eff & of the arret.-
Mr.. z (the " interpreter'') at the requeR OF Mr..
Gerry, having fared that the Envoys have no
iuch powell Mr.. Talleyrand replied, they can
in iuch cafe take power on tbemlelves and
propoled that they fhould make " loan.'' But
this T" loan" as will prefently appear, did not
mean the " money" which would "prevent
The effect Of the aTret." Mr.. Gerry then max
ing Tome obiervatons on the powers Of the
Envoys-that they "were adequate to the
diicuiiion and adjufment Of all points Of real
difference between the two nations that they
could alter and amend the treaty or if fnecehary
form new one !" added that as to loan,
they had no powers whatever TO make one, bur
that they could fend one of their number for
lnltru6ions on this proportion, if deemed expe.
dent -" That as h= Mr. Taileyrand1 had
exPre1ied deiire to confer With the Envoys
individually, It was the with Of Mr.. Gerry that
fuch a conference fhould take place, and their
opinions thus bc afcertained." " Nj. Talley-
rand in anlwer, laid he ihould be glad to confer
with the other Envoys, individually, bat that this
uatrr about t5e mszcy D7uf Be tsG 5irsaly without
Tending 70 America that IL would not com
municate the arret for week and that if we
conld adjuR the difficulty refpe6fng the fpeech,
an application would nevertheless 20 10 the Unit
red States for LoAN:" Now this matter Of f5e
MONEY that ngf B. Jcnkd dre7ly, could only refer
TO the dopcew /; for loan in the purchafe of
millions Of Dutch re9criptions, or in any other
form, could only be the fubie9 Of RibpiaGos to
BE af1qvard5 fnl6ued by the United States but
the aonesur OF fifty thouland pounds terling, was
fun within the immediate reachof the ENJOYS;
for their credit would certainly command it in
facf, mercantile houle had offered 10 anlwer
their draughts and this, Mr.. Talleyrand IN
queaionably wen knew for i was member
of he fame houle who 6rft introduced the Min
iHer's agent, Mr.. X, 70 Gen. Pinckney, IN the
manner itated in the ENJOYS di(patches. A CO.
lateral evidence that in " this matter Of the
money that mnA be f.ttled directly" MIR. Tai
leyrand referred only 70 the a9ucsRr, arfes from
tbs c;rcumfancs: The very next day (Oa. 7o)
Mr.. x. called on the envoys and faid Mr..
TalleTrand was extremely anxious TO be Of
fervice to them, s, had reque1ed thar one more
effort ihould be made TO induce US to enable him
to he TO-" After great deal of the fame con-
verlalion which had pafed at former interviews
/ had been repeated, the euvoys iay-"t.e fun
Of this prOpoftion was, that If we would pay by
way of fees (that was his exprellonl The fun If
MONEY demaHdsd far PRIVATE USE, the directory
| would not receive us, but would permit US to
| remain ln Paris as we now were and we fhould
be received by Mr.. TalIeyrand, until one Of rs
eonH So 70 H,1erica and c0gjah our esv,rnmrnt on
| the ff5jr7 Of a LOAN"
Although the ENJOYS dipatches, and the fa6ts
| and circumstances herein before fated, cannot
leave doubt that x As we'll as Y and z was
we'll known to Mr.. Talleyrand, it will not Be
ami!s to add, that on the fecend of Dec. X, Y,
and Z, dlned together at Mr.. Talleyrand's, in
| company with Mr.. Gerry and that after riGng
| from the table, the money proportions, which
had before been ade, were repeated, in the room,
and in the Prelence, tho perhaps not in the hear
| ingof Mr.. .Taleyrand. Mr.. X put the quelton to
Mr.. Gerry in dirctt terms, either, " whether the
ENJOYS would give the dsucenr," or " whether
they had got the NoEEY ready" Mr.. Gerry.
very jufly offended, anfwered poftively in the
negative, and the conversation dropped.
Mr.. z, who has avowed himfelf to be Mr..
Hauteval, was the perion who 6rh made known
to the envoys the minilter's deire to confer with
them Individually on the objects of their milton:
he it was who fr& introduced Mr.. Gerry to
Mr.. Taleyand, and fervcd as the interpreter of
their conveilations: And il his letter to Mr.
Taileyrand, at The cloie of Mr.. Gerry's docu-