The gazette., 1799-02-04

only mean Tor PFeie v.1g their Vel ,.a IL X ~
dependence AZ home, their r ghts ana refps4s.
lity abroad. II cofe of 4 var. tbere ~ eya
Ty rsafon 70 believe. thar they would \. HE u
& fead them e'vss a}ainR anv rar;on. ~ c,,.;
tin thar could be f'rnei agai7a them wsiIR
I cir c.izen7 fhuuld confler the government
cholen by hemi+lves, as the pole tar Of their
fiivatlon mould rally round is Ran lard, when
raiied tor their ieten fhnuid rif. fuoerio- to
iora'Jn mi 1ues, always expe-t in fonea.inq
diVtlons, aad often aided by popular elections.
legilatVe Geb b'tes, and claih'ng options and
interet> and ih uld promote unan;miry. bv
tOl--ato am mnngtt themlelves. Nevertheless.
th- citcai rate of our affairs REQUIRED, that
ance thould not Be furnihel with rrc.ex.s, for
charging he American government. cr miniR
e's, with negle1 Of means for obtaining re-
con- iaton
When the minRer Of foreign affairs, in o.
oher lah, unau.horized BY the Executive
Directory, as Mr.. Y. bad Informed the envoy.
to have any communications with tenn, had
eyDr,hed delire TO fee them in their private
Caplci'es, l WAS oPPcfed to compliance iadi-
oi1Hqly not from conGderatiors of eJiqust.e,
whic had no weight in my micd, bat becaule
It would infer IN ME, teparate agency in mat
t,rs wherein | wa, bus jointly authorized. to
prevent however the impua;ion of failure Of
the ner"ci,tio0, then 1aily expected d the u.
4 nj Ell States, fubni ted q tile meaiure, was
I uptu:rei>fui in my attempts to make It lens.al,
II an WAS thereby tub -tted to ferries Of embar-
u T.Gments.
Il The particular attentions az The mniiler 10
m, lct} they ihould te inyiI;oas, were in every
infa &C but two, declined, AM il one Of thele
4 Iyls'd-d % importantly: preferences l viewed
Il as tCurce e o.viion.
III The fcO0d conference which he'd with the
u lminter, being on he -Lh o. Deem er, and his
Il IProPoiltions 10 tie ENJOYS, We. Fublahei wuh
their ditp nches. Their anwer VII ch was una
u rimouly II .he negative, va, delivered by me
q hi, tecr5ttr7. M. ". Lad expected il, and
Iez3reia4 .urPTi.e that the 1ecre,ay had aPPIi-
ca FIR Il.
/ On thc fourth February, thc miniRer by
Il order oG;he Executive Directory, p7opofed hat
liz h'uId ;-e1- Separately: The cIrCumGhn-es
iheTe05, and oF 7y Tciuia, are generally de.ail-
Jed in the corre. .ronden-e inc DIED.
II The mi1iaer af f-'war5s defired me BY lis
fscre. arv, to com uunicete q the Other envoys,
Ihs proPo.it;7A ios loan lu5Gquent 10 the
Iwar; which n fo0 reiinq .i.aed. On this
! lh~je9, ou- FRA int,u6tons wee Glent; lh-
la were ezPlic.,, and n@celary to determine
my ju1gmsnr.
IN c.. < qNe~ce of this le:tor Il the Ecvoys,
.Of tie 235 Ven,ote, CISth of M4rchl the Nh
ha-r Ia h.s pIopoiuon tar NE to treat
kep "a z, aud Atain rcceiral a ne- alive an
Eve 1e tAcn pop fJ t'tt thonlI remain
Iat P1r.e, rrtl hc ienle NJ tile. gov=raGneut
Icou 4 ne obtln-i del rinF as before, t1at
ian ia2-ucdr-t rlp NC would tAc c1n.rGucn-e
lu ny ic0~r.ue TO hl.e cit Frtn-e under
l!u-h circ@m2'nc,s, was a meafure which !
eoulj no j'tiy. The 2 wer Of Jeciarjo2 war
lvas nor eAttutcd with lie S pm Executive
LOT ;he Uairsi St'tes, ccuch Is wta 4 ..-;ri.tcr ;
anl 70 haze thus provoked i, would in my
n,n1 have been tan mCuit 70 decla: ton
h-rcof Iniee1, to L We p.ungei the ralon
Into wlr, f- id1n.v, eve If X was ineyi able,
l7PPca-el IN me VI o-her r=tPef rrRarrdnta1.c.
CongrE3 VIM alone had the i5t 10 adopt this
ne 'iuro, night, by fu pr@ma ure jeP, have
Pen dlie7ted IN .he P.erf1us ar agreements,
I Pm inbc1te1 III o5l-r n nnea inconv nienccs,
and TIE Executive might have been II ell On
IgrounI Ifs a1v7ntd c,us .1r II m DC ALA ces,
: l&c.-Wh,rcas nv deem ion n Paris ca ned
Pic If his w+s r.qute; 4 coli1 not pro
( IersGieate "a ! c.H alton o. war, if the United
: Sta-es we're p.eparet for IT. Other conf era
hQn' hai ,he'r we ght. France at that time
FTas m king very to:milab e F. .e7aratiOas, wiki
? ? ProfcGed leGgn to orertbr9oy tJe Britg8 Coz
lrH7et ; ara fuch wee the eze'tions and en-
fhuiafn cf her oiizers, armi-s, ana adminif
D Rrari n. As to FIRE Ia General alarm through
y Put Grca 5-;-ain. Irw4s evident U en- to com
u hon obierva i77, thlt, n uid France fncceed,
D. he would acquire ty tie powerful navy and
I, lsf1ur-es Of D;ra'n, fuch R.enR.h, as to b.
ID fbe To give law t. Europe, and to regions more
b. lTnote, and it was rational 70 fuPPo'c, that a
Q. bllirIon would Be formed, Of f4ch European
> iow-rs IS were not in the n-ereR OF under the
Ii PGu nee Of France, 70 put an end to tie war,