Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1799-03-01
i3th Prairial, year, (Jnne /, l5os. }
70 he EIuiesr Of Est.,;oy R,l,,;o,,.

yT'f-S - 49, - w.
To he EJinjeer IF E~Asilor Relatioas.
MIR. Gerry hasiag communicated To N,
the letter which ron yeHerday wrote TO Iim
by which you expreisly deG.., that he ma,
snake knowa 10 you the perGons meant b
the letters w Xs Y. z. in the correfpond,
snce OF the American Enjoys, printed in :
public paper Of the United States Of Ame
I rica, dated eth April 90. 81
Ny fenGbiiity mutt be much afFeaed on
finding mgielf under the letter z. aching 2
part in company with certain intrguers.
whefe plan it doub lels was to take dyan-
tage Of the good faith of the American En-
voys, and make them their duprs Firding.
rlyielf implicated ir this affair, and w;hinsT
TO remove my elesiinels refneStine the dila.
gresa5'e imPrefiops ard ,hs confcquerce
which The publication Of your letter 20 Nix.
Gerry might produce, ] thought il nv do
ty 10 haiteH to you, and pray YOU, ci,is en
miniter, 10 be plcaied to declare in s.ritinr.
that IN the conferences ] had with ,hoie reT,.
demen, purified the communications which
you authorized NE to make to ,hcrn i, RI.
niaunsr fhall ila;e below.
In the beginning ofl4a Bruu,aire {oao-
Der 20, l797) having bcen 4 pay nav ref
poets Fothe iiizen miniaey al Exterior Re-
iatloos, and the converlation turning upod
the United States of America, he ex rei.d
to me ms turprize, that none of the Amer.
cans and ESPECIALLY the new Rnyoys, ever
came 10 his l,cuir; that this was not ,he wav
10 open negotiation, the flcceis ofwhich
they had more Teaion thsn we TO via. that
ne would rcceiye them individually with
pieaiUre and particularly Mr.. Cerrv. sSbon,
he had Known at Bottom. Koowine nv
iyendiy connections with M Gerry, he
charged me 10 impart TO their ,9t.a. he had
fa,d. accord ely waited or Efr Gerry,
who having TENT for his colleagues, COM
munlcated TO them the converiation had
with the citizen miniRer.
MefIrs. Pipckney and NarHaall declined
waiting uPoa the Miniiter 9pon The ground
OF ceremony but as the fame rrslor d;on5f
apply TO Mr.. Gerry, it was agreed that Le
lhould 80 the net day, and that fl,ould sc.
company him, Mr.. Gerry al that time NOS
beng able to expre(s himlelfin French. The
next dag he went, bat not finding the mioiC.
ter at home, Mr.. Gerry rcqueilsd him 10
app int time for an interview, which ,0ss
h%sd Tor a few days after. We attended
accordingly, and after the ulual compliments.
Mr.. Gerry having expreiIed to The niniGer
his detre 20 fee harmony AID good under
Handing re-eitablihed between tho two re-,
pn5llcs, the miniiter anfwered hin, that The
Directory had made determination nor RI
treat with them, unlefs they prcvionAy nsde
reParation sor Tome parts of the Preiidsn,'s
ipeeeh at the opening of Congrefs, and gave
an explanation of Tome Others that he
could not delay but for few DAYS, commu-
n'cating This determination Officially to,ben
that until then if they had any propoGtions
TO make, which could be a ,reabie 10 ,he
directory. he would communicate them
with alacrity that conGdering the circam.
itance, and the Gervices of the fame Lind
which France had formerly rendered 70 tbr
United States, the beh way would be for
them TO offer 10 make loan to France
either by taking Batavian infciiptions for
the inm of s or ! 6 millions of Aorins. mr. -
lone other manner. Mr.. Gerry after hay-
ing replied IN polite, but evaGve manner.
to the trit article, added on the fubief Of
the losn, that their powers did NOT extend
4 >tf'-t ~ " pNiN COilfSf with his col.
leagues upon the iubjeSt. Ii isto be DIFF
we'd that as the miniaer Poke nothing but
french, ! repeated in Eoelifh "a Mr.. Cer-
ny and bis colleagues wl,a, he had faid % us
Accordingly repeated to MefTrs. P;ncL
ney and Marflall, in the prefenee Of Mr.
Gerry, the conyerfation which we had mad
with the miniacr.
a few days after Mr.. Gerry rou,a "a
me 70 accompany him again on q Wilt h. n,
miniiter, and having repeated TO him the ~
IRENE dclre he felt to Zee the mon nrre..s
union Fe-eOabliihed between the Two na,;or.
be reiorted to the infaRicienev Of her 49,,
er9, and propoled IN the name of he 80
leagues and bimfelf, that one Of then, a.
Immediately depart for America with -
proportions which the French gsve,,.,sS
might make. TIE miniaer apfwered ~.
u would rsqpirc TX months 10 have an ~
. iwer' and that it was Of impsr,snce to h.,
ipes@y determination that he was ~
$ tfemely delirous TO lave frequent rer,v,,,,,
= cations with them individually and am;e,rI
I" ! ~ couric appearing To bin, to be the <,
= a1Gpted to Come AZ th. ,T,te &C % -