The gazette., 1799-02-18

tncy mould tauH nave D"cn Dy the
/ Ter who IS hImie rhe.r agent and defender !"
Aer all this " aconcelyabe BIitilh Treaty." was
tlelf bu ey3esf 70 couuenanoe the unjul pretGh-
ions Merlin himlef calls hem, uied b. the French
government in its tribunals for The purpole Of
dcmning American veHcls The details have already
given 10 prove ceg leave to adduce oLhcr evidence.
liz /. the .cimony o. s1r Barlow American byoirth,
bur for ieveral yeArs pa ciyizen Of Fr2nce, of
acknON gdged dcernmenr and talents, devoted to the
French r public. aus intimate with her leading men.
M Barlow has long reGded AZ Paris and cannot have
mt4ken the views OF the French government, the
motives Of lis conduct Mr.. Barows letter dated at
Paris the hrt of March 1898 TO MS bTother-n-aw,
Nj. Baldwin, has doomed the writer TO int4my yet
when II detcTibes the principles and cOndutt OF the
French Republic, it merits attention. He fays, that
act Of iu5rnhon the Britilh government commonly
called AYs treaty, Is uiualy conhdered, both by its
friends and enemies the foe cAuie at leaf the
great caue Of the ptelenthOie dpohIion ofe French
Republic towards G.s United States Tbs opinion 1ays
! he) is erroneous He then proceeds to enumera-
ton of variety Of matters which he favs have nAuen.
ced the conduct of France But The moR provoking,
and the molt objectionable Of all the Often. of the
United States agAnit France, was, fortunately,
att OF the gov1neHt, but act Of the people The free
of the Uuited States = the Americans, dared
10 eXercile their independents rights and contrary the
wlhes Of the French government and the ende=vours
practices Of its mner Adet, elected Mr.. ADAMS to the
oihce of Prrf4.1t Barlow's oblerVatons or this
Of that government. He fa1s, when INC election of
MIR. Adams announced here, it produced the order
OF the sd Of March," which bt little lort
OF a declaration of war the government here
determined to Ee you Of your property, uiFcient
degree bring YOU your feeling the only nerve IN
VIA ch it was preumed your feuhbility lay, which was
your pscunary intereh" And what wss this " feel
ing" produce The anfwer is obvious-Su5ni7o4 10
fbe zVlH J 5t Frtn government The myGery Of French
politics shere unveiled. The United States did cG-
nit Hence the non RECEIPT ofher envOys, and their
naughty treatment Hence the Infulting demands Of
tribute preiim nary 10 their reception and
hence the e1pullon OF twc OF them from France.
But to the decree Of the Executive Directory
| OF the 3I(t Of july laa.
have 1lready lhcwn that the mas Of de rredsons on
the of the United States, under tn. French
flag, Of which We 70 uttiy complain, not thoe
mitted as the Directory in their preamble inhnuate by
foreigners and by piraes, but by French armed vel
iels comm 1oned by the government It's agents
whether comm fOned not, whole acts IN ca ptur ng
American veels receive the fancton Of French Con-
uis Of French Tribunals and of tho Special Agents of
the Dire Story. have lhewn that the laws of France
and the DireGtoral DEGREES. theneycs The ources
OF thoie violations Of treaties and the law OF nations
which have cauled lnch mmenie olTes to the iizen.
OF the United States. And the proofs eady offered
thar the nforma, of fuch a-greons and abues par
tcuarly in :he Wcihndies and the coat Of America
not the preamble luggeils, hut "recently re-
ccIved,' NAV add thar their = ipecal agents"
tuorled thof: dePredaons and violations of the law Of
nations by DEGREES auming the laws OF the Republic
theaas Of the Executive Directory for their bafs-
by DEGREES pr nted and pubhed aud undoub,ediyrOm
time reported by thOe agents 70 the Directory
ltieL Further, thele outrages the American
meTce have fur years pa been the theme Of everyongue
and filed column "a our ncwfpaPers thole Newspapers
which Barlow fAgs he Office OF Foreion Affairs (4t
Paris) regularly receives, will conclude this . nn
with the teiimonv of Mr. Leiombe, late Conlul Gene
raj OF the French Repubir, and It'll rcGdng ID Ph IA
ladelPhia. tie has long Gnce, and repeatedly aGurtd
that be collected all Jhoe de?redatios and out
RACES committed by French privatecrs and ttAnntted
them 10 his governmtn at Paris
In relation to the deprcdAons aud cutrages corimit
ted hy the French the commerce Of the ". States
have iAd that greet, It not abufes
practlcd by the reach in Eurone and in France
itelf. in her fCGions and that this fa6e
was bur TOO well known 10 ctIzcns who had felt
feVerely their effects Am> 1E ihce have fcen the
cafe Of the fup Hare, ptain Haey tu never IL al
It's dhgufng features With This will clofc my obler-
vations on the preamble q tic direetoria decree Of
J the 3Ta IuIy.
Extract OF letter from Rufus King Flo afinner of
the United States in London dated September 4. 1903
to the Secretary Of State Of the Uni,el States.
+" The pretencc for this arrette the decree Of the
directory of July 3I Of piece with the vindcaton
of Ialleyrand Tclpe6tng x and z, and the ullice
and GnCerity Of the Directory houd be afcertan,d nor
by their ~crd, but by the following
Haley, American citizen mailer Of he Arneri-
can fhp Hare lying in the port Of L7ndon laden with
rich cargo, the properly OF Americans and bound to
Newyork went With my pa6port from LoRdon to Paris
where, in pefona interview, with the agents of
the minGer Of marine, but wi the 11aier Jia1ef he
dilcoied his plan Of bringing the Drip Hare and her
cargo into France and enable him to receive the
profits Of the fraud without rGSng the punihment Of
piracy, he demanded and received from the miner of
| marine, commfion naming him the commander Of 4
privaterr that did exit with wh Oh in his pocket
he returned to London and icon after carried the p
| Hare and her cargo prize into France.
" The fhip and sargo were both claimed nv the A
mercan owners and upon the unveiliug Of this infA
proceed ng before the lower tribunals the Judges
heGtated and finally reufed ianGon 70 unhcard Of
fraud though uaead Of retoring the properly TO its
lawful they fome frivolous pretcnce adudsed
both fhip and cargo to he good prize TO the ater-
Lately the tribunal in the lat rcort upon the appeal
of Haley has reverted The judgment of tn lower court
and decreed the fhp and cargo to be condemned as
goo priz 70 this renegade.
If Tanlattion more grofsly corrupt and infamous
has occurred in the We ndies-l have not heard az II
and yet with this cafe Of unequs led infamv and cor
ruPton before them fandioned by the hghea tribunals
Of the nation, the Directory expea to amufe US with
davowal Of The conduit Of few fubaItern agents in
remote part of their dominions ~