Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1801-12-31

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jtstes, were no. descient either In their
Befpctt toshim,.or tokens Of friendfhip, as
He had received in the Mort period OF
Gthree years and half, cath and preients
70 The amounts Of $4,000 dollars, executive
Of 10000 mealares- ot grain which Hal,
Ian BaAaw had made him preiens OF,
in conisquence Of bis having concluded
i treaty with the United States, which sa'
worth at Tripoti near &c, 900 dollars
more; that ! was perluaded that it It's
excellency would give b milf the tIou-
bic to reject On the circumstances WHICH
had taken place hnee the commehcs-
ment cfthe treaty between the Y. States
and this regency that he would not hen.
tate a mcnlenr n acknowledging the jd!-
tice and ,propriety OF my osieISatio.s: 8
-"In the evening the Baihaw'. eGliia
ries returned and informed &c that ,A-y
had encountered great i uiy in:per-
laading the Baihs,s TO tel,eve that tie
ooniul had not power to make'him ape
tent without an sxPreis order from his
government. His exec .ency laid that he
had received many prefents from the con-
fuls of other nations and that their con.
duct had afterwards been approved. They
oolerved that the form of government q
the limited States was vaifly d.feren,
from the government OF every othe' natl.
on, with whom his exce]lency was at
pace, that he had a recent example that
the powers of 'coniul were limited, In
the refult Of the Swedilh ccnfnls nsgo-
citation, he having arranged the affairs OF
his nation without receiving orders from
his court; that he knew the cenfequence
his bills were protected, he had receiv
ed feyere reprimand from the king Of
sweden, and was immediately fufpend-
ed, and that his excelIency might depend
that the American coniul would take care
never to be reduced to fimilar predica-
gent, whatever might be the confequence
IF his non- compliance with. his excellsn-
.cy's demand.
!" They further informed me that the
Bahaw had ordered them 10 requef me
to write to my government to inform them
thar when he had Wrote to the PRECEDENT
of the United States he was contented
with what he had received, that he really
was 70, on flppoition that the preieo's
TO him bore fome proportion to thoie that
had been promifed' to Tunis, that at pre-
(snt he was Informed to the contrary,
and that he felt himielf amazingly hurt
when he conGdeted that he had been
treated with indifference, and that he ne
yer would be convinced that the friend
ihip ofthe United States vas fincere I'M
I'll there was greater equality, obierved
N their donations between the two NATL
ous. or ir OTHER words, until he received
one further marks of the Pfe6dent's
teen more fubeantial than mere COM
,liments. They faid that although! the
3alhaw was induced TO credit the impof-
.ibility of the conful,s making him pre-
fen, without orders from his court, that
he likewife was fenfen6ble how much de-
.,ended on the manner Of his repreienta-
ton, that he believed he had treated him
with every refpea iince his arrival at
Tripoli, and he requeRed ! would write
in .lnch terms az would infbre him from
the modification of being disappointed,
adding, this he expected from the conful
ar he values my future favor and a happy
refult to the o5jeas Of his milton. re-
lied tina, the Object contemplated by the
] United States in Tending an agent the
,alt d:asnce Of near 60, 900 miles was to
endeayour to maintain friendly inter
conrle between the two nations on honor
able and equitable terms, that as it had
p.eafed God to employ me as the inttru-
nent 20 promote 70 deGred an e&est, he
might reit alfred l fhould take pleaiu.ee
in reprelen,ing faa, for the confederate,
o. Of government in as favorable a man !.
ner as the dignity annexed to my office
could admit that as it would be the height
Of prefumption in me to dittase to the
Pre6den, Of the United States what be
ought to do in the preient cafe, 70 On tie
other hand, | by 40 means con''aer II 70