Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-11-16

agent from Robert Morris &c borrow mo-
nsy in Europe, and the report vas permit
ted 10 pats uncon,raditfed. The event
Of Morsis's negotiation was, that Mr..
Hsmmond was tent miniiler from Eng!and
20 America, and Pinckney iom America
to England, and h,lnlslf miniiterte france.
II while Morris was minii(er in France ne
was net an emii1ary Of the Britith mnl-.
try and the coaleiced powers, ne gave
itrong rcafons 10 'fulpett him Ct 1t. NO
one who Jaw his conduct, and heard his
conyelfation, could doubt his being in
their interef and had he not get eft at
the time he did, after his recall, he would
have been ia arreRa,ion. Some letters OF
his had fallen into the hands OF the Com
mit,ee of Public Safety, and enquiry was
making after him.
A great bufle has been made by Mr..
Warrington about the conduct of Genet in
America !; while that OF his own miniter,
Morris, in France was infinitely more re-
proachable. IF Genet was imprudent or
ralh, he was not treacherous (; but Morris
was all three. He was the enemy Of the
French revolution in every itage of it.
But, notwithstanding this conduct on the
part of Morris, and the known proAigacy
of his character, Mr.. Warrington, in a
letter he wrote to him at the time of re-
calling him on the complaint and requeif
of the Committee of Public Safety ahures
him, that though he had complied with
that requea, he ELL retained the fame ef.
teen and ffiendlhip for him as before
This letter Morris was fooli(h enough to
tell of and as his own character and con-
duct were notorious, the telling of 1t could
have but one effect, which was that Of
the character of the writer.
Morris fill letters in Europe. chiefly in
England and Mr.. Warrington is till
in correspondence with him !; Mr.. Walh-
ington ought therefore TO expect, eipeci
ally fince his conduit in the affair of jays
treaty, that France mutt coniider Morris
and Warrington as men Of the fame de.
icription. The chief difference, however,
between the two is for in politics there
is money that the one is proHigste enough
10 profeis al indifference about moral
principles, ard the other is prudent en-
ough to conceal the want Of them.
About three months after Twas at liber-
,y, the official note Of Jay to Grenville On
the fuDjett of the capture of American
vefels by Brisiih CRITTERS, appeared in the
American papers that arrived at Paris
Every thing was Of a piece. Every thing
was mean. The fame kind of character
went to all circumstances public or private.
Dieuaed at this national degradation, as
we'll as at the particular conduct of Mr..
Warrington to me, wrote TO him (Mr.
Walhirgton) on the zad of Feb. 1895,
under cover to the then Secretary of State,
Mr.. Randolph, and entrufed the letter
TO MIR. Lesombe, who was appointed
French conful to Philadelphia, and was on
the point of taking his departure. When
| fuppo(ed MFR. Lerombe had failed, men
toned the letter to Mr.. Monroe, and as
/ was then in his houle, fhewed it to
him. He expreaed with that would
recallit, which he fuppofed might be done,
as he had learned that Mr.. Letombe had
not then failed. I agreed to do 70, and it
was returned by Mr.. Letombe under cover
to Mr.. Monroe.
The letter, however, will now reach
Mr.. Warrington publicly in the courle Of
this work.
About the month of September follow
ing, I had ievere relapie, which gave
location TO the report of my death. | had
felt it coming on comfortable time be-
fore, which occalioned me TO haitea the
work had then in hand, the " Second
part of the Age Of Reafon." Whenl had
fnifhed that work, l hefowed another
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