Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-07-23
Negotiation zuath France.
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Pas;s January II, 1908.


4 have to report TO your lordfhip the
,..,.r,r, ~ , conversation had on Tuei-
day iais by an appointment with M. Ial-
leyrand. He bad invitcd me some days
for this pufpole. The communication ne
had 20 make 70 me, related 10 two points,
both equally important, as he iaia' 20 inc
maintenance Of good harmony between
the two countries with this difference,
however, that the enc originated with
h;mfelf. and was dictated by bis anxiety
TO do away every thing which might 'eea
the irritation of the two countries Inc
other by the cxpreis osdeI of'the hsis eon-
frl That which came from himfclt re-
lated TO the Englifh newspapers, sgainss
which he pronounced mott bitter phil. I
lippic, aGuriDg me that the hslt coniui
was extremely hurt TO find that his endea,
vors 20 conciliate, had hitherto produced
no other efFea than to encreale The abuie-
with which the papers in England con'i-
nually loaded him. He exPatiated mnch
gupon this topic, and endcavored to eitao-
lin 4 fa6a, which ] ailured him refer
ence 10 any one rewfpaper in Paris would
jnftantly refute, that during tour months
no, word of provocation had appeared
IN any French journal, which could juiti'y
rotor, from thofe publiihsd in Eng land.
For the ref that he advanced nothing
but what has been faid, on more than one
occa6on. TO Mr.. Merry, and reported
by him 10 your Lordfhip. ] was, how :
ever. given TO undcraand, thar the flSit
Coniul was in fact highly incenied, and
the more 20, he was plealed to lay, Is II
came from country of Whole good cpini-
on he was very ambitious.
In my reply ] could bot 60 over the
old ground, and endeayor TO make M
Talleyrsnd understandable, that what
ever was faid in the Englith papers might
be coniidered bur as national retaliation
Cor what was publilhed in the French pa q,
prrs /: iecondly, that what was e6fe,aly
publiihed here was by no means 10 10
England; and thirdly. that a sI!shsassas sAs
nsr;Ifer had nor coaid have. tunleis they
a0rcbafed il at the iame4priesl any what
Pulen .De-.-sssa pom this ne cndea-
rored TO prove 10 me, that there were
papers in England attached TO different
parties, and went over their names and
luppotcd connexions with great precifion ];
and that coniequently his majeRy's mini
aers might 70 far controul thoie at leaf
which depended upon them, as to prevent
their infcrting that abufe which mutt be
conhdered as having their antfion. |
endeavored to explain to him what the
Influence was, which he fuppoied nnieerss
TO poGefs in England that ii amounted
tonothing more than a preference which
your lordthip Tor inftance might give to-
one paper rather than 70 another, by
Tending il any articlc Of news which ii
might be wilhed to mike public; but
thar your lordhip's influence went no
further; and that if the editor of fuch
paper conceived it more for his intereit to
continue TO write after his own fancy
and uncontrolled, than TO be pabhiher /
{uch occafonal articles, ia that cafe ali
influence was at an end. j told him that
If he had remarked any abufivc article in
any paper Of fueh a deicription, it was
natural and fair TO conclude thar it did
nor depend upon government TO prevent it.
He perffed in his opinion, that his ma
.jefy's nini&ers might keep certain papers
II order, ash did in aauripg him, that
until the filis conful could 10 far matter
Bis feelings as TO be as indifferent to the
fcurrilty of she EngliiE prints. as the /
Engliih government was TO that which
daily appeared in che French, this fate of
irritation was irremediable. / told him, 4
however,, that would report the iubRance !
of this communication to your lordlhip |
although could allure hirn, that your lord |
hip could add nothing TO the explanation
which had been given, and in iuch de |
eait hv Mr.. Merry firm, yorr inrdihip n