The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-09-20

around IL, for The ,pef OF Advancing nearer 90 IL.
CJpita! With his f.sa'. G.ree!
F. Bur, .ir, Whole fault was y, .'.n, h. did not
receive additional. reinor.sin, os and money
Eoc fee You cannot advance iiuys Rep wi.noar per
cevirg the weskuefs oi she administration.
n. Not weak bat prud.ns. They mad already
done en"ugh lor Gan. Eaton wcal you have them
uDnecearily throw away 4. HIVES " our people and
the ;reaiurss o. tie late' Attend to the adn;-aa.c
is9sEG2iog5 of Commodore Barren 20 Cen Eaten on
the 22ud: of March: .' e by TIE your energy and
eser'icns addeito he fnn.ts, nt forward, you
ir'~s-d IN getting pohriiioo' Derne and Bengaze,
So we may oacuale ,hi, having received ii5 inpu.fe
" rom arenrh, the E< DA!haw viii baaj:lr poi
" eis G.eienf euergy, courage and talent, and if &C
counts correa fuic;eli ;;terea among the REQ
"ple, to move with firm Reps, and TO conduct hs
" friends and followers the gates OF Trpoii bur
fhouid he BIZ und deficient IN thee eiTent,ai qua
+" i,es, that it appears have been deceived in
regard RI the dipoh,ion OF the inhabitants, he muh
" he held as unit fabjeet for further iuppors or
" -operstion."
f. Well, grant then, that Gen. Eaton ihoud no,
have received, and did not any further REIN
foroements from ourelves-
K. Then you grant every thing which require of
you. You grant that his project muli have been a.
bandoned. All the acluiItious which he had made,
mutt have been given up. Derne r,utf have been de-
ferted. But what is worie than al thee, YOU grant
| that every impreiGon OF the Daihav's mind mutt
have been removed, which the fear of III invalon
hac produced. Therefore he cosld Rave entered into
any future negocia;ion 'lnawed by this apprehension.
| r. Bu: th. iquadron fiiii remained Its furmda-
bic attacks would foon have renewed his appreheni-
ohs and his diipolitions for peace.
/ r. True: tine iquadron would have advanced to
the attack. But had it already produced its I'M
preilion upon the Bafhaw's mind The appropria-
ton of the Mediterranean fund TO continue during
| the the number and force of the fquadron al
WAYS exaggerated by diasnce; the recollection of
| trehle's achievements, mutt have made all awful I'M
rreiion upon his mind; perhaps nearly as great, as
the very fight ard attacks Of the aradson elf would
have produced
| F. Then you contend that the Balhaw was as
much alarmed by receiving exaggerated accounts of
Eatons forces, and from bearing exaggerated accounts
| of our fquadron, as he would have been by leeing
our iquaoron in his harbour and his capital tun,bng
about his Herring of our fquadron was ain,oa
as imbyVe the Ising OF it, and even if it not
much 70, You make that the fear of Ea:ons ap
proaohes would have turned the fcale. Very meta.
phyficsl indeed Therefore you conclude, .lia, no
moment Of negotiation could have been 70 favourable
as the which was made ufe Of
r. You, therefore, my friend, is rather premature
have not yet enumerated all my reaions for bvev-
ing that that re proper moment for negotiation
what do you think of the Bafhaw's threat To put
our countrymen 10 death If he were hardly pref.
ed: Or what is more probable, to retire with them
into the deferts Of Barca, where it would be amoa
impofibe to purdue him Shall Irenlind YOU of the
threatened corporation of Morocco or the yyaver-
ing politics of the Cabinet of Tunis9 Should not
rhefe circumstances have induced 4 prudent govern
nent acrifce few t,ouiand dollars fer the ranom
OF our Country inen, and our unconditional exemption
| from all future tribute! We could have wilhed in
thcie could have been broup ut about by
q imaler raniom. But confder that the prelent FUN
| DOES not exceed 200 dollars each head, whereas
the Baiilaw refuled to lberate them during the laa
a.l under 500 dois per head. Even ourfelves Of
fered him that time NOT lefs than 10000 or 100
600 dollars.
T. But, Sir, how do you get my objection
OF having violated faith with the TX Bahay
Having pledged ourieves rettore him to his Throne
it iult, it honnurab!e for us to defer. r,i.
uieiul and generou; ally" in the manner we have
done !?
! n. | have ieen nothing as yet which proves the
| exi.tence Of fuch liquidation. Every thing, which
bears au Official amp, directly tends TO dlprove it,
Wha, naru9o does Mr.. Madfon give in lis let
ter to MIR. Eaton of Augua 1902, which has been
10 triumphandy quoted by fone of the Federal prints
=. A5 far as the of the brother may contribute
IL iuceeis the aid of them may be ued for the
|" purpoie Should this aid b. found inapplieabe or
the object unattainable will he due the honor
" OF the United States ard the expectations he
will naturally have formed his difappoint-
menr with tenderness, and to retore him las
|
@ drawn, ionie other convenient arrangement
I" th4r may be more eligible him. Ia eaf Of fyea,
10 ty IF saes with the ruling BaGaw Of Trpeli, per-
d" haps i, may be polible make fome GipmItian,
I" formal Informal in favour OF the brother, which
a" may be deiirable alienation Of his msfortunes"
Bur thefe initructions you Zee written 1902.
Let defend late period, and fee whether Cen
Eaton was anbOrjfd by fubfeauent iuitrucfion5 to
make any poitve promifes the Ex Baiaw Of fri
| poll !; iach as, to reiore him to his throne Wha;
ays commodore Barton i'll ms letter MIR Eaton OF
! March %, 1861 " | feel i. my duty to fate ex-
L" Plicitly, thar n,uh withhold my iancton any
convention or agreement committing the u. S. or
tending toimprets upon Hamlet Bahaw, "a conviction
tat blve bound oayj dies place him upon the
Tbroae' The Commodore lays in another part Of his
very intereng letter: with youo understanding 10
guarantee or engagement to the eIiled Prince,
whole cauie muit repeat only tavouring as
an igfyaa7snt to our advantage and emf in
itie.i, mutt be held faad in tJe 7oy Of acqu-
eieence 10 any honoufebe and advantageous terms
|" Of accommodation, which the regning Bahaw may
be induced to propofe. Theie being once
offered and accepted by the ,c6,afptive Of govc,a-
as7t aRpaiafcd 10 trent IF Ps,ss, OGr iuppot the
/" Raihaw muit neeeiiary cedie" You Zee by theie
inru9ious that 70 far from Cen Eaton having been
authorized pronfe the Ex-Balhaw reftore him
to his throne he is ezpreisly dreted into
iuch convention. Inleed If Gen. Eaten has oberyed