The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-09-17

SOO,OOO oOhs Tor carrying on tne War But
now more feficus cauf. of alarm had feize,'
upon him. He trsml,lc,i for { very faf.,y OF
his 6oniuions. Derne had been captured an
army of 5000 men had been defeated by m in
v1d;ng enemy. Had he been able 20 aitertaip
the precife number of that army, he might per
haps have learned 70 dcfo;fe their power Blu:
it was the interet ofthe hey of Dsrne to iultify
his own cowardicc by exaggers.ing the force Of
his opponents. He had multiplied the amount
and mSGniiied the valour Of the American for
ces, and to .hc aDprehenfvc Imagination OF the
Ba'haw, there fretned 20 he an army hove ring
over the very capital of his dorninions. Cur
informants are not certain whether he had gone
70 far as to adopt any ultimate precautions for
his fafety. They do no: recollc9 to have heard
that any mensceS had been thrown out that the
moment of Cen. Eaton's approach ihoud be-
come the fgna! of death not only to the Ameri-
can, bat all the chriftian captives. But they re-
collect to have received fome information from
Mr.. Cowtlry that the Bai,aw had collected to-
gether his Jewels and his women and that he in
tended in cafe Of the mott urgent danger to re-
tire with the American captives into the deferts
OF Bar'a. BY no ferries of events therefore that
were likely to happen, would 70 awful an alarm
have been truck into the heart of the Bafhaw,
and at no other period would he be 70 much
di!pofed TO enter into a fair and favourable
treaty. Col. Lear accordingly feized upon this
fortunate and unexpected moment; he had
'ea-dtoornat the Emperor of Morocco was pre-
pairing 10 violate his faith and cooperate with
the 1ripolitans he knew ALTO that we had C.
reral points of difference to adult with the Bev
of Tunis. Animated by theft and many other
considerations. Col. Lear Iifened to the renew
ed propoftions ofthe Bafhaw, and agreed to
the preliminary Articles Of Peace, whicii are fub-
itantiallv as follows
TIE IN article Iecl1-ec hat +b,-o n, 4
rom the concuIion of the Treaty of Peace to
he entered Into between the Prefdent of the
United States, and the Baihaw of Tripoli and
the citizens and fubjeGts of their reflective
countries, firm, everlasting peace founded
upon principles of reciprocal advantage.
The Cd. article provides, that upon the con-
ciuion of the peace, the Baihaw of ,rriool
hall deliver up to the American fduadron now
OF I'ripoli, all the Americans now in his poi
FELTON,. and on condition thereof, all the fnb-
jgtts of the Bathaw of Tripod now in the pow
err of the United States, flla be delivered up to
him, and as the number of Americans in the
pon'iiion of the Bafhtw of Tripo, amounts
to 800 Dsen more or lefs, and the number of
Ir poline iuhje6ts in the power of the Ameri-
cans, to about 100, the Baihaw of Trpoli ihall
receive from the United States the fun of lixty
thouiand dollars, rs a payment for the difference
between the REFLECTIVE prifoners.
The 81. article declares, that upon the con-
clufon of the peace aforefaid, between the u
nited States, and the regency of Tripof, all the
forces of the United States, which have been
or may be in hoftilties aeainit the Bafl,aw of
Tripoii in the province of Derne, or elfewhere
within the dominions of the faid Blfllaw fhall
be withdrawn therefrom, and no fupplies ihaIl
he given by or i'll behalf of the United States,
during the continuation of peace, to any of the
f"bjeets of the fad Bafllaw, who NAV be in
hoftilities aganft him, or any Part of his do
nninons; and the Americans fhall ufe all the
means in their power, TO periiIade the Brother
OF the faii Bahaw, who has co-operated with
them at Derne, sc. to Withdraw from the ter
rtory OF the Balhaw Of Tripoli, but they will
not ufe any force or improper means to effect
that object, and in cafe he iha withdraw him
ieit as aforefaid, the Baihaw engages to deliver
up to him, his Wife and his Children now in his
power.
Signed time Sd, 1905.
Thefc preliminary articles were of courfe en-
tered INTO before the General treaty, of which
they form the blfS, was concluded. The ar
tceS OF the genera! treaty conGlt of fuch on
~ as have been made with the mott favourable
and powerful nations, with one exception az
honorable 20 us as it is unprecedented in the
hiftory of Trpolitan treaties: that in cafe of
future war, the pritoners lhall not be conf
uereu or 'Feated as NHT'rs, but be exchanged
man for man according to rank or redeemed at
very h1VFipuiafed rate.
By this treaty, we have not violated our
compact with the exied Baihaw, or even dit.
appointed any expectation, which he could
reaionably have formed. The u. States
lad always held out to him the idea, that we
mould have complete liberty to make peace,
whenever our own interefts fhould demand
Our connection with him was always conf
dered as matter of cooperation, not as COM
pact of alliance. We have already alleyiated
ms misfortnnes by obtaining the reitoration of
his wife and family, which is reprefsnted to have
been the mot formidable obfacle in the way
OF negotiation. And perhaps it may he incun-
bent upon the honour or humanity of the u
nIled States to make fone proyifion for his fib-
uitence and accommodation.
The character of the two brothers is repre-
Tented by our counirymen in very different CO.
lours. The dcpofed Baihaw, endowed with Ii,
Tie capacity, and addicted to forbid propcnG-
TIES; the ruling monarch poHelIed of frong
understanding, capable Of perceiving and Ell
mat'ng merit wherever it is to be found, of ele
waited sentiments and of sfpiring ambition. His
prime mini!ter IS RufIian, not remarkable for
the vigour of his talents. His minifter of fo-
reign affairs, Tripoline by birth, with endow-
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