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Dcrne under the authority OF his brother
whom he called an usurper. This circum,
stance gave me an unfavorable opinion OF
him; for his brother must have consider.
ed him as weak man, or he would no, after
what had happtaec, have trusted him with
SO much power. But by accepting the
Office he acknowledged himself his bro.
theirs subject and BY entering into hostile
Engagements Showed want of good falta.
Thus he appeared to me a foolish faithless
fellow. Wherefore when applied 70 on his
behalf, in the month of November, 1902,
I by letter Informed his agent that the A.
me,ican government, at the time Of my
departure, "Vas ignoraHt Of his masters
T" Uieuus ana Ind not given me bozDrrs to
engage in 50 important on i,adertak.
/" ing"
Thus in November 1902, Sidi Hames
was informed officially that no engagement
existed or could exist, between him and
the United States. The above mentioned
letters having pct the business into my
nands, no treaty could be made under the
authority OF our government, without nay
participation.
In the evening of the 9th Of February,
1908, Hamet Gurgss, styling himself agent
OF the dethronsd bashaw, came to me at
the American consulate in Tunis&Ss inform.
ed me that his maslsr only waited for rhe
corporation Of our squadron to proceed a.
gainss Tt.poli thar ne could raise 80 600
men, &c. sc. but wanted twenty qain.a!s
OF gun powder, and sixteen thousausi dol
lars to assist his operations. Irrfused the
money. but promised t@esty bsrrels of
powder, and engaged TO cooperate agaiasr
Iripoli in the month of June, provided
proper s,ipulations were made on his part
and security given for performance. Blu,
this agent When il came to the point, could
produce no powers, and therefore the mat.
ter was left open to be settled in June, when
promised to be w!,h,he euadroh off I'ri
poll. As yer then nc treaty was made,
and in truth fhad no Inclination 90 treat
with this ex.bashaw, not only because
entertained q slender opinion Of him, but
because my instruc tions forbade me to
insis. On his interest, SO as TO prevent or
even retard peace with his brother. It
seemed therefore inlprudent to make en-.
gagements, which might not be runciually
executed.. But by leaving the ,nat,ter open
I'LL June, we could take advantage of cir.
camstances without any breach of faith
and if he should really bring an army into
the field, which I did not expect, good
bargain for both parties could be easily
made.
Events justified my conjecture. The
squadron was on the Tripoline coast, from
the month of May, to the 26th of June, but
we heard NO more of Haniet aud his army.
shah not enter into a defeuce of nv con.
duct, which @ill hope be, at some time
or ether, submitted TO court martial. Let
it suffice, that violated no engage nens Of
the United States, with this sx.bashaw. II
his unauthorized agen, treated with any
other unathorised agent, am not respon.
able for their doings. If there exists 40,
treaty which (subssqseus to my recal) has
been sanctioned by the administr s,iou, /
know nothing of it, neither san il affect q
judgment ON my conduct. dc not
mean to say the ex. Bashaw is not 10 be paid |
for his disappointment those who are |
chosen TO take care of the public money,
will do wha, they think proper. / do not
mean to censurs gentlemen in whom TIE |
administration thought proper to reposs
the confidence Withdrawn trom me in a |
manner, which feel as the seyeress mis-. |
fortune os my life. lido not pretend to Judge |
Of treaties made with these rival bashaw's
nor indeed DO know what they were, or |
whether they were ever ratified IN the re-
gular manner. These things arc GU, of my /
line, but with other things of the same sort,
wild hope, at proper time, and 10 pro-
per place, be discussed liz a proper manaer
and with proper effect.
AN sirs
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