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RI. aag aud 10 have imnoftalized him.

after having affected so much eagernsss
far exemplary measures. But the nsgotia-s
ton was resumed aad pease PURCHASED y
And on the 9th of June, this commissions
-er states to me official information OF the
iransactlons
ssThe bashaw's demands, 'says he, "wsre
aoo,Ooo dollars for peace and ransom, &c.
which terms were at once rejected IN toto.
And after some discussion" he adds, :
proposed thas mutual exchange OF prison
ers should take place, and as ne had ba-
lance of more than two hundred 10 his
power, would give him 10000 dollars for
them; but not cent for peace, &c.
On these terms peace was dehnltlvely
concluded, but this statement, adopted Ia
it's literal sense, is an imposition on the
understanding of the public. 1t is iadeed
liserallytrus. that balance of prisoners OF
war was in Joseph bashaw's power. bat
we had in our power, being actually IN our
possession, the capital OF the largest pro-
vince Of his donations, containing between
twelve and fifteen thousand souls. Could
! no. this have bsen exchanged for two hun
drsd prisoners of war Was the attempt,
made! Ii is manifest the enemy despa'red
of discovering it by forceot arms. And so
far from not giving a cent forpeace. as as
serted by the commissioner, rye gave
KINGDOM for peace. T.ipoli was IN our
power; aud with no very extraordinary eff
fort il might have been also neur hands.
The enemy felt conyic ion ofshls, and did
not hesitate 20 acknowledge il In the pre-
ssncc of the commissioner; aud the latter
has since expressed to me his own belief ia
the feasibility of the euterprizs; but he
advances at the same sme as argument for
concluding the peace In the manner he did,
and with such prospects before Us, that zoe
wishsa 20 make peace zvfth a man zvh7 lOou!d
have the a5iAty to keep it. Il parlicide,
hatrieidc. treason, psrfdy TO treaty. al
ready experienced, and systematic piracy,
be characteristic guarantees OF good faith,
AIr.LRag has chpsea the httest of the two
brothers for his man,cf confidence. Their
ability 20 keep the peace IS less essential
lhaa surs TO maintain IL. Undoub,edlyno.
thing but terror would bind eishsr OF them,
nor any other barbarian chief 10 a faithful
observance of treaty stipulation. Our nege
nation ought, however, to have considered
&t Observation-Disclosures unpopular cause,
aud this cause is fast gaining ground IN
Sarbary 1t was the caase OF liberty; of.
freedom he ought to have considered thai
10 cede tbs advantageous position we held,
could not Out make the desire of peace
appear like too much of an object with u.s.
and could nos but leave an impression of
weakness4r want of spirit on our charac.
ter. It would be hard 20 suspect our COM
missioner of istensional fraud on the Unit.
ed States, in his generosity with Joseph
bashaw, butis is harder TO reconcile his
needless concesslons aud prodigalities TO
the tcss of patriotism.
Although Mr.. Lear would never admit
that, our operations in the eastern prayin.
ees had any influence on the dispositions
Of the enemy, aud although he made il a
condisioa Of his euesriaS upon ,he.negotia.
tioa thas the commodore should take nea.
sures so compel the evacuation OF Derne
yet ia a paraxism ct eandor he expresses
himself thus in his letter above quoted:
"ifoond that the heroic bravery of our
few conntrymen at DsrRe, and the idea
that We had a large force and immense sup.
plies at that place, had made deep impress
sion on the bashsw; kept up that idea,
and endeavored from thence to make some
arrangements favorable to his rother,who,
although not found TO be the man whom
many had supposed, was yet entitled 10
seme consideration from US. Bat | found
this was impracticable, and, if persistedi Ia
would drive him to measures which might
prove fasalto our eountrymen in his powrr.>
The reasons here assigned for ehe deep
IMPRESSION made on the bashaw are not
strictly true. Itwas impossible TO conceal
from the enemy sur real force at Derne.
Tha lata sroyarDar had ohraiRea enact IN