Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-01-07

feep by our preceding $3.50 ~ -.
riais as we'll printed as wrlt'en that we l,sss ~
pleed nothing that has been n our power - mp
por it ~. ,.ea.o.. &c N.
E,.,ch government, they had yielded TO rcaion
and uaice they had conicnsea to do aoaofIo
,he,r faith which had been pledged 70 you. II
(, The obttinacy of MIR. Armfrong, in intcf-
=. IL inc in tI;s buiinsfs, which osght TO have
been terminated by the deciioo winch 81. we hsa
,lta;p,d OF The Americas coamlilo nefs, and the
n,;nciu1e which he has aib3iess that there was
nothing to be claimed for an iaareasv Gus hase
been the only csufes which have occaHeasa your
being paid thee hundred tfousand ffaass,. 'sess
exiting a lois as well to youi as to ths unater:
writer's, Of feyen hundred AID niasty NIX thou
fand Francs.
We will enter our protest in your names
against this conduct OF his.
We hope that by this protest. OF when
we shall send to you an exemplihcatlon ~
tho next opportunity, you will obtain sopse
indemnity for the losses which the Amer.
can Pleni2oien,iary has brought upon yen,
Strange as the remark may seem, 1t by
no means follows, that because the Anne
rican ambassador has thus opposed himself
10 the claims Of our citizens, he has Been
inattentive to the interests Of our govern
ment. On the contrary, when. we advert
70 the very Singular fact, that IN all this By
siuess of Obtaining indemnity tor losses VI
der the Louisiana treaty, IL has been 50
con,rived thar the interests ot<onr govern
ment and Of its individual citizens who may
have claims on France,are DIRE city adverse;
the contrary supposilion is 10 be made !;
and the ambassador may, consistently e.
nough, be found TO promote the cause OF,
our administration while he .impoveHshes
our fellow citizens. :.
By the treaty of 1908, the United States
have assumed responsibility for three
millions of dollars, being debts due from
France to individuals, TOR spoliations, pro-.
vided individual prefer and substansiats
claims against Franceto that amount; other
wise not, but only inproportion.l Ii thosedebIs
therefore can be sunk below that sum, the
surplus goes into or rather is never taken
out of our treasury, and is just so much
gained to the United States. When we.
first saw this treaty, we urged this very OBJ
lection against it, that it created conflicting
Interests between the government and It's
citizens.* So that Mr.. Armstrong, ia
causing two merchants to lose one hundred
and forty thousand dollars. by this single
operation caused our treasury to gain the
same sum. Should he be equally successful
in opposing the merchants nshe majority
of cases, we shabby and bye perceive Mr..
Gallatm figuring away with perhaps two
millions as SO much saved by diplomatic
skill, out of the three millions that it has
been supposed we should be obliged,so pay
towards Louisiana, which will bring the
purchase two millions cheaper to Us than
we have imagined though whatit exact
ly consists of, nobody pretends to know,
since MIR. Jefferson lately informed US,
that its BOUNDS were " indefinite"
However, as there may be some who
hold, that public agent ought not merely
TO look arthe loss and gam, Of his immedi-
ate employers, but that he ought 10 have
some little regard also TO what is right and
iiuss: and who, therefore, may be inciioed
TO examine into the grounds ON which Mr..
ARMSTRONG has gone IN etfecting such
seGviag tothe United States; we win now
accompany them in the enquiry.
Not having all the factsbefore as, We are
not prepared TO condemn the propriefy of
Mr.. Armstrong; obtruding himself into
this affair at al, which, however we ex.
tren,ely question, and which the above LET.
ters deny. We viii suppose for the pre-.
sent, that THERE'S nothing objectionable on
this score: we will suppose that under
the 10Th article of the convention be was
called on to decide upon the report of the
commissioners let US view the ground he
has taken in opposition TO the clairns.
First, That the ship and cargo, were En-.
Nils b hrnnertu or that liz. funds with mhi oh