Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1806-02-04
FRoM GFNER.5L TURRRIU
TO
THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
OCTOBER IL, 1905.

THE undersigned minister plenipo.
Tertiary Of his Imperial and Roy al nsies
", to his excellency the president of the
United States OF hmarics, has testified in
his conversation with the secretary of
state, his just discomfort with the COM
inercial relations, which many citizens Of
different states ofthe union maintain with
the rebels of evsry color, who have mo-
meniari!y Withdrawn the colony of ST. Do.
mingo fcom the legal authority.
The principles injuriously afeGrd BY
such commerce, or rather by such a
system ofrobsery (orlgsndsse) are 80 e.
videns, so generally acknowledged and a.
dopied not only by ali nat oas, who have
colonial xyslem 10 defend, but even by
those who have none; and moreover e.
ven by every wise people 10 Whatsoever
political aggregation they may belong !;
that the statesman if he has not lost eve.
ry idea Of justice, of humanity, ami of
public law, can no more contest their wis.
dom, than their cXistcuce.-kud certain
~ the undersigned IN fndirg himself cal.
led by his duty as well as his inclination.
in the bosom of a friendly people, and
near the respectable chief .s.lo dire cts ,ts
government certainly The uadsrs sned
ought not to have expcc.ed that his frat
political relations would have Tor their on.
ject complaint 50 sericuy, an infraction
so manifest of law, the most sacred, and
the best observed by every nstisn under
the dominion of civilization.
But 1t wss not enough for some citizens
OF the y. States 10 convey munitions Of
every kind TO the rebels Of ST.. Domjnso.
10 that race OF African slaves the reproach
and the reiusc of nature il was .noreo
yer necessary 10 insure the success oribis
igneble and criminal traffic by the use of
force. The vessels destined to proteel it
are constructed, loaded, armed, in all the
ports of tho union, under the eyes of the
American people, of lis particular author.
ty, and OF the federal government itself I;
and this government, which has taken for
the basis OF its political career, the mos,
scrupulous equity, and the most impair; iai
neutrality, does net forbid il.
Without doubt, and notwithstandino
the profound consideration with which
The minister Plenipotentiary cfthe French
empire is penetrated for the government
of the union; he might enlarge still far.
Their upon the reflections suggested by
such stale Of things, circumstance so
SO unexpected. BUTT would
be equally as affecting for him TO dwell
upon IT, 10 state It's consequences, rs it
would be for the government to hear
them,
D., The secretary Of state, who perfectly
knows the justice OF the principles, and
the legitimacy of the rights, referred to
i'll this note, will be Of opinion, that nei.
Their are susceptible Of discussion /; because
a principle universally assented to, a right
generally established, is never discussed.
or at least discussed in vain. The only
way c?cn for the redress of these com.
plants, is to put an end to the tolerance
which produces them, and which daily
aggravates these consequences.
Moreover this note, founded upon facts
not less evident than the principles which
they inirac,, does not permit the under.
signed To doub, that the government of
The u. States will take the most PROMPT
as well as the most energetic measures,
in order 10 pot an end to its cause and
he seizes with eagerness this occasion oil
renewing 10 the secretary Of state, the as
,urance Of his high consideration.
Signed TCRREAU.
Translated,
J. WAGNER, chief Clerk,
Dcfar!ne1t u Stao,