Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1806-02-03

OF fhdt country, where he had reA
ded himfelf as Governor, he was to
| ta.iy rnabie 70 command any refour-
| ces, OF 10 kbear any part in co-oPera-
ten w;tlfguS This hope was then
at an end and we certainly had
never contemplated, nor were we
prepared to land an army Of our own,
or 10 raife, pay, or fubGIt an army
of Arabs, 20 march from Feghc to
lripoli, and TO carry on land war
az fuch di!tance from cur relour-
ccs. Our means and our authority
were naval; ard that fuch
were the expectation. Of Hamet, his
letter Of June %, is an unequivocal
acknowledgement. While, there
fore. an imprefion from the capture
Of Derne might till operate at Tri.
soli, and an attack on that place from
our fGuadron was daily expected,
Col. Lear thought it the bef mo-
ment to liiten to overtUres Of peace
then made by the Baihaw. he did
70, and While urging provihons iot
/ the United States; he paid attention
ALTO t. the iHterehs of Hamet; but
was able t. effect nothing more than
to engage tn. reititution Of. his fam
lily, and even the psrfevering in this
demand fufpended for fometime the
cOncluiion of the treaty.
Ir operations at luch ditnance
it becomes neceiIary to leave much
to the dicretion oftht agents en-
J ployed But events may fill turn
up beyond the limits of that diGcrc-
ton. Unable in fuch cafe to con-
lult his Government, Jealous ci:i-
zen will act as he believes that would
dired him were it apPrifed of the
7, circumstances, and will take on him.
felf the rtfponGbility. In all thefe
cafes, the purity and patriotifm Of
the motives thouId fhield the agent
from blame, and even lecure fan6-
ion where the error is not too
injurious. Sould it be thought by
any that the verbal inltru4ionS faid
TO have been given by Commodore
Barron to Mr.. Edgo amount to
itiPulation that the United states
ihc uld place Hamit Carrimalh on
the throne of Tripoli ftipulatfon
10 entirely unauthorized 70 far be-
yond our views, and 70 ontrous,
could not be fan0ioned by our Gov
ernment or fhould Hamet Caramal-
Ii, contrary to the evidence Of his
letters cf Jan. :, and Jan, 20, he
thought to have left the petition
which ne now feems to regret, under
q miftakeD expectation that We we're
at all events 10 place him on his
throne, on an appeal 10 the liberaIity
of the nation, fomething equivalent
10 the placing him in his former Gtu-
alton, might be worthy its confder-
ton,
A nation by efablifhing charac-
ter ofliberality AMI magnimity, gains
in the reiPe6t and fricndlhip Of 9th
ers mere than the worth of mere mo-
ney. This appeal is now made byHa-
met Carrimalh to The UnitedStstes.
= Ihei ground he; has taken being
different, not only from our views
but by thofe expreiIcd by himielf on
former occahons, Mr.. Eaton was
defired to ltate whether any verbal
communications pat1ed from him to
Hamet which had varied what we
Jaw in writing. dis anfwer Of Dec.
5, IS herewith tranfmitted. and has
rendered il fill more neceflary, that
in prefenting 70 the Legislature the
apple atom Of Hamet, | fhculd pre-
lent them at the fame time an exact
4 ltarement of the views and proceed
ings of the Executive, through this
whole bufnefs, that they may clearly
underltand the ground on which we
are placed. Il is accompanied with
all the papers which bear any rela-
ton to the principles of the co-ope-
ration, and which can inform their
judgment IL deciding on the applica-
ton Of Hamet Caramalli.
TIL : JEFFERSON.
! Jan. I3, 1896.