Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1806-04-07

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b.amc ought to attach to commo-
dore Barron, a waiting fckness, an
confeauent mental as well as bcdil.
debility, had rendered him totally
unable 10 exercifc the duties Of con
mauding the fquadron, previous T.
this i, mentous crihs, and tror
! which be ha5 never recovered; an
to this caufc alone may be attrlbu
ted The fnal failure Of the plan (
co operation which appears to have
been wif@lf .co2certed by the goyel n
menr, aud hitherto bravely executed
by lis officers.
But however unpleaiant the
Tx. the commitre are compelled by
the obligations Of truth ard duty a
ftate further, that Mr: Lear,to whom
was tgityutted the power Of negotia-
ting the peace, appears to have ga
ned 4 complete alcendency over the
commodore, T thus detihtated By hck
neis or rather having afumed the
command in the name of the com
modore to have ditta-td every mea-
fure; TO have parailed every militia
~ operation by fea and land and
finally, without difPIayin6 the fae,
! or lquadron before TriYoh, without
coniulting for the iliuty OF the Ex-
Ba.haw or lis army, a8aint the o
pinicn Of ali the oiiilc crS Of the feet
10 far Is the committee have been
abe To obtain the lame, and Of Com
modorc Rodgers (as appears from
Nlr Lear's lctttrf to tic fecrctary Of
itats dated Syracufe harbour, July
( 7th, 8o7) to have entered into 4
convention wiih reigning Balhaw,
by which, contrary to has lnitruct-
IONS, he itipulated to pay him fiXty
thoutand doIlars, 70 abandon the EN-
BsATaw, and to Withdraw all aid and
7llltance from bis army. And al
though a ttipulation was made that
he wife&. chi.rtn uf the TX Dalhaw
lhouid b. delivered to him on his
Withdrawing from the tern tories Of
7 Ir;Poh, yet that fiji llatlon- has not
been carried into execution, and it is
highly probable was never intendsd
to BE, The committee forbear to
make any comment on the inpro-
priaty Of The orders ihued to general
Eaton to evacrate Derne, five days
previous 70 Mr.. Lcar'a failing from
Malta for Tripoli, 10 enter on his
negotiation and the honor OF the
nation forbids any remarks on the
unworthy attempt to compel the ex-
Bafhaw and General EaTon, to give
Up and abandon their conquef, by
withholding fupplie6 from the army
at Derne, eight days previous TO
the commencement of the ncg0ria-
ton nor viii the committee condo
fcend 10 enter INTO a confederation Of
pretended reaions, Aligned by MIR.
Lear 10 paIliate his management Of
the affairs of the negotiation iuCh
as, The danger 9f0 ne Amertran prij5n-
D7-5 in Irip5E, tie myftnejs sf tie .IHps
j5y The Ervicc, anE the zvaHt gt means
to Prsltcnie The qrar; they appear to
the committee to have no foundation
in fact, and are ufcd rather as a
veil to cover all inglorious deed,
than fold reafons to julify the nc
gotlator's conduct. The committee
are free TO fay,that, in their opinion,
It was i'll thc\ power Of the United
States, with the force then employed,
and a fmaIl portios Of the tixty thou
fand dollars, thus improperly expen-
ded, to have placed Hamet Caramalli,
the rightfuI fovereisn Of Tripoli,
on his throne to have obtained
thcir priioners in perfect ilfety. i
without the Paymentofa a cent, win
aiutancc, and probable certainty, of
cgcnrual remuneration for ali ex-
penle and 70 have tRablilhed
peace with the Barbary powers,
that would have been ftCure and
permanent, and which would have
diEri!ied the name and character of
the American people.
Whatever 1amct, the ex-Bahaw,
may have faid, in his letter Of Juac
29th, 1895. to palliI;c the conGLd