The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-05-09
CTRANSL ATION.l
EXTERIOR Relations,
3p DIVISION.

EXTERIOR RELATIONS,
SD DIVISION.
LIBERTY. EoUAniT1
NJ B. The good order ofthe French Seat J
answer should relate to the (anent of Es
numSer of the divisionabove ina Cteyioy Rela-
dictated. |,:.,. =
Paris, the 9TH Vendimaire, of the 9TH wear o.
the French Republic, one and indivisible.
2'ae Minister of Exterior Relations TO Citizen Pi.
ehon, Secretary Of LEGATION of the French Re.
public, near the Batazian Republic.
/ have received, successfully, citizen, your
letters of the 22d and 23d Fructidore They af
ford me more and more reason to be pleased
with the measures you have adopted to detail to
me your conversations with Mr.. Murray. The
conversations, at first merely friendly, have acqui.
red consistency, by the sanction l have given to
than by my letter of the eleventh Fructidore.
do not regret that you have trusted to Mr.. Muir.
rays honor copy of my letter. 1t was intended
for you only, and contains nothing but what is
conformable to the intentions of government =
am thoroughly conVinced that should exclamation
take place, with confidence bettUeen The t7vo CaH
nets irritation would cease a crowd of ,nfsunog-
standings you'd disappear; and the ties Of frisd
ship q1oud be more strongly united, as each b|ty
you'd discover the hand (Which sought to distiite
them. But will not conceal frem you that our
letters of the Cd ana Sd Vendimaire, Just reeiv-
ed, surprise me much. What Mr.. Murray istill
dubious OF, has been very explicitly declars, G.
ven before the Pre- sident's message to Congress-,
of the Sd Messidore (21 Of June) last, wassnown
IN France. had written it to MIR Gerry, nmely,
on the 24th Messidore, and 4th Messidur. / did
repeat it to him before he sat out. A vnole pa
! ragraph of my letter to you Of the iii Fructi-
dore, of which Mr.. Murray has copy is deve-
ted still more to dcvelope the fixed deerminati-
on ofthe French Republic. According to these
dates you were right to assert that 1ph1tever Pile
nipotentiary the government Of the Lfted States
might send TO France, 10 PIT end tothe existing
differences between abe tzDo countries, WOULD be
dou6tediy received susk the RESPECT efo the repre-.
sentative Of free, Independent md zver/uk natl
on cannot persuade myself, citizen, that the
American government need any further declara-
tons from us to induce them, in Order to rene w
the negotiations to adopt such measures as would
be suggested TO them, by their desire to bring
the differences to peaceable end Ifmsunder-
standings on both sides have prevented former
mable that these misunderstanding being done
away, nothing henceforth, will bring obstacles to
the reciprocal dispositions
The Presidents instructions to his ENJOYS al
Psrls, which have only known by the copy gi.
ven you by Mr.. Murray, and received by me the
21st Messidore, (9th july announce, ifthey
contain the whole of the American government
nitehuohS5 uiSposiuOhs, WHICH could only
have added to those which the directory has al.
ways entertained and Notwithstanding the pos
terror acts of that government, notwithstanding
the irritating and almost hostile measures they
have adopted, the Directory has manifested its
perseverance in the sentiments which are depos
ted both in my correspondence with Mr. Gerry
and in my letter to you of the 18th Fructidore
and in which have herein before repeated in the
most explicit manner Garry, therefore, citizen
I'm Mr. MURRAY tknca -
der to convince him of our sincerity, and prevail
upon him to transmit them to his government.
presume, citizen, that this letterwill find YOU
at the Hague if not, ask it may be sent bach
to you at Paris.
Salute and fraternity.
(Signedl
CHI. MAU. TALLEYRAND.