Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1810-08-13

three cift; e-oeS--- that j., = hatcher direction
France might mean e give to the dit1ercn-
res between ihGSJnitcd States and SpsiD.
he was sensing inueed lie had been intor-
med by his agents IN Europe, that France
intended to give some direction Of those diff
terences, and he affected 10 be ignorant
What it would be- Yet lie perfectly knew
what il was, and was at that momeNt Sc
cretIy labourng to give those " differences"
The very same :" direction" which lis
friend Napoleon contemplated This may
be considered high charge, but il viii be
amply supported ~ unquestionabie fscts.
The direction which France meant 20 give,
and had in fact given, was, that several mil
lions Of dollars should ~ paid out Of the
treasury Of the United States into that nl
France. We could prove the fact 70 the
satisfaction Of any independent court Of jury
in the United States But as Jefferson
knows that we can prove il, we Shall not be
called on for the proof. We cannot exhibit
in these letters the sane sort of evidence,
either as to this point, or as to a presumed
particular correspondence between Jeher-
son and Napoleon, which it would be in our
power 10 command in a court of law.
---But Jet I say,
If imbutation and strong circumstances,
That lead directly to the Coor Of truth,
IFiA gree y7u saisfaction, you shall have It.
There is no hesitation III asserting that
Jefferson, more perhaps through fear than
from corruption, had made up his mind 70
carry into effect the" direction" which
France " might mean to give to the ditfer-
cnces" between the y. States and SPAIN
He viii not deny it. The public may ex-
pect the proof.
The publication Of the secret documents,
IN ExTENso" is suspended for the pre-
sent. When the Public reflect upon the
Importance of those parts OF them which
were disclosed in the seventh number, and
which completely proved the fact of the sub
lection of Jefferson's Administrations to The
influence of France, and reflect also that
documents of such importance had been
known, for four or five years, to exist, by SO
Or 90 infieXibe opponents OF the admins
tration in Congress, they must have some
idea Of the power Of that charm which
binds the members OF The National Legisla-
ture 60 secrecy in certain cases. Itappears
now to be universally admitted that there
- no constitutional or legal obstacle 70 the
publication Of those documents But the
writer finds that some Of those whose iudg-
ment re cannot but highly respect, are not
quite so clear as to the perfect propriSty of
such step. All the members of Congress
have uniformly agreed in opinion that some
parts Of the papers which were laid before
them ought not to be given 10 the world -
More, much more geneIa al information upon
the subject, however, the Public are emit
lied to and shall receive.
p. S. The defence set up by Mr.. JefTer-
son and Mr.. Madison, in the National Intel
ligercer, against the charges contained in
no. VII. viii be exavined az considerable
length in No. X. 20 which viii be added an
appendix, veyy much 20 me toint, in which
two great statesmen viii be cut tc pieces
with their own favorite edge tools. ii au-
gurs well that those gentlemen treat this
subject 50 seriously, and 1t ygould put to the
blush, if any thing could, the few wretched
French paragraph makers who affect 10 RI
dicule developement which their masters
feel to be iraught with death to all their
hopes.