Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-08-10

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lin. who had held the Office of Minister Of
Justice. being paid by the owners of pri-
vateers--rfor being the minister ofiniqui-
tn in directing the decisions OF the prize
courts, condemnins American vessels and
thew eargoes.l And this bribe they were
;uformed was only the customary tribute
in diplomatic affairs And even this do
: cg,,r was not to procure the acknowledge
{,,eat Of our envoys in the character Of
8nublic ministers-but only permission for
them to stay in Paris. where those inso-
kept their court.
q Q. The confidential friend and agent
fof Taleyrand in this business (whose in
<formation Talleyrand told MIR. Gerry was
lust. and might always be relied on in
fsddtion to the douceur of fifty thousand
hounds, earnestly pressed for loan to
the French republic of many millions
. of dollars,-to have made which woula
have been a violation of our duty as
neutral nation--and urged various other
|uawarraetabse and insolent demands OF
the French government; enforcing them
kby threats Of its vengeance on failure oil
their compliance. Our ENJOYS remain
i ng firm and inYincible, the confidential
agent said to them. Perhaps you believe
that in returning and exposing to your
eountrymen the unreasonableness OF the
demands of this government, you VIII u
mite them in resistance to those demands:
YOU are mistaken: you ought to know
that the Diplomatic skill OF France, ana
the means sac possesses in yonr country,
are sufficient to enable her, 1oith the aid
of the French party in amsrica, to throw
the blame which will attend the rupture
of the negotiations on the Federalists, as
YOU term yourselves, but on the British
party, as France terms you ana you
may assure yourselves this will be done"
s. The testimony Of Fauchet, the mi
mister of France to the United States, in
his famous letter Of October ST, 1871;
the time Of the great insurreetion In the
western part OF Pennsylvania, Familiarity
known by the name qf the Whisky lnsllr-
rection. Referring to certain overtnres
which had been made to him by one OF
the erclusiVe patriots, (whom he named)
and which he had before communicated
to his government, Fauchet says" Thus
with some thousands of dollars the Re
public could have decided ON civil war or
peace Thus the conscienceS OF the pre-
tended patriots Of .america, haUe already
their prices !!"*
The notorious treachery of many OFF,
GERS civil and military, OF the countries
wlfics, have been over-run by the arms OF
France; and whose treason can De asci1D-
ed to no cause but the distribution OF
French cold, or the delusive promises OF
elevation to higher employments and dig
mites. as in the case Of Godoy the prince
o. peace who betrayed Spain into the hands
OF Honaparte or to both these causes
Accordingly the opinion is general that
this sort of corruption has been the ELL
cient pioneer to the French armies anu
opened their way 20 conquest.
5. The OPEN ayowal of the fact by
French agent. at the time that Adet (the
successor OF Fauehet) was the French
minister in Philadelphia. This agent was
MIR. Ietombe. the consul general OF the
FfSUcn &IcHuo:its 81 pNiSo w. " -
many of my fellow citizens, as well as TO
me. Letombe had previously been French
consul at Boston; had lived some years in
fhe United States Il was doubtless much
better informed concerning them than the
minister Adet. Washington was then Pre-
sisent Of the United States; and proba-
bly, Letombe perceived that the time had
not arrived for France. by her intrISues
and bribery to gain an efectual ascendan-
cy in the councils OF our nation. Letombe
accordingly mentioned the fact in tone
of complaint and vexatior. 1t was to a
very intelligent and respectable gentle
man OF my acquaintance, to whom Le-
tombe said, s. that Mr.. Adet had foolishiy
thrown away great deal OF money In
bribing members ofeongress aitho' they
Latombe and the minister) were put to
much difficulty in raising it; and that
they had at ,,rc,t lass to the French re-