Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-08-26

and hides. TIE Rose sailch only . CIV
DAYS ago. and is owned by MIR. Fie4h.
'rhc ship Dolphin, capt. Brown. own
ed also by Mr.. Piesch, and whicii sailed
from this port On the tst Of August,
bound 10 New Orleans, has been cal,rr-
by the British sloop Of war Atalant;s, and
sent to Halifax. The plea of car,are
was having French produce on to;.,a;
but we understand that the only frvi.vil
produce on board was % casks Of vine. !.
Diplomatic cHriosita-!n the year179G.
the American Almanacks were not print.
ed to the liking of the French govern
mept; and the correspondence on tie
subject took place between mons. Adet,.
the French minister in the u. States. s.
the Hon. Timothy Pickering, then Seere-
tary Of State.
Translation.
Philadelphia, the 18th Ventose, ath
year Of the French Republic. ore and
|indiyisible Esd March. 1896, 0. S..
The minister Plenipotentiary of the
French Republic, near tile U. States Of
America.
To Mr.. Pickering, Secretary Of State Of
the United States.
Sir-Some periodical works. and par
ticularly the Directory, printed at Phila-
delphia, have come out this year with an
alteration, against which it is my duty to
complain.
The French ministers have always en-
;oycd the presidency as to those Of Eng
land, not only in the United States, bot
throughout the world; and as France,
a Republic, has preserved the rank She
has held under her ancient regime.
The French people look upon all geo
pie as equal and as brothers but they
will never suffer that partial customs con-
trary to custom should be granted rect :
" or indirectly 10 any state whatever.
The foreign agents near your Republic
have hitherto been arranged in the Direc-
tory and other Allnanacks ofthe United
States in order of Rank appcrtaihing to
their respective powers.
This year the agents OF Great Britain
who enjoy only the third rank. have tl.ere
been placed before those OF France and
Spain.
1t is usual SIR. for alc, anacks oftLis kind
to be corrected UNDER the direction OF CO.
vernments and with tiiair appreciation.
should presume that this is not the case
in the United States, since they would
have noticed the alteration against whicA
l complain.
fl am mis;;asien in this respectas
ought to suppose it only an error, ! shall
confine myself, Sir. to requesting you to
have it rcctised by suppressins the pub
LEGATION and distribution Of the Directory,
and other Almanacks, in which it has
been committed.
But il, as imagine, these works the
property of individuals, and the govern
lhent Of the United States can exercise no
influence as to the correction IN this
case as their publication although free has
taken place under the protection of the
American laws, and if the alteration
therein should not be contradicted; the
public may conclude that it either has been
consented to by the United States, or ac-
quiesced in by me, and that the French
Republic does not preserve as to England
the priority she has always enjoyed.
pray you sir, to be pleased to declare
in writing that the government of the U.
States have no concern in the printing Of
the Directory and other works of that
kind, in which the agents Of the French
Republic near the United States have
been registered this year, after those of
Great Britain, against the usage and
right of presidency which belongs to the
French Republic, and to permit me TO
publish in the news papers your answer
or declaration which have the honor
to request.
p. A. ADET.
Mr.. Pickering Secretary Of State, to Mr..
.adet, Minister Plenipotentiary Of the
French Republic.
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