The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-06-05
DOMESTIC.
.lEEAIRS WITH hkANCE.

era DOCUMENTS
| IccomhGnying the Prcsident's Message.
- lcoNCLUDrD.
LETTERS FROM MIR BARLOW TO THE
SECRETARY OF STATE.
.:. (No. ~
E.rf1act ofa letter from, Mr.. BarioTv 10 the
Secretary IF State. dated
PARIS, Sept. %, 1911.
l seize the first occasion to announce to
you my arrived, though 1 have very little
else to announce.
| landed at Chcrbourg the 8th of this
rnonth. and arrived at Paris the 18th.
! The Emperor has been residing for some
time at Compiegne, aud it unluckily hap
peued that he set out thence for the Goa ST
and for Holland the day of my arrival
here.
The Duke of Bassano, Minister for Fo-
reign Relations, came the next day to Pa
ris for two DAYS only, when lie was to follow
the Emperor to join him in Holland. Gen.
Iurreau and others, who called on me the
morning after l reached Paris, assured me
that the Duke was DESTROYS of seeing me
as soon as possible and with as little Cere-
mony.
| On the 21st / made my first visit to him
which of course had no other object than
that OF delivering credentials. ] expressed
| my regret at the Emperor's absence, and
the consequent delay of such business as
was rendered particularly urgent by the ne
| cessity OF sending home the figate and bv
the approaching session of Congress, as well
AS by the distressed situation or those Anne
rican citizens who were waiting the result
| OF decisions which might be fastened hv
the expeditions which l was charged to
make on the part of the President of the
u. S.
He said the Emperor had foreseen the
urgency OF the case and had charged him to
remedy the evil so far could be done by
dispensing with my presentation to his ma
Jestv uutil his return and that might inn
mediately proceed to business as ii had
been presented. He said the most fiatter-
ing things from the Emperor relative to my
appointment. He observed that his males
ty had expected my arrival with some soil.
citude Tor several months and was disposed
to do every thing that could reasonably
ask to maintain Il good intelligence between
the two countries.
The Duke then proposed a second inter-
view Tor the next dav, which he said he
hoped would be long and leisurely, that we
might go over the whole range of business
that was likely to come into discussion be-
tween us, declaring that he should be justi-
led by the Emperor in delaying his jour
ney one day for that purpose only, and that
he had no other business to detain him in
the Capital. j accepted the invitation and
was with him two hours the next day
| L explained to him with as much precisi-
on as possible the sentiments Of. the Presi
\ dent on the most pressing objects of my mis-
sion, & threw in such observations as seem
ed to arise out of what conceived to be the
| true interest of France. e.,
| lie heard me with patience and apparent
solicitude. endeavored to explain away some
OF the evils OF which we complain, and ex-
pressed strong desire to remove the rest.
He said that many of the ideas / suggested
were new to him and were very important
that he should lay them before. the Empe-
I ror with fidelity, and in a manner calcuIa-
ted to produce the most favorable impressi-
on, desired me to reduce them to writing, to
be presented in more solemn form, and
endeavored to convince ME that he doubted
not our being able, on the return of the En-
peror, to remove all obstacles to most
perfect harmony between the two coun-
| tries.
(No. 81 =.
Extract efa letter from, Mr.. Barloqy to the
Secretary of State, dated
go PARIS, Oct. %, 1911.
The Emperor stays in the north much
longer than was expected. Having been
assured by the minister that he would re-
turn by the 18th of Oct. and that during his
tour he would make no stay in any one
lplace,. concluded as had the honor to
state to you before, not to follow him. The
trigate- Constitution did not return from
Holland until about the time that the EN-
Iperor was to have reached Fontainbleau,
land during the last fourteen. days the pub
tic has been In constant expectation OF his
| arrival. .-
AS the minister of Foreign Relations and
indeed most of the other ministers are with
him, it has not been in my power to bring
forward to advantage any propositions OH
the great objects of my mission. For was
convinced, for reasons, mentioned in my
first despatch, that these objects can BE
treated to the best advantage in presence,
when frequent conversations can be mingled
| with formal and official notes.
My correspondence with the Minister
therefore, has been hitherto confined. TO
incidental matters not worth troubling you
with.
Ii isnow so fully believed that the Empe-
ror VIII be here about the 10Th of Novem-
Der, and .-seems so important that SONG
thing OF decisive nature should be commu.
nicated to you T.. the frigate, that it is tho't
best by capt Hull as well as my self tina. she
should first so over to Cowes with Mr.. Rus
sell & return to Chcrbourg for my Dispatch
es for you.
(No. 81
Extract ofa letter O'1m Mr.. Barlofc 10 the
Secretary # State, dated
PARIS, Nov. 81, 1911.
On the 9th Of this month the Dute of