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ine himself republican, friendly to the cleo
ton Of Dewitt Citation. takes an enlarged and
liberal view of American policy, and points out
some of the principal alterations OF Mr.jet
ferson and Mr. Madison, and by means Of
which our country has fallen from Its high
estate. He is of opinion that there IS much
reason to apprehead from the preJudices PAD
licly avowed by those who are In the Interest
of the administration, from the tameness hi
thcrto discovered In regard to the enormitles
of France, and from tbs manifest efforts to
propitiate It's ruler, that close connection will
sooner or later be brought about, by the men
who now compose our cabinet, if they remain
IN power, and lose Us IN the lncomprehensl-
bic nazes Of French hohcy"
We here have another instance Of what is
well worthy the observation of the people of
America. Namely: that in every schism Of
the ruling party, the seceders rave charged
home upon the administration an overweening
French partially, leading to degrading sub
seryiency to the policy of Napoleon. When
M Randolph, too high minded and unbending
to follow them in their may rounds, turned
his back upon them, he tells with disgust, OF
declaration of Mr.. Mad son, then secretary
of safe, In relation to the Floridas. France
wants money aud must have It." On the re-
moral from Office OF Robert Saith, late secre-
tary of state, Ae tells us the same story, and
that the dissatisfaction of Mr. Madison towards
him. arose from his pressing upon the French
minister for explanations upon certain subjects
on which it was not convenient for him to be
explicit. Mr.. Clinton and his friends init
mteiy acquainted with the characters and the
view. IF the ruling politicians, tell Us the same
thing: that "the men who now compose our
Cabinet il they remain in power, will lose US
In the incomprchensible mazes of French poll
CIV The testimony in all these cases, is of
the highes, character, and ought to be deemed
sufficient TO establish what the federalists de-
clared from the beginning, that M Jefferson
had imhibed in France, and instilled into the
mind Of his pupil, Mr.. Madison, such partia
lities and prciudices, as rendered then an
worthy the high station to which they have
been successfully raised The history of Mr..
Jeffcrson's public life, affords too much EVIL
dence of this truth, which there is neither
time nor disposition here TO recapitulate.-.
His early disposition to couit the embraces OF
that insidious power, Is we'll demonstrated III
aproposition which re Sud stated in the cores
pondence which took place in 1875 between,
Adet the French minister, and E Randolph,
secretary of state, upon the subject Of a COM
meTcial treaty, In the instructions OF the
French government 10 their minister, com
municated on that occasion to the secretary OF
state, we find the following sentence T: I" But
the respective IA. uralizdtion OF the French
and American citizens, PROPOSED by Mr.. Jcf-
fsrson, and desired by the French nation will
facilitate this stipulation OF a reciprocal ex-
cmption from tonnage, and render It less OF
fensiye TO powers, who in virtue of treatles,
might claim participation in the same adj
vantages" This ansalgamation of the Ame-
rican and French republics proposed by Mr..
jefferson, however, did not take place; Gen.
Washington probably not feeling SO amorous
npon the occasion. Consequently, we al had
not the honor Of being made French citizens,
which high distinction was, however, specially
conferred we have been told, on Mr.. Madison.
Tie situation of Mr. Jefferson in the year
1898, whilst secretary of state under president
WashingtAn, was a delicate one--it became
his duty TO conduct correspondence on the
part Of our government with Citizen Genet, in
which the insoent pretensions Of that minis
ter we're resisteS, and which finally terminated
In the recall of ID, srenchman by his own go
vernment, at the demand of ours. The letter
which Genet wruteAto secretary Jefferson on
the subject of this recall, contains some per-
soual reproaches and Illusions too remarka-
bic TO escape ournotlceS /" Besides SIR" SAYS
Genet, $ whatever may We the result of the
achievement of which geu have rendered
yourself the generous instrnnent, after having
made me believe That you wee my Jriend af-
ter having initiated me mic nissteris8, which
have inhamed my hatred againS.al those who
aspire to an absolute power thers is an act of
Justice which the neutrality-suspicious. the
French people, which all free peoPe are In
terested to reclaim that is, that t4ereNc made
particular inqairy, liz the next Congress, of
the motives on With the head of the exeeltiye
,>ovvrr of the u. >. trcn. Washinptonl has %