Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1813-07-12

Armstrong, and presented INN = o..
paper upon which WAS whten, 10 substance
the Bearer Is authorised TO confer with
the Anne rican minister lie askud Mr..
"A rmstrong if he recognized the hand writ
ing who replied he Did that il WAS the
hand writing of Mr. Tale flnd.--The gen.
| .lemsn then began q conversation ~ which
lie Sc forth the great interes, which the
Emperor took in every thing that csncein.
ed the u. States alter much eenei al con
versstion he touched upon tic subject OF
our differences with Span. lie stated that
the emPerour was sensble Int Spsin had
been guilty OF great wrongs towards the
United States, and that he WIS disposed to
lend his assistance to the Unfed States in
| obtaining redress. Mr.. Arms, rong ex
| pressed his satisfaction a. these sentiments
The emperour, and The grea,,nxieiy ofhis
government TO have their differences with
Spain, especially tina, respe ctng the boun
DIARIES OF Lou ma, ABUSED. The French
man replied u.st bis majesty would under
lake 10 have the whole disputes between the
| iwo nations settled TO the satisfaction OF
the United States, upon CERTAIN conditions.
] Armstrong wished 10 know tie conditions,
! the Frenchnian stated that i,e only eondi-
mons would be that the United States
would pursue course d0eetei BY his majes
| ~, and make to him a reasonable compensa
lon for his good ofices-Nr. Armstrong
| appeared some what disconnected, when ,he
| FreDehman observed lie woull leave him 10
rtffeci upon the subject, snl call and re.
sumo the conversation upon TIE next day.
When The Frenchmsn mex called, Nj.
! Armstrong requested him fullyto explain The
course Of proceedings whicl his msles,
cunt. mPlsted adopting The Frenchmsn
then stated that his majesty would recon-.
| mend, that at the opening pfthe session Ct
| Congress The President should. IN his mes
sage, ciopt a resoule and ildignsn, tons
respecting Spanish asgresaons such /.
'9ne IS would induce = beliefihat hos il,ties
"ouie be resoried to, unleAs promp; and
.mP'e redress Was obtsiued. Ufon the
lfpesrsnce OF his documenl. his ms;es,,
would cause It 10 be repfesen,ed to the
spanish court, tha, his sense of Justice CON
PEELED nm TO conhder Spain the aggresso, |;
mat justice ought TO he dane 10 IL Un,ee
STATES snds,f 1t was no., hi majesty " uld
De compelled 90 take par, win he. ist.f.
LUIS co,rse of conduct, the Frcn Imam re
msttcd. would without doubt, induce S?sin
20 ADJUST her disputes wlih the Unl,ed Ststes
+, upon such terms as h.s MAJESTY should dc.
tate u those terms his mniesty would I'm
dertake should be ss'isf.c DRY to the u \
| That in return for this important service,
his majesty would expect the United S's,es
,opsy him asum Of money to be agreed ul
, on, but not to exceed seven millions of dol.
lars. Mr.. Armstrong informed the French.
man that he would lose no time IN comm.
nIcs,ing the proposals 10 bis gcvefnmt NJ,
and thus the confe enc. ended.
Every man must reeolect the course Ina
was pursued. a high toned message wss
sent TO Congress. A confidential m sssge
gully sririted was af erwsrds communi.
csied--,nd Congress voted two millions
nf dollars to be disposed OF IN our foreign
intercourse, which was to be sent, not to
Spain, but 10 PRS -
! Il will be asked. Whence an obscure in.
dividual. in tue western woods could obts sin
this intormstlon-ln this too, the public
shall be grslihed. At that line Mr.. Rob.
art Smi h WAS Secretary of the Navy, and
John Smith WAS Senator from Ohio, high
IN favor OF administration, bu, a juggle Eke
his was entrusted TO none from whom IL
could well he concesic Dive received our
Information from John Smith of Ohio, who
stated to us, that he saw copy of the let
ter in the hands of Robert Smith, who WAS,
or affected TO be, very indignant at the
measure-snd who communicated the
whole trsnsse ion to him
Many reasons induce us to credit tins
statement. II explsins wherefore Roheri
Smith WAS made Secretary of State
| and wherefore Thomas Jefferson re.
NAMED his fas, friend after he was dismis
sed by Msaison--It explsins wherefore
John Smith was perseclied almost unto
des,h--ss the destruction of his chsracte,
might render him undeserving of credit
IL explains wherefore Mr.. Madison TOLD
Mr.. Randolph that " France wan's none,
and must have lit ex | iins wherefore
Mr. Armstrong rs now Secretary, AT war
| and H. helps 10 explain wherefore Ir. G ALA.
tin is nowsen, n Russia there are but {. "
| very few, TO whom ii would I've safe 10 cons
fide the secrets OF our foreign negotiations
| General Dearborn has resigned ,hs
command OF the Niagara army, * Dis
,rict, and Morgan Lewis, for the tim,
being, reigns IN his stead 1t is said
uoweyer, that much greater man thar
Lewis is soon TO take the lesd-via
General James Wilkinson himself
From whence does it proceed, that tn,
federalists in all the predictions aboh
the war, its authors, and managers
should guess so exactly according to III,
event? Will the ministerialis,s now Say
as they did last year, that the disasters
of the season were all chargesb!e tt
Gen. Hull +? Has Dearborn Showed an,
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