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. - r,~ * yvr; t )i r i \ \ivy xy • . j •Ofi. r tlla) 1 jt'/trt J*s/fiavftyt• Continued from ycjltrd-.f, p.nrttc. 1 I informed him,' that on stl form.-rr occa- ! fiors a fi'patate articie hai! i*eeu agiecd to, j' which appeased to me to a every pur-j pole tbfy required, and which it was my ' •intention, ai the treaty advaucd, to hive ' pnpofed, as proper to jnak? part of this. The article (tlie firft of the separate ones in ■ th<r treaty of 17$ l) was then reiii } but they ol jested to it, as not fully meeting their vieys. It the title itfelf, as well 3i t< anv which might be suppos ed to arise from it, that they objefted. I could fcaiee allow,myfelf to ireat this mode of reafc&ing fe.-royfly. I endeavoured to . make tfiefti feel that it was at ,a mere word that it was creating difficulties , where none tx 1 fled; andthat if all the French monarch* in the courfr of three centuries had a'lowed tlifs to stand m the preamble of all treaties and tranfaAions between the two -countries, I could not conceive, after its having bejMl u£ed forfolonj; a period with out any claim or pi"enCoi) being set forth in c >nfrq<ienc*of it, how it could now af ftd ei'.her the dignity, security or impor- ' tance of the republic—that in facl such ti tles have ever been considered us in'defeafible and as memorials and' records of former • grcatnefs, and not as pretensions to pretent power—and I quoted the titles of the kings of Sardinia and Naples, 3cc. as examples exactly in r oint. I argued however in vain, j * They treated jt very gravely, and made so ftmg a stand upon it, that I could not a void taking it for reference, w'oich I tho't it better to do, than, feeling as I did at the ' moment, to puth the conversation farther. The second insulated point wis a verf ma- j terial one indeed, and which, although it | has been adverted to as a proposal tjjat might 1 poflihly be br»Ught forward, I confcfs came upon me unexpectedly. It was to aik eithtr a reftitutioi) of-tbe fliips taken and'deftroytd at or, an equivalent for tljem.— They grounded this clajnwfen the Prelimina- ! ry declaration made by lord H o °d on his taking pofleflion of Toulon, and on the i eighth article-os the declaration of the com mittee of the fedious to,him. They said, peace they hoped was about to be re-eftab lilhed ; that his mdjelty, in acknowledging the republic, admitteed that a sovereignty existed in the French government; and of course that the <hips held only as a deposit by England, till thi3 legal authority was admitted, ought itow to be reftorsd. I re plied,that this claim "was so peffcfily unlook ed for, that it wr,s impoflible for me to have been prodded for it in any iolli tsftions, and that I could only convey my owu private fentimt-ntn on it, which were, that they; could not have devised a flep more likely to defeat the great end of our mission. One of the French Plenipotentiaries said, that he sin cerely hoped not ; that without a restitution 3T the (hips, an equivalent might be found tojeffeft the pnrpofe desired, since their great objed was, that something should appear to prove that this just demand had not been o verlooked by them, and was not left unfat isfied by us. I told him fairly, I did.not r I * • « -xr- • ' ~ I* '* !"' or how it could be appreciated ; and that, considering the great advantages France had already obtained by the war,, and those (he was likely to obtain from th# ad of coode* fcenfion I had already intimated tis majesty was disposed to make -in order to re (lore peace, I was much surprised and deeply con cerned at what I heard. I trusted, there fore, that this very .inadmiflible fpropofal would be withdrawn. They feid ft wasnoi in their power; Snd one of them, from a written \>aper before him, which he said were his inft fusions, read tome words t? the effeA I have already ilatod. ■ r,\ sijK;v Their third quellion was as to* any mort gage we might have upon !he low countries, in confeqiieqce of money knt to the Empe ror by Great-Britain. They wished to know if any such existed, frnce, as they liad taken the low coutitrits charged with all their incunibrinccs, (hey vi;ere tp .declare' that they (houtt not consider themlelves bound t'oanfwer any mortgage . giver, for money lent to the Emperor, fort^piirpofe of catrying on the war agaiofl them. I told them, that v.ithotit replying to this que ft ion, fiipj.ofi'ng the" c..fe to ex'tft, the exception they reqjirld should havs-bten slated in their treaty with the Emperor, and could not at all be mixed op in ours ; that if they had taken the low countries as they flood charged with all their incumbrances, there co\ild be no doubt what these words »eant ; and that if no exception was stated in the firft inftajice, none could be made with a retroaf'.vc The French plenipotentiaries, however, were as tenacious on this point as on the o thcr two ; and as I found to every argument I used that they constantly opposed their in flrudlions, I had nothing to do but to de sire that they vu>uld jjp've me a written pa per, dating their three claims, in order that I might immediately tranfiuit it to your * lordship ; and on this being promised, our , conference broke up. Between four and five, P.M. 1 received the inclosed note (N0.16), and I have 101 l no time since it is in my pofleflion, in preparing to fend away a meflenger, as independent of th: difagveeafiile fnbjetls brought forward in tlrr, lait conference, and which it is material should be communicated without delifyV t dm an*ions his mr.jtfty ihould be informed of whit has passed in general up t<> this day, it may perhaps f;.riu'(h fume idtas ; as to the poflible event of the r.egoi iatioili; • 0') b.. -■ J (No, I'. Tie fryc! '/the Brili'i v:\nijler V pull: [led in Saturday't „ Gazette-) No. 14. A nhte from lord Malmeflbury to the l'rfrch pltitiptsTFKtiaries, proposing to retain theSflaticJ of Trinidad in his raojef ty's full pofuilioV'.' as ! a'crtmfefpiife to th<r acquifitioh bj't'.c Fiir.ch the SpaViilh part of St. IDoftiing') ; —and al/o that after the word® " lefure the war," lu the 14th article of the proceed.ug the following addition fUotild follow : " With j the excfption of the to 4'«» tort, and.ellab- | liilnnen: of the C-?e of G(n« Hopv, and of t ; the poftrfiliiM belonging to toe Dutcii be- -j, fore, the war, in the iiland of Ceylon, and | ; Of the town and fort ot Cochht, which (ha!j 1 | be Ceded to his Britaiuuc majesty, in ex- j change for the town of Negapatnaiu and its ; '•dependencies," j No. iy. From the French plenipoteirti-' , aries, Julv 9, in reply to the ffro- . mifing a speedy and feridus confide ration of P the puints fluted, as well as to thepiojet ot-t , a treaty itfelf, and requetlmg a conference j . at wie o'clock next iky. [ No. 16. From the French lHmipotentiaries to lord j Malmejiary, dated l-'Jl'- d The mmifters plenipotentiaries, of the s French republic lose no time in complying with -th-* with exprefled to them by the min ,j ifter plenipotentiary of his Britannic majesty [[ by trar.fmitting to him a note on the three 0 points which were the fnbject of their confer g ence this day. 1. They have positive orders to require h the renunciation of the titleof king of France r. ■ borne by his Britannic majesty. Lord Mai ; mefbury is requested to obfervethat the q«ef |_ tion is not only a renunciation of the rights e which might be pretended tobe derived from r this title, hut further and formally of the t title itfelf. The eftablifhmentof toe French republic, and the acknowledgement of thrt» , form of government by the king of, England 1: i not allow of bis retainig a title which | q would imply the exigence in France of an or der of things which is at an end. t 2-.' The miniliers plenipotentiary of the c republic are ordered to demand the reftituti- I on of the veflels taken or destroyed at Tou. j ion. 4' t i Great Britain has publicly and formally 1 1 declared that thsfe veflels were taken in trust e for the king of France. This trust is sacred. r It inconteftibly belongs to the Republic, j which exercises the rights and the sovereign ty that Great Britain attributed to Louis k j XVII, at the period of the capture ofTou , lon. Mis Britannic majesty cannot, there - e fore, in acknowledging the French republic deny its right to the restitution required, or to refofe either to make the restitution", or to offer an equivalent for it. _ 3. The minifter6 plenipotentiary have or y ders to demand, and do demand the renun f ciation, on the part ofhis Britannic majesty t of the mortgage on Belgium. s That countiy was mortgaged for the loaus made by the Emperor in England. It has become an integral part of the French e republic, and cannot itmain burthened with j 1 such a mortgage. r Theminiftersplenipotnntiaryofthe French republic request lord Malmefcury to accept the aflurance of their high consideration. f (Signed) LETOURNEUR ' PLEVILLE HUGHES B. MARET COLCHEN, Sec. Gen, of t Legation. Lisle, le 22 Meffidor, sth year of the Repnblic, July 10, 1797. No. 17. Adifpateh Lord Gfenville . to Lcrd Malmefbury. Julst J,t. exoreffive 1 «t»v hum claims 01 the risnctl. ) It states, that any explanation on tKefub j je£i of the Austrian loans cannot neeeflarily „ be introduced into the pending negociati _ on ; that the king neither forms nor has a r ny intcntioaof forming any demand on the . French government for the payment of atiy _ part either of th» interest or capital of these loans.* It is to the Emperor alane, to the j Austrian government and its revenues, that c his majesty and individuals concerned, look , for the performance of the Imperial engage j meats." It concludes without adding any . thing on the two other claims of the Re public. ... „ / , No. 18. Dispatch from Lord Malmefbu ry to Lord Grenville, July 16, containing _ an account of the special confarence which j , he held with the French plenipotentiaries j en the 10th inft. the obje£ of which was j to resume the difcuflion of the article of the . projet, to which the latter had obje&ed in , their last conversation. One of the pleni r potentjaries, who obftrved thil, then par . ticularly mentioned the nth article, and exprelfed their repugnance to the renewal of j the treaties therein mentioned, from various > reasons ; First, because most of therfi were j irrelevant to the present negociation ; and j tecolidly, because they were in contradicti on to the- new order of things in France, T by acknowledging the King of Great-B.i tain as pofleflitd of a portion of the • regal 5 'authority of France.',' To this one of his [ colleagues added, a protestation, that their 4 oply objeft in wishing not to reniw these treaties, was to give permanency to that > which they were aboitf forming: that by . adopting such a number, en majfe, without t examination, might hereafter oecafion dif . ficultics. To whieb she Britith minister re . plied, that the treaties alluded to were . the-only acknowledgments of the tenure by t Which the sovereigns of Europe, and paT r trcularly the French Re-public held their r dominions, and had become the law of nati-< ons, it was unwise and unfafe not to renew 1 them in the present negotiation. A " con- I ciliatory and even amicabJe ? ' conversation ij tnfued : The French ministers being wil ls ling to renew such of those treaties as were 1 cojjneftcd with the Condition of Europe, c} and the Britilh detirous of adopting them d in tola. They parted to meet again on the y fame fnbjed. ' a No. i<jf. Frx«n the fame to the fame-, da:- )8 ted at Lifte, July 16, mentioning the r£- jf ccipt-ofa n t >te from the French plenipoten tiaries, (which is Iketched in No. 20) to ■ r which he returned, No. 2t, to which No. 12 is a reply.—A conference was the con ■y tequende of these notes.—Lord Malmefbu ig ryrjpentd the conv<rrfati«n by observing that I- it he npderrtood the intention vfthe Direc itf tbfy it required as afine qaa preliminary, that (h his Britannick nmjeity (houW rtftot* toeach er and ailio# 1 liis fueinie j every thing tltat had lie been conquered during thi ww. If he was correit in this idea, it would not anlv pre r«nt the treaty from beginning, but would t Jtprivc his majesty as njeans of treat- ( t inj( ; for it could not be. cipecled a treaty, r. of all cefiion and no compilation would e i v?r be agreed to. One of the plenipoten- 1 ri:!r>L*s then afiVred his lordship tiut (o far from wi'fliing to brealc up the negoeiation, 1 it wa» the fincerc wifliofthe DireC\ory that ' it (liou)d proceed haOily, and end fixers fully ; artjl that jiny proposals which were not with the'nfacred engage ments, ftonkl be carefully liftcned to— Lord Malmefbury after receiving aflfurances that the DircdWy would listen to ftiptila tions of mutual coiiceflion and compensati on, departed from the conference to dif- ' patch the result to his court. No. ao. The note from the French ple nipotentiaries to lord Malmefbury, alluded to above. It states that having just receiv ed iultru£tions,and orders from the Directo ry 01 the fubjeft of his.lordlhip's note, it is necessary re make this declaration— " There in the treatiesby wJbigh France is allied to Spain and the Batavian repub lic, articles by which the three powers ref peftively guarantee to each the territories poflefl'ed before the war." The Republic therefore eftabjifhes as an indispensable pre liminary of the negoeiation with England, the consent of his ljritannic Majesty to.the restitution of <*ll the pofleffions which he oc cupies not only from the French republic, but of those of Spain and Batavia. The French plenipotentiaries in consequence of this, defirelord Malmefbury to explain him felf with regard to the fubje& of restitution and if he is not fufficiently authorized to consent to it, to fend a meflfenger to his court to procure the necessary powers.— The conference for this day was deferred on account of this communication. No. 21. From lord Malmefbury in answer to the foregoing. He declares himfelf not authorized to accede jto the proposition con tained in their note ; but that in order to a void the poflibility of mifunderflaadings on so iiaportant an occasion, solicits an inter view for to-morrow, after which he will dispatch a mcflenger to hi' 3 court. No. 22. From the French plenipotenti aries agreeing to the proposed conference for to-raorrow. Ng. 23. Dispatch from Lord Grenville to Lord Mainacfbury dated London, July 20, 1797. It begins with exprefling a con cern at being obliged to observe that the claim of the Freneh plenipotentiaries is so extraordinary in itfelf, and so inconsistent with their former profeffions, as to afford but little hope of a hapjiy termination of the present negoeiation. Althongh the most natural step would be te terminate at ouce a negoeiation which, on the footing propo sed by the enemy, precludes the poflibility of mutual concession and restitution ; yet as the French pleaipotentiaries have intima ted a willingness to listen to proposals of re ciprocal restitution and compensation, and in order to leave untried nothing that can promote the return of peace, it is his ma jesty's wifti that at the next conference your lordship represent to the plenipotentiaries of the French republic, thtt " France, treat fng in liC * duress tiu« ant* swtme cjvnnot, with any pretence of jufticfe or fairnefs, oppafe her treaties with | them as obstacles in the way of a reafona ] ble proposal of peace in whieh they are in | eluded." "It never can be allowed, that j France, Spain, and Holland, negociating 1 jointly for a peane with Great Britain, can set up, as a bar to our just claims, the trea ties between themselves."—" This princi ple even if it wtre admitted,, to operate could not extend to. private treaties, or to secret articles."- —Then follows a number of I obfervatiotis to prdve that' this pretence set up by France is altogether frivolous and il lusory ; that if ft)e were disposed to nego ciate, the treaties of Holland and Spain need be no impediment :—and concludes with requcfting his lordship to demand of the republic a contre-projet, explicitly dat ing the whole of what they have to ask in stead of bringing, ferward Csparate poists one after another contrary to the avowed principle of negoeiation propoKd by thttn -1 selves. In complying with this demand, to which they cannot reafohably objeil, the direftory will placp the business on its real issue, and bring diftisftly into question the several joints on which the coQclufion of peace or the prolongation of war, vrill real ly depend. No. 24. From the fame to the fame, with the fame date. It conlifts of animad verlions on the affsrtion refpccting the Por tngueie fliips at Toulon, made by one of the French plenipotentiaries, and on that ref pefting the treaty of Pihjitz. Several ob servations are made on these topics, whieh having no connexion with the progress of the negoeiation, but mad? to remove the mifunderftandingß tif the parties,-we pmit. No. 2j. Difpatcn frqm lord Malmefbu ry, to lord Grenvijle, July 25, acquaint ing his lordship, thit in the receipt of his dispatches, Nos. lb and 20, he had ob tained a Conference us the French republic, and related to theip 'in the words of >hja in ftruftions, that the .terms piopofed as a pre liminary article, .inadmiflible hy'the king his matter ; and that having already, on our pact, freely stated in a detailed pro jet our conditions, it was but reasonable that We should expfcA a iontre-J» bjet from them. On the inadmifiibility of their terms, one oft the plenipotentiaries remarked, that they could do 110 mere than " take them for reference ; that such were the orders of the dtreft«ry, and rtqitefted his lordship to state in jvriting the several grounds on wnicli hisrttfejefty rtjefted iheir proposition.—On the feoond point, he conceived that the bt-ft method for accelerating the bufincfs* woura be fov the direitory to furnifh his lordship with a plam of a contre-projet ; an 3 that till further ihffniftions from the direc tory the negoeiation could not proceed— Here his lordship remarked, that he under stood at a former conference, that the French plenipotentiaries were empowered to enter into explanation? concerning mutual reftitu tion and indemnity ; —if so, he (hould be ♦ happy to proceed to the of any proposition agreeable to the balls laid down , in the projet delivered. After some hesita tion, one of the French mini&eri replied, , that a? the prffent was an important junc ture of the negoeiation, and perhaps would be decifisc ps its fate, it would be bed to i wait an answer on this subject from Pans. A mutual declaration of w:(hes for a speedy and happy termination of the negocidtion followed, and the ministers parted, agreea-. ing on the propriety there was of each ad vancing a feparati project. No, JO. Note from lord Malmefbury, to ' • the French plenipotentiaries. , The minitiet plenipotentiary *>f his Bri tannic majesty his tranimitted to his court, the;note which was dclivertjto him.tht ijtu of this month, by the maimers pleoipoten tiary of the French republic ; and having received the orders of the king his trader, on this fubje£t, he ha ft ens to repeat to tiiem, in writing, conformably to the dclire which tliey have expressed to him, the following refleftioos, which he had already Hated to them verbally, in consequence of his molt positive inftru&ions. Heobferves, in the firft place, that to re quire, "as an indispensable preliminary of negoeiation for peace with England, the consent of his Britannic majesty to.the for mal restitution of all the po(Teflion6 which he occupies, as well these of the French republic, as further and formally those of Spain and the Batavian republic," is to wi(h to establish a previous condition, which excludes all reciprocity, refufesto the king all compensation, and leaves-no object of ulterior negoeiation. That the French republic, formally au thorised by its allies to negociate the articles of peace in their name, cannot fairly set up its partial treaties with them, in opposition to reasonable proposals of peace, since it is universally understood that the contracting parties always preserve the power to modify, by giutual consent, the conditions by which they may be engaged to each other whenev er their common interests may require it.; consequently the proportion made to the kiyg of a general and gratuitous refthution as an indispensable preliminary, would ne ccffarily impute to his catholic majeflyv and to the Batavian republic, dispositions far less pacifie than those which animate the French republic. Th J, moreover, in conffqupnce of what pafled id the fir ft conferences, lord Malmefbury has always thought himfclf entitled to expe& that the king, his matter, would find a compensation for the facrifice he was ready ta> make for peace, in"r«taining a part of hifceortqueft*; and he was the lelsabie to forefee any obstacle on account of the fee ret articles of the treaties which bind the French republic, as the prin ciple of compenCatioa was acknowledged by a for mal and positive declarat ion made in the riattie of the Executive Dire£lorv, and communicated in ao oflfc cial Note, dated the 27th of November, a declaration posterior to the e©nc ufioa of ihofetici ties. It was, therefore in order to remove, as much as poflTible, every difficulty, that, in the projet of a treaty which lord Maimefbury has delivered to the ministers plenipotentiary of rite French republic, the "alternative was left to France, to fettle thin corn pen : fat ion on its own*pofieflions, or on those of in all en; But the absolute refufal of this alternative appears Jo ' ■, Ml ■ r.. IT.I ■ tve ~ ifiuitTcU, and of arriving at an honoraole just and permanent peace. 1 Lord Malmefbury, persuaded that such cannot t>e the intention of the French government, hopes, that in corifequeuce of the rcafons herein Hated, a Condi tion will not be indited upon, to which his Britannic m-jefty can by no means consent. He again retjuefls the romifters plenipotentiary of the French republic to accept the alTurance of his high confederation. 1 7 Lisle, 24th Ju'.v. 1797 No. 87. Extiafl of a dispatch from Lord Malmes burytoLuVd Grenville, dried Liile, Sunday, Aujuil 6. . ' Mv 1 fully when I received the incloTed note on Fiiday,. the conference propofcd was to ac quaint me with the in(fru£tions jthe French plenipo tentiaries had received from the Direfcforv, on the r.oti? 1 tad flivep in near a fortnight ago, as an aufwer to that in which the feftitution «f the whole ol h s mjjefty<» conqtiefts from each of his enemies is re. quired as an indilperiljole preliminary to all ncjoci- T was therefore rurprizrd atld difiippoiiited, when I had takqn ijnjjjplace at .the conferrnce, ta h'-ar liom the French plenipotentiaries, that the letters theyflad received that mwrotng from Paris*did not bring any fpecific iepiy ti*'my last note, butonly wen: to inform tffcm tlwt the Ijncciorv had' taken the fubje& into iheir mcift fei ions con fide ration, and would acquaint them ss toon as pofiVole wi'tf the result. fctSulf) nnt WbnTcxpreffing my concern and fur prite thjt there exilled any heGtation whatever in the mtnd 6f toe Direcioiy on a point, which, although 1 very imr.oitarii, wis certainly a .very litnole out; That to uVf> remain in doubt, whether his m»j<.(Ly was to coinpenfation or nnt, was in other words to leavf it in doabt whether the Direc loty I was verv far from wifbTng for any imp oper haste, or wot to move in a matter ol such magnitude with bn em ing prudcucc aritl deliberation, yet I could not fdtbeav lamcoiU-g that more than a month had now clapled without our having advanced a (ingle Itep, notwithOanditig liiajelty had, injhe very outlet of jhe negoeiition, raanifcflefl a modcraiion andfotbear ance unprecedented under Btnilar ctrcuaiflances : That,.anxtrusai 1 was pot to prrjud(ce it by any re preknwtions of mine, I mil ft fay 1h i* delav pUc-ed uie in avtry-awkwird pofi ion, as I did ut»t perceive how I could acccutit for it in a way at all fati,fa£>o ry, at the fame time that it was quite irapofTtblc for me id luftVr a lodger fp«e of time to pas» over with out veiling to my court. Orvc of theFienck plenipotentiariii exprefled his caineli with that I would write immediaiely ; he confident this d' would be ften in its true light ; ■ and add d' " S.i nous pas a pas de (eant, . j efperc qui nousTOaichonsd'un pasfur " And ano ihtt of thtm repeand tWs phrase. I expuflvd my fmceie hope that this might be the 1 cale, but it would have much belter proved by • the tor.imu.ideation of tfe cjunter-piojet they hail in a manner pledged tWnfelvcs to procure, tlunbv anv vague and indtcrnJuiate afftirances nf what might 1 poflibfy be the»<fuHof the preleitt lulpfnlion of ali 1 bufineft. They ob'etved to me, that the cru'ter. pn.jet woit'd of coutfe be (virt.uallvj enmained in j tbe-sc'nt inftruflions, audltbat their only irtctive for P wifbingto nie was to convince me that <hts delav hari nei h'r otigiuatcd withthcni. aor been oa afion-* ) ed, at Patis, by ihe wantof attention 1 » :his impoft j ant bulicilfi. or from any cau!e nut immediately and t clofvly cOnnedcd wi;h it. a 1 desires'. ti'ltnov.' from tV'tm whrn they thought .« it probable when they ftiouW recriv® p I-itir an J explicit kiftsudtons, wliether in thres. four.or five s days.' f'liry -aid, it wuuU be probably" e'ufbt or ten. Ar.d one of them chfrrvetl, that as i.ur not - meeting morcfrfquertly gave life to many idleru _ mcurs md ialfc resorts, he wotrfd ptopofeto me, if I had rvsjjhjftlioti, t6 rriftt rv;ry other day at L I 1 o'clock : that it was nut t*o or three, meetings we might havs r.oth r ing taateriil to fay, but that we iliould get better > 1 acquaii.ted w th each other, and In our coimtfa tion* mutual}' f'Jfcgtft ideas which might be of afe I readily c'onfented to this. (To be continued,) ivrwwr.-wwMM-iwii.i. VII i n» ——immmmm Xftc Oajette. PHILADELPHIA, TDKSDAT EVENING, "JANUARY 9. 1 11 m ■ Ffr the Gazette oj thl United States. Reflections on Monroe's " View." No. V. At mod of this tranfa&lon I am net astonish ed, as it may have proceeded from violent pre judice in tavfcr of France, from a diffegard of the opinions of the executive,and a tUiire to ap pear allrimpartant in the eyes ofhit favwifena tion ; but lam aflonifhcd to find, that white Mr. Monroe insists, and infills with great pf reasoning, that a compliance with the treaty w6uld be highly beneficial to France, amj equatfy beneficial to t lie UhJtAl States, that he drtl not demand a tomphance. Both ccrtjntri<» being interested hi its execution,'it was inexcu ftbk not tt> hive demanded it. But he attempts to excuf'e hiinf'elf by faying he was if raid France would 1 la've in turn demanded a compliance with the guarantee flipulatiort. This was a vain fear : France knew well that the cafus foederis had not occurredy and in the Hate of the prffent war and of pulalid aft'airs, that such a demand could not be made justice or reason—Above all, Mr. Monroe fliould Lave bony? in iniml that his country ij always animated with the put-eft feutimtnls of honcv and goodfaitb, and always ready to meet the slaims of foreign nations, and by these principles to try them. He should have reflected that at the helm of American af fairs was placed a man who well understood the jnterefts of his country, as well the extent ot the national engagements ; and he should not have presumed to negleff or counteract the ob vious intentions,of the executive. Fiom whence did Mr. Monroe take up the nation that lie was not to complain of the decree contravening the treaty His predecessor temonltrated agaiuft it: The injuries ariling from it had reached eve ry part of the comment;. ft was neither the will . of ihe President or of the people that thry (hou'd be continued ; wherefore then did he en courage France tt> continue the system of perfi dy and depredation ? Why did lit debase his country at the feet of France, by tellitig the re public to trample on our commerce, and we ■vould 1 (mile under our indign.ties and JiiiTes ? What offence had (lis country done him that he should taketb's severe revenge? Why ftjould its mieifter prostrate it in the dust by a declara tion no kfs abjedt -tfian pernicious—by a polity which, while it expbfed tb« United States to ut ter contempt, Ivcame the, source ofprefent and I fear of future ills. These instances ®f mifcanduA, being fully evident, let us next fie what the President did when they became known to him. It is to be lamented he had not then difpl ced him. He only reprimanded him, as appears in his letter dated 2d December, in following terms: " lit your letter you fay that you have not been inftruifted to desire a repeal of the decree which violated the 23d and 34th articles of the treaty of commerce: That you did not know but it had been tolerated from thefoundeft motives of political expedience, left the demand for the rel'cindiog ; it might produce a call for tHe guar antee. Inde'd you have gone further; having declared in your memorial (hat you were under no inftruitions to complain of or vequeft the re peal of the decree authorising a departure from those articles, and " that if upon re-confideraticn after the experiment be made, the tommittee of ftmoM .of JMfesany solid benefit to tlk-French republic, the American government, and yaur country men in genera!, would riot only bear the depar ture with patience, but with pleafute." " The fourth head of injury stated in your letter, (hews that you were poflclTed of cafe* wV'ch turned eutireiy upon the impropriety of p the decree K too was .certainly the faft. ; Now, Svitjioyi the abrogation of the decree so fir as it rei'peflcd cife, ..the red re f» which vou were ifl'/lruile.! to. demand could not be ob tained. fri triith, there was 10 caule or pre-' ter.ee for alkmg' relief but tipdli the ground of that/decree hitlng'VioUkd thr treaty. Does riot this view lead Jo the inevitable conclusion that the d?;ree,ir operative jasftitu#* idlances,' woUld ' be no less difagrfiftibiej.-autl c.onkquently that its operation iti future instances ought tobe pre ventedi a circumftjrtcc wjiicll could bs accop;- , pii(hed only by a totaf repeal ? /he papers of the ship Laurens rained a reference to.eue or more representations of Mr. Worrit, against fn« decree ; so that the Imfiueik bad been atfttially broken 10 the government. Neither these reprefeniations, nor yet your application, appeal» to have ftiggafted a requifitioa of th* ¥ Kilt, Tiiy pood ft , let tlicfe things be as tjie.y .will, was it necefliry to intimate thatjtn in ,.lifereii,ce prevailed'in our government z» top these articles, by a declaration that yov were not mftruiSed tp complain fefj I a?» unappr-f-d of the d.tta upon which fnch ail opinion. couW be founded and un dr.nbttijly the prtfjdcnt himfelf miuld not un dertake that the people of the United States vi.oukl bear with patience a departure from flip uiations which are generally believed to be im portant to u»."— (page 116). , It is true it foon after jhis, in Jaff urv r79 -, ijiat tl;e French republic fawca.ufe to ep'.-al the decree, and perl a;-s this oecafionfd the President to tske na further rotife ot the mifcoadtifl of the mihiftcr relative'to this ftib jeiSt. • But surely, after reading th-- foregoing documents, few will pretend that Mr. Monroe's mrfrep: »r eoncefiions coatnbwtad to produce that effevt. J kno whe has bad the as . furance to ascribe to bimfeif the Bieriifc 4 is re peal, wiich without any doi.bt, wastbt conie quence of the then Rat* of aiTalts in France.—» > On the other har.d, I rfi ribeiq hi= of . 1 implicit fubmiftiort to the will of a tore if: n pnw -1 4r, which >the ' Fuoch have iieeii tn.id® • to believe influences America' with retard to them, their prefitut system towards ? lyf . tem winch haviiig modified out treaty wt.b France on t:.!» prii.riple, is so baneful to cur i rommcJtte, and (<3' cliAonorable to our r.atu>uax ' that Mr. Monroe t Kprrfletl 'hiiafelf to the com miitee " not only fiJukly'but libcrafly" a* be " faV", when he agreed that France mi?frt dif prufV with certain aitirjcv of the treaty, if it , appeared to tlum advmtagcMUs so to do. To _ what length the republic will carry this eoncef fion, is beyond my power to prediift. It fliail i 'be leftio the uiifaldi.ig hand of tir*e. 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