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' C;y c Utter from Nr. -Vi i.l 1 am! tooui. . great people, ; w no were the firil to cpeh By the. Prefident, ,;; , '
TJUE, Ctvernsr cfS:::ih-Carclhia,toCjt thcpbrced?3ml-.:heilrft..tb proclaim flic . (Seal) , T. Jeffersok.
srif Gekrt, MirJfler Plpiipbtenttary from rights ofincii, and whofeexiftence is as dear .CITIZEN GENET; Minifter Plenipoten- ' i
': the French Republic to tie L 'mted States cf ' to .'us as ovr's necefiarytp thcliuv I amias tiary of the jFrench ! republic, to Air.
America. , .
Charlelort, Sejtemlcr , 17P3.
Dear Sir, - I v
HIi:)UGH the medium of the northern
, xic. a .tapers, nc, in this (buy. 'have
bccninJcrnicd, that a d;ipte hrd ulxn place
between ih Pre G-'cn: y ' V n td S ta tes
and yoattr'f,- ou Icim.:' p.nt rel.uing to a
. prize ; a:; J upon your didering thereon,
lis of the efteim of the Americans as of.
that of nv fellow -citizens i anH whatever ef-
forts may be made to deprive me of it I;
flatter myf-If vith,T confidence, that I l?a!l
wholly prefervc it : I believe that J fhaillbe
aiwavs . deemed ..mrtbv; in their eves. ,1 of ,
:? -y tli fraternal recemkes rnivc me front
' Charleiton to Ncw-Vcrk, (and i make no
doubt, finally j the -brave'General Moultrie :
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you find, wrii a degree of warmth, that you -win never regiet to have been the hriqto
OTi ctykl to thefiCpU. Viewing it as acknowledge, m me, the envoy of the French
here reprelented, many real friends tq the Republic, and to have heaped on me thefe
republic of France have taken great offence, hmdnefics and obliging attritions, the recbl-
ss it conveys iVfult to a character highly re- - lecVion of which will neverjbe effaced ircm
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Jpeflwdby his country, independent cf the
fratiou wh'ch he fiil Ironi 1 ence much' con
verfation and waruraltercation ariic. J
My regard for you, perfonally, aswell'as
bein'i? the renrefenrative of a nation I rfcclly
r m
my memory 1
GEN T.
GEORCS XV ASr&lsGYGN.
President cf the 'United StaTls ofA-
TEFFFRSON, secretary of Sraie.
v w-Xork,C either. 27,, 1753. -
; ' 2d Vear of the Frrnch Kepubllc.
v r-I have j lift received togcihtr with cur
, letur .jef the 3d inf. the idijn: .fi.cn cf c;t.'2ca
Duplaine,: yice-ccnful at Bcflon, arid I hailen
to dectare to you, that I dojnpt; ac jnc vv k tTJes"
iti validity, becaufe the coi.tfiuitibiv, bt u:c
United, States ha not given the Preiidcnt the
right which he njow appears deiire us.:t n 'et r
cile it has empowered him,., as' rlr M;p:ter
of therAmericanjpeople. to da;it xi:d rCr
ccivc ihe.rnm;flers cf Jciei&r: nations! fenno
the gl-eat American cci:fcderatlbn, . and taejr
ccnfiilnry agents, dlfinbuted-to the panku
lar flaic? ; bur, in confidiugUo him this tof
ci;JTun&ion, it hasiibt given him the few
er of cjiicharghig xhem, to' fend ilieni away,
cr 10 fufpend them - wljen cnce they have'
bee:: idmitted.
Such an authority cannot
ixaft reUtion of Avhat did happen in your difiT THE.Sieor Anioine Chirbonet Daplaiii Kes?:rfed,' p but the ioyere.jin of the
note, if aaV you have had, ar.d tWyoa heretofore havihs ojucei lo me his coW- jp'' , by -hi one to. vfcich he fiS).feut.
SouW,infavourinsmeinnVrequeft;men-; miffion s vfceWrf'toii the .repoblicj of ? f P?. iV;"e,"?:.,llf'r
3k, the time, the pie, nd'tt.e manner, ce, within ihelbtesof&Jew.Kamu&iri, re"11 .can oa!? ,he of M?
becaufe ooiaions leadple more ofteh" af!: Ma&chnfefU,. andjvirg tlvcreon re.eie'd J or a .con equence ot peocations began
uay for want ottheTicno, .edge of partiadan. from n.e an euatnr; bSriifg date the ith wuu .to.for that oJ.jctt :; the part cf
brtr be .fibred, W? rr-rd for you y of June, ; , ;4,3 recogn zi.g hi,! as f,. . f an" cY
( uu iuuc i.ic t Ha U4C :cuiL j iv- " ;- i
couia nor perm
impropriety to the Prc!:dent.
I have the honour to be, dear Sir, with
reat regnrd, your moll obedient, Jum
ble lervant, 1
f WILLIAM MOULTRIE.
CITIZEN CEXEP, AKSWEX.
; I Jhouli lot)" fiuce have e:;tK)fed the authors
are allowed to vice-confe-cf the French re
public by the Jaws, treaties! and conventions
in mat ofe, mude and crev;ded : and- ilie
faid Sieur Euplaine havinrjunder colourf6f
his faid cfice,1 committed fundry encroach
ments and infrachens on the laws cf thelanci,
and particularly 'having caaied a vicl rojbe
refcued with an armed icrc? C2rot th'? cuiio-
J 1,
national aft of juftice, the icvercirn ifhculd
be furniTr.ed with every poftble light upoivlb
important ar oiy eel, tnat he may be enabled
to prove to theiforeign lo.verclguj that the
mimflcrj was unwoi thy of his confidence,
and; that the "dijmhncn or fufpeniion.vas
difberiiiibie- If it is Mi.x.ft n.-erely srhitrary
it i& ambrif? the -'clafs cf .aiof ar rrVnnn. anrfr
, - ...j, -.. .cr .. a,,...
oecomes ; s. came or var,i ana voti know.
r f .!ir hotxl?. vh;ch a clar: ml 1 oeen
'.-. , ' l?. , r 11 the iame by nro -ph r ro''vcmpr and it Pir rat in.ta.s reipccr trie coMiitunc:: or
liavctuuficeiidcd torurmylelf oi a .level . ' ,1C u probers nvrH?n.5 coi.r., na it tup TTrt,tj;or rrr t -,r 1 1 , ,
l.C--.mt.n who. I too much dcVifcto being theriiorenolonger.fi: ncr ccnfsftdt n'Ied pfk'? . thcicpie.
van aie.w aiui, N.iioi. i too mucn uc.p.ic to b r . , vnL,. -, ilt J fentatres oi.tba people die nohtof dedarmjr
pr.uluc n-oi..ts a.ai.-.i: tr;c aciurmty o.tnetr that liu Van .mm & olfr ' .f I do not. rctollea wlik the erni.raterl1.
caut,s : But it is tot thu.that the re, fr writiriks of Grotius, Pufuidorf, ard V,:rel
prrfetuauy- e. J. great p.i- iao-.a ccamucc j riip,.- nd . - onrthis inbjeci 1 thank Grd I havefor-
Kmtllf; it is not fufectent that he epoles "0I .V , v " V ,(S? Pnr!ees V iiot what thele: hired iurifl.mJic lv, ,.r:,.
hn(TLvho traduce him : heooght touemand
their pimi'.imunr, and to oham it, if tKre
pre'ontative of the fovereignty, where he
retides docs juitice. ..
It is to Congi cfs that I, Hull addrefs my
felf ' thrfwg'i the medium of the executive of
ths Uniieu States, to alk - the feverell exa-
roinatibiiofallmy cfhcial meafares and cf eve
ry particular, which may be fuppolcd to
live beeil 211 attempt upon the eitablifhed
aurhoritv of the American Republic. I mall
conceal nothing. o,r, iruw. -uT.
jy I flutl plate:undcr the mipcctioii t of e-
very of its member my hntruftions, my cor- -relpondence,
andmy const rences wirh the
French trovernmenti the inflructions to the
conftils of the "republic, and my correspon
dence with the.n ; and I hope that the reiult
of the examination of thefe documents and
tne analyfis-of appealing tp the people," will
be a thoough conviction, that 'if I had fpo
. ken to your government with the energy of
' a freeman, with the enthulhfni which at this
day inlpirev ind animates every Frenchman '
"really attached to his country ; if I have
complained clHcial!,' and in no other way,
of the conJui ot certain . officers of the Je- -
deral covernment, whofe intentions appear
to me both deltruct:ve 01 noerry ana iavour-.
able tbour enemies, if I '.have declared that
their tamenefs, that their, fmall meafiires in
the common danger, which menaces, tree
nations, did not appear t o me to be confident
wth'thc femimcnts of their fellw.citizens,
wiih the true inrereft of their country ; if I
have exprefcd, without dilguile, my grief
at fcclnir General Wafhjngtdn, that celebra-
1 do no longer recognize the iakl Antoine
Charbonct iupLir.u as vice-coidiil of the re
public of France in any part dfihcfe thiited
States, ncr permit him to exercifs or ei joy
any of the functions, powers, or privileges,
allow ed to the vice-conluls of th a nation
And that I do hereby . whclly revoke and
annul the faid exequatur hci erofore I iyvcp,
and do declare the laiiie 10 be nbiolutely null
and void, f;om this djy forw ard. ! j 1
. Jn teit;mony wherctf I have cauled
ten upon the rights cf nations, at a -period
wi-en they were ail enchained. But the
fundamental points' of your liberty, and our
own, j are engraved my mejmory in characters! f ;
not to be euaced, and thei rights of man are
enclolcii iu my breaftwitli the lburce ot life.
I have inceflantly before my eyes your con
ftiiudonV ard our own, and it is becaufe I
fully leel the jult and v. ile intentions of thofej
who founded them, that! I demand of you J
Sir, to afk the Prefident of the United
S ta tcs to procure an examination . by the
1 Si - ; V dlC 11 fir - legiflature, repreienting the fovereign peo
the teal of the United States .of hA- - ; J nvtf.... Ke . A c
; liKm.'. accelJible to men.wnoie
:fchemc$ wouM only darken his glory if by f
tlrsboldnefs IhavemaJe. myfelf the mark for ,
all the refenfment tbcTr' utmoft perfidy v cart -?
occafrou, I have neither forgotten yhat I .
owe to the fuprtme head cf the'executivc of -
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. merica iitrumto ::nixrd. ;
Given under mv ha; d -th.. mth dav nf
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October. ;n the? year ot our Lord I703
and of the indci endsnce o the United
'fctatesoi America the 1 Si h..- '. A
G. WAbiUNGTON.
By the Prefident, j. ;a j
l: Jefferson.
GEOHGE WASHINGTON.
Prefident the U mi ed States ff tnertcd
- To' all ivhom it may concern..' - i
. , TKE citizen Dcnnriy having prcduced
to me his commifhon as confu' for the repub
lic of France at Boflon. I do hereby reolg- ;
nize him as fuch; declare! him iree to exer
, die and enjoy inch functions, powers, and
privileges, as are allowed to conluls of the
French republic by the la a s, treaties, and
conventions, in that cafe made and provid-
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, In teftimony whereof I have canfed thefe ..
letters to be made patent,: and - the feal
of the United States to' bb. hereunto
- . anixed. "j " -.- . : ,t.-t f -.
Given under my ahdjithe 'ictn .'day of
Oclober, ; m the year of our Lord 1793,
' and 'the independence. of the United
Sf ates'of Atherica the . 1 8th.'" "
Y- - r G. WASHINGTON
pie of Maflachufetts, of the ccflducV'of
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cnizen jja upiame, in tne; lame manner as t
have, demanded an examination of my own in
the eni'uiiig COngrefs. i 1
Jn governments like burs, political affair;; t
can only be judged by the . political bodies,,
and if the vice'conlul Dunlaini has infringed"
id n-ii"fi-n!ip lure r-.-f TA 31 -i-1ttCt tt ri'
the particular Javs of Ivlailaehufetts, or the
general; laws of the union,' which that go
vernment is bound to fupjKjrtj to the itate.a
cognizance of a crime agair.ft the majtity of
the nation belongs, in the firftinftance, anc
it is lor her officers to announce it to the
federal government, in ; order that the fo- L
reign agent, lound to have violated the laws
of theLcountry, may receive pun'mroent frcin
his loyereigii if he merits it. 1 I infiii, with ,
the more confidence upon this fiep, i'ir, as
the attorney for the diitr:cl of Bofton n' ade
three "efforts to procOreabil! tobq found at the
circuit court, againft citizen Duplaine, and
three times a'popular and Virtuous jury tpre'w
out his jComplaint, , and this vice, con ful was
finally acquitted in the rooft hcnonrable man
ner. How could;-in fact," any room for ac
cufation again ft him be -found,' fmce he only ,
acjed in conformity to the; reaues,, to his in
fructions, co-tbe decifionsof theTecleralgo
fc.-..M A. " - lk jli't V VirTlTPrf
even truft to the care of the French com uii