REPORT.
oi,. nblimo tilt U ll.ieJ Maui,
an J France, liuce the hut citmuiu-
uicatious to Congress oa that lab
jecl.
4. Bui thetV emt.ivors to sir' ar.
Gerry nun a torm.il negotiation are
cjitetty remarkable, becuul'e they were
tirrtevei e 1 in diinnt near Ave -inmths
a, ainW hlstniiitant, di.cc't, and pnfi-
ttve refufals to treat lepant.-clv. Mr
"r T..
., , 1 a r- u I'ti.i 1 kju iti k nmiinE an uui ,
Talleyrand atUrtntg and mr Gerry I r ... .
, , . ,,. . I erenee. rclloriug harraory, and re
tic 1 1 v mi' the competency of hi pow I ,i iv- . '
1 1 leltuliliihino commerce between the
cr.
We have feen the ettvoya imm rhe
6th of Dot. 'o-, the date d rlieii fiitt
1? tier to the .French luuntter, to ih:
3d ol April, roV when their lalt w
delivered to him, exprclfinj thc.i
eajneit'deftie loenier upon end pet,.
Ircuie the ureal, birfiuelkot the mil
ium : we have teen tnem 'nTing i-tnf
lo g period MskraiSj enduring neg
lect land indiwith'S, t which an sir,
dent ie.i o oeltablifh harmony am
peace couM alone induce freemen r
lubmit We have leen thenrwhih
held in I'tifiienre neither receive.
nor rejected yitdding to the mip) -
t unities of private Henm of .tin
French government, and bearina in,. I
ditciiniuK their propotttions, tiilutrift.
rhy weein the hope that whe
tbelj; Ih nil I b- (hewn to be m iei-1
ina hn.ifi le, others tounded in rea
fim and qtiity, ami in the ulna
conrl'c of diplomvtic hegocianoi
Httltt be brought foi warn; Doubt,
lets they alto wiflird. wheu their' air
touifh'iient at the (nit: overtures lu.i
fublided, by lijipning Hill longer lo
loch dilh'ijidrable pmpolnious i. al.
ceitain the, 'true character of the
French goyei nment. We have feci
them, after uniting five Wc.k Iron
the prefentation of a copy of rheii
)et,rei$ of credence, entirely unuoti.
ced, lblic.it an attention w tiei
ro'ifilon, and foliciting in vain. Thai
tie n n.t I an official hearing, they ho
ped, by an unufual Hep to excite the
at' en t ion of the government: the.
determined to traniniit to the mimi
ter, a letter repiefenuug the views id
their own government, n rclatioi
with the fubjec'ts in dispute win
France. T is letter, dared the
w it delivered the -tilt January, 'oP.
Waiting netir a rrioiuh without at
anler, and itiil being anxious t
hea. explicitly Irom mr. Talleyrati.
bin.lelf, before they ftnt their tino
letter, whether there were no moan
wiinin their powers, of accommoda.
ting our' ditfei toces with France, 01
Jutland reahjnable ground -on th
27th of February they dejired " a pel
ibnal interview on the iubjtct of their
million ;" and. afterwanit a fccoim
interview. They remark on wha
pulled at their meetings, "that tlx
views of France; with regard to the
United Statts, wee not ellentially
changed lin e their communicatiom
with its unofficial agents in the pie
ceding October.'
At length they received mr. Tal
leyrand's letter of the t8th Match.
98, inanfwer ta their 's ofthe 17th
January. The minillera letter re -pieifiued
the complaints of France:
as iiiuai, charging the American go-
cnineiit with the nicxecut on of thr
treaiirs wi.h YtmWm WSth diliitnub.
B
tionitdiMuaiiiig that our tribunals
mere 1 inject to a lecret influence
halni ig up the Britifb treaty as tie.
plete with cU and injury " the prin
cipal grievance ot the republic" ac,
tiling the American government ot
a aifh to fo ze th hi ii faverable 01
catiou to coiitummate an iniimaii
ninoii with Great Britain, and fug.
gelling that a devetton and partiality
b m
lo 1L.11 iKiwer ha.e Ion. h.,.. 1 h
r " " jt - .
Uic uiimiple ol the coi ductot the la .
deral government.
l o this letter or the French mi
nilter, the envoys foot their reply on
the 3d of April. This reply and
their former letter detect the fcr
piiifms and erroneous Uatement ol
the miniller cxpnfe his naked after,
tions refute his arguments repel
his calumnies and fim-i -i-.cly iiori
ear-iK-i-i.t.., , the joltice, ami, as a
oeuiral power, the impartiality 0
the government of the United Slates ;
and, at tile fame time, exhibit the
weighty and well founded corrolalm
of ihe United States, acainlt tlx vo' - .We a,feover nothing bat
F reach Republic. proposition lor treating with use. Car
Hit hen o, imtead oft defirt to ob. '7 lona which he had repeatedly
lam a ret .mediation, we can difco- ta be impmlible and on
vtr in the French government only Ier' ,tfh ",r' iry h'mlt', a
asapty protrfliont at defirc to con. ol,,tr . had long b.
filiate i whiie it haaghtiiy refafed u. ,ore Pa5Nxd to be utterly inad.
recefve oar envoys, and during ha flfKWcaiddiretlljr repugnant la
months dilregaided their relpectfu. ,n,r WoMa. We mall now fee,
ami ardent tolicitaiiarii 10 neKowte ,( nUasiiution ot mr. Oeny
said alter one of them, whom it m- l,,','t omtii.unKSti.mi, thsa the
toced so rcssein in rraace. had de. Pobl'n ' he envof's difpatches,
elated that "he had na nowen 1.
tieat frptsraicly, that the sneafure M
isvpatible," then the directory ea,n,, fltip"""" trench go-
panco tne other two
II naw we lurvr y ar. Gmv's indi-
VMaaf correrpomletKe, we fk.ll
ue fhd evsdsmot of any ehange In
me .ti (pofsimi aiUaarreuch gavera-
-T'lT'rrliirlt letrer w nr. Gerry, atr.
Talleyrand's artifice is vifible ; head
aretleshiB as eev 7 eatraot dinar)
of ibe United Vi of America, to
. .. -.Jir.,
COnlRinniClUOIM. nr VfCirj, aawjja ,
bending the minuter intended to
draw him into a regocration, repeats
what he had atten before daeiaiaJ,
that for him, to treat leparately WAS
impracticable, and that h can ouly
confer with him informally.
Qn the so.h at April, mr. Gerry
IrefTea a letter 'o the wtiiiilter, and
pre ties him to come forward with
- r. ...... r . .11 auk.
ions. He receipts no an! wer
lSxh he confers with the mi-
who fays he cam ot make pro
, hecaute he doel not knov
I of the U uired State in re
a treaty. Mr. Gerry
information , He then pro.
1 h ree of lour day to del 1 v t
ryiheprjr of a treaty .
ni promife vpaa never performed,
n the 13'hOt May. the new mUrnc
ioun'ttf iVjhrchi the a;!, lent by the
'ophia p;irhet, reached nr. Gerry ;
'W'thf gae immediate nonce to the
niioffer that he fhnuld return to A.
it'ifo in the Sotihia. as foeu as flu
Viftedfor fta, . ...
iJj 35th nl May the nnniifei
riit hi nrinctpul fecretary to inti.rn
tr. Grry..'that his governtnsi.it di
lot i(li to hrenk the Britilh treaty
iit expected luch provilious as wotih
tiideivinhy c'rance, and put heron :
toiMt"!! viitii that nation." rt iiy
treaty had. been mad by the fienrl
cnyernment, its chief pretc ce ftii
thole imytift andcrnel dpr-(!jiiotn en
American rommerce which hae
brought diltrets on atultr.iulea and
mm on many of o jr citizens ; and bjpj
rationed a total lots of property of the
United States of America probably
inorr than twenty millions of dollars ;
cfido liitijeclinn our fellow citiztrns
( inndts, nnpci, wounds, torture A
niprit'oniiieiit. And mr. Talleyrand,
'i his lettei of the 18th March to ihe
itvojs, declared that treaty to be
' the prin'ripal trie.vance of the re
itiblic." B ic now, inltea.l of break
112 tint treary, France defirei o be
hii mi- tbe! fame footiliir. Thw the
United Suites Would ai any time Ifave
loire, ami the envoys were now
r'xpln itly inltrucieU to iio ; and (even
Months before, all the envoys in their
ouvet lit ion with rm. Bellamy, (Y)
lhe confidential and niithonfed aient
if the French minilter, told I im
" tirat he might he aliin ed that ibrir
lower were fuch n anthorifed them
(o pi. ire France on cpi:,! ground wiin
f'.n gland, in any relpec'ts in which an
n'.tqnaliiy tntcht be fuppofed to rxi't
t jm e lent hcivt ecu ihcin, to the dilp
utvanragc of France.
Thebecicary alio mentioned the
nuns ot the Ameriran citizens on
he French republic ; he laid it tiie l -
er fhonld be tiuanle to pay t lictu
when adjnlld, and the United States-
would nltiime and pay them, Fi ance
would reifnbtirle the amount tin -et.
This has the femblauce of candour ;
hut on the 4th ot March, when the
envoys acre in conlcrence wi:h nir.
ralleyraud, and they difchded their
principal itiltruc'lioos, " general
I' '"V ,U,M """
'. wrVe t"den to af
I J.... !,..., ..... .... ' .. ...l.i I '
nine ine ueon to our own cnizens.
even ft we Were to pay t lie money di
rettry to them. And tloubtlels it
, becaufe the propwhliou was nU
rady known to he inadiiiilublc that it
was now renewed.
The lecretury and mr. Gerry had
illo lo-ne uiiiiiiKriiu conversion.
nd it plain that the whole object
qi taa iccretary s mt was to amine
r a
, , - , .
I 7 "eeping anve mr. Cjerry s hopri ot
I ii .ma iSkoi(Li arnan aaMai.l
I"T IT -
Oil me jQih ot May, mr. Gerry had
a-eonfereuct with thciniuiHer 1 pul
ling on this, m ontoimer oicalimis,
the neeelntyoth mg a miniller 10
ue United States v ith powers 10 ue.
w,ociate, to whkh, lie fays the miniller
acceded : but aherwa-di raidained
hiralclt to mean a miiiillcr tortfide
haa aftei the rat. fit at ion of the talk
ed of trBary.
koch ai the proceedings of the
Faerich goverusneut, by ill nun dirt ,
mi. Talleyrand, before the arrival
ol ,h P,,Bd ddpaiclies of the en.
If"r frotacauiuig difcontinuanca of
nfH' b y ehange
vavoment more unfriend v ia ih 11
- f ?
Mate, im-emparably greaser zeal lor
najpcsaisog waaashiUud af terwards
than ftcloia.
Oa the sjoth of May, the minilter
annoatsraa toairk Oeny ihe publica.
on at itse k.tivoy tlp-1 ,f M
hi leuer of the 37th of June, he Ut
jthis uuidcot enly tor a mmeiit
w a
m
nr. Br
tnfpended tb principal objecT the
-- J": " T
mat r iiui KVsi nurse m , iui
nor to an penonaitties, 10
II the
manacuvres of its enemies, perfoveres
IH the intention of conciliating With
ftneerity all the differences which
have happened between' tlu- two
countries." Oa the &th fit June the
mmitter fends him a plan for ronduc
ring the negociat'on ; tor the firffiimei
Hate the three points" on which
be fays " all negociat ions between
France and the United Statei muit el
fen ti ally reft ," and ' the drawjuv
togetlier thofe ties which the French
republic and the true Ameticun have
regretted to fee relaxed."
On ire 27th of June, the miaifter
igain Whites to mr. Gerry, ad in
language the ,rtj import uiiate, Inch
isbad never before been uled, urges
tim not 10 withdraw, "when the
French government fuperior to alt re
(emmeuts, and never lillening to any
thiug but jullice, manifetU itfctf anx
ious to conclude a ft did and mutually
fatisfactory agreement.' The ininif-tel-
even obferves that the fitiLof the
ililtee points' mentioned in bis pi e
.eding letter (iclpecl ing aicable
declarations about mutual rvcrimiua
10m.) miglrt bje poll pond1 -t-bat the
mrd (about the ex.iminaiion ul reti
1 rota I tlaniit,e) would douhtlels
jxperienc iio ddlirulty on either tide
titer the lecohit lonhi henoiicabiy
lettled. That it'was'jto the fecond
Mitro fore t lie) Dnmld full attend ; it
teitig lo miich the mme important as
. ciub'raced the mt.rce d til the dit.
tiencei Iwi wten the two natiotis.-.
And On the 22d of July, tl s uiiniiler
1 enounces fill tie. na mis ot " loans and
explauatio.is, on the ful-jedl of f;)eech
es and eyen aifedit to bj htnitliat
inr. Gerry fliould Intve 1u.et1tinr.ed
them-: aiiiiong both he and his nri
vaie ayehts l.iid. before, lo lonv tnd
fo oblliriatefy perheveredindenifiuditig
then of the envoy s 8j the iudilpen
bblc pfVliminaries 40 a negkciaiioii.
Ami ooubtlels, it is partly owing to
the puoncatMius 01 tneir dilpatches
thereby expolitii! to th amid thole
fliamelefs demamls. With the icanda
Ink. Af.f, ... ft-ttmr- 'Mm -
they ur: now renuqiiilheu.
In adducing thefe ci cumft ances to
Qi? the incicr.itd zeal o( the French
goveruiueiit fttwe the puhhcatiou of
the difpaicbe, to tieyo ate on iti
ddferehces with the Uui.e 1 States, ii
is no: 10 'he underlined, t..at ihv al
lord a At ado w ot evi U'lite ot i.s lin
eerily. But as p-btcliions, vptbal or
vvriticn, luntiftieil me only giour.t
on which t:ir. Octry coul l loim. In
opinion Unit (te.ioif the arrival 01
the difpatthes ot owr eiivo, tne on
nitte was iincere ami auxioua to ob
tain a leconcitmtiun," mi.ch moir
prolelfiook llrongcr and moie inipoi-
tuuate. alteaaid mad.-, ,.b,rd pro
I porttotrsibly Higher evidence ot tin
Jeetiiy. Bit toe pielrnt detans u
iHWIIIiaic inai ail IIIOIC OlOItlll.'.i
. . ... .m . 1. ft?
were merely ollen'tble. lis u.e uii
idlter's I. ilt me nourd leuer. afie;
laying that hi M Icconit Mriitj (tofi.v
tr.v meaning ot the trrunea l e.weei
the two (owhrjaa w-n matt uwpur..
taut, as It c-inhiare-i me lource ot all
the differei.cas, and that to ihithey
(hould firlt attend he purpofely paf-
les b the molt mtereltnm QUcltionslhly lo US title, " n. .le-einu. c tl
it involves and feuds mr. Oeny a note
011 the conlular convent mo. ot ali
poflible lubjecllin dilference the molt
iiilignificaiii ; a it would have expi
reti by its own limitation in ia years
and an half 1 within which itme tl
commerce of France, judging from
in prtfent Itatrot aautliilaiion, would
probably not iurnifh a lingU Unp n.
aiiu the ports or the bniit-ti Ixatcs In
Ins next leuer, dated July 6m, Ci
put lues his (peculation on the rati
luUr ioiiveu ion, and (ends mr Ger
ry two mate notes upon it, compl .m
tin tint he had not irsuifWimed to
him I i opinion upon his firll note,
m. I ' e omme'i dtng the t 0 ,0 i,,
attention, although mr. Get 17 haul
repeatedly and politicly uccisued s
lornul dilcolhnn, n.ch as the rm niter
new urged in wnung Mr. Gerry
Hates alio, that this hi ft note of the
uiu. titer on the. conlular convention,
was fent to him Ge weeks after he hsni
demanded his pailport, aud when his
baggage was actually on botrd the So
phia !
in a ward, the more clear lv the
Impoflibilny of entering ana formal
Dcgncuuien appeared, the tmf was h
pretletlhy the Fresrh mn.llcr. Mr
('ry, in hi. lettei 10 mr. I alleyraad
of Inly 30th, a jawlyas paiatadly ea
poles the beaded seal ot tne miniller,
toe was the irft, you affirm, to
prels let n-tiily 1 h octKmiiou t you
will agrae with sne that the merit
would have bean greater, had the
meafure itlcll bean MtihsW Agam
he agys to the minuter, " sou tie'
q. im l) reannd are at your eaerikma,
(to negotiate) which 1 am dilpoted as
much eapafltale to appt aetata, regret
ting a iha laast Uate their ciuuuau
direct. on. M
From t lisa detail of facts, the lol
I0W11.W B,e llie II- tts Y SCSMi lulioti. .
Ih . . I . a m . . . .
a..... ui t tutu Hint miriitffltl Of
government intended ta exeite the
jealoufy of his colleagues, to promote j
d:l(emicis between them, to leparat
hisaframtheas, atid mtce hit t re
main in France 1 expecting either to
leduce him to a formal neaociMion
ot a fcaty, . on terms cscTuhvely ad
vantageous to France, and injurious
and difhoneurable to the U . States 1
or, failing in this, to hold the United
States in fafpefke, and prevent any
mealu.es tor our lecurity in tin
event of a war; whHe we, amasVd and
deluded by warm but empty ptwfef-
Rons of the pacific views and withes
ot France, and by " informal confer-
nces, mmht wait m ipiritlels toriprMJMHMly dimrted to cor rc eft the
por, noptng rora peaceiui renin : mm
1 !. r . C-1 . I I
That by thiscouMe at proceeding
this ollentatious difpfay of teal to ad-
jutt difference , and fettore harmony
and a friendly sntercourle between
the United States and France, the
French government intended , in cale
of a rupture to throw the blame 01
the former.
It is ncceflary to make a tew ob
fervations on the deciee of the execu
tive directory of the 31ft Jaly, '98.
This decree was fent after mr. Ger,
ry to Havre, and be ft ppotes that the
flicial impediments, which for feve.
ral days prevented his (ailing are if
be alcribed to the minfller' tlcfn e T
landing the decree by him. The mi1
niller introdnces it as "a part of the
meafures which Tic had announced n
iir. Gerry on the 42d July." In In
tter of that dale to mr. Gerry, tb
l'niller la, ' By i n format 10 1 whir:
he government hasjutt received, i
I iid-.-td learns rhat violence has beet
QiRiniited upon the commerce atu'
citizens f 1 be United StatCi in the
Welt Indies and on their cnulis. D
it the pittice to believe that lit needs
only to know the facts, to difuvow al!
acts-contrary to the laws o! the rc pub
lic and iti own decrees, A remedy is
preparing tor it, and orders will iooi
arrive in the Weil Indies, calculate!
to niufe every thing to return within
us jut nmiis. 1 ins "remedy is
the decree of ihe,3lfV ltdy. J
1. The firlt article of the. decree
confines to the special tigemi ot the
directory, the ngnt Ot ill .mm 1 ommit
i-?''. JtA.v.eniera and rranivrs thole
to conronn tnemtetves to all the laws
1 elative to eroding and prizes, ami el
pecialiy to t tmie of the fii tt October,
i , .. .. 1 .
1703. Although the iniuncfon to
on term to all the laws at the republic
relative to eroding, ominous us the
law molt recently promulgated and
hell known were thcmielvrs the sour
ces ot 11. e depredations ana evils ot
which we complained ; yet not ima
giniug mat a decree Introduced with
la much, lolenmr y , of Which one cepy
was lent 10 mi. Gerry, ait l.ee-to the
American conful geMeia) at Furls, and
.1 third to mr Letoiwbe, late totdul
genera t of Ft an all u be eonnntu
..ica.cd 10 he executive of the United
Mates and all of.which have Inen re
ceived could be a mere' parade of
words, I whs dilpnfed to conclude ihacn
. 1. 1 ....... 1 .1.. .ii JeruLi I
k ; .7 7 , , ,u
wtricnall cruisers were el pec tally en
joined 10 cou'oi in, might contain re
gulations that would afford loute re
lief trout French depredations. 1
the favour of uir. Letombe, 1 obtain'
fd a copy of mat hw 1 mid to my af
( on .Hum m tnumi ii-.mi.tlt coutH-iia-
mode of divuliug.pnzes made by the
trench vcllels on ihcnenle ohre
republic." Andtbeoniy rclti IcUim
111 tht lengthy law ot ha snd twenty
urtkClea, impwkil on the ifdivi.luals.
ttnei. ami. t.ihesa computing tie
r-WSof their at .red vtll.lv ts, thai
they Ihall no let) beiore hand the.r
vcutual Mure ol pi uc."
a- Tin leeoiid article declares thai
ill coiiin. lli.i.. s giaanetl h) iheiigriiir
pf th e re ik It colonies in Ameitcan
lit dii' veflels foreruifers or tor wnr
jnd con. met ce, fliall be void Ul thirt)
.lasatter the publication of the deciee
at ihofe colonies'
It, has been fuppofed that by ibis
regulation ihe agents may gathei a
nlh halved of toes far uew cvmiuif.
Hons 1 end that this would he its Ull
effect. The agent however had be
tore taken rare of tlnsi they had
he n ecruHosned to limit the duration
ot privateers' comniiflions ; end it they
i out limed recruit alter srsrpirat ion,
Inch prtvateets (houhl have been con
fidered as dcftitore of commillioni, at
couietjiicntly il they made any cap
tares, as piiatrs: But the agenu
knew their intcrett better t they dhl
not pumlh the piratital eeptais ihi)
did nor declare their raptarrs
and rettore tha property 10 the neu
tral ownns but declaring fuah cap
tors to nave no title to the fammed
veiVls and cargoes, took the whole
to themielves. A remarkable tnUanee
occurred in the Ult year in the care ot
the halt In-1- , fhlp Net -Jet lev , h
longing ia Fhiiadelphre, to redeem
bich tne owners ha paid ra eeae
ral lledouvtlle, fpeeial agent of the
t " Ue.ree .le la ton.ention na
tional da 1 iMohre, t 793, fan ad ra
publ-aor Francaile, qai de ermine la
mode de repariiiWaa des prifes fiite
hir ntlseinv r , , , , e , ft. I..
eaeeutrve directory in Sr. boron. go,
upwards two hundred ihr.utai d lol-
lars 111 ctlh. wretner any mil what
portion at fuch prttsfsaaeiey goes in- H
to the cheft of the republi c, 1 am not
alormed.
ITte third article dec'ares that
all agents and ether deputies, in the
neutral pi.jQtlJi ns, appointed to tie
tide on. the validity of prises taken by
he r rench i rir'f. r and ivkn dull K .
fufpecfod of having a d red or ihdi.
reel in te reft in thecruitcrs, Hull be
m mediately recalled.
It is refhatkahle that this anicle
. i .- . ... .
monftrous abule of jublic tfficer1
fitting in judgment in theirown csu
fes, (hould be i mi tied to fuch of the
agents nd their deputies as ft ere ap-
3o:nieo to rciiue 111 neutral places
I do not know that an tuftance ol the
iiindexilts For aithoucHithirFTerirtrT
privateers ai d their prizes find :,fv-
umsm the bweditli and. Darifli 1(1-
andf, yet the papers are carried thence
to duifdalonpe, and there the caput
red velTels receive their doom under.
me iuper:preiraer.ce ot aiiotl cr ipc
cial agent of the eatcuove t!inc.l ry,
Vicltir Ungues. At-tl vrn ilie c.ip.
tmed Auierieanvi 1! I fan.ed int .he
Wttl India jwrt: ui Sj-., 1,1 t, H.,1-
aild, uo not ilteic. leictie ln.ttme j I
helf calcs arc deiit ed y ti e ap ia
r'hU dctiHUis, oi t,,h, r khc,
1 n . .t .
unU, t u.b'dhinj in fftt til.. i.sJ of
W, Dortu go, iu flefitlyj ii DotWt.c.
rilly, :n 'the.-ahunte omIu in i.trs
jt,d lupercargoes. The Fr. m h a
ents ;ndji;dgesfli'di.u d fiktihy in
t bis niotlc of f rucet diiig ; jvUict oe.
iug aciminiileted wi'ih tiioic :acij y
aid tl.fpa'ch when only one ol a
parties is prtleni at the trial ; efne
: ll l . . .,. r
cmi j sue agenis ri)ihtrju
ges are in eietUd :n the privatten.
and this the pre lent decree in died-
1 II .1 . . .
iy auowF, uie penalty rtca'.i" bemg
ipplicabie, as above fuygctted, to
tuch agents only astefide in neutral
pacei if any fuc;i -here be.
It is alfo reniarkable, that the de.
cree, winch was to give the United
States a proof of juli.ee of the Frencll
government, (a government, uir.
1 alley raid fays never lillening to
any thing but justice") and ot its de
fire ol a retot ciliaiioti witn the Uni
ted States, fi)yUld be liuntted to iha
West-Indies, hen a great, u noi a
Numerous abules wire praclileil by
French agents aud inbuiials in Eu-rt-pe,
a. uevruiii France iihli, as
hrr.remote politllionc. i his itru ma.
ay ol 00: CK Xrns well knew. J ur
captures and ondemnaii n are not
ti.e lets abufes, becaulie nude un- er
the color ol municipal laws and de
cree winch directly violate u.-i.r.'
he law ol nations, and ihi ouisll
'fit
hTMu.piei 01 jnttKe At pietem I
.. 1 . . 1.. ..
n. 1 cii'iy ii.tu ,i ii, M t
in . 1 1 1 1 ,
m-de hy aiajir ioun tbieiuc, ch-n.
eel or 4.1 ihe ronfuiate at P.rs, to
general Kb.ey, ic. December, '96,,
d vslhih was tall brtcre cOBgreli.
in M-y, 'c7. he ttetes th.t i
iiibvii-i'. t i ti iiiim ice in every wr(
ol Frame, ike cogn xante, io tke Hrlt
Mtajste, l evtiy MaCrtr lelauve to
captuseaal leai" and fiete tnbu-
(be aedtj are chirfly con j oied
an awarcvMSMS, anu un it Uf them ar
.Misery tr unircctiy, mere i ku
SnitTCttfd in rhe tilting oot qtprtva.
Heeri atn t.nre'ore are oiien co.i-
Cviind ih u.e cotiiroveilics It.ty 1
to dcitrn:ine 1 p.m. ,
4. I In U Ul Hi erticle rrqiiirr ihe
the fpi tin agents of ihe Lx entire
U.raciory at Laveiuve, U, D, u,..,(
and G11.daU.tpe, f'.iiuioutiy to ute
care, t..at tie ;n eiett d propetti
itvcflcs, iihigog 10 nfaifa.i Inj
Sin. r, Ik. ict u, u , i,Uy relpi Ct-d.
W e have too long a it. tilt d the
lludimjs and kiupnlous care ot theic
g title men rcipr cling the prrpc;y
ot neutrals snd allua, and e?permi.
ced ns ruinous cm J. ti.ri.cts. and as
lite (true usvi w.,ich autlotilrd ihst
ate" reir no in force, a ith a frtflt
injunaioti ot a Una UMitormuy 10
tl.em, eia, CXpeaonlW CUOitOU
ancr Ol the lame abule..
5 h. ihe h- h utrir enjoins the
fpet.nl sgenu ot ihe eaetui ve dnti
ti sty, cm lull snd sit others intelled
ith powers lor ibat purpole, 10
csufe to be srreltrtfandpunni.ed all
who Hud cotitravroe the p-m 1
ot ine preleui decree. Uulor.oiiaiely
ihcia Ipecial ageuts, coululs, and their
deptiMS, are themielvcs the ygrel 1
ims, and jollify their proceedings un
dr the leal ot ihe repuhl c and h
decrees ol the ettecuiivg d rector) .
11 oa loiiiii.urd.j
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