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1 fuch neutral nations, the French Republic .. . . . j , - . Vt& UU11V hJ3 forborne tti exercife ibis right, the for' bearance bas been .perfeftly gratuitous. The U. States, by virtue of their treaty of com merce with France, ftand on different ground-" In the year 1778, France voluntary en tered into a commercial treaty vith us, on principles of perfect reciprocity, - and exprefs ly llipulating, thi free fhlptJUuld make free gTiiiaus 11 r ranee -mould be at war wTthany nationwuli whom the UnitedStates : 1 1. . . im'u.u ue at peace, the goods (except contra.. htvA) nd the perfons of her enemies (foldi ers ia aftual fervice excepted) found on board l-.jffik ?f the United States,, yere tojbe; 'Tree from captureT That, on the other hand,, itthe U uiftd fStates . mould engage in 'war witn any nation, while France0 remained at peace,' then" the goods (except contraband) " and the perions of our enemies (ioldicr? 1 i?i achul icrvice excepted) ; found 0:1 board French veffels, were alfota be free from cap.' ,turevThis i3 plainly; expretfrd in the ' hdr article of that treaty, and de noniirates, that the reiprocity; thereby itipuiated was to 6 perat?;at different. perhdsSytmh, at one time in favour of one brt.ie coritrafting par L'es, and of tne other at ahother timet. At' the prefent time the United Stat .8 being at peace, they polfefs, by the treaty; - the n'nt of carrying the gooJs of tlvj enem'esof France, v About fub'ectmg them to capture ' But what do the tpirit of thejdecrce of the Ex ecutive Du-edory, and the current of your obfervatioris require ? That the United States Ihould now gratuitoa'ly rendunee ttts; right. Arid what reafon is a'jfigiied for de nihg :to us the enjoyment of this right? . lour own, words furnith the anlwer " France bound by treaty to the United States, wdlfin.lsnly a realuij 'advantages the ari " Dt thac eat y, which caufed to be rel ," ipecbdas America 1 property, Engll.'h pro- perry fo ?.nJ 0.1 biard American vdl'els." l his rcquifuioii, and the reafo.i. aiiigned to fupjwrt it, ..alike excite furpriie. . The A roerican go,crn:rcnt, fir, cjnfc'ious of the purity its intentions, of its. impartial ob iervance of the laws of naurrality, of its in violable regard to treaties, cannot for a mo. . went admit that it has forfei ed the right to claim a reciprocal obferyance of ilipulations J! thf of the French republic, whofe fricnJ.bip, moreover, it has er cultivated -u ith pe.-fect Uncerity. -- This right, former ly infringed by a decree of the National Con. veruKw, wa4 reCognized anew by the repeal of that decree. W hy it ihould be again yueibnntd, we areata lofs to determine. We arc-ignorant cf any new reltraints on - 4Mir commerce by thi Briti.h government : on the contrary, we poflefs recent official in t ionnation, that no new ordtrs buve been ifu. ft. The captures made by the Britilh, of American vdfcls having French property on b.rd. ire warranted by 'the law of n'atfont. 'i h' ,..,xc and operation of this law, was con tc pbTcJ hy France and the United States," a l:tu they tamed their treaty of commerce ; and tkr fpcual lUpul.uIon 01 this po'n:; v.-sineap;t as an exception to an univerfal rule. rCcUhcr our wcakiiefs nor our ltrength have Ay choice, when th: qunlion concerns tne obilr, 'once u a known ru'xof the iiw of n-t:on3. " - You arcpleafcd to remark, that the con. 1 ut cf i .reat Britain, in uipturing American vc& bound to a,d-fro;u French ports, li..i bre:i the turret cf 4iiotc,which,on the 291,1 of ?cpteoib.Tri795l you addrcfll-dto th, .-u ctary of State, but Avi.ich remained v unout an mUiu Very fuSicimt rcafons j.wy be afi.gncd for thr omilHca. The fub. jeet, in jd it iifpcd?, had b;en already oifici .Iv and pnbl.cly diftuiTed ; and the principles and u.u,iute m-afare cf the United States, founded on their iiidifputablc r'nhts, were pVuWxlv fixed. nn:ifthefu!je,th.idnot, I y the prcvioat difcuifions, brcu already ex. lm.r.f.if can it be matter cf furprife, tint t. -creLWUI be a repugns n,c to anlVrr a let I v coni.,n.;:ijr fuch i'llinu Jtloji as thefe ? - ' ft.,;jV.?lb'lbetliarl0 every nm who w dudcarJ prejudices, We, hatred, and,- ."11 a word all the paGions Which lead tie ' ijHcnt allray, th;t the French Kcpub " h- v ';ulJ liav? a rlnht to co.uplain, if the " Atucf:angvcr:;,iinitfucn:dthe En diHt "to interrupt the commercUlrtfatiohs which " exitt between her and the United States 11 yjPrf"' condrfcvjfiw, rh permit! te4theEng!uh to violate a right, which it fought, for its, ovjn bomur andinterefl. t&z defend Hf under time .cM Neutrality; it prcfented to England a poignard, to cut "the throat nf Wf-t-Ur.,! m.T : JJrtahvg m the. tyrannical nd homicidal tugzjalGteat.Brit.Anyit the people of France into the horrors of "iarmne." For the fake of prefer vlnghar-. moay, filence was preferred tocommem up on thefe infinuations. , Joa-ate-iilio-pleafed to refer to-ybar let-" ters of March and April laft, relative to im. preliespf American feamen by Bntilh mips ; ndjoplaiii, that the igovernmenfor the United. States, had not mads known to ythefifPs they had taken to obtahr latis. V?"-,v, Fhis, fir, was a matter which con cerned only that government. As an inde. pendent nation, we. were not bound to ren. -tier an account to any other, of the meafures we decmedproper for the protectioa of our own citizens, ip long as there was not die . lhghteii ground, to iulpecl that the govern ' metit ever acqutefced in any aggreifion. -But permit me to recur tothe fubjeci of the decree of the Executive Directory; lAs before oblerved, we are officially in tdrmed,; the Britilh' government have iffued ..no new orders for capturing the veOelsofthe United States We are alfo officially inform. ed; that on the appearance of the' notification Pi thnt decree, the- ininilier.of United States at Paris,, applied for information, whether oalers were iffued for the feizure of rieu ' tral veilels, and was informed, that no fuch order was jifTued: and further, that none fuch would be iffued, in cafe the Britilh did ; not feizeour vellbls,. -This communica twn. fro n the rainifler of the U. States at Pans, to their mi nfter in London,' Wasd.ited' the 28 Ji of Augua. Biit the decree of the Directory bears date the 14th Memdor, ail. fwering to the 2d of July, Thele circum. ' ftances, together with fo ue obfervations in your note leave the American government in a ftate of uncertainty of thereal intentions of the government of France. Allow me-, thsntoaik, whether in t! c , . ' . - "-ucii tiaie ci- iiimg. ojr commerce ,s confidered as liable lihFer anv new regions on the-part of- v " incr ine reltraiuts now exercifed by the-Briti h government are ccwidered as of a nature to juifify a denial of thoie right which arc'plcdged to is by our treaty with ycur. nation? Whether ord-rs havo been aaually given to the Ihips 0f war and privateers of the French republic to cap. ture the veffcls of the Unhcd :ttC3 Ami v hat, if they exift, arc the precife terms of thefe orders? Thefe quedions, fir,ycu will fcc are K,r)i. h mterelbig the United States. It is with extreme concern that the government finds Kfelf reduced to theneceffity of alkin r , ex. planat:on Cf thiynanre , and if it Ihallbc in. formcdthntancNybncofconduais to be a. coptcd towards this country, onthe groand of the decree referred to, its furpri2e 11 equal its regret, that principles mould now be QUClhontd. whir i. aft-. 1 . . 1 lions, both here and in France, have been demon tratcd to be fonn,ui . . J ... ... . ""i wc conceive, 11V the cbhgations of impartial ntutralitv, of n.pulauans by treaty, and of the law ofnati. OI1S. 1 IlCDff. fir. Ifnn unll CA1. . . l 1 ' t- 1 vu,""""u convenient. " by sn early ar.fwcr, to remove tlie fufpenfe 1 in whxh the government of the United States 1 u uuwiH-iuunincqucitions above ilatcd. I Hiall tlofetliis letter by one remark on th fingulanryofyourcaufing the publication of your notcv As it concerned the United Mats., it was properly addreffed to its ro. vcrnmcnt, to which alone pertained the r Wit of commuTcating it in futh time and manner as it Hwuld thmk fit, to the citizens of the U. States. I am, Sir, with great'refpert, 1 our mod obedient fcrvam . . . TIMOTHY PICKEUINC ' Capt. Dunn, of jihe floop Polly cf this port, whkh was captured and carried in there feme confiderable time fince, and from whence he efpped onthe i5rhpaoberhft, afterfruit Jels exertions for the recOverv of his vefTel. r- wj. 4 ..icroi ine tcnooner 1 hree k nends of Charlefton' and Pint. Rrnun f" the fchooner-Hibernia of New-York, ftill Te mained tKere7 endeavouring toobtain there.; Ieafe of their vclfels. - THIS DAY IS PU31ISHKD, Md jor Sele ct the Printing.Office, --T H -R- ;r N E W B E R N, KoymntR to. Extraa if a ktterfnm forfeit, dated Sc. X'cmlnr 12. On Wctlncfdjy arrived from Wane, v' AV n - A li V U J iA ALMANACK, iiiu 1 chi or our JLora, 1797., And Of AMRRiCAN lNDEPEKDeNei,-XXi;-XXII Calculated lor the Meridian of Raleigh.-"' . Peg. 54 , Min. North 'Lzz, i Deg.' 36 Mm. Longitude, Welt from Phil ad'el-- phi a :",.:, -. '; , C O N T E N'TsM;V: Chronological Cycles, : J " ! ,' X Solar and.Lunar edipfesj , . - -: Calendar . ' ' Remarkable days and afpeft of the weathery Rifingandfettingof the .fun, "; Phaies. -riling-louthino:, fettinz, arC and, place of the moon, . Setting of courtsr ; Caufes of a country's growing rich -Piecelpt for preferving -turnips from infefts uprcierve outter lweet the whoier' : year. . . For bitters, to prevent the fever and ague, , ' Cure for frott nites, : A method for prefer ving meet frefli for whbie years together, -Temale hcroifm, , ' Anecdotes 1 Joctry, v . - v.. Charaaer.of St. Tamhuny, . The way to grow thin, 'I he way to grow rich, Coins of the United States, as eftabjifhed by law, A table fliewing the value of Foreign gold, c in, in federal ami Hate currency, table lhewinghe value of cents, inflates currency, A table of iiitereft, at 6 per cert. , Price ONE.SHILLINC. Stores will be fupplicd at the rate of fix fliillings per dozen, thirty.two millings and nx.pcncc, per uait-grois, and three pounds per grols. - ,t Orders from the country (by poft or other. wilrl will hp a RU.away from the fubferiber, in the? month of September, two necro men- ; LENU A,nD. WILL, LENO is ailout made negro, of a yellow coinnUction, with a large fear on one of his cheeks WILL, is a tall flout made nc. gro, and very black, the fmall of one of hi legs Ulargcr than the other, they arc both aru cd, ar.d by the belt information I can gather, are gone to Kewbcrn, or Clubfoot's" ci eck but a lew days paft. Any perfon that nviII apprehend and fecure faid negroes fo. that 1 get them, lha'l he entitled tof and re teivc a reward or ten pounds, or five pounds, for cither of them, and all reafonable cxpen cC3paid. r v - VJ0SIAH HOWARD. hew.Rrccr, QrjlMctinty, Ofcber 4. FOR SALE, SIX hundred and fofty acres of land lyinjr i the Hate of Tcnncffce, and in the county of Davidfon, on the CimbcrLnd H vr. An undoubted rlgbt will be made the puruiafer : for terms ajpy to THOMAS CURTIS. Ntvcmbtr 19. ' rpHE bufmcfi rcfpecllng t!M copartner. X (lip of llARcrr 6 Dcavni; is amka. blyfcttkd to the faihfaaionof the fobfcrlber v . , ' FRED. llARGKrl
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