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: wwhb ii t t " . : ii . i" n f I t ' ... ! - . X I i mt t?:sltrtv. Mini ft tr PUhhb fa:?"-' QmtinUtd. fife :.-Hrt lofomc otheri of Mr. iJet' charges againn vc ;"' i d It th government of the United Sipou4Heftion whe,h?r it (houId f !."d.7Si!ieror receive the. agents of the I, Sjodproicribed Princes." And is there! Uisg in this uojufti6able or extraordina-; jf ii iteify for nation d.ftant. as ours,! J promptly ?ch accurate information iti.ttUit diilv to eftimate the varvincr jjieiiof FrireeMn 1791 tn conftitutioo Uk;AeJcon(t.toent Atfembly m at j&ljiuii the 1 6th i it was. notified to 3$js4 States 4 .Maixb-,j f$a.., Coj?gltt.fo yii Fiffident to coftfrauicatc to , the tbff yreothr their ,cpngVwv!tjon oi. lUIA'ft 179 The King was tiisViIn September! Royalty was a bo. iiiolin J?0ry;i79i, Lpuis the i6th (jcsodsoined by the convention, fuffcr IWaiiteafy to keep, pace with the IfBrttjEon of fyth revolutionary events ? !ui it unlawful for our government u'n. '.fck cirttiaillabcesTlveh to 'deliberate? I i Sod thit information of. the death of the jvii received froioorlMinilter It Paris :iJaj.lH,Vi793. Theucwi however had .il r wired in fuch manner is xo . sttraft aiioi of i government j-for in Apr il the ".'atkid 'detrisiotd to, receive a Minifler friocbRepvbljcr-ind it iircciarka. iaifes n before be knew. that a Mini d iwicdioe' United Stares. Tjiis 7-aJtio decking leading qudlion does siijllropg iturkt or befnauon. And .iWtiv atritm this tea J determinacron tlaJge the :French?Rcpublc P Had it v,ti;fcooleJgrd by any power on the B'wg djd frMr Itfa to a.. W$lheRpabl4C or- Me United Stilts ? '"iidijutf. Anl under whit circuit-, -u At acknowledgement finally tnide ? Jltttftsieof a to(eBrui(h srmysp 5 kf eftiblifbed' our ifcdi-peiWence. tiaaore tcxtafier. Iomsturt of im. (ind hat could be oorr impurtxm ikolioa of a neutral and allied .n.t. ttf(hsps, lotolf ing vir or ptsce ) ?Uots hich do not obtouflf pre.. with fefpeft to thepo.cri at war or oWof them. . ., Tv K.. 1.11 ...--. . . Z ,,u "J iq" n we ep thet W,' 1 tif V, T ""''VM"7 'J w riigurs 1 ror in a country woeie a tt "tll a M l3,odenc, d,a,lt n)Roc"on drpcoded on fo m-my contiogtadei, to decide ceat naiion-l qutfltoni ,'oaaw ion tnan nflt the conle. 'Iiftid, ia ibWibus proclamitioo of i.Jwicttnirkdihn tfaii proelaaia. thepo.nuj apProbai.oiof Con , lNU,lBUMjyiJdof lhfei bo .fRtifef ibe Uflittd States. Aod J V?. tt4ai,0bita pnc!ami. ' ? of Fiance declared that STW64 001 df,, toentsrtnto W. . " r,ct 10 b i"'td ? . f.M-c,,. pro .r1' 18j toil-form Hem J Nt r lh UanaJ States to i fBi t tfitntd Satl r" ldel,d m.i goofy "rtSi Y m t t abandoned ; French pnvateer to its conrts'of : Mice' Abandoned tbim to its courts of jullict i Sir, lou knrjw many of the Judges pcfonally, and 'all or tnem by reputation, and thi tki k... v. .cy are juej wUh, whofe dmihiftra. tion of jullice our citizens are fatjsfied ; aid we behave tljcy may challenge, the Worfd to fur mrti a proor that they have not amioiftered loftice ;ith eq.al impartiality to foreigners. I will only add here one remark, that the cor: relpondences vith be FreocK' Minifters former Jy publulud joined to thole no fumiOied you r 1,1 fnw bo Ipeadly tbey can complain o time; with hdW ,little;uae: . f ,4'h.' It eluded th aiBicbiemediatioft W "PttWicfor. breaking thercluins of its M citieris at AJger did4orcteVtain ajyoobt U thetfriendly!difp96tion of' the Fjench tRepublc to aid tjVio.J thill buQriefi. . Bat w hat was really done we have neree jc oownc. You will find berewub Mr. FauchciU letter of June 4-h, and the anfwer of .the ;Secre. tacj ot itatt, oa the 6th, to which Mr. fAdt reftrs. The information onthefubjefl, which 'MrFaacVi eapeded fin a littfe time from iEisi-opf' pribably-tiem-arrited Tt leifht vas'never commonicitwlin cur trnPhrtmf' 7Wrr is hi rely in the Secretary' anfer,-no eviaence tnat ouc government were unwilling to accept the Mediation of the rtmibh On ihe cootrtj, W0 have relied upon it to aid our netpcranons with tte Baibvy powers, .At cordlj, hen Col. Humphreys ent front hence n '1795, elotbed pers tornegotu tn Mice with thofe elatfSrf he wai rirticiifir. ly inflrucled to lolicit the mediation tf the ritnch Republic j and for that porpofe only, he went fiom L foon to Faris, where, tbtongh ourMimrler, the Committee of Pablic SaTely inanutneu tnrtr diipotitioo to contibu:e to the ;ucces of his raitTion. .'But Cl.Humphreji aa at ibe lame timi aatborUed to depute Jo. feh Dnaldfon,Eq. (who had beet appoint' ed Confol of the United States for Tunis and Tifpulit and who went with Col. Hompbreyi fiom America) to negotiate immediately a ires- '17 wnn iiguri 1 tor inacoomry wbete a tt t' it allowed to be .T.'. .r .. Wk;u xFT """" me itate 'U,U4" oc appiied-i Ufl -the contrarv it nn I k ; c 'w inai Mtnch vtUda hble ir90(aaionamped w Jtoy that the ..reft. loodJaitn 7 r - - tor,int Pged ny-treaty-ftuaticms. TbS ot ti o.. ; . J I details in this letter anl tk. r - 1 ;'... . . ".uincni rererrea otppear to us ent.rely to exculpate theiro. Nrfi:r,,!,Md . awl - - fcoasr rtitntcir lia r,niwLM ''mu, Mbe law t nowtii. or 11 lmi dw(w umm L,Iul r ' TfCl.on ol the uw 01 titwci it was of the alt importance to be resdy 10 k'ic 10c ravoutaoie moment to eiiect l peace whenever it (hoold ofTr. Sack a moment pre hated on Mr. Dooilcfons arrival it Algiers. He bad not been there forty sight hoots before itbe treaty was concluded.. Ii is alfo t fact that fit wascftcclrd without the aid of the French Conful it that place.-Ihwcter, with reJpeft to Mr. Dsaald(cns negotiation, we are' well informed that His net conferring with the " Conful cf France wis not bit .fault and it " he biJ done it, tht if wuld have injurrJ ' his ctule. Neither tbe Republic nor her Conful er joying a.y ciedit with the Dry. TJ t t j.t. uur i, at me isms tme icrormtd tn.t the c. oft of thu wit trinfrtory and ought net to hinder us from e ndcavajofcg to engage hlr is ;rsrt for other placet and in that place for fa. turt ocraConi. Agueably to this iJes, the sgent of the Umud States s .plied to K French Csnful, Hcrculaii, at Algiers, the lift Ipiiflg, to recotntreoJ a foitablc pefcn u ne gotitte a trcsty with Tsnts. The frlcn tc tOforrendeJ wn eroj-lojed, and e hate been informed, had iq pit! facceeded, a ad was . pc1cd to complt'.l a ircny wf peat This mfeiQiilioo wst coeenaoKtitd toowr Mi ruder st I'sdi, la a letter dttid joihof AogwriJiQ, fcm the French Metier tor forego a.iti, ccpapied by so etiracl of a letter fiom tie Cuoful Hrrculaii. ( In ail thtic tranfsftiooi, far froen d.fctftr Jag a trace of evidence to fappott Mr. Adu'i cbrg? ifcertvctfe n oiar,if:Uiy roted. yb. " Mot withfl tiding treaty flyjUn'oBi, vernment. And if i.h., k " ourtribunala cou d .0 any wife takecogm.aoce T,1 P'inteer. called pnzts then , they might takerour own veflels in our rivers and harbours and our cititem be ithout redrefs. Bat a i,.ao edential at tribute of the juriidiaion of every country to preferve peace, to punitlt ads in breach !r n.nd oftore property takeb by force ,,lbin ll Jimit- VVeft the armed vetTelt tt V lnriut,n to cut away one of our owta ft om the, wharves of Philadelphia,, and to ' 4:? f l,?.Prferou,d thir ncdud. " ? "t;of rriilnglHe wroni f ' Vere it the veflel of mother natianare trej , P?t equallv i bound to nrotefl 5n kn. :.u ? tn-oar limtti I Were ir feized in any other u . 00 Ine ,nore, ot theUaited States, . ?f ?ShE ! red",ffinf? ftiH the fame and numblelndeed would be our condition were we obliged to depend for that 00 the will ot a of'gft Conful, or on negociition with du plomatic agents." 7 r7- 7 ' , ! ; The fame reafooing will ipplv to capturet made by illegat priTiteeri that u, by fuch as m"! r!?cd-,I)d Hu,PPed n :be parti of tha i cuici j loritoeing oyihtlawof natU oni the right of our government, and aa a ncntril powerrits doty to prevent fuch artni- rntrts u muff alfo' bt iti right and duty by all . mesni in its power, to rcftram the acla of fueh armaments doctin violation of Its tights and in defiance of its authori y. And luchwera the armjments made by French peoplo in'tha porn of thi United States. And the rooft ef. lecloal means of defeating their unlawful prec ipes was -the fenlng ot their, priiei when brooRht within our jurifdiflioo. It ti very pofTible, indeed, that in forae cafe, irritated fubj.Qa or pobl-c agents of nationi wbofe pro fctrty was taken1 by French privitecri might Commence vexatious prot'ecutionit but ibis is no more tlun bappins frequently among our on a citisrns, and in every nation in the world r and the only rsflraints on the vinJiQlve piTonf of men, i a fuch csfct, which tbt -policy of frrt governmeats .has impofed, ire tbt damagea which the courts comoel the rnalkioua orofe. cutor topay tothtinjuri party. If, at Mr, Adet aflerts, damagtibive in two cafei only been tranced b? the courta to French onviifrrt. even when the deeiHont bivi been la tbetr fa vour, tt bis artfen from their own candocl, or the omidioa of their eoonftl 1 or from ttt i dental circomftsnces, which, to thcopioioa cf the coarts, fareiQied reafonablt prefaanptlom againft thm of btvitg violated the liws, citeic ka.ll.A.tl- . I- .... L . I " (.tij imiDg in our pona or mtung iov ciaiurcs within our lorifdiclion. If. on tha otner hand, tbey bavr, in the cveotTof eootri rt dectuoni. been atwavi roadenocd t stv damages wi may tentutc to fay, it was brcsut .4 - w miy weri ajtyt ia tbt wrong, ror noona will jnd fjfiCicnt ttoaod 10 impeach the dif- cernment or integrity of oor courts. 6h. It fufleicd England, by sefohing tta neoiraliiy to interrupt its C6uaerce witk Frsnct. That oar commerce bit beta iotrrrup'td by the aimed vefiMi of Zi4t tad fomemts wtb circutoflarctt of infulr, wtcertairiy fhali not aitceapt to deny t ike ualvtrfal refeateitnt and iedirniton t a cited bf ikoft laiunei, wtra admuTivoiof ih faft 1 bvt lb ft the gertrn rtieat has tnhJ 11 tba pradicc (for taat Mr. Adetfi kte intrwded to ififiovtrc by ika w0rd 'HeaTncd") all hi raoft foeciblf cofitiadl. It at Ucaefc of thoft aggreua 001 taai ptet ant'toni far war wees ccameaetd andiodemtoil (ititfaclicn f of 1 kern tt the leading cojeel of Mr. Jty't a-ilTiofl to Laedoa tniltktn ss Jemrd4 1 and tbt arraagt itmif agreed on Lr icetdcg it, an ww tea cacciioo at LonJsn. But if by M fiflt-fd' Ltuert ftom il-e Secretary of Slate lo Mr. Morn, Av4wi 1 6, iyj, State Faptti, p, (U m i lip - i: v
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