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Communication
FROM PRESIDENT AD
AMS.
To the Printers of the Lofton Patriot.
Sirs,
i was glad to fee in ycur paper of
the 7th of this month, the extra#
from the Baltimore Federal Republi
can 3 for many reaions, whicn may
be explained in due time j one or
two nay be kated now.
i. I was pleafed with the candid
acknowledgement, that” Mr. Ad
am? never was a favorite with the
leading men of the federal party.”—
*T ne words leading men will require
jome explanation, and ftime limita
t-ons and iN-ftruftions, which may
hereafter appear. But in general,
tmi is a truth which I have known
3 r twenty year", though it has never
I>“en publicly avowed, to my knowi
*dgr, nil now.
2. I aril happy to fee wfmlcon
fidtr as an Acknowledgement, that
ru v unpardonable fm agatr.k the
federal party, or rather aga;nk thoic
GEORG I-A E X P R E S S.’
many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
leading men, was the peace with
France in 1800: an event which
has given this country tight years
of its moft Iplendid profpericy.-
The writer mentions the million to
France in 1799, as a mealfure which
brought oditun and ridicule on my
adminift ration;. if you will allow
me a little room in your Patriot, j
miy hereafter produce proofs to the
fatisfadion of the public, that this
meafure was neither odious nor ridi
culous. At this time l will only
fend you a communication from
Gen. Wafhington, by which It will
appear, that the fubje# was not
feen by that great ornament of his
country, in the fume light in which
this writer fees if.
Mount Vernon, j ft Feb. 2759.
Dear sir—
The letter herewith enclofed,
from Mr. Joel Barlow, though of
old date, came to my hands only
ytflerday. I have conceived it to
b a my duty to tranfmit it to you
without delay and without a com
ment except that it muft hive been
written with a very good era very
bad defigo- -which cf the two, you
can judge better than !. For, from
tke known abilities of that gentle
man, fuch a letter could not be the
re ink of ignorance, in him, nor from
the implications which are to be
found in if, has it been, written with
out the privity of the French direc
tory. It is incumbent on me to
add, that I have not been in the
habit cf correfpcndirg with Mr.
Barlow. Ihe letter now forwarded
is the fir ft I ever received from
him i and to him I have written one.
If then you fhould be of opinion,
that his is calculated to bring bn
negotiation upon open, fair and hon
orable ground, a,id merits a reply,
: wid mftru# me as to the tenor
cf it, 1 Thai! with pleafure and alac
rity cbey your ciders: moreefpe
ually if there is reafon to believe
that it would become a mean, how
ever fmall, of rekoring peace and
tranqu lity to the U. States, upon
j ft. honorable and dignified terms,
übich I am perfuaded is the ardent
defire of all the friends of this rijing
empire. With great confideration
and refpe#, I have the honor to be,
dear fir, your meft obedient and
very humble fervant.
G. WASHINGTON.
J. Adams, Prefident cf
the U. States.
The letter from Mr. Bsilcw,
enclofed in Gen. Wafhington’s, is
in thefe words;
Paris, ldQbl. 1793.
Sir,
On hearing of your late nom
ination as commander in chief of
the American armies, I rejoiced at
P, not becaufe I believed the war
which that nomination contemplates
is yet inevitable, and that it will fur
nifti an occafion fur a further difplay
of your military talents, but becaufe
it may enable you to exert your
influence to a greater effect, in pre
venting the war: by becoming
more the center of information than
you could be in your*retirement,
);u will be better able to judge of
the dilpofitions. of both countries,
and to offer fuch councils to your
government as may rend to remove
t/ie obfiacles that will oppofe them
leives to a reconciliation. Were
you npvv Prefident of the U. Stares,
I fhould not addrefts you this letter,
becaufe, not knowing my inclination
for the tranquility of a retired life,
you m : ght think that I was fetking
a place, or had forjie farther objedt
in view, than the hmple one of pro
moting peace between the two re
publics. ButT hope, under prele nt
cireumflanas, that you wml believe
snv motive to be .pure md unmixed,
and that the obj*# of my letter is to
call your attention to the true kale
of fads.
Pchaps few men, who cannot
pretend to have been in the fecrets
of either government, are in a better
firuation than iny ft:ft to judge of the
motives of both ; to sfljgn the true
caufer, and trace out the prog refs of
their unhappy mifunderkanding, or
to appreciate their prefentdilbofi
tions, preienfions and wifhes. lam
certain there is none who labors
more fincerely for the reftoration of
harmony, upon terms honorable to
the U. Slates and advantageous to
the caufe of liberty.
I wdl not ,in this place, go. over
the hikory of paft transadior+s. It
would be; of iittle ufe. The obje#
is to frize the malady in its prelent
flare and try to arreft its prcgrds.*—•
The difpute at th s moment may
be characterized, Amply and liter
ally fpeaking, a m'funder ft anding .
I cannot perfuade mylelf to’give it
a hardier namt, as it applies to either
government. It is clear that neither
of them has an intereft i?j going to
war with the o'her, and I arE equally
convinced that neither of them had
the inclination that it, l believe .he
balance of inclination as well as cf
intereft, on both fider, is in favor of
peace. But each government,
though fer.fible of this truth with re
flect to itftlf, is ignorant of it, with
rtfye# to the other. Each believes
the other determined on war, and
aferibes all in conduit to a deep
rooted hokility. The leak they
can do therefore under this bnpref
fion, is to prepare for an event
which they both bdieve inevitable,
while they borh wiih to avoid it.—
But by what fatality is it ihata ca
lamity fo dreadful mtift be rendered
inevitable becaufe it is thought fo ?
Both governments have thought?,
and both have cars.—Why will ihey
net fpeak ? Why will they not lif
ten ? The caufes that have hither
to prevented them are not difficult
to sflign. I could eafily explain
them, as I believe, to the farisfailion
of both parties and without throw
ing fo much blame on either go
vernment, as each of them at prefen:
aferibes to the other. But I will
avoid fpeaking of any puft provo
cation on either fide. The goint
that I wifh to ekablifh in your mind
it, that the French directory is at
prefent fincerely defirous of re
ftorlng harmony between this coun
try and the U. States, on terms ho
norable and advantageous to both
parties. I wifh to convince you of
this, and through you, the American
(N°- S3•
government, becaufe that p - .<?. i J 1
ment being defirous of thci *
thing, would not fail to take fuciV -
keps as would lead immediartly, J > 4
the obje#. , ’1
In offering you my proc,
prefent difpofition on this * ‘
will permit me to obferve,thuUA ft
ofthem are from their nature incap/T 4
ble.of being detailedj and |
to be trufted to the casualities of ,
letter. But 1 will mention a few tIL |
are okenfible, and fo far as they rf
undeniable.. Firft, the directory haa
declared that it will receive and creac
with any minister from Amcricr, ,
who finll appear to be fter.t with a
fincere Intention of treating and ter
minating exiking difficulties. I have
no doubt but this was the intention
when the lafl envoys were fenc; hue
from fomc unfortunate circumkan-.
ce.3 the d'rc#ory did not believe it.
Second, as a preliminary, it bar, been
declared thit in the negociation
there fhall be noqtieftion of loans of
money, or apologies, for c fieri five
ftpeeches pronounced by the Execu
tive on either fide. Third, all com
miflioris given to privateers in the
YAft Indies are recalled, and when
new commiftbns are iiTued, the
owners and dbmmanders are to be.
reftriifted under bonds, to the legal
object of capture. Fourth,; an tin
bar go that was laid on American
jftups within the republic in cord'e
qurnce of a report that wdr had been
begun on the part of the United
States, was taken off as foon as it was
afeerrained thac fuch war had noc
been
was at the fame time sent to Ameri
ca of t/.e wifhes of France to rrear.
1 hele fa#s v/ill dpubclefs come to
your knowledge through other chan
nels, before )ou receive this letter.
But there are other fads which in
my mind are equally clear, though
they will be destitute of corrobora
tirrgcircumftances, and muk reft on
rhy own information and opinion,
ik—Tbarth is government contem
places ajuix indemnity for fpoliationi
on American commerce, to be afeer
tamed by commifiioners in a man
ner fimiiar to the one preferibed in
our treaty with England. 2d—That
the legislation will soon be charged
here with refpect to neutrals, and
that all flags will be put on the foot
ing of the law of nations. 3. —That
a public agent would have been
named and sent to Philadelphia fcon
afer Mr. Gerry’s departure, were ic
not for the apprehtnfions that he
would not have been received.
There was a doubt whether the
Americin government would not
already have taken fuch meafiires (A
hostility as to be unwilling to liken
to terms of accommodation and the
directory did not choofe to r'fquc
the chance of feeing its offers re fuff and.
4th That the directory con fiders thefe
declarations and tranfactionsas a luf
ficient overture on its part. That ic
has retreated 10 an open ground
that is quite unsuspicious. ‘That a
rtfufal on the part of the American
government to meeton this ground,
will be followed by iinmed ; ate war
and chat it will b a war of the molt
terrible and vindictive kird.
This, sir, is my view of the pres-