■ 1 r a"a 'auoxjl paper, publilhi-d Wednesdaysand i n °- "■■ x "»» m»7u.,, ,-srr„,r^ — [No. irtox (k' XV...Kii. All DAILY AiJff 'tiii'i Js>£ft VINDICA TION' of MR. JKFFER.SOK HAVING concluded in my last, a rep!v to the l'eve r a! allegations brought forward against „»Tr. J*.-iter 01;, by a writer under the fi:»natui*es ofa:i An Amtrwd and Caful/us, and placed eac'i upon the ground on which it me tlted to Hand, Inbmitting it refpettiuUy to his cguntr liien to determine, a:, well upon the propriety ot* his cmiduft in the pa titulars - on that <i* the author in trou •lir.ir him and tliem with the fubjeft, I had Ik ewifi hoprd that this d'faj>reea!)le business *ai at an cm!. I aiA happy, however, to ob serve, t .a! the revival has been upon so li- I;■ tted ale v, as to preclude theapprehenfion of ts bsing protracted to any great extent, t (hall certainly contribute all in my power to bring it to a ciofe. The charge of any impropriety on the part cf M' fan, iotfee fctU'r referred to, re fctive to the p?p . : v trtflfer Frevch debt, seems to !>e abandoned or but weaklv inGfted on, admitting the statement given by that writer to have been correct. And in deed it wou d have been difficult longer to have fiiftained with a judicious and well-in. formed pnl c,-a:iy plausible argument upon that ground, after it was efiablifhed, that the French court and Dutch company were equaliy anxious for the contract, anil 'itd solicited our approbation of it. For ftirely, in such an event, we had a right, and without the fmaileft breach of morality or deiua 9, to weigh and determine which ot tlio.e parties it would best suit ns to have tor creditors - * ,d how could we exercile such ight 'vv;L.ioi.it caking into view the com parative merit of the parties, with every p if fijie contingency that mi c tit, in tle m eft re m.'te decree, tend to .niect the payment of the debt ? The ible object of this last publication, ur . der the signature of Catullus, seems to be, to vindicate the author from the c r.jge oi'huv ing raii'reprefented the c. ntc.,ts oi' Mr. Jcf- i^r : v,| rl,e MMtifi, of an oiikial itaiuin, in any thinrj re- Jittive to it. Hov far he ha*; fncceedcd in •tiiii attempt, I shall now proceed to examine. I /hall not trouble the reader with any Comment upon the ingenious criticism on m/ lart h-temeut. The variance v ill be more? eulily understood by reciting again the can rents ot the paragraph in qnetMon, and com paring the'e with the itatejnent repeatedly given jy t!;jt writer. The nearer we ap proach the iource, the nearer we fnall be to the trut : lopMitry may envelope withdark nef-, but wii: neve " U! i " ate tie fubjed.— T!«w- foflo a in,?, ' , I aiiirm, to be the con tents oftiuit paragr;:ph. It state's, that in 1756, it being known the French ton. t were diftre.Ted for money, a Company ot Dutch merchants had offered to of them the. American debt, of twen ty-four millions of .ivres,ior the sum of twen ty, and that their jembatrraffrnents inclined them to accept of the proposal : That howe- a ticlav was ocfaftoned, 011 the part of the French court, by the apprehension it might j ieilen our credit in Europe, and oe dilagreea •le to ; whereupon he had been con iulted by the agent of the company, and to tvhom he liad replied, that he was neither au thorized to approve or disapprove of the tr an Taction. Having stated the proposition as Jbove, he observes further upon it, in its re Jation to his country, that if there be a dan ger our public payments may not be punctual, it might Ik? better that the discontents which ■Would then arile, fiiocid be transferred from a coui t, ol whose good wijl we have so much Iveed, to the breasts of a private company. Rut that it had occurred to him, we might find occaiion to («o w! -.ut would be grateful to that court, and efiablifh with them a confidence in our honor: Thap our credit was good in Hol land might it not be poflible then to bor row there, the four and twenty millions due to Franco, and pay them the whole debt at once . Tnis would save them from any lpfs on our account; with some fu t ler obfcrvd tions urging the propriety of this latter mea sure; 1 iiat fu' ject may lie explicitly before j *7* » A repeas a I . ' . . , a re . the contents of Air. Jefftr ion's letter tn,it head, and are contained in one entire p. 1 a graph on] v. That the arrangement of the idea is the fame, 2nd that in fu bit a nee 110- tning has been added to or taken from it. i He import of the above appears to me to dc so clear and explicit, that' every person ■Hut unite in tbe fame conflruaion. That t trantaction, for inlbance, had taken place et\veen tne parties, before any mention.was maoe or it to Mr. Jeherfon : and tliatincom- Jinujcating it to Congress, he only made jCROwn to that body, the desire, both of the Company and the French Court;-and was, • i-ourie, only the vehicle of communication. %■ /h*nl*iou> 1 IJ V ;",.7 Of Vo * A, i_ _ i. No. V. "m ' " F Saturday, Decklujeu 8, i 7 « 2 . - . . . . • < * J bat the op! - oa which he gare, arcfe out ot the proyoi ion, was .n funhe. aiue of: r lews, and tlmr, in ' u't, 1:0 decifioi rock! h, '/rn.c;,,:: , r , cite, MtUCougi-', or w-tiioot a > 1 .:.vn ilo.i of the parti, " C ' J : ' 1 lited States. fi Hl that'the proportion which he made (for this w.-v t " v Ol t.:e Company) was to bofrow t c lcv m Uoliand, itcd pay off the n'hole do- ;;t on : . and that he d,liked that of the Company, o at leal, preferred this or he wovld ,vjt lav, prcpoied it. 1 fliall now now fu'.r'ain th ftatemeiit ,;r,cu by Catullus. ,■« v e . imvln E fimrle Sentence lias teen pub jiflieo by hm,, not only a 5 a literal t anfci ipt, but as containing whatever w», nscfefikrv to Mr. Jcfferlbh's fbntime,#on that head If there ua danger of the piiSlic pay ments not oemg punctual, I fubmt i,-hither it may tot be better that the rii r con(rill , wpuld then arise, be transferred from a court, o: whc.lt -cod offices wehave so much need, to thefc-ea of 3 private Company.— Some cenrejl,i ns have, ft is true, !wvn latterly made, vft- tiy; but it ; s fti'l Sltec,on,4.,¥>?, ; , t> -ion con, re dec! f.,r, nor vary t'le import of this Angle extract; and for its liberal confor mity to the o lf,inal, he has pledced his veracity. The variance, then, between us, con lifts 111 his Jufifrrffin of the otljer parts of the .para graph, relating to the i:,nie fubjeft,.and*vhich 111 on d be seen, to enable the reader to tmii prehend its true import. It consist*, like wile, in the ulceration of a part of the sentence ■ titll, by t e interpolation of words, which do not to it. The paflage in the letter referred to, reads precifejy a, I have ft:.ted i* abiiv;. Catnl'us has altered it bv the infec tion 1 1 tne toilowing words," Ifubnii whether y' —JT whic. tiie import of that sentence, and especially wiien standing alone, has been va ried. It therefore the statement which I have give ~ is correct, it follows that Ca tullus has been guilty of misrepresentation. and that the extract fumifted by,him i 5 Jalfe, aecept i": and mutilated. V het 1 ir t.e author ot these pieces lias beep guilty of tli.. breach of official duties, in' tne publics ion of any thiug reiativg to Mr. jef terim 5 jetrc-.-, i know not. a variety of reaions, of but litre importance to the puh l.c, and which 'tis not neceflary for me to re count, have created a belief, that thev pro ceed from Mr. Hamilton. If Co, it will be difficult for him to remove the imputation. The perulal of the extract in fS 7, w'.n out of Office, and the fafe preservation of it fine'e, will r,ot juftify its publication by the pre'e-it acting Secretary „f the Trealm'y ; nor does it authorize a belief, if he is the author, that the official document in Ins poifefiion, has not been resorted to since. Will it be contended that the conduct of the officer at the head of t.iat department, should be scanned in this in stance, bv the duties of the station hi held five or ten years pad ? Or, in other words, that the office, imposes on him no particular obli gations, and which he is bound to regard ? Con fide ring this attack upon Mr. Jefierfon in the comniencement, as an attack upon principles; knowing that the conflicting in terests of parties were at work, and that the one which was fufpefted, with tow much rea son, to be attached to monarchy, would en deavor, as an obstacle in its way, to undermine not only him, but every other republican cha racter iu the confidence of their countrymen; and believing, as well from the duties of his official station as his known delicacy inobferv ing them, he would difregaid it, I thought it in some measure a duty I owed to tliofe prin ciples of equality which I venerate, to take up the subjeCt, and place it on its proper ground. So far, then, as any imputation has been raised, against a diftinguiihed and patriot citizen, I have furnilhed the reply, ancj I pre sume, shewn no f only his innocence of any im propriety in the allegations suggested, but likewise the impurity of the motives which dictated the attack. It now remains only, in justice to the au thor of the papers under the of An Amtriian and Catullus, to fettle the facta whe ther he has been guilty of misrepresentation, and the breach of an olhcial duty, in the fn itance alledged; and I have every poflible disposition to concur, on my part, in those ar. ranrements which may be necefi'ary to dispel every doubt on that AibjeCh The truth may be ascertained, by a recurrence to the depoijts in either of t e departments, of State, or the Treat ury. If Mr. Hamilton is not the au- thor, and will announce it, I shall consider the subjeCt as unworthy of further notice : if it is neither denied nor owned, but the alterca tion continued without any proof being pro duced—for none has yet been—l shall like wise consider it beneatn my attention ; but if lie is the-authory and will avow it, my name /hail likewise be fubinitted, and joint measures 'may tiitn be taken, whereby, tiie truth may lie.plareilin and authentic point of ■^4 3S& 217 r-jfttrxz:- • l !kf 1 AZi if£ of [he UMirth JJT.f/AJ T 1"H fecn a greater outli -*• vublifh.»d lately" than one con piiicd in your Gazette of the jth innaiu, nrat it is not poflible for parties totake greater liberties M iili truth than they have done lately ; but in my opinion your correfpou t has no , from the many inltan ces which ;iave occurred leletfied the nioft flriking to prove the truth of his position, viz. the declaration of a certain v riter, " that as a re a! federalift he was compelled to prefer Governor Clinton to Mr. Adams ; i. e. an re publican, to an avowed and acknow ledged advocme for an hereditary monarchy, and House of Lords- Hoes the writer think that the iat ter kind ofyjfcveinment ismortcon | (*£nial bears a greater aflS- I constitution of theUni tcf States, than a repulican or re- government ! If he dies not, he has been very unlucky ii: his fele&ion ; if he does—then aij affedtion for monarchical govern ment, mud by the public be here afcer looked upon a» the diftinguifh it®; criterion of a federalift ; if this C ?'" e ' ' doubt not the uniform feaeralifl, will willingly give up all r»rht and title to the name j and I ■ t J/ n ' 4 lc ' s rea ".y happy for the pub ' the contel * at the prelenc for Vite Pre 'ident, h like l*y to afford the public so just and iJ&L ?• cr ' rer ' on ' ifihe writer would ■•d onie striking examples to ilaiftrate the truth of the position OBt w ith, I would point hiin P arg ? ra l > h which immediare fits fei.tw, ill ttreCs« ;;c, as a very handy one, and to a piece undo* the signature of Otfego, in 'I*® General Advertiser, he will fin<l as great liberties taken ■•nth ti*iitlJl as in any publication which has lately appeared. r,: i n Foreign Affairs. FRANCE. NATIONAL CONVENTION, September 24. natiokai treasury. rHi, Reccipt ef the National 1 reafury from the firfl; of Jan. 1 792. to the22d ofSept. inclufi»ely, is 915,725,675 livres. t he Expenditure during (hefamQ period, 865,526,764 livres. I.' ere remains in the Treasury 50,198,895 livres. TbeCommiifioners dated that the sum realty exists inca£hof different forts. The amount in gold and sil ver specie, is ii,892,6»8 livres. CAISSE D Z The Caitfe de l'Extraordinaire was inliuiued for the reception of/Mlig nats, immediately on their fabrica tion, for the payment of the re deemable debt ; and to receive the Aiiignats which were given in pay ment by the pnrchafers of the Na tional effects. The Receipt to this time has been 2,632,583,166 livres. ■ The Expenditure 2,604,75*2,125 livres. There remains in bank 28,732,125 livres. THjg Receipt <ff theßevfcnnes and Ca|«rth of jhe National effects is livres. The total of Affignats which have been received nnd burnt is 617,000, 000 livres. There remains, therefore, in a fepaiate bank, 6,290,800 livres in siliignats annulled and ready to be burnc. c anihon then called tlie atten tion of th^AfTembly—to the eniilii l»n <>f new "afftarnats y to the delay which rcfults from the* necessity «Jf -fcg£ i •* -■>.*- r - o-ling ntjv i>mm me ttlQI C , ( It are, t lit effion of aKi . c which no !„„ gei . exists • and to ,„ e „ tioi. which mult be p.,id lo ~r l!ti, commerce, that would be ruined b" 1 »oJd«u fupprciiiun of biiis f private banks. After a lliort difcuflion tne Ali .- bl y decreed, that twelve Com mi'.:.- from a nong themfelvea, Ihould foperintend and J.alien liie iiibi icatiun of Ailignais. J lie Aflembly beard, with much latisfacftion, tlie account given bv I. Roland, of his administration. He pointed out the wifell measures to be pii.fued in the renovation of the Administrative Bodies, in re calling the people to the empire of the laws : without which there cpnld be no liberty ; and he invi;. Ed the National Convention to sur round thenil'p'ves with that ii of ing force, which could alone tei an nate anarchy, and intimidate auda cious criminals. Ihe Aflembly ordered this Me morial to be printed. SEPTEMBER 28. M-Lafource reminded Hon that ;he order of the day \vj. the election ol" a Minilter War J he Aiffrages of leveral Memb'ci: having fallen on I'oine of the depu ties of the National Convention, i debate took place on this vciy im portant qiieition, Whether Mem bers of the Convention wei e Ide not only to places in the Mi.iiT "7, but alio to other inipouiwu if fices in the Republic ? Some were ot opinion that the MiniJlers ought to be chosen from among all the Citiz-ns rtitiuuit dil tinciio.i, wniVe m tiers ii. L /iit ua the contrary, that this wonUrbe en dangering tiie Republic ; becaofe, laid they, intriguers would then in fallibly find the means ol procuring votes tor theinfclves or their friends in such a manner, that they might afterwards infiiience the Conten tion, and consequently the opera tions of the Miniilrjr. ihi ' lalt idea was explained in a very clear and faiisfatftory manner by Leeoin tre Puyraveaux ; and after a long debate the Convention deci eed, th.it Miuilters could not be chosen fioox among the Deputies. This decree brought on a difc»f fioii iel'peifting the two Ministers, Roland and Servan, who both per filted in giving in their refiguaiion. The furiner, because he bad been chosen a Deputy to the National Convention ; and the fatter because the itate of his health did not per init liim to support the fatigues of office. A member here bettowed the highest prailes on the two Ministers, and reminded the Convention of the important fei vices they had render ed to their country, to which they had facrificed the greater part of their property. " On these confi derations I think every good citi zen must wi(h that Roland and Ser van would retain that post in which they have been placed by the con fidence of the nation. I move, there i'ore, that the'e citizens may be in vited in the name of their country to continue to serve it." Jean ile Brie (aid, this would be offering an iiifulr to stlier citizens, as it would amount to a declaration that none of t lie in were capable of filling up places in the Miniitry. Btizot was of opinion that the Convention was the difpenfei of the gratitude of the nation, and that ic would not disgrace idVlf, as iiad been pretended, bj. inviting beivan and Roland not to quit their func- tions, The discussion was about to be terminated, but a member having u)ovcJ ; that Danton (hculd alio bs- [Whole No. --7.1 / /
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