to Madison: "The president is not
well; little lingering fevers have been hanging about him for a week or
ten days, and affect his looks most remarkably. He is also extremely
affected by the attacks made and kept up on him in the public papers. I
think he feels these things more than any other person I ever yet met
with. I am sincerely sorry to see them." How utterly insincere appears
the last clause of this paragraph, compared with the one next preceding
it! The most scurrilous of the attacks alluded to proceeded from
Freneau, a clerk in Mr. Jefferson's office!

[53] _Letter to Mr. Jefferson, Secretary of State_, dated "Philadelphia,
May 23d, 1793, second year of the republic."

[54] "During these proceedings," says Chief-Justice Jay, "the circuit
court was held at Richmond by the chief justice, who in his charge to
the grand jury explained the obligations of the United States as a
neutral nation, and directed the jury to present all persons within
their district guilty of violating the laws of nations with respect to
any of the belligerent powers. The charge was well calculated to
strengthen the government, by letting the public perceive that the
supreme court would fearlessly discharge its duty, in punishing acts
forbidden by the neutral position of the nation."--_Life and Writings of
John Jay_, i. 302.

CHAPTER XXII.

GENET'S LETTER TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE ON THE SUBJECT OF TREATY
GUARANTIES--THE QUESTION RECONSIDERED BY THE CABINET--THEIR DECISION
AND GENET'S ANGER--GENET SUPPORTED AND MISLED BY THE
REPUBLICANS--HIS INDECOROUS CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE SECRETARY OF
STATE--MADNESS OF THE POPULACE--HAMILTON AND MADISON--POSITION OF
THE GOVERNMENT ASSAILED--WASHINGTON ON THE DEMOCRATIC
SOCIETIES--CALLED TO MOUNT VERNON--GENET FITS OUT A PRIVATEER AT
PHILADELPHIA--MEASURES TO PREVENT HER SAILING--WASHINGTON RETURNS TO
PHILADELPHIA--A CABINET COUNCIL--GENET DEFIES THE GOVERNMENT--ONE OF
THE AMERICAN PRIVATEERS ACQUITTED--WASHINGTON LAMENTS THE
DISAFFECTION OF THE PEOPLE, BUT SWERVES NOT--DETERMINATION TO HAVE
GENET RECALLED--PROCEEDINGS IN THE CABINET--WASHINGTON'S WRATH.

The action of the cabinet gave umbrage to Genet, and he wrote a spirited
letter to the secretary of state. He assented to the restoration of "The
Grange," she having been captured within American waters, but he
protested most vehemently against all interference on the part of the
United Sta