ect.[16]

LUZERNE.

FOOTNOTES:

[16] _In Congress, January 3d, 1783._ "On report of the Secretary of
Foreign Affairs, to whom was referred the foregoing note,

"Resolved, That the Secretary of Foreign Affairs inform the Minister
of France, that Congress learn with great pleasure, that the steps
taken by Congress and the respective States, their constituents, in
opposition to the attempts of the British Court to bring about a
partial negotiation, has been satisfactory to his Most Christian
Majesty. That his Majesty's conduct in the progress of the
negotiations commenced in Europe, as it has been communicated to
Congress, is sufficient to inspire a just abhorrence of every act
derogatory to the principles of the alliance, and serves to fortify
the resolutions, which his repeated acts of friendship, and a sense of
their own honor and dignity had dictated to the United States in
Congress assembled, and the States they represent."

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RESOLVES OF CONGRESS ON THE DEPARTURE OF THE FRENCH ARMY.

In Congress, January 1st, 1783.

On Report of the Secretary of Foreign Affairs,

The Minister Plenipotentiary of his Most Christian Majesty having
communicated to Congress, through the Secretary of Foreign Affairs, on
the 7th instant, the resolution taken to embark the army under the
command of the Count de Rochambeau, and on the 29th their having
actually embarked and sailed, together with his Majesty's intention to
direct them to return, whenever an object should offer in which they
might effectually co-operate with the troops of the United States;

Resolved, That the Secretary of Foreign Affairs inform the Minister of
France, that though Congress cannot see without regret, the departure
of an army to whose bravery and good conduct they are so greatly
indebted for the reduction of the enemy's force in this country, yet,
that they have too much confidence in the attention of his Majesty to
the interests of the alliance, not to be persuaded, that the order for
their departure was dictated by a conviction, that they could
elsewhere be more usefully employed against the common enemy. That
they wish him to make known to his Majesty the grateful sense they
entertain of his attention to their immediate interest, manifested in
the important aid thus long afforded them, and in his genero