ly and
entirely disapproved; and the government will take effectual measures to
prevent a repetition of it. The remaining point in the same memorial is
reserved for further consideration.

I trust, Sir, that in the readiness with which the United States
have attended to the redress of such wrongs as are committed by their
citizens, or within their jurisdiction, you will see proofs of their
justice and impartiality to all parties; and that it will insure to
their citizens pursuing their lawful business by sea or by land, in all
parts of the world, a like efficacious interposition of governing powers
to protect them from injury, and redress it, where it has taken place.
With such dispositions on both sides, vigilantly and faithfully carried
into effect, we may hope that the blessings of peace, on the one part,
will be as little impaired, and the evils of war, on the other, as
little aggravated, as the nature of things will permit; and that this
should be so, is, we trust, the prayer of all.

I have the honor to be, with sentiments of respect, Sir, your most
obedient and most humble servant,

Th: Jefferson.

LETTER CXLVIII.*--TO M. DE TERNANT, May 15, 1793

TO M. DE TERNANT.

Philadelphia, May 15, 1793.

Sir,

Having received several memorials from the British Minister on subjects
arising out of the present war, I take the liberty of enclosing them
to you, and shall add an explanation of the determinations of the
government thereon. These will serve to indicate the principles on which
it is meant to proceed; and which are to be applied, with impartiality,
to the proceedings of both parties. They will form, therefore, as far as
they go, a rule of action for them and for us.

In one of these memorials, it is stated, that arms and military
accoutrements are now buying up by a French agent in this country, with
an intent to export them to France. We have answered, &c.

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Another of these memorials complains that the Consul of France at
Charleston, has condemned, as legal prize, a British vessel captured by
a French frigate, observing that this judicial act is not warranted by
the usage of nations nor by the stipulations existing between the United
States and France. It is true, &c.

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Our information is not perfect on the subject matter of another of these
memorials, which states that a vessel has been fitted out at Charleston,
manned there, and partly too with citizens of the United States,