History of the War of the Independence of the United States of America
History of the War of the Independence of the United States of America
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The brothers Lee answered with moderation ; but Thomas Paine and William Drayton stepped forwaid to avenge them 218 THE AMERICAN WAR. BOOK XII. Roundly. They retorted upon Deane, that the congress not only consented to hear him, but that they had already heard him, and had notified him that they were ready to give him audience anew ; thai if they had not passed his accounts, it was for want of verifications ; Deane having himself, either through forgetfulness or design, left them behind in Fran...ce ; that if Arthur Lee ke-pt up a correspon- dence with England, he was sufficiently authorized in it by his char- acter of ambassador ; that during his residence at Paris, he had ad- dressed the congress letters incomparably more able, luminous, and fraught with intelligence, than those of his calumniator, who had never written a word of any solidity ; that the friendship of a power so generous as France could be better preserved by an erect and no- ole deportment, than by a servile adulation towards its agents ; that if the reimbursement of those Frenchmen who had furnished arms and munitions had not been yet effected, it was because that Deane himself, in concert with tlie other commissioners of congress, had written that no payment was to be made for these supplies, which were to be considered as the voluntary gifts of zealous friends of America ; that no thought had ever been entertained of recalling Franklin, because it was perfectly well known how much the advices furnished by that estimable man, as well as the contracts he had made in France, differed from every thing in the correspondence and op- erations of Silas Deane ; that neither was it forgotten what difference of manners and pretensions existed between those Frenchmen who had treated with Franklin for an engagement in the American ser- vice, and those whom Deane had sent out to America ; that no one could better judge than himself whether the facts recapitulated were likely to redound to his honor ; that, as for the rest, it little became Deane to call up the intrigues, real or supposed, of which Wash- mgton had been the object, since himself, when he resided at Paris as agent for the congress, had suggested for serious deliberation, whether it would not be advantageous to confide the supreme com- mand of the American troops to one of the most distinguished gen- erals of Europe, as for example, to prince Ferdinand, or Mareschal de Broglie ; that it was right and proper to keep the laith pledged to France, but that it was right and proper also, agreeably to the usage of all states, to hear the propositions, and to receive the overtures, which promised to promote the welfare of the country, from what- ever qaarter they might come.
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The brothers Lee answered with moderation ; but Thomas Paine and William Drayton stepped forwaid to avenge them 218 THE AMERICAN WAR. BOOK XII. Roundly. They retorted upon Deane, that the congress not only consented to hear him, but that they had already heard him, and had notified him that they were ready to give him audience anew ; thai if they had not passed his accounts, it was for want of verifications ; Deane having himself, either through forgetfulness or design, left them behind in Fran...ce ; that if Arthur Lee ke-pt up a correspon- dence with England, he was sufficiently authorized in it by his char- acter of ambassador ; that during his residence at Paris, he had ad- dressed the congress letters incomparably more able, luminous, and fraught with intelligence, than those of his calumniator, who had never written a word of any solidity ; that the friendship of a power so generous as France could be better preserved by an erect and no- ole deportment, than by a servile adulation towards its agents ; that if the reimbursement of those Frenchmen who had furnished arms and munitions had not been yet effected, it was because that Deane himself, in concert with tlie other commissioners of congress, had written that no payment was to be made for these supplies, which were to be considered as the voluntary gifts of zealous friends of America ; that no thought had ever been entertained of recalling Franklin, because it was perfectly well known how much the advices furnished by that estimable man, as well as the contracts he had made in France, differed from every thing in the correspondence and op- erations of Silas Deane ; that neither was it forgotten what difference of manners and pretensions existed between those Frenchmen who had treated with Franklin for an engagement in the American ser- vice, and those whom Deane had sent out to America ; that no one could better judge than himself whether the facts recapitulated were likely to redound to his honor ; that, as for the rest, it little became Deane to call up the intrigues, real or supposed, of which Wash- mgton had been the object, since himself, when he resided at Paris as agent for the congress, had suggested for serious deliberation, whether it would not be advantageous to confide the supreme com- mand of the American troops to one of the most distinguished gen- erals of Europe, as for example, to prince Ferdinand, or Mareschal de Broglie ; that it was right and proper to keep the laith pledged to France, but that it was right and proper also, agreeably to the usage of all states, to hear the propositions, and to receive the overtures, which promised to promote the welfare of the country, from what- ever qaarter they might come.
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