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GALLATIN TO J. Q. ADAMS. - Albert Gallatin, The Writings of Albert Gallatin, vol. 2 [1879]

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The Writings of Albert Gallatin, ed. Henry Adams (Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1879). 3 vols.

Part of: The Writings of Albert Gallatin, 3 vols.

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GALLATIN TO J. Q. ADAMS.

No. 143.

Sir,

I have the honor to enclose the copy of a letter I addressed on the 22d instant to the Minister of Foreign Affairs on the subject of a proposed increase of the duties on tobacco imported in American vessels. In a transient conversation I had with him two days after, he informed me that my observations were then before the council of ministers; and although he gave no positive opinion, it appeared to me that they felt some reluctance in opposing the proposition of the committee. I still fear that if nothing shall have been done by Congress, our attempt to obtain redress by a negotiation will fail altogether; and I wait with impatience both the decision of that body and your instructions in that respect.

Mr. Pasquier has also informed me that he had referred to the Minister of Justice my remonstrance of the 15th of March last against the decision of the council of state in the case of the Dolly and Telegraph. This is a very unusual course in an affair where our rights are founded on a positive agreement between the two countries, an agreement entirely political, and in which the Minister of Foreign Affairs was the organ of the French government.

I have the honor to enclose a letter from the King of Würtemberg announcing his marriage, and which was delivered to me by his minister at this Court.

I have the honor, &c.