you will endeavour to effect, if possible, for twenty thousand dollars; but if you shall find that it cannot be accomplished under 25,000 dollars, you are authorized to go to that amount. This negotiation you may either accomplish yourself, or by such agency as you shall deem best calculated for the purpose, according as you shall find the state of affairs in Morocco upon your arrival in Europe." George Washington, President of the United States of America, to His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of Morocco. BEING desirous of establishing and cultivating peace and harmony between our nation and his imperial majesty the emperor of Morocco, I have appointed David Humphreys, one of our distinguished citizens, a commissioner plenipotentiary, giving him full power to negotiate and conclude a treaty of amity and commerce with you. And I pray you to give full credit to whatever shall be delivered to you on the part of the United States by him, and particularly when he shall assure you of our sincere desire to be in peace and friendship with you and your people. And I pray God to give you health and happiness. Done at Philadelphia, this thirtieth day of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five, and in the nine-teenth year of the independence of these States. GEORGE WASHINGTON. By the President of the United States of America. EDM. RANDOLPH, Secretary of State. To all concerned to whom these Presents shall come. BE IT KNOWN, That I David Humphreys, minister resident from the United States of America at the court of Lisbon, being duly empowered and instructed on the part of the President of the United States of America to negotiate and conclude a treaty of amity and commerce between the United States of America and his imperial majesty the emperor of Morocco, or to renew with his said imperial majesty Muley Soliman, the treaty established at the court of Morocco between the late emperor Side Mahomet (of glorious memo. ry) and the United States of America, do constitute and appoint James Simpson, consul of the United States at Gibral tar, agent in the business aforesaid, (in conformity to the authority committed to me) hereby giving to him the said James Simpson all the power necessary to arrange and agree upon the same, and to certify and sign a convention there upon; reserving the same, nevertheless, when concluded,.to be transmitted by me to the President of the United States for his final ratification, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate of the said United States. Given under my hand and seal, at Gibraltar, this 21st day of May, 1795. D. HUMPHREYS. Mr. Simpson to the Secretary of State. Rhabat, August 18, 1795. SIR, I have at last the happiness to acquaint you, and request you will be pleased to inform his excellency the President, that this morning, by appointment, I attended his imperial majesty, Muley Soliman, at Meshooar, when he was pleased to say to me in publick nearly as follows: "The Americans I find are the christian nation my father who is in glory most esteemed. I am the same with them as my father was; and I trust they will be so with me. I have given orders to Sid Ben Ottman to write my answer to their letter, which will be given to you, and to tell them I am upon the same footing with them as my father was.” I did not fail to assure his majesty that the United States would, on their part, be equally emulous to maintain that peace and friendship which had so happily subsisted between them and his father. His majesty came out of the palace on horseback; and immediately after the recited conversation proceeded for Mequinez and Fez. The secretary of state, who remains a few days to give the Swedish ambassador and myself our despatches, has assured me the letter for the President shall be written immediately; and as he is also entrusted with his majesty's seal, there needs be no delay. My next will of consequence convey the original, or translation, as the conveyance may appear to be secure. From what I have said, you will readily observe that all I shall (to appearance) obtain, will be a letter from Muley Soliman, declaratory of his being on the same terms of peace with the United States as his father was. I am sorry that the resistance made to my solicitations of a recognition of the old treaty, in form, has been spun out to the last hour of the emperor's being here, and that I have thereby been prevented from exerting the powerful interest I had happily raised, for accomplishing in a more satisfactory manner the end of my mission; though I trust the promised letter will be expressive of what is in fact wished to be established, namely, that peace shall subsist between Morocco and the United States, as in the time of Sidi Mahamet, which in my opinion will fully answer the purpose of keeping peace during the present reign, and of resisting any unpleasant demands, should succeeding emperors make such. Muley Soliman's sudden departure for Fez is differently accounted for. Some allege he is gone purposely with the army to quell some disturbances which have lately happened in the vicinity of that city and Mequinez; others, that it is the consequence of the defeat the troops he sent to the southward under Muley Cadour have sustained. In my opinion both occurrences have their part in it, and that he will not for the present contest with his brother Muley Ishem the possession he certainly enjoys of the country south of the Morbeya. The garrison of Maragar have quitted that for tress as untenable, and are expected here by sea. I have the honour to be, &c. JAMES SIMPSON. Mr. Simpson to the Secretary of State. Gibraltar, Septemtember 14, 1795. SIR,-During my residence at Tangier and Rhabat I had the honour of addressing you seven despatches, whose origi nals or copies I trust will have reached you, and afford his excellency the President and yourself that ample informa tion on my proceedings there I was desirous of communicating. Since my return to this place, 5th instant, I have continued without advice of colonel Humphreys' return to Lisbon. I have sought for information, or when he may be expected, from Mr. Short, at Madrid; and if I find he cannot satisfy me, I shall no longer delay forwarding by first good opportunity which may offer for the United States, original of his imperial majesty Muley Soliman's letter for the President, which, as I mentioned to you, the colonel wished should go through his hands. In the mean I have thought well to send with this copy a translation of that letter done with the assistance of my interpreter, which I hope will be found correct, when compared with the original. I might have satisfied myself on this particular, but that I declined imparting the contents to any other person for the present. I had it in charge from Sidi Mahamet Ben Ottman, by his majesty's directions, to recommend the appointment of a consul for Morocco, and that vessels of the United States might be furnished with sea passes cut as those of European nations, to prevent accidents. On these subjects it may be necessary to say more hereafter. In expenditure of the publick money and articles for presents put into my charge, I hope it will be found I observed every consistent economy; and although the great length of time I was detained in the country, and unexpected obstacles I met, have not allowed me to succeed in that particular equal to my wishes, yet I have satisfaction in ac-quainting you, that a balance of both remain, as you will see by the ample statements which will be transmitted so soon as colonel Humphreys' return to Lisbon may enable me to determine whether it will be proper to transmit them direct, or through his hands. Muley Soliman's retreat from Rhabat to Fez showed that he had no immediate intention to act against Benassar, and the others have taken upon themselves to command in the name of Ishem, who in fact is only a mere cypher; for he is never consulted on any occasion, nor even allowed to come to the encampments of those chiefs who command in his name. Islema has also lately promoted some disturbances at and near Tetuan; but yesterday a boat arrived with advice of part of Muley Soliman's army from Fez, having reached that neighbourhood on Friday, and that he was himself at Alcassar with the main body. Islema in consequence immediately returned to the sanctuary from whence he had come, and his adherents to their mountains. We may in consequence expect that order will again be speedily re-established in the north, and that the division of the empire I have had the honour of mentioning to you, will continue for some time to come. Whilst Soliman continues possessed of the fleet, and the only ports suitable for its protection, it is to him commercial nations will pay regard. I have the honour to be, &c. In the Name of the Almighty God. There is no Power but that proceeding from God, the Great God. Soliman Ben Mehamet, Ben Abdullah, to whom God be mer- AFTER this we have received the letter where you mention your ambassador at Lisbon, whom you had appointed to come to us; and also we have received your said ambassador's power to your consul Simpson, who resides at Gibraltar, by which he gives him power to act in every particular as he himself was authorized to do at our imperial Court, (which God have in his keeping) had he come to meet with us. By the present you sent us, and your letter, we know you still esteem us, and that you have regard for every thing that concerns us. Your care to preserve our friendship is very agreeable to us; and you will experience the like from us, or more, because you were faithful to our father, who is in glory. Your messenger, whom we esteem, we have received in a manner worthy of the friendship which subsists between you and us. Also we have received the present at his hands with satisfaction; and we have mentioned to him those articles of your present which were in particular acceptable and to our liking. Continue writing letters to us at our court, that our present friendship may be made the more secure, and still increased. And we are at peace, tranquillity and friendship with you in the same manner as you were with our father, who is in glory. Peace. Sealed at Rhabat, the second of the moon Zafar, in the year 1210. Directed to the President of America. I CERTIFY that the foregoing is a true copy of the translation done from the Arabick by Sidy Mahamet, Emfadal, of a letter from his imperial majesty Muley Soliman, to the President of the United States of America. Gibraltar, 14th September, 1795. JAMES SIMPSON. MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TO THE SENATE, RELATIVE TO INTERCOURSE WITH SPAIN. FEB. 29, 1796. I SEND herewith the papers relating to the negotiation of the treaty with Spain to which I referred in my message of the 26th instant. GEORGE WASHINGTON. From Mr. Pinckney to the Secretary of State. San Lorenzo, October 28, 1795. DEAR SIR,- herewith send you a treaty which I have just signed conjointly with the prince de la Paz, his catholick majesty's first minister and plenipotentiary for negotiating this business. The stipulations which it contains have been formed to the best of my judgment in conformity to my in structions, and, where they left a latitude to the negotiator, |