8023. SOVEREIGNTY, Infringement.—[continued].
Mr. Hammond says the
issuing the commission [to the Citoyen
Genet] by M. Genet, within our territory,
was an infringement of our sovereignty;
therefore, the proceeds of it should be given
up to Great Britain. The infringement was
a matter between France and us. Had we
insisted on any penalty or forfeiture by way
of satisfaction to our insulted rights, it would
have belonged to us, not to a third party.
As between Great Britain and us, * * *
we deemed we did enough to satisfy her.—
To Thomas Pinckney. Washington ed. iii, 583.
Ford ed., vi, 302.
(Pa.,
June. 1793)
