TO THE PUBLIC. A RESIDENCE of eight years in the metropolis of France, an intimate acquaintance with some of the most conspicuous persons in that country, and the different situations in which I have myself been placed, have given me opportunities which few others have possessed, of collecting information on the state of society in Paris, and the politics pursued by the French government and its agents. This information I have formed a resolution of giving to the public, as soon as I can prepare it for the press; and I flatter myself I can render it interesting without betraying confidence or private friendship. As a first essay, which I now offer to the Public, I have selected the subject of the conduct of France towards America, which, from every thing I have read or heard since I returned to England, appears to me to have been much misunderstood. 6 34 166 |