The immense Trade which the Congress is now carrying on with France, is by no means a secret to our Cabinet, but administration are resolved not to make any remonstrance upon that head, having adopted an easier and more effectual plan to defeat the designs of that subtle court, without giving the least cause for any bickering between them and us at so critical a moment. In consequence of this determination, proper measures are already taken to intercept, and make prizes of the American ships now loading at Nantz and other French ports, and so tum the intended injury to a national advantage.¹