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and W. Moultrie, 93
neutrality of US, 96, 113
obligations of US towards France, 93–94, 95
pardon to all persons, 78
peace commission to Pennsylvania, 54–55
presidential proclamation in Genet Affair, 95, 98, 145–146
presidential proclamation in Whiskey Rebellion, 35–36, 37, 43, 55–56, 67
privateers and recruitment of Americans, 96, 105, 114–115, 118–119, 120–121, 122
recall of Genet, 124–125, 128–129, 141, 144
on Republicans after XYZ, 192
resistance to excise tax in Pennsylvania, 26–27
riding against rebels, 68
rules for privateers, 127
and Sedition Act, 218, 222
sovereignty of US in own waters, 110, 111
support for, 37, 39, 78–79, 140, 146, 149
validity of treaties of 1778, 94, 97–98
view of rebels in Whiskey Rebellion, 8
views of French government, 157
violence control in Whiskey Rebellion, 45
western resentment increase, 44, 45
Whiskey Rebellion cause, 77
will of the people threat, 133
on XYZ negotiations, 179
Webster, Noah, 211
Wells, Benjamin, 40–41, 43
Wells, John, 41, 46
whiskey, 16, 18, 21, 42
Whiskey Rebellion
arrests in, 68–69, 71–73
background to, 20–22
blame for, 75–76
collection of tax, 22–23
compliance to excise tax, 40
compliance to peace terms, 61–63
and duties legislation, 46–47
farmers resentment to tax, 22–23
federal action to opposition, 33–35
federal distractions, 41–42
guerilla war in Pennsylvania, 32
influential failure of, 8–9
law-abiding citizens in, 66
legal actions by federal government, 35, 37–39
meeting Mifflin-Washington, 50–51
military action and preparation, 37, 45, 53–54, 61, 67, 70–71
militia mobilization, 31, 49–54, 56–58, 65–69
negotiation with rebels, 52
opposition to federal authority, 3–4, 23–26, 33–35, 43–44, 51, 246–247
overview, 3–4, 8–9
pardon to all persons, 74–75, 78
peace commission, 54–55, 58–63, 64
polling and results, 62–63, 64–65
presidential proclamation, 35–36, 37, 43, 55–56, 67
reaction to resistance of tax, 23–24
refusal to obey the law, 61–62, 63–64
renewal of violence, 42–43, 46–48, 49
reports on situation, 39–40, 58
as secession war, 49
showdown with Neville, 47, 48–49
special committee to peace commission, 60, 61–62
state response to, 56, 61
submission to laws, 62–63, 69–70
support for federal government and laws, 70–71, 78–79
tax collection, 40–41
as threat and opportunity to government, 7, 9
view of rebels, 8–9
whiskey tax. See excise tax on alcohol
White, Alexander, 147
Wilkins, John, 52, 63
William ship, 110
Wilson, James, 50, 52, 127
Wilson, Robert, 25, 39
Wolcott, Oliver, Jr., 155
X (Hottinguer, Jean Conrad), 171, 172–173, 175–177, 178, 190
XYZ affair
apologies for presidential addresses, 160, 183
bribes in, 172, 173–174, 175–177, 178, 181
as challenge to federal authority, 247–248
Congress emergency session, 159–161
consequences, 199–200
delay in negotiations, 170–171
departure of envoys, 183–185
dispatches of envoys, 188, 189–190, 192
failure of envoys and mission, 185–187, 188–189
first encounter in negotiations, 170–171
French insults and actions, 156–159, 161–162
French privateering in, 170, 172, 176
goal of peace commission, 167
importance in history, 152
instructions to commissioners, 166–168, 190
intermediaries in, 171–172, 173, 177
lack of news in US, 179–180
loans for war against Britain, 76, 81, 82–83, 167 172–173
and loyalty to federal government, 152, 200
meeting with three negotiators, 182–183
mission by G. Logan, 196–197
negotiations with France, 162–166
overview and impact, 4–5, 151–152, 199
political situation in France, 168, 169, 198
public opinion on, 191–192
relationship between negotiators, 180–184
responses of federal government and Adams, 158, 159–161, 163
slogan of, 151
trade restrictions in, 167, 172
treaty success, 199
views of negotiations by negotiators, 174–175
war as response (from US), 158, 160, 161, 163, 190–191, 194–196, 197–198
war as threat (from France), 170, 176, 177, 181, 183, 187
X, Y, and Z roles and identities, 171, 190
X’s demands, 172–173, 175–177, 178
Y’s demands, 173–174, 177, 178
Z’s demands, 175, 177
Y (Bellamy, Pierre), 171, 173–174, 177, 178, 190
Yeates, Jasper, 54, 59
yellow fever outbreak, 41–42, 142, 179
Z (Hauteval, Lucien), 171, 175, 177, 190