A history of the United States for schools . THE TRUXTUN MEDAL. built, and one of them soonIn February, 1799, the gallant 27^ THE FEDERAL UNION. Ch. XIII. Thomas Truxtun, in the 38-gun frigate Constellation, captured the French 38-gun frigate LInsurgente in the Caribbean Sea. The French government, as-French na- . o vai vessels tonishcd at this blow, became more courteous,cap ure . ^^^ signified its wish to avoid a war. TheFederalist party was eager for war, and Adams knew. JOHN well that if he were to deal peaceably with France, itwould be likely to prevent his reelection to the presi
A history of the United States for schools . THE TRUXTUN MEDAL. built, and one of them soonIn February, 1799, the gallant 27^ THE FEDERAL UNION. Ch. XIII. Thomas Truxtun, in the 38-gun frigate Constellation, captured the French 38-gun frigate LInsurgente in the Caribbean Sea. The French government, as-French na- . o vai vessels tonishcd at this blow, became more courteous,cap ure . ^^^ signified its wish to avoid a war. TheFederalist party was eager for war, and Adams knew. JOHN well that if he were to deal peaceably with France, itwould be likely to prevent his reelection to the presi-dency ; but he sacrificed his own ambition to the goodof the country, and sent envoys to France, who settled1 From Trumbulls painting in Memorial Hall, Cambridge, Mass, §§ loS, 109. THE PERIOD OF WEAKNESS. 2JJ everything satisfactorily. Meanwhile, Captain Truxtun,in an obstinate fight, had defeated and captured the54-gun frigate La Vengeance, — a useful lesson formaritime powers disposed to insult the United States. 109. The Alien and Sedition Laws. Secret emis-saries of France in this country had been more or lesstroublesome, and Republican newspapers had heapedabuse upon President Adams, and even upon The AlienWashington. By the Alien Act, the president ^^^was empowered to banish from the United States anyforeigner of whom he might entertain suspicions; andif any such foreigner should return from banishment, hemight be thrown into prison and kept there as lon
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