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Show RESENTED TRIBUTE TO DEY Jefferson's Action In Tripoli Set Example Ex-ample That Was Followed by All Christian Nations. The first treaty with Algiers, which was negotiated during Washington's administration, cost the United States, for the ransom of American captives, $1,000,000, in addition to which an annuity an-nuity was promised. In 1800 President Presi-dent Adams claimed that the United States had to pay three times the tribute trib-ute imposed upon Sweden and Denmark. Den-mark. But this temporizing . policy only made matters worse. Captain Bain-bridge Bain-bridge arrived In Algiers, bearing the annual tribute for the dey in a national na-tional frigate, and the dey ordered him to proceed to Constantinople to deliver Algerian dispatches. "English, Prencii and Spanish ships of war have done the same thing," said the dey insolently, in-solently, when Bainbridge and the American consul remonstrated. "To" pny me tribute because you are my slaves," replied the dey, who was playing play-ing the role assumed in later years by the kaisor. Jefferson had expressed his detestation of the method hitherto favored for pacifying these pests ol commerce; and, availing himself of tin present opportunity, he sent out Commodore Com-modore Dale with a squadron of three frigates and a sloop of war to make a naval demonstration on the Bnrbary coast. The Barbary powers were f a time overawed, and th United States thus set the .first examP'' among the Christian nations oi making reprisals instead of ransom, the rule of security against these marauders. ma-rauders. Tripoli declared war again the United States June 10, 1S01. |
