XYZ affair

depicted as fever, delusion, vii, 34-6, 52, 97, 534, 536, 560, 573

effects wearing away, vii, 485, 509, 512, 534, 536, 560, 573

Talleyrand encourages negotiation, 18-19, 21, 34

and law of nations, 38

instructions to envoys, 44, 46, 47, 50

causes political damage, threat to liberties, 66, 74n, 77-8

influence to be felt through Sixth Congress, 97, 223

allusions to, 155, 296

taints subsequent negotiations, 279