Portland gazette, and Maine advertiser — Portland, Me., 1810-02-05 00:00:00, page 1

PORTLAND, PUBLISHED BY ARTHUR SHIRLEY... EISH-STREET.
Ji~. 43, of VoL A7/.] MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5. 1810. [Whole No. 615.
William m’lellan, jMn.
INFORMS his friends and rite public, that J
J ne is now opening a large afl'ortment of
Sh^HONAbLH (iunns,
among which arx — black blue, bntHe- j
green, brown and dark mtxt Broadcloth*— !
hack, blue, brown and fawn Kerfi nere*— i
l*.uile gre *n Qt.eenfclo’h—boitle green, blue, 1
fiwo and crinif»n Peliece cl >th*—plumb and
black Pe iece Velvet*—red. grten, black and
white Flannel*—ditto Baizes — duro Bom'.a
fcet'.s and Wild bore*—Pa(?nt Cjrds—allbrt
pient of V ftmg*—men’s Velvets—Fearnaut*
and Coating—F >reft Cloths & natrow Plains j
—Bunkr»*—Ianen*—blurting Cot ons—India
Ottom—black, wine. and plumb Cambrics
_black twill'd do—a large ail >rtment of
lluflias—Luffing*, Perfiars, Modes and fat- 1
,l(t*—co ton bhawi* and Hdkfs —Camels hair
fang Shawls—figured Turban*—brown Pla
tdl«*—cotton Sewing*— .C'k Twift—fewmg
g;ik_Ferrits and Ribbon*—fbort lilk Cove*
_velvet Binding*—Dimi.ies—Ca'icoc-Stuff
<^oods of all colours—worffed HoGcrv—uio
toccj Shoe*—beft of (ilk wrork’d Button*.
ArsO'-Knive* and Forks—Bellow*—Pock
et- Book*—Spedfac'e*—Patent Lamp*—Shov
els and Tongs— Pins aod Need*ea—Elaft c
Knitting bodies—Spoon*- -Thimble*—Muff*
and Tippets, dec &c—ail of which he will
fell very low, and invites Purchalers to call
and fee for themfelves.
Vs- »5-_(rf)_
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H AT
AND FUR. STORE,
At the l*wer end of Fifh-flreet, adjoining
Mellrs. Quincy & Buk.-r's.
JOHN MAHAN,
/-VFFERS for file 1«00 FUR. HATS of dif
ferent kinds and qualities, from KV6
to 7 dollars; a large affortment of Children *
Hats. J^ie-whe—Coarfe Hats, fuitabie for the
Southern market.
Mufts and Tippets,
A large aiTortment, confining of every kind
ftfhianahle and ufeful—warranted free fr«.m
damage.—Ah*, Hatter’s Trimmings of all
kinds
18 boxes real SPANISH SE0ARS.
Pvrthad, Ofl. £3 (t f)
*»n < ■ — ■ m ■ ■■ i i , -- -
COLLEGE Lands.
*T'HE Subfcriber offers for fale, the follow.
*• ing Tradts of LAND, belonging to Har
vard Collgc, the title tc which is diredt from
the Gove, nmeut, viz.
IN FPYEBURG,
Lot No. 35 1ft Div. 53 acres, interval.
)S 24 do. S5 do. do.
22 2d do. 54 do. upland.
10 3d d?. 50 do. do,
— 4th a i. 50 do. do.
18 5th do. 60 or 70 do. do.
IN TURNER,
Lot No. 36, 135 acres.
86, ’?5 do.
166, 150 do.
277, 125 do.
IN PARib,
Lot No. 27, 7th Range, A being
isi, 7rh do. ( hundred
29, Shh do. Y acre
29, 8th do. j ’ots*
IN LIVERMORE,
Lot No 73, 100 acres.
S<, loo do.
M9, 100 do.
IN OTISFIELl) & HARRISON,
Lot No. 116. 3d Div. 100 acre*.
1, 2d R. 4th D. 100 do.
5, Sell R. 5ih D. iOO uo.
in’ POLAND,
Let No. 82, 2d Div ICO acre*.
99, 2d do. 100 do.
IN LOVEI.,
Lot No. 125, »ft Div. IO0 ac-es
122, 2d do ICO do.
J2S, 3d do. 100 do.
12, 4th do. 10J do.
IN BALDWIN,
Lot No. 3, Ifl Range, Faft, lOO ac-es.
68, Pond lot, 100 do.
8, od Range, Eaft, IPO do.
10, 7kh Range, Halt, 100 do.
10, 8th do. do. 100 do.
IN lSROWNKELl),
Two Lou in Brownfield, containing about
300 acres each.
IN KUMFOKD,
No. 25, containing 20 acres, Div.
16, do. 80 do. do.
38, ?d Div. ’0C4 acres.
47, 3d do. 148 do.
IN JAV,
No. 20, Range 2d, ICO acres.
10, - 4ih, 100 do.
8, - 13th, 100 do.
8, - 14 h, 100 do.
IN WILTON,
No. 195, containing 155 acres.
207, - 170 do.
IN NEW-',HARON,
One Lot, containing 320 acres, in the
north part of the town.
TUe above Land? will be *ol<J on a liberal
credit, and Settlers now on any of the Lots
wi'l be accommodated if they *i.h it. For
par,‘ ulars. apply to the Sublcriber, at his
Ol'tce, in Middle-ftreet, Portland, where he
stuy be found until the middle of January
•eit. PRENTISS \tfELLEN.
/W. 4, 1809. _ (tO
Printing
t& its various branches, executed with neat
pefs ai ihi» UiLce
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9.
Portrp.
From the Freeman's Journal.
A FABLE.
fiecrrm'nJf'l to t> e fiurty of a great man% .
Two traveller* in merry mood,
hile faunt ring thro’ a plealant wood ;
Fei»an together friendly chat,
And talk’d of this, and talk’d of that.
"1 hey rame, as onward they were Broiling,
Where a fniall rivulet was rolling;
Upon one tide the fpreading yew,
And prickly tho n, and wortle grew !
The Sun his radiant Iplendour (lied,
Upon the water’s limped bed ;
Thence from the bofom of the Bream,
1 he naughty t ude JVTejUian beam,
A sour two friends Were palling by,
Struck on the one or other’* eye.
“ Zounds i” cries the angry man of might,
, “ The Sun has nearly robb'd tnv light !
“ Unru’.y Sun, how durB thou thine,
“ And dim ihofe piercing eyes of miue !**
T hen, like Caligula had done,
Who brav'd hi* gods, he dar,d the Sua :
And vow’d that if the fiery •wight,
Would but defcenJ to ling e fighc,
He'd teach him how to burn hi* eye,
Or in th’ attempt would noblv die 1
“ The noon day Sun. let me remind you,
* My angry Sir, is right behind you ; *
Hi* friend exclaim*—“ and c.uild not lliine
“ To wound that p>erc ng fight of thine'"
“ Zounds ! but it di >es, * the man replies,
“ And dims the fight of m<nJ*T\tl eyet /’’
! *‘ That fhaJoiu." his companion laid,
. _ » • a m _
' l- oui mejoujoiv 01 a ftue,
, “ A gbf of that meridian beam,
'* Which, liriking on the lucid Aream,
M From thence by meie tejhaum flies,
“ And ?aA* its fhadow ou your eves !'*
“ Sbu tv o Jl tde, whate’er it be,
“An infttlt 1 can plainly fee
“ T! e wight intends to fling at me !
“ Befides. I pray you, tell me too,
“ It fbine on me, why not on you ?"
i “ On me, and not on you, t w »u d Jhint,
“ Were 1 in your place—you in mine,"
“ Well, well,” replies the »Hgry man,
“ Though yo* cau t lee it yet l can ;
“ And now by all she Aeliar hoA,
1 “ Whether 'twere Jlndrv.Joide, or gl f. •
“ My eafy friend, depend ujion t,
“ I’ll have revenge for this air out ;
“ And bring to punt foment condign,
“ The author of this glaring—fhine.
Now off he walk'd in angry mood,
And left his friend withiu the wood;
Who, as he mut ’d, a man of rhyme,
Did
MORA L
Thus upon ttie rime.
* Tis monA’ous hard a lingle foul,
* Should have «s under his control !
* Who fees like none of all the nation,
* A Jpirit of in/tnuijti n.
‘ Of a mere Jbitnw of a /bide,
| * Of a faint gbofl of intuit made !
* Let him but flinw the airy fprite,
* Aud bring rhe p’-.inum into fight,
, ‘Then we wi I feed hi* dangrous paffion,
Wuh nil the A ength of all the nation.”
OTHELLO.
I - - ■ -
prom *be l nitel Statu Gizette.
EXECUTIVE MODESTY.
In a late taw of the United S' res, official
: ly pub!ithed in the National In.eliigeuccr, we
ti,.d be 1 /lowing expreiliuns ;
•“ n.e exe u >ve govei umeut, ['hat is Jsmes
1 Mad ! iij* has mm. I cited a juft regard to os
own dipi.nv and ho!ior, as weu as .o i be char
ade: u.d i! u-tdt of 'he \mencan people.
Anil at the hmu-m of .h*s law, approving
of i he cc*»duv‘t of pte.ioen: M<ditou, we fnui
I .licit wo ds ;
“Jaiusr) 12, t«,r»—Approved,
JAMES MADISON."
RAA ' \,i;S ' RATS t
» • •
The derm cr itic Kits have gnawed
a hole in the ehrit whi. h contained
she national piovender, and have
made dreadful havock. 1 he mi-l
ions of dollars with which the treal
: ury was overll.<•* mg lait year(accof
s diug to Mr JetFerl’on’s account,) has,
it appears, vamfhtd into th-air, and,
Like *he bafelels fabrick of a vifion,
Left rot a ctnt behind,
Mr. Gallatin fays, indeed, that the
treafury is 4,000,000 dollars worle
than nothing. In this fituation of
National Poverty, the democratic
* Colle&or of N. Orleans abfeonded
i with 1 :0,000 of the people’s money,
j Having fo fair a precedent, the dem
ocratic Collector of York, (Mai's )
j has become a defalcator to the tune
j of 3 1,500 dollars of the people’s mon
ey. IT hat next ? Let a Gag Law
be pa{Ted and the people can cafily be
kept in the dark —T. Journal.
FROM WASHINGTON.
'* The million of Mr. Adams to
RulTia, we learn, ha3 excited much
attention in England.— Coupled with
the abiupt dilmifFal of Mr. Jacklon,
our belt informed men here, think,
if will very materially alter the rela
tions between the two countries.”
i .
i OK THE GAZETTE.
THOUGHTS.
37. M 'in;s peifec'ly agree able to
the j kU:m • n, and even e* i >rr«u i»\ con
science, are trying to flesh and Mood l.rt I
tiis** difn'mlty be steadily r» d*ted, and the
mind - t, bv degrees, aoquov an a^cen
dency, w!..ch cannot be duly prized, run
by those who know it l>esl.
88. “ W l>at a pity it is that turn should
»ake such immense pains, r.-, some do, to |
learn those things, which, as soon as ihe\ j
become wis *, they must take as ttmcii pains [
to unlearn / A thought that should nv-ke us j
very curious and cautious :»!; -ut the proper
fun.itme of our minds.**
89 I lie suit, the moon, the planets, the
sta.a, and cun the wayward comets; —
die whole vegetable world, every herb,
flower and tree ;—the innumerable tribes
ot annuals which throng toe earth, air and
sea ;—all these are guided, by an unerring
hand, to the several ends of their existence.
Shull man then be the only civ*;ure to fail
of the object tor winch he was made ; and
thin for no other teas .n, hut because Ins
happiness is pie in his own power ?
40. Ann t i a quire aiilhutilv no* onlv o
ver the bony, }»n pursuing what die ntmd
cilooses ; but also over the mind for choos
ing \Vi..*t is most excellent.
41. Perhaps it would b. well to bring
some ot the customary e'mvmis ot public
prayer to ihe test of the « lo>et. Do von
linns, ot uuerin*, when alone with your
Gou, those familiar, bold, and almost blas
phemous expression* which so often occur
m popular assemblies ? If not, then bewau
ot an undue influence from man, while ad
dressing ilie Sovereign ot the Lniver e.
KECLUSE.
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FOR THE GAZETTE.
— T
i5u.HI
The expert nee < f the past affords an in.
structive lec tire on die J „ert;us influence
ot tl rruigogu s, who sh'i'ully opetate on
the passions ..mi »ie * tils; v of die multitude,
when it i> not ng •’•otisly op; ost d b\ pow
ci .til and ut:ttwitting elbyis, to spr* ad vhe
truth, ami input.** .-ei ioiisly on the talnils |
td the people the im.-ort;. .re oi" e XiUnniitg ♦
critical!) the motives a-"- <jrds of loose who J
rre making so ardent p. imn* ol zeal for j
then welfare, and devotn » t > the cause of i
what they term libert).
F 1 iint rt flection on the p.'i' too, we miiv
be enabled to judge cone th ot the ten- 1
dene) ot Lite present mm >*-»i\ re <ml futute
dt» ign* ol tile jacobin* w a have usurped,
and so long m.untamed, a pri p>.nueratiTg
influence in our council-, and over the
minds oi a large poilion ol me fellow citi
/.k os. We have seen font ol the a.is bv
which they have *o h»r succeeded, and it
we aiit lt.velv uare the u* *te| we niav
nr\elope the latent *p : . - ,h Jltlr .ictious,
.o. . . he t.bjee.l lo which h<.ir intrigues ate
te. hiitg*, ill season j>o> udv to avoid, d we
a. e n lie to mil's, V-'s, the iitrape li.sUt lo
which tilt) would snu.eet uj.
*“ o np o.g, by m u '.’1 vociferous clam
or, aiiu a.ttill perv.rs’on of f.,c-s, ;» per
si. .<le the people imo a ! J film: the fe der
ails Is aie secret!) aiming to Lri.g their
country to the t.*et ol G cat Britain, these
lovers ot rt/mmean Ubtrty and tifmttty have
[ not hesitati i to identify then cause wth
i hatred to that mo ion, and friendship to hn
i f-tnut, itetpjtic France,light ot wrong ; but,
is the eonJ id ot France has been so much J
nioie flagitious than anv thing which tile)
( . ..n all* dge on the par. of G.eat Hu
b'll. toi l have, in some in.dm ces, cun
I ' '"gly p'tlem.ed (dioucu with a ver) ill
iiaee, . .id a itioai *tOic.i. otUHfrJ to join
m thv. ex. orations wine . ever) trundlo die j
uoci.ics mankind spontaneous!) bestows |
in lilt outrage -us usurpations of tin* l
* Gro at /'orijiCutor and to con- >lc them- ;
sei > s for the morihicaui a tl»c*) undergo, in j
Oc.ng ol liged lo pas* even the slightest ;
censure on • lie c• ni uci of lhc:r clear frieml
*• Sapo ’em the (i. eatj* “ d'ottctor cj the lib
• <>j fit "CL.iV’ i n tj neutral
<gtts, ti d *‘6\tarart-,r rJ the J.mptrr uj
i he / Ame't a, ’ ! ! ! ,-<* c-11 as o pro -
n. >t« nit ii in ■>. they ird imle their
! uiuieme against Ci< B i ;.in, and art
now curveting ail their er>.u-gies to excite
lit p;«- sions in the people to a war pitch
with i'iai power. Weii knowing that ill
neir exertions to stigmatize the federalists
is pa. i^ans in Great Britain and enemies
to tftei^iountn , they have so far pledged
t/itii ou'h tv. aci'j, and risked their li >pes uj
*Mcte*4- on in i Hostility to the United States,
tout, should i* In any means happen, m
-.pile o* their exertions to prevent it, ’ha* a
treaty on a fair and honorable basis, should
be negotiated, and the President, notwith
standing the denunciations of Hie war fac
tion, should have the fortitude to ratify it ;
snonld ii happen that Git at Britain, by the
olit-i of an honourable reparation for the
injuries we have sobered, should convince
our government and the world, that the
impediments she lias thrown in ilie w ay of
our commerce have been caused rather by
the unusually critical and dangerous situa
tion m wnich she has been placed, than by
a deliberate and malicious design to destroy
our prosperity and provoke us to a war,
then, their fdshood and baseness will be
come apparent even to the eye of increduli
ty itself: she furious outcry they have ral ed
will be bn; the din of confusion to their ow n ;
cars ; the flames of war, which they are
endeavoring to kindle, wdi scorch only their
own popularity ; and, mortified and asham
ed they will be obliged to “ bide their di
minished heads” until they have leisure to
recover trom their disappoint men;, and fresh
events give tticm opp.o. tunity to manufacture
new lies and misrep esenta ions, and en
gender new plots to rccove. the influence
1 they will have lost. But, should they suc
i
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c.enl *n inflaming the minds of tlie people
to sncli a dfgree of madness that nothing
bn* war, jmsi or unjust, with all its horrors,
will s .*isf» them , should they so far inti
iniJite 'he pme, nment that it will not dare\
to accede to any reasonable terms of ac-1
Ci»ii.iii<Klation ; or, (which will produce the
same effect) should Great Britain refuse
to compromise on terms which will admit
that this nation may with impunity become
a partner in disguise ill the war against, her,
ami'h.t tin- commerce of her inveterate
tit in) may he piotected under the Aiyieri
c »n fl.tg, wliile she must be at the expence
and hazard of protecting her own ; then
their intrigues w ill have < ccomplished their
darling object, and their triumph will be
complete. Multitudes who judge only
from exterior appearances, and do not
givtf themselves the trouble to trace events
to their re mote causes, will unwarily yield
a taeil assent to the fallacious reason
ing w’hich will be drawn from the circum
stances into which the nation is thus forced.
Power, »b solute, despotic power, will be
come firmly rivited in the hands of the
friends of Bcnapartean liberty : Democratic
tyranny will stride in sovereign majesty o
ver y e I n d ; Proscription and intolerance
will be tlie order of the day, and woe to
him who dares refuse to fall down and wor
ship the golden image.
That tins will he the consequence, should
<h«*\ finally succeed in their designs, we
•lull be convinced, it we reflect oil their
conduct when events seemed to have placed
tin power of the nation securely in the
haiu.h of our jacobins. Who has forgotten
the outrageous attempt made last winter to
pUoe the liberty and property of the feder
amtstit the mercy of every petty minion of
.1 e faction, in the shape of a deputy custom
house ornccr * w no does not Know mat,
under the form of a supplementary law to
protc ct our ships and seamen from capture,
power was given to thousands of subaltern
t v rams io plunder with impunity any one
whom they might choose to designate, in
the true French revolutionary cant, as “ sus
fjt rir i of Iteing a suspicious person ?**
Jut, n is not onlv to the men who have
wielded the power of the national govern
invii.i, that we are to look for proofs of that
miolei ani spirit which would crush to tie
earth every man who should have the hardi
hood to maintain an opinion different from
diut of he ruling faction. In my next I shall
notice! lie intended “ gettion” of affairs, by a
set of would-be tyrants nearer home.
KATAHDIN.
MR. DANA’S SPEECH,
On Giles’ Refolution for approbating the con*
duA of the Executive—Continued.
The language here is direct as to
the fa£t ltated* The fact is mention*
ed as being unqueltionably afeertain
ed as being difeovered and known to
the adminiflration, although perhaps
not to the great body of the communi
ty, as being known after examina
tion. A mode of expreffion fuch as
is obfervabie in the meflage would be
of itrong import in cafes where pev
fons are bound by oath or affirma
tion to declare the truth of fa£t accor
ding to evidence. On reviewing
the llaiement communicated to con
grefs by the Prefident, we extract
this fentiment dillindtly—it wa3
found that the Britiffi government
had tranfmitted to their legation here,
provifional inflru£lons to lignify the
wiliingnefs of his Britanmck majelty
to withdraw his orders in council, in
me penuauon mat me mtercounc
with G. Britain w'ould be renewed
on the part af the IT. States ; and
the fteps of the Britifh government
led to the correfpondtnce and proc
lamation laid before congrefs. Why
fhould the expreftions have been fo
direct and explicit as to the provifion
al inltrudtions and their import, if
no diftinct authority was necefTary
to give validity to the pruvifional ar
rangement ? In the proclamation,
the hon. David Montague Erfkine,
his Britannick majefty's envoy ex
traordinary and minilter plenipoten
tiary, is ftated to have made the fpe
cihed declaration by the order and in
the name of Iris lovereign. If the
letter of credence w'ere believed
fuflicient to enable the minilter to
ftipulate for his goverament, would
the ftatement have been made fo dif
tincliy mentioning the tranfmitied in
ftruChions, the fteps of the Britilh
government, the declaration of the
minilter bv the order of, his fovere
i *
ign ? The Prefident in the full be
lief of the ftatement, would of courfe
believe the arrangement to have been
validly concluded. But from, that
meftage of the Prefident, mav not
w’e julilv deduce the inferance—a
letter of credence does not enable a
minilter to make ftipulations obliga
tory on the government from which
he is accredited.
In retracing the hiftory of our go
vernment, the next authority refers
us to the adminiflration of prefident
Jetferfon. It is the cafe of an ex
traordinary miiTion comprehending a
minilter having the chara&er of
plenipotentiary in ordinary. Meflrs.
Monroe and Pinkney were appointed
commiflioners extraordinary and
plenipotentiaries for negotiating ar
rangements with the Britifh govern
ment ; and as fuch they had letters of
credence from the United States.
Yet they alfo had full powers in a
commiflion authorizing them to treat
feverally as well as jointly. This,
according to my apprehension, fuffi
ciently appears from a voiumn of flat*
papers communicated by prefident.
Jefferfon to tta: tenth congrefs, par
ticularly a letter from Mr. Madifon,
fecretary of flare to Meifrt. Monroe
& Pinkney. It is dated from the de
I partment of flare the 17th of May,
1 806. Permit me, fir, to read the
firfl part of the letter. “ Gentlemen,
! I herewith enclofe a commiflion and
letters of credence, authorizing you
to treat with the Britifh government
concerning the maritime wrongs
which have been committed and the
regulation of commerce and naviga
tion between the parties. Your au
thority is made lwveral as well as
joint, as a pioviCon for any contin
gency depriving either of the co-ope
ration of the other/’
We will now recur to the admin
iftration of prefident Adams, who
was fo well known as a diplomatick
functionary in Europe. Among the
date papers which he communicated
: to congrefs, we my find inftru£tive
! doc mien tar y iniormation relative to
diplomatick credence and authority.
Among thofe papers :.a the letter of
credence for the envoys extra-ordina
ry to France according to fuil form
of diplomacy. Tiiefe are the terms ♦*
CREDENCE
For Mejfrs. Pinkney, Marjball and
Gerry, Envoyr to Frame.
« JOHN ADAMS,
Prefident of the United States of Amer
ica, to the Executive Directory of the
French Republic k :
Citizens Doctors—Defirous
df terminating differences between
the United States of America and
the French republick a id of re
ftoring that harmony and g cd un
derftanditig, and that commercial and
friendly intercourfe; which from the
commencement of their political con
nexion until lately have fo Happily
fubfifted, I have nominated, and by
and with the advice and cunfent of
the Senate of the United States, an
pointed Charles Cotrfworth Pinkney,
John Marlhall, and El bridge Gerry,
didinguilhed citizens cf thele date \
jointly and feverally, envoys extraor
dinary and rmmtters plenipotentiary
to the French Republic*, for the
purpofe of accomnhihing the great
objects above mentioned; Where
fore I pray you, citizens directors, to
give full credence to whit they an*l
each of them fhall fay to you in thefe
reipe&s in behalf of the United
States, and aifa when they fhall af
fure you of the fincerity of our willi
es for the welfare of the French Re
public!*.
Given under my hand and the great
feai of the United States of Amer
ica, at Philadelphia, the thirteenth
day ef July, in the year 1797, and
of the independence of theie Hates
the twenty fecond.
JOHN ADAMS.
f By the Preftdrnc of the U. States,
TIMOTHY PICKIlRING,
Sccr tary cj State.
Here gentlemen may oblerve,
th it the letter of credence cxprcfdy
Haies th* object of ?he million exira
ordinary, and denies full credence
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to be given to trie envoys in thofe
refpoits. Says the letter or credence,
“ 1 pray you, Citizens Director* to
give tail crtuenc * to w-hat they rd
I each of them (hail fav to you in theie
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j retpeefcs, m behalf of H e U. Suras *’
But did the Prefident then in oiiice
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