The gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1798-1799, 1798-11-05
portland.
MoNDA1, NoyEMBER 5tb, 1893.
Communication.

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ipirit has in fome meafure been the
means of procuring infalts and injuries
from the French and that the latter.
amidit the din Of arms, have formed 70
mean AM eontemptuous an opinion of
the people of the United States. Let
\ every man ak himGelf if he has never
aided nor aillited to weaken his own
i government iince France has been try
ing TO dePrefs it I? How very few will
be ielf acquitted I! And how contempt
bic Cat leait in my eyes) is the man.
who, though compelled by decency to
be of the good behaviour during the
& Preient outrageous villainy OF France.
( yet whenever there is any littl. loufy
chance to lPit venom againit our own
rulers and our own laws, cannot for
the foul Of him conceal the black tenn
1 per OF his cowardly heart You fhall
never lee among the enemies Of gov
eminent, a man whom you or ANYBODY
II ellie can love, much lelS refpef and
I elteem. The qualities which COM
mand thele things, never inhabitedwith
meannels, jealoufy and debafement.
The iterling bullion Of intrinfic public
virtue, forms the BATS Of legitimate
reverence and fatisfaaion while the
copper counters Of iacobin patriotifm,
are not only good for nothing, but will
4 cOrrode your mouth, and canker every
thing they touch.-Fie, fe Let US,
by way of a fweet morGel under the
4 tongue, my precious countrymen, re
volve the fpeech of citizen director
l Preiident Barra5 to flames Monroe. We
are now about The period Of his recall.
This man CMonroe) it Geems was
Of luch a Preter-eminent clafs Of char
a6ter, that after FreGdent Warrington
had leilurely looked round the United
States for Perfon fit to 60 to France,
the choice fell upon him. And he
could not have hit it better if he had
been lookin. among the iacobins for
one that was fit 70 90 70 The DewL-
Monroe in France, purified Encereb
that line of conduct which fhould only
have been played of externally againi
their diplomatic 1llI in this country
Perhaps thcPrefdent fent them this foo
to puzzle til Directory and gain time
But no matter-Mony0e with berfed
-Encerity, laid the United States at the
feet Of the proud Republic, and told
the Directory that the people of Anne.
RIGA would chcerfully raiGe five millions
by lanl tax to aid the cauie of liberty
in Europe--nay, there was nothing
that we lhOuld not do at the requea Of
France. Now this was a minifer ,of
quite different cut from Governor
Morris or Mr.. Pinckney and the Di-
rectory, conffing then Of Barras, Lee
pauX, Rewbell, Letourneur and Car
not, were as we'll fuited in an American
minilter as could be, provided his
countrymen would only make good
his projections and fulfil his promifes.
But when it was found that he was
burning the candle at both ends, the
PTeiident.law proper to recall him, and
1t was upon that location that BarraJ
Prefdent Of the five directors for the
time being, zvtb Mmroe's coflsnt, took
leave Of this Jewel Of minifer in the
following words, which | pray every
man Of honor to be 70 good as to read
and iwallow If he can--Ihey are pref
ty hard of digetion, bat never mind
that-What buGnefs have we Ameri-
cans with tailes, pilates, 4, titbts ?
DO not the dogs POI Up With the crumbs