The gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1798-1799, 1798-07-23

commerce q by ihou1lnd nameleis lies grow
ing out Of national conGapguinity To the 9TH
er, chiefly, by certain moral ftiments and views,
which, derived from recent f0urces and appli-
cable to particular obje1s, were not therefore
the leis genuine or lively. Between theft i'm
preilions, painful 1truggle took place. and The
United States ftemed, to the careefs obfe!ver,
to be divided between two oreign nations, and
devoted to the cauie Of ore or the other. All
the pa1Ii0ns and all the en- hufafm If the coun-
try were emitted on the fide of France Thef-
paiiOns were at once fomenteI and disciplined
and to cure The fguas WHICH The iniquities cf
the French government had crea ed thouf4nd
di'guiles were invented to blind or pergert The
views of the people, and to draw their attention
upon tie coruPtions and oPPrelions OF the
Briiih monarchy, Represented as the enemy aud
per'ecu or Of Liberty. "A large party under i'm
P.etilona Of ltrOng prejudice againf The Brtilh
nation, iome who had tuaaiaed thei, opDredions,
Others who had been flung by their pride and
many who had f1fered lois Of property by III ir
unjuit captures, fought revenge i'll the c3rtem-
1 PLACED overthrow Of the government, ana a
revolution there. In this Gvorite proi-6f, the
French were conideied as the natural and
? w-riu agent: I'll this view th5 y were del r.
ed to be he efcutial auxlifry and natural a'l7
! TIL IS the true import Of that " natural alli-
ance" 10 much talked Of and 4 lit ~ under
| Good; an alliance founded on The p4Hl2ns of
party, ard Imported by ddion.
| On the ether hand, certain fiends of the
| Britifh int-reA, conGdeiing The refources the
force and Gabiity Of that government as the
mot eIa6ual bulwark agljnR the progreG Of
| revolutions a1d the reign Of anarchy, iirongly,
| perhaps luperIiti0u1y attache to its forms, en-
| teltaininr exalted IDEAS Of lis power, & difrua-
ing The natural rcfou ces Of INTEL gence and en-
I orgy IN our people, may have betrayed III fome
I iniances, an inclination to emb' ace iti priuci-
| P es, and 70 give certain tone to orr govern.
men, not Irict wlrran Ell ny the l05er and
| tree lpiri- Of our a1Ceaors. Thi, is the natural
effect Of P4rty-fp;rit t i, but uf &c, however,
| to all w Id: houIh uch inclination may have
! been eatesta ned you have no certain evidence
Ct an organized policy, Of -ttled comb nation,
or aStiye antiques. You dif m ro Indication
on III part ct tndt na'ion, of a REGULAR and
1ecret attack upon the independence If he Uni
ted Stats, At any Periol, or il any Al pc. Ii
mu be acknowledge that, however a.eus Of
your P'olPe i'y ley may have been, they have
n v1r Invaded yO1r Internal pea,c however
/ ih-y may have outraged your rights on the
high s, they have never lurbed the func>
u.ns If your goverrment, infulte1 its authority,
( Or bord to deprive it Of the affections and
| iuPPo't ot tie people.
X Is 10. MY purPof. 70 draw parallels
/ between Jh- deneri,s Of different foreign gCv-
eram MS, snd the PAR isa proflfeIly attached
70 hem. A more incereQng view is prelent-
e., ty conf Ieri the direa rela,io which the
politics aud parties Of France have borne to
the government of the United STATES, lis gni-
y, indeP. ndence and tranquili y. IF there
evlr his e1ited parry in his country. which
could properly be denomna.ed tie Brill b7rty,
who would content 10 any f3criCe o. our
peace, intereH o: dignity, to the ben5ft Of that
nation, or to render US, in any degree flbler-
Went to her deigus ] am periuad-d that fuch
party has never affected the policy Or influ-
enced Jhe meIlures cf tbs government but il
cannot lie denied, that the auIaciou, intrigues
of the agents If France, fIPp5 tea by tile par,
hons, indicreions, or mp oPer views of many
Of our own citizens, have iaA anced the poli1y
OF The Administration, and compelled 1t, il fom-
luitances, 70 aGume critical POi ions, and Iecur
TO hazardous and delicate expedi.nts, 10 preierye
tie pace and protcGt the latety Of the country.
The lends Of the revolutionary lyfem, de-
rived from their address, activity and zeal, and
from The force Of circumstances, Rrength and
facility of influence, which became as formula
bic to til: government, as it was perDiciou3 70
the people. But Il mutt not b. fuppaltd, thar
the number or weight of this clafs OF men have
BONE any proportion to their activity Or rage
AT DO Priod, have the genuine fent ments Of
The body Of our citizens on TIL fubjef, fairly,
fully and publicly appeared. II quetions,
which involve No otLer intere@s than the in
teielfs Of humanity, and which require 10
efforts bit tie Gmrle, ezercite If til: undertand-
ing and The mora flntin,ent, the wife, "a al
and modelt man e46ly re,nes from the conuo-
yely, aud yi-ljs tie con cit tn tile molly tema-
nn-ne lie clnnnL il,nr. his nrircin.-e. on ma