The gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1798-1799, 1798-06-25

burned in the brcaAS Of your anceaors Where
are the defendants of the heroes of Seventy
fix Where is that love Of country, which has
70 much diilirguihed the American annals !?
What avaiieth the efuGon of 70 much blood, in
the iuPPoTt Of your liberty, if you thus fupnely
iutt1r It TO be torn from your hands without
aruggle
But # neither the nfults offered to your
country, the depredations committed on your
commerce, and the violence on your citizens
will move you let me entreat you TO look to
your wives, and your children, your lives, YOU.
liberties and properties are ali at take let me
not recount 10 you the tragical fcenes perform
ed on the revolutionary theatre Of France
The COLUMBIAN bard will record in hiaoric
pages, unborn millions will read over the parts /;
the nreets Of Paris deluged with blood the
ihrleks Of Innocent women attending to Heaven
ieeking for their hulband and fons, in the com
mon carnage, and their mi1erable daughters
torn from their embraces, TO fatiate the lua of
a ruhan folder : let me not recount to you
the tragical lcenes Of Fort Dolphin, let me only
turn your eyes to the wre'ched victims Of mil
c y and dIltrels, who, having ef-aped the poig
nard, were thrown ked upon our flores let
me remind you that there are 1aves in America,
that they will be ready to rife up in an nrIr-
rettion at the very found Of French princ ,les,
that there is nothing more dreadful than the
horrors Of a iervile war.
If then any fathers among you, who are in
tereaed in the morals and welfare of your fons,
if in the virtue and chaAity Of your wives and
daughters if any brothers who owe protection
to your orphan lilers if you have any regard
tor your own lives; if you with 20 enjoy The
blelings Of peace and rational liberty, DIS
CARD ALL FRENCH PRINCIPLES
DISCARD THESE PRINCIPLES WHICH ARE NOT
ONLY OBNOXIOUS TO YOUR COUNTRY, RUINoUs
TO MORALITY AND VIRTUE, suBvERsIvE CT
ALL ORDER IN SOCIETY, BUT WHICH LEVEL
Man WITH THE BRUTE.
And you, my countrymen & fellow citizens,
who are bound 10 defend the fire. dom purchafe1
be The PreCi' Us blood Of your foreia hers, "
have bravely volunteered in the caule-you.
who from ntereit, gratitude & principle, lhould
nix your lives IN its deferce-you, whom the
frame Of the conliitution have Wi I'd unbounded
liblralIIy, maricated and admitted as children
by adoPuon-you, who are admitted to ali the
place at profit and honor, 70 all The privileges,
inn es and infranchiiements of the general
government you, who lubGa UPON the fruit.
rich and influential from her commerce. wi
you not be unanimous in the CAME Of country
which affords You all thefe advantages, in the
fupport of government which bellows on you
thefe privileges. Only conTaf your lituai N
with that 81 Europe in the compsri on you
cannot fail Of feeling iuPerlative degrees Of hap
pinefs InRead Of anarchy and confulion, you
enjoy all the blefiIgs If peace, and well organ
lied government-ipnead Of riots and difur-
der, peace & anquilitY---naead Of rap;ne aud
plumber, honefy & probity-inlead Of iac ileGe
and Profanaton, virtue & morality-inRcad Of
enthuliam, rational and manly liberty-thele
are bleiiings you inherit from your forefathcrs,
anu thefe you are bound to maintain with your
lives againR the inroads of foreign nation.
BY intrigue miiguded policy, too long have
ambition and appointment put every engine
into operation TO create diicontent amongR the
people the United States. The annals Of ev-
cry country no doubr afford Us inRances Of pa
trotifm, BUT MEN WITHOUT PRINCE
PIES OR PROPERTY, MEN OF .UN-
BOUNDED AMBITION, AND OF VIC.
LENT PASSIONS GENERALLY FAVOR
REVOLUTIONS, EVEN IN TIE BEST
OF GOVERNMENTS
BY milf epref-ntaticn and falCe contribution,
too long Las the Brillh Treaty been held ont
as indre, in order 10 anlwer the private ends
OF part.zans. At this time it would be TOO
tedious, nay, K is not my province to 90 into
its merits only permit me 10 mention, thatit
was made by men, who were veRed with con-
it'tutional powers; by rten, who had the conf
dence OF their country by men, Whole virtues,
integrity and talents placed them at the head Of
flVV- ~frr -.~rI-
in the caule Of their country-by Him, who
without aipend or reward, bore The bleak winds
Of the North, and he ftorching f,uds of The
South, that POTTERY: might Be free BY the
brave, the viruous, and immortal WASH
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