The gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1798-1799, 1798-07-16

where ths citizens of the S. can obtain in ex
change the article they need and are accutomec
q conlumr, If thofc coming out OF En8lan-
and its pofedioas be entirely excluded. Ava
RE y IF other nider4tion', and ei,ecial.y th'
dicffiutics individuals mutt encounter, in iud
denlybreakjng old and form ng new connections
IN forcing all Their commerce INTO channels not
yet We Il explored, in trading without iuHicien'
capital to countries where they have no credit
combine to render am10 impodible an imme
date diGoluton of commercial intercour!e BE-
| tween tie United State, and Greatbri,aln.
If then the decree complained Of ihail be exc
cuted on American yeEe!s, II can Only increai,
| grievances already but too comfortable, anc
transfer the carriage Of EngLlh manufactures
for American oonlumP:ion, from their own +
Eritith bottoms. falling under the protection 2
| a convoy. InRead Of wouudin5 England, Il
viii probably aggrandize its n lrine, by iAcri
eng the remnAn- Of that Of the U. s. and de
troying hit rA m Of policy By VIII ch they
b w heretofore fought 10 give their oGn veti !
IA portion Of their own carrying trade which
~oud oth.rU lie be enjoyed by Brith merchln.s
YoL I'VE made iom. general ANNA yerh-n
N he -ov mint IF The u. >. which tn an
e.J5ued fee hem elves bound Lrefy To notice.
You have charged thlt Go"erpmcnt VIII
wing ntrulti91 not III TIL. hn-e z in enton oi
ivng at pacific ,eiults, and &c he uudclhgu
ed have Of red d cha"g: thoie cIaulcs IN the
1etty Of 1873, which have become inconvenl
e1t to France, and 70 repair any injuries which
my have been comm it'd.
You have CHARGED that govcrnmert witt
hitting nothing .o praIong aid Al men. tie
laril IN, Ma J, yri1l
but do, not The f q that tie und-rG -ued M
now in Paris, fur4ih p-rlu4Ive evidence to Ia
ntrary
You have charged it with felrching to unity,
6y decetul appearances, the PrJIjices witt
"hca il lurrouads at plcaGre the name Vt the
| 'cPu5ic, and tie ytem Of rxa(pcrat'' and te-
pHation urlued in this ref ett with The fran
GET Oh. my: But has NJ. Til, republic, IL
| terms the mot cordial, ten again and 28aio
intreatel 10 { ter into candid iuvcRigation II
The mutual complaints Of the two nations p
| Hav- not hee lntreities been unnoticc 4, whilh
! the minittes deputed to NIKE them, have re-
m9ineI u ccredted?
You have charged It with wihing to leze ,hC
Erit favorable location fr coalummaung an in
tim te unOn with a FOwsr towards which q
devotion AMI a Partially are proied-d which
h4v; l7ns c1nlt,utcd the principle Of the con
duct at the te 'ert government, viii Il no LevO
ton or Par;ia.,ty has been ezp-,Hed for any
nation except France, have not the u. S. m NE,
and are hey not itlI making the mott cxtracr
binary effort. to ,cRor. the broken relation
between tie ;wo re, lies?
IN liter dlDuH 6 the imrorIn, in'ereis
If two I nations, The un cliy1eI ARE I'M
All
themiclvcs.
This urwi(fcd FOR talk has been rendered a
duty BY altiibinE to III n opinions and rcla
items which c2,t n Imagination only, and hy
adducinG thofe fnPPoicI oP Mons and rc'atons
as proofs Of an iudi'Ponton, ~ the par, of the
government wli.h has tepnteI them, towards
that aocommo Iation which his been fought III
unrcmittiagly thro' all rh.l: tIicu'ti-s ana
iTPediments with which he Pu.llit Las been
embarraEcJ.
You are Flealed 70 add, that thafe Intentions
are q iit,'e dilgultI, TIA. nothing q m, to
have been neSl-aed at Philadelphia 10 m1aif-H
th-m 10 every eye. l. is Pronaaly with this
view, thai it has been judged proper to find To
the french republic, Pelo0s who.e oPiaioas
an relations arc too wei kn0wn To hope from
them d'lPltitous fncerely conc'liatory"
The opinions ana relations Of the undersigned
are purely American, unmi&ed with any Par;i-
Gle Of foreign tim. Ifthey poGcli quality on
which they P'de themleves, il j, in alta, hment
TO the haPPin IS and The wela e Of their coua
ny il thcy could At will fclcd tile means III
marketing that attachment, il would Be ~
eftet'ing fncere and real accommodation be
tween F'arce and the U. S. On Dr. ncip'es pro
noting the n ereRs e both, AMI confident with
the in eTendeDce Of the latter
1t requires no afura c: to convn-e, that
every real American mutt with tncerely to cx.
trcate ms country from he Ills IL tuf,rs, and
from the greater Ills with which il is threatened,
hut all who love liberty muG admit tlut Il
Goes not exit in a nation which cannot exerciCs