The gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1798-1799, 1798-12-10


hgion ard morality were az IN end that they
had turned risates and plunderers, and it
would be uscefary 10 be perpetually aimed a.
gainR tn m. though you were at peace. We
wondered hat tie anlwer cf beth houles had
not been az order to lerd him 70 a mad houle.
Inltead of this the Senate have echoed the
fpeech with more lervility than ever George
the '.hird {, perieneed from either houfe OF Par
liamen,. Read over the paragraph that ipeaks
Of France, bis Bringing in the word Europe,
under pretence OF generalizing il, is 10 Hmiy a
cover tor his attack OH this nation that il only
adds to the abufe, by attempting to imPole on
the understanding be certainly could not
mean the Engiiih, for he brags IN the next Pa
IagiaTh how well they keep their treaty. He
could certainly mean nobody but theFrench, for
no other nation have overturned religion. Had
this ipeech borne . friendly afped, or had the
paragraph in queltion been fmilar to the one
irfrTed in the fpeech Of Governor Mifflin, on
the fame inbje6t, it would have facilitated the
negotiation, and probably faved millions to the
United States.
In enumerating the csufes which have
b ought ihe~two republics to the brink OF war,
feyeral memorable speeches in your Houle Of
Representatives mutt not be forgotten. One Of
your orators calls the French government fire
bsadsd m0gRcr-another fays, Barras, when he
pronounced his farewell lpsech to Monroe, mutt
have been drunk or mad. Thele gentlemen
forget that BarrAs reads their fpeeches, and that
the fvs beaded moafer, when it lhall have devour
ed the fry Of Europe, may politely ihark them
in their turn.
Another fnbiea of complaint, and that not
The leatf, is the fcurrlity Of many Of your newt
papers, againll the republic among the mott
abuiive is the Gazette Of the United States,
which is coniijsred here as an official paper, or
pIiutes under the eye and patronage of the gov.
eminent. The Office Of foreign affairs receives
thele papers regularly and you cannot fuppofe
that any Of theie 'iniults psfs unnoticed 1t i
remarked here and with great truth, that there
is more dirty calumny agana the French in
American, than in the London papers.
But it IS in vain to amHfe ourlelves in defcrib-
ING the nature Of this dileaie, unleis there be
remedy within our reach. In my opinion there
is one, but have lcarceiy any hope that your
wife men will aumble upon it. Acknowledge
your error in Tending Pinckney and Marihall TO
this country recall them, and perhaps Gerry
with them-name and fend Madilon and Mon.
roe to take their placeAand let the Prefident,
in his mehage TO the Senate accompanying the
nomination, utter fentiments full of friendfhip
to the French nation, government, and caule
Jet him acknowledge that the principles of
liberty are equally dear to the two countries
and deprecate the idea Of gratifying the ty-
rants of the world, by exhibiting the two great
republics, whole eriltance they Grove in vain
10 prevent, now tearing out each others ytals
perceive that much areiS is laid by your
Prelident, ana your other leaders, on the conduct
cf this government, in rehliing to receive your
ambafador Pinckncy. | with thofe gentlemen
could lome how or other be made acquainted
with the following hiaory. hope you will not
foppofe, byinferting it here, my intenton.is to
iultify the French government No, my obie6l
will be truly 70 lerve my country, and to vim
dicate the honor Of all the ardent fpirits among
you, if they lhouid neglea this opportunity Of
going 70 war for TIE three broken wheels of
Gen. Pnckney's carriage.
In the year 1896, the Swediih ambanador
here, the Baron &c Stahl. obtained leave Of zb
FENCE, Preicn.ed his fecretary as charge des az
flares, who had The Kings eommiiIion for that
purpofe. This man was Tefnfed, on which de
Stahl prsf.nted noie 70 the miriier of foreign
relations, deliring him to align The reafons,
that the King might know in what be had Of
Tended the republic, face he had been the frR
in Europe to acknowledge il and the NOT ardent
to delerve its fiendhip. The anfwer to this
note, was an order TO the new charge des af-
fairs to quit The, republic, and recall OF the
French ambaGador from Stockholm. AS foon
as couriers could pas to Sweeden and back, the
matter was accommodated, by the Kings re-
newing the Baron de Stahl, who was agreeable
to the French.
About the fame time, the ambaGador of
Tufcany, while in Peaceable exercife of bis func-
tions, was ordered by the government 70 quit
Paris in "a hours, and the republic in 8 days,
without any reafon aligned. He obeyed, and
the grand Duke very complaiantiy ient ano-
ther.-
The amba1adors Of Portugal and Rome,
who were in full credence and activity few
-, no ara nnw IN cr:(or an y - I. .,