The gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1798-1799, 1798-12-03

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l,ns vysre 10 paw. not one Of whom eYeFia'.
a,o, The tolls OF bis countFymsn, mr. eIFiciis'
b:-,r.,f with tie Ip0is OF TIE Pealant; 70 nol
-. u rvbo.n ever attached the leait inipctoil
q cI;ra-chv and tyranny, oae Jingle Gle &
c.n,ed. nearly extorted By inPerioas c''Caui-
9s,ces and ancient law forms, atoned foE long
fnce. and from which they did not reap ths
Leaf private advantage; men, who' uaaer t'1
ane;ent regimen, were fnbjeaed thsmieives 10
fever. laws and Obliged to lwear twice a year
nnt TO 4 future, but Z 1ubitting, contribution
To Judge them by the prelsnt form, would b
ibe climar Of knavih ablurIity and lnluiice.
Three millions and for what? 10 eKaf one
ivre. would be niaaice 70 millions, i m lion.
fold iniusice. It's The demand, not OF a civi-
lied astion, bur, know Of no other aPPro-
priate erpre1ion, the demand of a band OF rob
bers. Ill Organized, grown overbearing by fuc-
cefs 10 war, and, in ;heir own opinion, entitled
10 whatever they chnie % claim We waved
no war acAinit thai nation; in obedience 10 the
laws Of our confederacy, We fent few troops
10 The frontier, As We had done during lae
whole cou-fs Of the war we cid, what We
could not leave uadone, without rendering
ouTfeIves guilty OF perhdy towards our confede-
OF iuaice and virtue, il fhouli reverence Us for
what We did. He, who IS loyal himlslf, veoe-
rates loyalty in every hape nd form vene-
rates il II foe, and much more il him, who
never was a foe. But this band Of robbers.
does Il conflt Of fsyen or three, Of FIVE o. two
| know not but Gurely il does not conGa OF
twenty five millions. This band Of robbers
exaaed from the unolgarchic and happily gov
erncd Zurich, which readily accepted cOniii-
tuition, that vas deemed better than its own,
which paid implicit obedience 10 nation, that
had no right to command, three millions
Three millions, not to be paid By the country
At large, but-O horrid irjultioe by the belt,
the mott worthy men, who were not known r.
the French but Trough The attrocIoGs reports
Of foul and lurking calumniators men who,
untried and uEinterrogated, were GLAZED with
oliFa1chic paIicians. Such they never were !;
for who does rot know, that our former gov
errors were ohof-n from among all clafes Of
citizens, and chiefly By the citizens themlelves !?
Three millions = from two hundred turgh-
crs Of fmall town, while the two thoufaAd TX
hundred burghers, OF whom il conlilfs, would
not Be able to raile that fun, And if, IS IL
mour fAys, this fam IS now to Be. paid BY the
two thoufAnd hr hundred burghers, fnce all
are accomplices in the capital crime Of being
eligible for public cations, which orine hsgrsaf
aafios Is defined to avenge-f all are now 10
pay, i the demand more juR BY being thus
gs2sTsIiEst Apd Y i wsF9 jalt, the.tiEt T. =
to pay a us)-could tcaTce Be RATED by ran
lacking all the plate, Tnedals, &c.
Graz Natia8, If any fenie Of Iham- and hu-
mainly remains in thy buiom, 6lulh, and fay
. was mifguided, miinorm=d I5luih WIFI
hame-not one fons more-aN, al ikal.
" be returned that has blen extorted ammu
:" milton, forage, whatever has been received.
lhall be readily and PunaGaiy Piii for. En-
rope maa cu'fe me, Poaeri,y mutt coEdemn
g me- Far be II from nc, 10 at Asa band Of
I" robbers. Far fom me the !hamelers poe
& rily, to 1yle mylelf the friend ofZurich and
q 70 be Inc blood-fucker Of Zurich"
And yet tllis il not all. He, who has wrorg-
ed, vii wrong more he, who leps beyond a
certain limit Of vice, 9oPs not in thecareer of
crimes. Sin Is punilhed BY in, crime bycrime.
Grsat aatisa, p gents Of the mateblejG PAR, sou
had the maIcilieis imPudence, relying on your
iuperiority in arms, BY yaulti1g men75es, 10
force your conftitn,ion upon The free, demo.
cratic cantons-cant,vns, WHICH, centuries be-
fore France thought Of democracy, wee more
democratic than youF colafal Republic can ever
be; You proaituted yourlaiyes, plunged your
fslves To deeply il infsmy, as 20 fall on thsf-
harmless, happy tribes Of herdfnsa, as wolves
on Rock OF lhzep, to rob them Of tier g3l4ta
freed5m. and murderouiy to force upon them
Joyr G5zty. in falf-, .aiiignats. Never can you
hqd an execute FOR this f.yage atrocity you,
who ara never. at. a ols-f,r an ingenious tarn,
10 throw The deluive -elosk of virtue around
the horrors Of tyranny. and famP the NOT
enormous defPotifm with the name Of freedom.
Never can you find an excufe for this fayag-
atrociiy, which brands with perpetual in(amy
your revolution, y5pr dire aors, if they ordered
IlE--Your generals, ii they Committed it unor
dered-your nltioo,,H il grants no redref.-
How win you dare % apprar yet among men /?