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

that WalhingtoE was ID the dotage Of his natu-
raj life and near the eloe Of bis political career
they INDUCED the hope that when he ihould b
out of Office. the American people would come
TO their f.nfes, or, at Leaf. they f4w that the
chara1er Of the new Prehdent would be a critic
rian BY which The decided friendlhip or enu1;ty
Of the United States TO France would be clearly
feen, The candidates were Adams and Jeffer-
Ton. the one "a reputed RoyaliR, and enemy
70 France The other an eminent Republican,
and friend to the caule Of liberty il all coun-
tries. The fentiments IF thefe TWO men were
known here thofe Of the people were no. yat
known, becaule it was iuPpoied that The gene
raj idolatry for Warrington had prevented them
from being freely uttered; theie were the rea-
fous why the Directory determined 70 take 70
decided Rep in co1ftqnence of Monroe's recall,
until the public voice ihouId make between theie
two candidates. Tbis accounts for tbs isttrsF
zv5e5 BE French ensd 70 take III fbs svsaf Fl tbai
tket7ian Tbsr WISHING y5n 70 ele5 JeRerlon,
proof fbaf they did not qvaaf 70 qaayrsf 7Dab T9U'
and tfas ibey H B2bed fbat IRE PegpLs Of d1Heries
zvsr- frieD4f to liberty. The government here
waited the event. This was an awful Paule in
the American affairs in EuroPei and it's alton
Thing to me how you could fail to vitw it in
that light in America, and to take the meature
which the mott moderate hare of common fenie,
and the mo& Palpable ielfintereRs, pointed
outs
When the election Of Adams was announced
here, i. produced the order of the I'd of March,
which was meant TO be little lhort of declara-
ton Of war but 1t was 70 far lhryt of il as to
leave room on your Gde to come forward with
an additional protest Of negocia'ion'if you with
ed to avoid that calamity.
The enmty Of the old PreGden- towards
France, was now conGdered as nationalized ia
America, and the government here was deterrn-
med 10 Asece you Of your property, % futIi-
cient degree to bring you to your feeling IN the
only nerve 10 which il was prefumed your fenii
| bilicy lay, which was you pecuniary interea;
! This uneomplying difpoltion Of The Direc-
| tory induced Mr.. Adams to call an extraordi-
nary meeting Of Congrefs, and confequsntly 20
make fpeech.
To man who had the leaf projections 70
prudence, there was but two courfes 10 be TAX
en- one was to declare war, if he wilhed 70
ruin his country the other was, if he wifhed
TO fave It, to offer to negotiate, by Finding lome
man or men that he knew would be agreeable
TO France or, at lealt, not 10 play the bullys
| by forcing man back who bad julf been driven
out Of Paris. True policy would have been 70
retrieve the m(take of Warrington, by Tending
bac k Monroe. You cannot imagine the effect
produced here by the name only of known
friend to liberty in America. A report prevail
eI here for few days, that MadGon was nam
| ed to this milton it almoit dn4rmed the gov
eminent of ali ref-ntment. Had the news
proved true, and Madilon arrived, the bufnels
would have been fsttled in "a hours. Bnt
Adams, to attain lis obje6t, whatever It might
be found cut third couTle. which dfcosets
more invention than fuppoted him to pcGels>
| He formed a commilhon of rec, TO max he
people OF he United States believe that a ne
| gociaton was offered On their pUt; aud then
| filled It up with names from which there could
not be the Leaf expectation of fucccfs. The
| iril was man who had iua been rufuftd, and
| could not be offered again with al, III mutt
\ tending him back was Undcubt ediy intended aa
| an infult, and il was 70 rece we'd: the iecaad
was man whoie efigy ha 4 been burnt in VIZ
ginia, for his violent defence OF the Bfiih Urea.
ty, at leaf it was 70 reported and believsa here
the third was a li,se 'n9Ge qreigif man, appoiat.
ed with the intention that he ihond have r9
influence ! and yet, 10 prove 10 you The facility
| Of this government, after all that had peI.d.
| am able to allure you, from tho bea al horitv,
that if Gerry had been fe0r alone, and MT
hacked with the other two, the Directory
would have negotiated with HIM without any
difficulty at Preient the three have been here
i've months, without bsing received or rejected /;
and new law IS made, ~ which an additional
number OF neutral vtaels will fall into he hands
Of the French
ihouid hardly gain credit viii: you were
10 itaie on how ltnall pivot the fate 81 nations
turn IN Paris At this moment.
The ipeech Of John Adams al tie opening
OF Congrefs in November, was waited for heFo
with as much expectation as if peace or war
depended uPonit. Il was hoped thar after he
had fert bis commifioners, he would at lrait
avoid he uie ofintulling language aaaina the
nation with whom be was pretending TO treat