The gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1798-1799, 1798-10-01
portland.
MoNDAr, OczoBER 10, 1903.


me Ohile1 oates ana they became prepared TO
meet the form which was fcen IiGng in the ear
If we may iniuige conjecture moment, what
acenei might have taken place on this continent
ii foreign iohuchce, powerful ash has been in
THE Prgfnt Rate of things, had aaei dire6tly
upon the feveral States without The controul cf
general government :-Itis highly probable
that before now the northern and Iouthern States
would have been at war, the former afiaei BY
England, the latter By France and 70 much
j.aloufy and hatred would ere this time have
exiaed as would have divided US ef-anals
forever, and rendered US infgnifcant in ths
woFld BY Fitting BALI our force againa the other
half AM keeping US in perpetual fermentation.
In fAa, We are not left to conjecture in this
rcfped, for the influence Of France haswrought
the efe6t TO an alarming degree in our Houfa
of Representatives, and probably the whole
train ofmiferies would have followed, if an Elk
ecotive, conGaing of fngle magiRrate. entire
and no. fuHjea to diviion or diF-nrion. ID
not cOnfantly reGRed the pernieious principle,
and bafl:d its operations.
Let,us now attend to fome of the prominent
features af TIE Naturalization of tbs new govern
snent, ana fee # every Anne lean has not cau(e
70 admire and ea-em it more than any other
which can be imagined. It viii Be acknowl-
edged 70 be great and ar1uous TAX to legif
lac for a nation 70 lately COMPETED Of feParate
Sra'es purGurg their diaiqa and particular
policies, ana widely va-ilnt ia habits, temper,
aad even interea.-The government began by
aa at Of ju@ies, which as it removed a. once
the Steal diarefs of The fsveral States deflroyed
Il the root of bitterneEs which had even cauled a
se5sllioa in this State, mean h, aGumpri5n
n Of re public debt This meafare, conn.eed
win he f-ttlenent Of al the public accounts,
BY which the balances due to and from the few
tral States appeared, and were accordingly
credited or charged, produced an equitable
II aGeGmsnt Of the expenses of the war, which
bad in vain ben attempted under TIE eeyfdsra-
tor. As it was iupofi5le to pay this debt at
tie moment when the amount of it was aicer-
tanned, II became neceT3ry to take credit from
tlole to whom It was due on the NOT advan
tageous terms confident with jggles, which !,
th. fia and indeed, eztenGvely conf dered, the
only reanilte in national affairs. 1t was fatdad
ia fuoh manner as to reduce the iniereR, and
yet to place the creditors on better terms than
u they had been before. The nation propof-d
THE terms, and they were eagerly accepted. :
a determination of the public creditors was at
{ tempted by Mr.. Madiou and the nafcsnt OpPo-
kGson bug found impolitic and inconvenient,
and even unjaa aniimp3aible. Thus the gov
fernment began BY a Inc of ccndra evincive Of
its character and intentions, and omnous Of
Fshat integrity and frmnefs which never have
sbandonedi it for moment even to the Preient
Cay.
VI 10 pay this debt, the price Of our freedom,
End to fnpport the ueceGasy charges Of the new
eovsrnnent, it became receaary to climate
&shoe re{ources which the new MODEL Ct the
United States had vaaly arnpli6ed, and in many
d Ninaanses even created. An irnpoa en- com.
zneFse had been long deemed the moa eligible
rs the fTsf experiment, and tie eoafsderGfi0s,
longres had proPofed duty Of FIVE Per. cent