The gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1798-1799, 1798-12-17

:ie right and France Is WICn5. Our fOTOear-
ance and long luAering under accumulated in
iuries and iniults were we'll known, and lad N
fome degree couutenanced an idea that was
gainirg ground, that we too ihould fink uureiiit-
ing and iubmitiive to thar kc Of y' amy and
opprelIon Y hich bears % heavily upon the 9rea-
tet part OF Europe. T hat we too ihould re-
ceive Contributions ready made from Paris, I'M
der the name If the Rights ot Man-ihould
have the members Of our Directory Preicribed
10 US, ana appointed, difmifed, replaced and a
gain turned off rs TIE Taroxylms OF Rew6elPs
in6rm:ties houlj iucreaie OF abate-thonld have
French Generals to dictate cur laws, & French
agents to dfpoie Of our public treainres, and a
midt the mot bui thenlome contributions, and
inluprortable depredations, ting pfans OF graf
ituda 10 the great nation and her glorious war
Iicrs, The French newipaPses made no icrn'
PIE Of aunoun ing that revolution would loon
overthrow TIE American Government, and
place The affairs of the u. S. in the hands Of
patriots devoted 10 France; and as It was free
" minated tkat the influence of France would
be literally employed to promote this tettrAbe
efeR, the augrnents were doubtleis preparing
which have been publicly avowed to ,tly the
robbery Of the public trealures of Switzerland,
for application in America. But the tone is
now totally changed, & tie fgnal Of the change,
was The fIR thew Of frmpe!s and deermina-
lion to rei3 on the part of cur government
Dupont the ex -coniul arrived at PARIS. The
newspapers, NOT having yet received their cue,
announced that Dupont had fIid the American
people were as decided in favor Of France, as
the American government was aga'nf her, and
that this govern twould fal! at hs frlt infant OF
ho!hlity from France aG2inlt it. Dupont 1oon
cOnradded this paragraph, and gave It as his
opinion, that a rupture would only Iirengthsr
The Englhh party, and Eaglif Influence il AZ
merica, and that the true patriots, French and
American, wihed rather fer conciliatary mea-
fdres On thep part Of France. From that mo-
msnt the Preach government have afedej =
friendly difpcE,ion towards the i. S. +; as long
as Mr. Gerry continued in France, every letter
Of Talleyr3nd's 70 him, funk more and more
Of its pret5nfons, and lnce his departure every
opportunity has been fsized 10 fPrcad the oPn.
ION, thar the differences between France and
the II. s. would loon be anicably ttt;led.-
At the fame time it is true, The Itrongef proofs
have appeared rhlt TIE lyGem IS not changed,
but only The courle of IranevreS that the dad
lied enmity dill RACES, bur only involved in
deeper ma1z Of diaimul1ton and Pe1fdy.-
Th1f4 proofs however are not Immediately dii-
cerned BY The world. The public here, only
perceive the i'm ncnia alteration III Ialieyraod.s
notes, from brutal in(2'enCc and rspaclu5 e.
ortatiop, to courtly compliance, and even
humble iolicitations they generally believe
that France will now yield every point of the
controversy, and court a reconciliation as ltron.
ely as 1h9 before aieded il.
have f,,I n, III tl,tc Il 1tfIT7tIl1f.00 and
perfdy, not only beclul9 theft characters ap-
pear evident even IN TalIeyraul's laa le,t,rs to
Mr.. Gerry, bu. becayfe they are yet more IN
equivocal in the reception and treatment Ct
Docter Logan, 4 man who publicly gives HIM
felf OFT as an Envoy from the party in Amer
lea, oPpcfe1 TO is gnvernmsnt. Logan arrIY-
ca at Hamburg, and applied for paHfort 70
the Fiench Clnful the HaIport vas at fra
Ietuied, but afterwards, upon IBIS exhibiting his
letters from certain American ohara4crs, was
granted. He went through Holland, arnoyn-
eng him ef every where as hearing a public
milton from the Unic-d States, but avoided
ieeing both the American Conlul at Hamburg,
and Am mniner AZ the Hague. After a,riv-
ing az Pals, he itve-al interviews with Tai
leyrand, and with Merlin then Proficient If he
Directory. He d.ned with Merlin. aud all thcfe
circumstances were formally publ1heI ID the
newinapers, which added, that at lii requet
the Directory had RATED the embargo urOn al
z7of all the American v,d=ls in the ports cf
France. But At tie fine time TalleyrJrd in
an underhand manner, iotimatad to an Amer
lean public charaGtcr, rot far from France, ard
known to be warmly attached To his own gov
eminent, That lie (TalIeyr4nG) was fnry for
Logan's miiiion, and had given no encourage