The gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1798-1799, 1798-12-17
PORTLAND.
M0NDAr, DECEMBER II, 1903.
Communication.

S@No NA4~ pm A"iAo II OllA my
hand, land am almof ready to confder
It as needless talk to point my finger
acroiS the Atlantic ocean after the arriv-
al to the public eye Of 70 complete rev.
citation OF more than had daredto think
OF being athletic prove. Surely, my coun-
trymen, you cannot read that dreadful
letter, and yet be callous to the horrible
defigns Of France, long matured, fully
ripe, & juft ready, when Barlow wrote.
to burltupon the u. States!- This letter
IS dated March I, 1885, while theEnvoys
were yet at Paris, and about the time
when their celebrated dif patches arrived
in America. How fortunate was their
arrival How well-timed was the fuE
Penfion Of intercourle with the mott pro-
figate ofnations How indifpenfible a
naval force, joel Barlow'S letter, and
BuonaParte'S proclamation to theFgyp.
fians are perfect Developments of the
French revolution. VIII any American
yet uphold it? Are mankind mad
Heavens /! What mutt be the degree
OF guilt, and who can devife the punilh-
ment Of thole among ourleIveswho have
abufed the darling foiblc of their coun-
} try in favour Of the defgnS Of the mott
lmPious government that ever exifted /!
Surely &C lome hidden thunder, red with
uncommon wrath mutt be " in the
flores of heaven" fer thofe who cannot
plead miltake and amiable weakness for
coalition with this mott detefable
confpiracy againlt the peace, the honor,
and the liberty of the werld !-Ameri-
cans depend upon it, the catafttrophc
is nigh at hand! We are in the laf act
Of this mof abominable tragedy ! Soon
will the itage be covered with the blood
or the more mild but till more foul diff
grace Of thOie who have led YOU ARRAY
with an impudence & unfeeling cruelty
that has no parallel! Soon Will your
indignation fall upon the devoted heads
OF thofe execrable patriots, as they have
dared to make you believe them, thore
$ falle and hollow" republican chiefs,
who had fold you TO France, and TO a
terrible, monftrous, and world-deRroy-
ing philofophy!-Yes, my countrymen,
! know you to be honeh, and that YOU
are the Taft people on earth who will
content to be ruined. When YOU come
TO fee clearly for what purpofe If was
that the French fanaticifm was intr0du-
ced among you-When you perceive
mott nndeniably that it was to lead you
by the heaTt-frings, and make YOU, al.
1ume a barbarous chain before you knew
it-When you fee that the vile oppo-
fition party Ono othelwife vile than by
the infamous treafon Of fubieding YOU
TO foreign power were to depoIe the
government, and reign here under the
direction Of France-When you Under
1tand who was at the head of this horrid
confpiracy, and perceive what pof lie
occupies now in the goyernment-let
horror take poaeGion of your fouls,
but be calm, iteady, and attentive.
pats over the treatment of our En-
voyS at Paris as thing Of FINAL compa-
rative Prominency at this time, though
had intended TO be particular about
it before the fate Of the French feet in
Egypt was decided. But not 70 the
milton Of Or. Logan to France-Mr.
logan and his friends have heretofore
been always very fond Of notice,
and even have taken the holy name Of
I" the people" to themFeives, and they
iha'l not now be allowed to creep into
a corner.--Strange things have been
done, my couatrymen, as time will
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