The gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1798-1799, 1798-08-13

The Governor deGrcd to know the rcaton foF
fnch Al extraordinary requiGtion--He was given
to und=rhdnd they wanted it-and therefore
NUT have it-There was no rehtting this muir
tary enlbrace-the Governor yielded bot not
having all the money at command, they pro-
ceeled to the indGcrimihate plumber Of the Cit
zens till they were latis6ed. This, however, IS
the bea part Of The tory-In few days they
becam, ID licentjous that they fixed the Fe-
males, old and young, married and unmarried,
At noon day, and debauched them il the public
Rre,ts. The conlequence Of this was, as may
be Will p~elumed, that the women kept clote at
home.-Charity for the human character would
lead you to flppole, that the career Of their in
fanny was corflmmated. Not lo-they Puriued
their game to that afylum, which even lavages
would relpe6t-they broke open the houles OF
citizens without dltin9on--theyv violated young
and DID, married and unmarried; and 1t hui
band, brother or children intcrtered, they
butchered them as expeditiouily,I Prelume, as
they did orr unfortunate fellow citizens of B0f-
ton. AT this very time you mutt obie've, the
poor Batavans of the Netherlands, were in the
Plentitude or fratcrnal embrace from the MolocEs
and ylocks Of The GREAT nation,
It bnrts ny feelings ran1b, 70 be the narrator
Of aaicns, which viii, to the end Of tins,
damn with iniamy the character Of The human
race. And what mut give poignant ting to
every patriotic Ame~icn, il, thau thele cnormi
ties have been committed BY a people calling
themlclves democrats ard RePu5 leans.
know there j. a clats Of goorant dtlnded
Americans, who would even to this day, aPolo-
gize for the French by laying, the acts 81 an
princip'e1 individuals are not TO be alcrihed tO
their rulers. This | adnit may be of.en true.
But when a covernmcut Loe, itelf let the exam
pie Of inamy, and iuiujice to the peoPe-th they
may Be adlred the people Will follow it-And
in that cafe all the guilt of individuals is
chargeabl- 10 their repre- 'entatives. This the
+ each government has inceaaatly done Tor
ferries OF years. They have been guilty Of
robbery-They have been gully Of piracy
they have been guilty Of murder, even under
the forms Of law-whch Of all murders is mot
cruel, and dangerous to the liberties Of the PEG
ple-They have committed the mott atuocous
acts Of treafons again2 the laws and conRitu-
tons OF Their own country.
One fIch aa is more injurious than the muir
der Of ten ,houland individu i. What would
you think, fellow citizens, e the PreGdent Of
the United States, confederating with a Mem
btr Of the Senate, thouid eize the peri0ns Of
the remaining Senators, and thirty or forty Of
the Houle Of ePrelentltiyes-tor inltancc, tile
virluous M-hrs. Gallatin, Living ton, Lyon &
Co.-5nd without Judge or Jury pack Them up
IN cafes, and trantport them ~ California a5
Priloners for life. You could approve the ait
as 10 the indvd1als-but you would be ihock-
"a at The violence offered to the laws of tie
land. But of this the infamous Directory have
been guiltv--What would you fay Ame.i-
cans, If the PreGdent Of the UnileI States hOuld
idue Proclamation, Informing You 1T y0u dii
not elect luch men for Representatives. as Tia
approved Of, they ihoulI no- be rece;vad--l
know your anrAe5-your iut iudign, ZION, ard
the chaRhemcnt which would follow. Yet VT
this the Directory have been qulty--Tha
French have no governmen-, Unels the form Of a
contribution balely violated by The five tyrants,
is government-They GIrtcd for liberty--it
was a glorious prize-brt they have run Ont
Of the courC-, and ended in a delpot.m he
mott hareful--The people are to be Pitied,
in fome fenfc-in other, not-Bccaule they
have luaered thcmfslves to be the u'I(rum-n.s
Of their own dearudon, BY the deceit1ul arts IF
ambitious demagognes, who, under the pre-
tence of Republicauilm, have only fought their
own aggrandjzcment-or the ruin Of their com
Petitors ior power.
Fellow Citizens, take warning BY this rcvolu
ton andremember that by reading the hilory
Of Democracies and Republics, you will find
that The people have finally lot their liberties,
not n the frf inItancc ny the power " tbr qreat
but by bribiog, and oorruPt;ng the people in
various ways-by enbracing their raGions-
and always beguilng them under The faIf- garb
Of cEcluGve Patrotiirn-'Ti7 III this wav Won
have wtneGed in your own day, The d7aru1ion
Of al the republics in Europ-, BY he French
The republic Of Vsnice which had exilted FOR
twelve hundred years, was ann hlated in few
weeks by dividing 'hc people among themfev-s