The gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1798-1799, 1798-09-17

would BE- yet tdved, II tie cCald Iucced witlrn.
rupture, 10 reach the end of the Preidenr.
Of Merlin.
WIS il Merlin who fngqeaed this indas4
mode OF treating with Geneva, for tie Zane Dor
pofs As with the captors Of the American y.t
iels ! OF tbs am ignorant, butbe ought Y
have known that the Gencvans were completsl,
ruincd fince the bankruptcy OF the Great N.sa.
nader the faith of which they had placed th.,
fortunes in the public funds of France. Tb5.
nominal Independence, if one may q cal i, Va,
the oay thing fh9 had left them, and even It ih.r
had been il a tate 10 purchaie its Presefvatia
It was too evident ta1t the hrH Pecunary ficr.
fee made on this account would have been IN.
preface. to the payment Of tribute, which h
would BE- neceaary 10 repeat A. long IS thsr.
were avaricious m-n at Lh- head Of the DireAa
~, or the French miniary. Be this as il m,s
the relident DeiPortes, began 70 aiiuni.1 mcrs
and more a threatening tone altho only oBs
monthhad paGed iince the negotiation bad CON.
menced, he complained wigh their amuling BIN
with delays, and Of Their daring to treat With
hiTl, a "a I1fgirsygury. His complaints produced
no more effect than the efforts by which He en,
dearored to Divide the parties, and rekindle csr.
tain palfons not quite extiRf, toe people renal
ned unalaken IN their eiulai; they highly appro
vei the reffance Of their commifioners. and
renewed their Powers on Sunday, 18th A.
pril.
While they were peaeably attended n d
great Church, and proceeding according TO III
mode pre'cTIbed for the completion OF the abov,
bulineis, three columns Of French troops presn
ted tbemielves atfhe gates, as If intending ri
pals The Rhone, which they had frequently dons
on ether oceafons. This lime inGead Of paRinsl
through tie city, they eRabliihed ihemfrlve u
IL, feized upon the military potts, and PLACID
private fentinels in every ltreet, to cut Of nj
communication. Il was not till fix o'clock ii
the evening that they permitted, or rather Aal
they ordered, the comniliorcrs to alsmhle-
This body no longer heGtated to decree ha II
qrag time 70 tTszt fHe rszaioa Of Geneva aaI
France, and the ReGdent wrote the next day ii
Parig, thai Geneva zsaf IN t5r hciqbt of joy I'd
69z86in5E, and that f6f Geasvan byanr5 qvar 7garh
% figure o. ne Frsae5 faise5.
There is one anecdote which Is worthy ofbsI
ing Preierved, and ought To ferve as a leifou VI
the jacobins Of all Countries. The hrR ad VI
authority of the French Generals, on entering
Geneva, was Immediately to repair to two cluaI
Of Cenevan jacobins, and to diaolve their focel
ties. You will comprehend tie caufe, Sir, whsl
l mention, that thgie Revolutionias, who lad
rot ceafed for fix years ,sxult in the priucplaa
the Victories, and the magnaninity of the cred
Marion, fhewed themlelves to be the naoi id
perate, in their reflance, when they faw It'd
their own Country was doomed to BE- the giaid
OF thele Principl2e, and as The jacobns poHas
every where, an eminent degree Of energy, thu
would have been dilpoled to redeem their Dad
delullons and their crimes, by hying TO arms
and facri6cing tbemfelves il ii lance which
could have been Of no avail. The Reliient II
France, appreheniEe ofthe conIequences Of thsd
dslpaIr, offered to the party oppred.d in r7cd
TO avenge them Of the innocent blood which "a
been ihed az that epoch. But they reiet1ed th4
offer On recolleaing that no blood had beaE
he'd but BY he exprsfs order OF the Refdea4
ooniai7e, the predeceaor Of him, who now prc4
Poled to them to demand an account Gift n
Whatever may b. the cauf-, the membersd
thefe jacobin clubs, are hitherto the only Gsnef
vans who have experienced the leaf perforll
vexatlon O. the part Of the French army. Thsf
condemnation i thar Of rage, while that oftd
lent NJ
Ihaye jun received the treaty Of reunion, "A
adel az the paint OF the French hayonet an4
which the Councils of Paris will doubtiefs rad4
q this moment, as an al perfectly free II
following IS The fri article: n
" The French republic accepts the win If III
ci'izen', of the republic Of Geneva, for their
union with the French people"
"The Frenchgovernment confde,inc thar aR
undernamed, |. M4lietDu Pan. D. ve1io
and / a. Duroveray, have publicly written
Intrigued againa The French republic, decllra
That they never can BE admitted to Tie hono4
ct becoming French citizens" M
need rot tell you, ST., how much eldf
ir i5e'ns my mans dilinguilhed by this biiI6ak.
Reproduction in the death warrant Ct ny unhpp
country.