The gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1798-1799, 1798-11-26
portland.
MoNDA1, N0IEMBER 10th, 1898.
communication,


even the ions Of iedition them elves were aImoa
alhamed to puff, Mr.. Pinckney arrived IN Paris
as the mere fucceGor of Monroe in ordinary di.
plomacy. Let US fop moment 10 compare
the behavior Of each nation to the other in this
reciprocal tranfla.on. In recalling Monroe
re had done no more than remove from this
mot important ofice, the officer who had fold
his country to foreign influence, and we repl4-
ced him with another AMI much better man /;
all which We had he mott perfect right to do
And France had exercifed this right in the cafe
Of recalling Fauchet and Tending Adet in his
Read. Yet France complained of the monR1ous
iajury d3ne to her in recalling Mouros, and
would not receive Mr.. Pinckney at all where.
as we had made no difficulty of receiving Ade.,
though the government well knew that he came
10 RUN US ifhe could Bat the French de!uiion
was yet infinitely 100 hron8 for the people 10
have been Per.ulded Of thi. Re8ea as far as
we have gone-Do=s not the behavior o. France
exhibit The mot extravag mt a TO gancs, difdan,
unfarnels s. and even a tort of indiicribable
chlldihneG inc &c tai o " brief authoriry," and
wa Oh grown governments get the better Of as
grown people leave Of the trick Of boys who
always want the whole cake 70 themlelves.
Now let Us look for manhood in The recall Of
Adet, laa min;Rer Of France n the United
States His farewell 20 ne government was
pnbIifhel hy himf-lfin our newipapers as nflal,
and then f-nt d the Secretary of State. It was
,roud an1 repr7achful to the government, a.
oace without ground Of complaint or ligniry
of carriage and il was mean and fallacious to
the multitude, without neccGity and without
ef.a When Mr.. Pin kney came to plead our
iide Of the caufe to the world, how flperior p
| peared The dignity Of the inferior 4tion, bot
toned upon he fsnfe of innocence and injury,
not unaccomPanied by the fecret perluafon that
silany and power are never long cOmPanians !
ard how Rriajy jun as well as noble i the fPi-
rir o. his amin teeJ peroration how deferv
ing to be the language Of nation which las
delerved that it fhould Little indeed mutt be
the foul, and mott contemplate the prejudices
that carrot detei mine TO be on fuch fie.
True dignity would g over to it even if were
the caufe Of France For honor will be where
& honor is. and no where Gle.
A America manifeaed her deGre Of harmony,
and perhaps her fear of rupture in her fuppo-
y fed divided Gate, BY keeping an am5aFldor at
Paris after unprincipled France had f4d BY the
mouth ofAdet that he hould keep only con
q fuls in the United States. The luxurious G:n.
q er4l Pinckney remained at The door of The
d French Directory, while Buonaparte, now per-
{ haps more unfortunate miniRer Of France in
y Egypt, was fighting fve-day and eight day
: battles ia Italy, and fu'pending the conceited
\ nefs Of this Directory on the point Of his fword.
When Italy was conquered, Mr. Plnekney was
y cfe6ually and finally rejeaei and obliged TO
quit Fr-nce, and wait in Holland for orders
b from the Preiident. At this ctiGs France fuP-
n iuPpo'ed that America could not get ont Of her
q hands foy TIE retreat Of Adet had left French
infusnce he:e on fueh eligible ground, that i
might be calculated that thefe orders would
come from Mr.. Jeferfon. IF they had, never
|, more would America have iten anindependent
Y hour. lfhir breadth efcaPes can make honen
people uenble, they may remember that this
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