The gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1798-1799, 1798-07-16
FOR THIS G.4ZETTF.


AS this commune alton is Intended rs
poets corner for the Jacobins, we lhal not
tudy any precife method Of detail for even
thould they ufr il as A kind Of conditional OF
their manifold fins and rranfgrefllons, X Is 70
matter which they confefs fra, nor IS It Poilible
for any human genius TO fet them in oyaer before
their eyes. Clothed in the mock majelty Of the
people, they have done more mitchell than
hyPocrify ever did il iheeP's clothing, and been
more irA", God forgive 'em, than Mary Mag
dalen herlelf with leven DEVILS It will be 4
thing Of time TO bring them to 4 Egle OF their
pretty little miQake5, As | luPPott we thaN be
1cque0ed 10 call them by and by, becaule fuch
have been the materials with which the fans
cyl9nt policy Of France has cholen, and very
ihrewdly cholen, 10 work in this country, that
il is neat to impoaible to bring them 70 a,y /6af
al all. T'e 'a1dcrs only Of this mob undeIItand
the lPrngs OF its motion, which they touch with
their own hands but all the ref are as mere
puppets as any exhibited by the ingenious Mr..
Maginnis and could as little dance, or even
cackle, without manager, as thar Rentl-man's
wonderful Gregory < Dorcas and The Deyl.
And all this notwithstanding, l fupPoie we
are TO have our understandings iniulted III the
very twilight and evening OF jacobinilm
with the merit fuch people have il coming
oper, and being j1ti5fed az kyR. Still that inta-
nous 1pirt of egotifn and ltlhlh vanity which
has 6eer the mott conipicuous trait in the French
revolution, in France it(elf, and which czsr eviH
br the mott prominent phenomenon Of every qu1ck
and mountebank whatever, domincers il the
expiring breath Of ignorance and folly. Indul-
ged by common fentiments with every poiible
opportunity to take a decent turn round The
iharP corner Of conversion, fome OF them fll
affect 70 lord It over Gods heritage III The o,d
menacng fie-or more properly they are lk,
the taylor's wife who called him puck louie
and when he lowered her down over head and
ears in 2 we'll % top her provoking tongue fhe
till held UP her hands and put her thumb nails
together till ihe was drowned. Or, III they are
tovereignly Plsajtd to be Of right mind, We are,
TO be ture, TO be as much obliged to them ez,eg
yrf, as i they had done rs 4 favor, and 10 make
them our mott humble compliments FOR conde-
!cendinS to behold the light Ut Tie fun, and
acknowledging that there IS J5,ae force even II
truth. [ coniefs thu; we do not take wild horf,s
by The heels, Tor mad bulls by the horns-but
ihal take the freedom IA utc the other fort
ot gentry in that way, becaul- a. hot intend
10 treat them like brues, but exactly rs thew
10 % uedleo, IKE ideOts or luDatCS, where
honeit, and where otherwilt, like knaves and
villains
Let rs decyPher little The nature Of what's
no" tor year or two called jacobin;lm il this
country. 1t is we'll known that n all nations
under the fun, except defpotic powers and par.
f,cul1Ily China, there are two parties, one for
ne ttanding government, and one againR N
M; perhaps is inherent in all free nations. II
IS alto well known that foreign enemy influence
always makes ule Of that party which is oppoC,d
= the government; and for this good rcal3n,
necaule foreign friendly Influence maintains an
amcabie understanding with the government
ilet. so that if you with to cary po;pr II
any nation to which tbe g01-rnn.nt Of it will nor
accede' your next aep is to make tool of tL.t
parry which s qpaihag p SCI IL, that IS, the partv
which hnds flaws and picks holes il tbe coyor9