The gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1798-1799, 1798-07-30
Communication.


Pretenilons, and mott Infamous riblldry of he
Jaoooins, after their moi vulnerable f5l from
re6ttuje and decency in which, by the heln
Of French witchcraft, they dragged the nation
after them ; honor, dignity and nl1gnanimity
by The mere ~ raj efl6t Of our excellent conRi.
tuition enforced by a virtuOus Executive-have
b.ated the iiluiion Of what can the hnman
mind conhH hat every extreme If GOOD and
evil needs only to be famili,r to appear natural
and equally proper Is there one meannels left
uneXemPHhad is there a Jingle dirty corner o1
dePravlty LETT uncxployed by he American Ia
cobni !-UnAhle TO raiie the ruelul axe To cy-
hot the true edg. Of their temper, rhcy have
been compelled to relort I'd low inrriou.s and
harmless menaccs, ID faint and uIcrabie imit4-
ton ot Their prototypes in France. Newlpa-
PER-, even thoir which were not bought by the
JTieHap AMI tatTA7l republic, may God con
tonnd har mutt aid The general delfiion, and
lmpelled By temporary popularity mat in turn
mPel tie pe7p'e TO jicohinical fe-Oci,v All
was rtticncd by the profitutcd term " RebuJ
EeaJha," word whol- prceut bad char1aer
ny cnuntrymen may very properly afcrib- u
ne j3coblns, who in fact have vulgaiized and
DATED whatever their foul hands have medllcd
"rh-whstev-r their foul mouths have uuer
! ed.-bus behold once more the contribution
| rl.c7, the Orient hams If principle perva "
his chao'i- MATS of incoh. rent clemens, orAr.
| Teens communicable the waves are Aill
Cn any thing, attcntivc'y conf Tered, more
fully Prove the views of France upon his poor
virgin country, than The adhcts and fecrecy
VIII h we were obliged 70 obr.rve in order to
e.tle ON affairs with Er gland The impudent
Directory Of France, like the whole c0ure and
endency OF til -jr revolution, abolh;ng all pin
1lFl- and m 7de.'y, and prOicribing every moral
boundary, has ccflred Us for dong what every
pc pie, and even every individual has richt
70 d. without corlu.IDg any body-and the
m ltr3ble inc y n' XII this country have echoed
he proud but ignorant Due9ory, and done
what nv coull To put us under its yoke.-But
only re The ekaGasy, h. EHe and rue rqtuy, Il
che conduit "A thee vlacr5s. In Bottom they
lid not wait 10 ~ The treaty tcfore they fent
Their Ilgs a4Utes q tie Proficient gtinlj the rlti
6cauon If il. Gcaded by France and bound
Ifs ambition, their Leaders hurried them down
The procPce Cf iaconhlcncy ant folly, and
Pc luaded them they had an iatui,iv. dice
ment Of what they nrv.r El,y.-Can any ting
mere clea.ly prove hat the iac bins ARE the
| irls mob, and that France has made them her
| cats paw ?-And do We lot AN I'm mber h "
Pct they had every argument f ever III y hat
an argnmcnt} and every bld -kg1ard cx1roGlDn
az tbe a1.e 743Me7t from one EN- Of the States w
The other 81 his proves two hing. that they
were ooaipiracy, and that sg int their own
couotry.-But ere long thcy iaal be unveiled,
hall even ie- their OWE ni htful nakeJne.s, and
be humrl-d ID the duR.
We will now conGIer what the tcobins never
nnderfooi nor cared whether Thy dJ ~ not,
tie Birth treaty Thi, very b.ucrci / in.tru-
ment, which has b1en made tile Rahiag III Re
Of 70 much French and jaco5in ,illany, htd
been vehementIy d-Gred by All cIaF.s Of hm--
ric8ns long before he new tangled r-pub ~ ex.
ited. The Proficient Of the Uni cd Sttes,
while ambaGador a. London, with all hts ack
nowledged talents and adi:ef could no, pre-
vail far Jingle article Of ID. Oae god re ucn
might be that our government vas 70 W K
under the confederation that the B j lh m nil
thy were afraid to true ii. However. Il il
enough at preient that all AZ one throughout
America moA pahionately d4hred a commercial
treaty with England. Let Us re how il finally
took place France, intending ID commit an
abiOlute rape upon The United States, ordered
Genet 70 land At Char,cfon, and begin the VIC
lence ny rafting an American army, and fitting
out ihPs Of war az init England. Our gov
eminent was Gruck with Pafy.-Genet orga
nized the clubs. The delr um came on, which
we have ieen,-Itwas very natural fer England
Or any other nation To iuPPoic that we were
going q mike a Common caule with Trance,
and uiuaI Precuriory meafures were taken Tor
war So mn h f,r tbs ,,c1anra OT ;,ooI;. love
towards France Our government forefceing
the tltal coniequerce OF fufe'ing that madnes
to gain the attendant, and fortunately pofeded
Of hrmnels and popularity, reGHed it with Pru-
dence.-To have gone TO war with England
would have laid US a, the feet Of France, and
our government would inaantly have funk