The gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1798-1799, 1798-11-19

lated, that this mode of taxation viii r2ife a
much greater fnm
Having clofed theCe expeditions and cacula-
tons, beg leave to remark, that there fevrra
Acts OF CongrrE have grown out of our preient
troubles 1hee troubles have partly been ex-
cited by defgning men. and partly by the want
OF information among the people on lome of
the moe important political concerns. of Anne
rica All the meafIres Of our Government for
feVeral years paR viii bear the Time critical
examination and nothing 70 much tends to
unfold their enlightened and upright policy as
the dicovery Of truth A recurrence 10 events
mutt convince us, that there exits ret of Pre-
JsDSd pntriatt 10 this country, of hyperion H1mi
nation, who have Readily aimed to drag us into
the vortex of European politics. The princi
pies OF thefe men are Of popular nature-but,
like the igHW fataaf, they viii eventually, if
nourlihed and purified, lead us to barter our
dearet nterelts, and perhaps our exifence as
nation. Believe me. my readers, when / fay, that
thele Proa9Sd PatrioJ, thefe Illuminated b9ftieaHJ,
are the lalt to give you corre6 and uletul IN
formation, and the hrf to deiert you in the
hour of danger. The part they now al Is Be.
hind the curtain and fuch their perncious
influence, that they embarrals our Governnl mt,
deceive and irrltate The minds If the people.
T'heie are the e5oiee triend5, to whom is commit.
ted the f9cret Famtas Of revolution. They re
ceived it from the French Government-wh:ch,
by public and folemn decree, has Denounced
the chriltian religion as a chear-e4ab,(hed
| htbs,(n as The national creed, and feiou7y
plotted the deltru6tion Of every civil fyile-n il
he Univerle. They have lettled plan Of o?e
ration in theie States, openly Praaiced among
the people under the deceltfu MAX Of public
virtas. We felt the effects of their intrIgues
without knowing breejGLy from whom they pro-
ceeded Some time elapf-d before we could
diicover that furious Aenbic, from which evap-
Grated the po1onous efluvia. The " brscio4s
co1ta)5onJ" of RAEDoLPH gave Us the clue g
and the iubfequent conduit Of France, openly
efpouted BY JefsIfon, and byahorde Of fufpciou,
characters in each State Of The Union, eventual.
" more fully unfolded the myRerious plan
which was no lefs than the utter fubveriion Of
our own Government-the introduction Of
French .frateraity, and the 1avery Of the Ans
rican people. To check the growth Of thefe
dangerous JfbifaJ, tn Alien and Sedtion hI.s
we're made and God grant trey may have he
defred effect.
Fellow citizens Let this truth INK deep in
your minds, that all the on(tie about IA. aien,
ledtioa, AMI tax bills, aries wholly from fo-
reigners, and from thofe who have be.n in the
habits Of venting their fpleen againa he Gov
eminent ~ publications Of evil tendency, and
from Ihof. who are inclined 70 fictitious prac-
tees. Th:fe men arc materially izfsreaed and
therefore their objections ought 20 be received
and examined with great caution. The fober
PaFt OF the community will duly appreciate the
motives Of Government-conGder the alarming
lituation Of our country-and contribute all in
their power 70 its lafety and preIervaton,
NUMA.