The gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1798-1799, 1798-08-06
ADDRESSED TO THE PEOPLE.

France, l have cCCedNOled TO euablin This I'M
port mt truth, that the c0nQuets, ufIrpations,
and depredatons Of that government, are the
J refut If an original, matured, extcntive, and
fettled fyfem, and rot the conlequenCe or fu5-
ie0 10 am ccntingen, views or tranhent lmpul-
les. The furpifng uniformity in the mealures
and machinery employed, the wonderful efici-
. ency Of the powers applied, and the undeviA-
. ting perseverance, in the policy frf ahum d,
I clezrly manife4 fyltematic principle and Watt
concert.
4 If have fucceeded in this attempt in any ma
/ teral degree, hall feel myielt amply and far
1 ly reconrPenf-d by this GmPe reflection, for the
labour have excited in the enquiry: For you,
nyielt, our beloved country, its fafety, ndePend-
ence and erirtence are deeply nterefing in the
Establishment of this conviction. With his per-
u Gon inprefed upon your minds you Will
clearly and quickly comprehend tie Y hole Cope,
and the certainly IF your danger, and the ma
ture and extent Of he remedy you are to apply.
W In v7in DO you aatter yourltlvas, that fy0em
70 deeply projected, 70 largely fPread, and 70 a.
bly, and furiouly purified, viii be obaru1ed in
its operation, by flight obhacl=s, by lmall chan
ces, by partial dh pPointments, and by feeble
medlures Cf refGance In van do you trut
th.t fpirjt OF violence 70 highly fublimated
and of in ufice f. hlgrantly out ageoas. wi i
ye.d to time, be difarn ed BY patience, or check
e. IN rs career by lugget0ns Of tight and
wrong, BY remonitances, by maXims ct moral
Fiy by fmall mea@urc. and feeble ne2ooiltion5
Z Your ut complaints, your candid and patient
approximations, your labored, temperate, and
iunanlwerahle r5a.rnings, your appeal ro The
national juf:ce, hon-r ana good iai u, ID the
rights OF men ana the laws OF nations are totally
thrown away They glance and rebound Fl ON
the tceled breaf of The monfsr ike the rnall
( fhot Of the fpoytlman from the fc4les Of the al
liCator Va!nly DO YOU, IN the Ipilit Of chair
table candor, feek through the whole hi&ory q
your own neu rality, or in tie cOndu6 of Euro
pean nations lubdued and oPrreG.d by france
for particular circumstances OF .f)ns ID account
for ar pallate the enormities Of he French
government. TIE enquiry its ru.ile.-CrcIm.
ftances and rea(cns Tiff hofliy and reTle, III o~
are iatrirGc and inherent IL the oil. i~al vf W
soft the inv ding power The provola.ion i i'm
aginary-The eIcit ment fell crsatcI-The}
4 p ing from the cont tutional appetite fir PUN
der, and the edcnti3l fririt of d-min4ton and
violence which iwc'l and grow as they are fed
and f0i}ered Have no. Geneva an Swi;zcr
land, have MT Rome and Venice yelfuned, re-
month TED, tuPflisa e and comp aimed And
how have th-y been anGTered Not by fan
IA emsnts, counterfeit ms, counter rcmonltran
ces ard complaints not by candid and decent
dicudion but By the argument { the robber
and adatlin by the fneer of m4lign ty and dif
dain BY III fhrug Of cold, prem- i ated, but
conicious vla'ry; and by lie i7o@n oftyranny
and rage. III "hIt ia9a7c-, have the flgge ton
. Of reIlon, 4 thu plea NJ jut ce Oh human ", de-
layed for / tinale hour he fate Of thofe whom
confp r4cy had .ho Ell for itI 6tim-, ar who
have been paced II he Pah 81 conquei II
what firglc cafe hive marms ard principles
food il the way If pafIions ard de g0s, OF
checked the carer Of power No man ny fel
low citizens, WHO has fully 6uj-d, and juGly
comprehsndeJ tn fcoPe and Pirit Of the French
(, fem could ever have relied upon tie efficacy
Of claims he PretenGons Of equity. agant :
power, which in the very MET had }ripped il
llf Of Al incumbrarces If 6rf inc PIES.
On what BATS of cal VI tion, n urge tht
queGion could you conceive hat a governments
that has for Yeas RI ntainei and purified
with unexlmplcd fuccefs, An immenf. proie9 D.
rating noOey and tuPPortirg lis exitene by
unive,El war aCai It I'll wealthy nations, w0ulc
re'ax or.di'or or its 'y}em by recurring to ii,
di9a'es Of inaice in any particular cafe, or vary
rs vaf policy, by fleming to fuggeRi, rs, com
plants and Puny nsg Citations?
inrre Won to irdu'ge me on this topic
frce 1t Is Of ini,jte coat quence to your r-curi
y, 10 your ezifence, 70 your prefer, and funrt
meafures, that You thould have juf conception
and an enlarged and decided view Of this grea
iyicm, and the Srear objc1 Of the who'a to az