The gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1798-1799, 1798-06-25
FOR THIS GAZETTE
COMMUNICATION.

4he rue mtereit OF tOcIety at heart, 10 Zee at
Ia parer in the Ditricl of Maine, which pro-
miles 10 counteraa the potion which private
eaA News, ele5oneering inrerets, or the mott dan
aa gerous enthuliafm, has conveyed to the very
h. etaIs Of order and union among the people.
TIE Ave ar fix years lat pat, have teemed with
French fueceGes, French grievances, French
= b pfstentions, French philanthropy, French pow
q =. French iongs, and French cockades. We
g. have not been allowed 10 fay that our fouls
4 were our own, unleis they republican fouls
= eoon the French model and the pitiful fellows
~9w who called theInielyes republicans, Ignorant
taa and contemplate as they numerically were, have
II, threatened Us with the guloine if We defended
IN. bur own government, or queit'oned the Intal-
Ebli,y of France.-Would any body believe
!; Sihlt among a people in the free eYerclle Of
bin who'etOme government, which they adopted and
G,.ran change at Pleafure, luch an Infamous ;rick
i as tie French Revolution could be played off
!, with fuch amazing fuccelS (? What did We
41 want bur neutrality and peace How were we
e concerned il the bloody ProicriPtions OF France
,a What was Fayefte AMI DunoYyjer, RO6s3isrs and
(, lfara:, Bt5got and Pstion, 4aGcbayFf and Ton
If Pains. PisIegyu and Baytbtlem, or what IS the
preient idol Bpoagbarts, or even the digniied and
ltHs immaculate TAEeJraad to Us? Have they been
Or iaviors and bentfa6ors of the human race >
Nko-tut The mcR nconiderate Getroyers OF it.
Have hey been friends Of th- United States I?
e No the whole Hdminitra ion Of the pretended
hs French Republic has been confident IN one
Ved thing I leaf, mean 10 taking every Poiilbie
4 advantage of the ignorance and wrakn5is OF
Individuals TO rale a party for the purpoie OF
i detrosing our government, of Whole integrity,
% they had the conlcou(nels Of their own vilany
rlf 20 be afraid.
am4 Why have our ears been eternaly filed with
"a republcau lTu, liberty and equality, health and
~ = fraternity, arRocrats and democrats. Britfh
AM " inhueuce, & friends Of the people," who were
q friends of the Devil Has it not been to carry
l. on the mott infamous farce of impoftion, and
/, 4 10 RATE rotten popularity among electors upon
the BATS If The fin Of inlurredon, which, as the
% perpetrators fuPPofed, mot eafy befets the
We people Let the people rsAeG, if ever they in
tend to reject, upon the conduit of thoie who
as= have affs9=d 70 be their friends, and Of thof-
whom the former have endeavor-d to brand as
their enem es. Among their frifndr, they will
be- had a ccn:tant dil3ffe ti1n TO the bet govern
n n NJ in the world, | mean orr 0zys AID an
eternal, irr5conclelbe cnmiy 70 all lis procee +
:, ings, attended With an abfurd and treat nable
A vindcaton o. all the montrous and jelu'tical
0ol ndu6t Of France. Among the r ers,aies, how
- ever cp7refed BY & on, and infulted BY the
NE ia5o5u fy.tem o. terror, th-y wi obierve the
mott uniform fuPPort OF order and good gov
eminent, opPoftion to reign influence, and
N horror at the bloody and avaricous ambitio0 Of
France-Now j. the time 70 Try men by the
J, long ferries Of their oOndu4-Who have been
US icerning and honef Has the jacobin de-
OIL claimer, the time feIving editor, and the de
magogue Of the day
/ would ak the politicians Of Buxton, who
Z have immortalzed their town, whether they
really comprehend the little mitchell they have
d attempted to do? Their town might make a
j more confpicuous figure und,r the adminitra.
m zion OF Marat, Than It can ever m Ike under any
other. Bat ought the town Of Buxton on this
:" account to fAcrfce, or At Leaf couigE to in-
y fanny the whole United States l cannot but,
think that they will take back what they have
fd, and even renounce their llzill in navigation,
y rather than inhl on a denunciation 70 levere.-
!. But as it cannot be denied that the politicians
: of Buxton have good a right to Judge as
=. we'll as they Of public meaiures, rs he Pre-
. fident himlelf, am wiling TO leave them and
him on par, only requeRing as a favor TO him,
~ that when they fee proper to denounce him a
gam, II may be grammaucallY done, for ne has
y been AZ lealt forty years an accurate f-holar.
ii. To return-I with to know 10 whom the
fuppon and continuance of the Federal Govern.
sA ment is 70 be attributed: and by whole means
It is that We lave at this trying time, a Conlti-
tuition that will hold u3 together, and enable as
10 al as people ?-Will even jacobin impu-
ID. dence anfner, We have had fhare in it IF
4 jacobns had The grace to bluh, might We not
4 ia eat rePy,o this quito ezPea thame and
n coofuion Of ficr: Let them lay their hands
= On their mouths, and their mouths in the duff,
q and cry, ggclsan, paai1an father we have
IN filmed il thy fight, and are not worthy to Be