Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1799-06-24
COMMUNICATION.

NeEFoRE we difcontinue ihefe dfcufions it maybe
IL worth the while take ileady view and lat
e@se OF France Woadyi people - the immortal and
lagAe Gus Warrington filled them when Ade prele nted
hail d6zen yards of fix to the United States and as
,he es OF men might fay of Darlington and jonathan
Wild the great. Indeed the human mind has wondered
at them III It has amol become impotent by exereile
and eallous from repeated blows. We no longer eh-
mate affairs formerly bur in the reAux of this
mendons Inundalion We no lefs concerned than in
AS ioTmtr hsges, and oon perhaps may indulge lief,
anxious aud oilsttiing eurioity.
Teens TO have been Tor iome reaon other very
iAvonte dehgn OF France lmpleate the United States
IN the preient iuch manner TO render the
iieps VT ihond take wholly Tretrievable 1t is now
quite esiden, from undoubtsd documents that the
interference OF that nation in the ewar Che NOV
Cd as was very natural by oher hope than that of
iunleehng Us TO herief nitead OF England. She was
~gaah our independence for very good rcson that
The could make us more injurious ing and while colo
MICS and capable OF being excited rebel than 1e
could be certain OF we allowed to fhake off the
the Englil yoke. Bur when il was found that there
would be no peace without abeIute detachment
from Great Britain, then France took pecia care 10
plant the vine OF gratitude this country for fu
ture uie. What and all that anonifl is that the
poey oil the monarchy ihoud be 70 feady purified BY
each and all The dynaltes oil the Evidently
at all times we have had TO encounter the policy OF
France IN its fun vIgour II be contended for, it
may b. allowed thar republic fhe has treated us
dlferenty-but infinitely worie Perhaps the cafe Is |
TINS, that we have Teen nothing bur the maxims OF |
France dplayed but that the hurry and preiing
lions OF the revolution have cauled rapid dsve
openient than confident with the original deign
Unhappy nation ihe has ned herielf, and her pr
ing, ipouting ard vapourng republic has betrayed
ie.re which her future monarchy will never be able
retrieve
When the fmple dictates of private morality arc nc
longer received but the poieon OF brutal force
has been iuteient IN the and iavsge mind to fur
mount the obligation oil reitrsnt let be iet down
an eternal truth written upon moral nature with/
finger OF God, that jefolaton, IN fiery aud remS1
bareained for and viii be punetually deiys1 S.ss
the certain ssndsaey add eiTeet ef ,hS 81
eisabhihed principle, that though IN 40 NAV ON,
and all iuffcr and even encour 60 = -! -,
viii foon depife it. The Gs '@,s,v i ;nrsn,b II
perfection or rather PeS T. op,d he f,id hat th;,
49,, = HD'.nced government--but all pre-
, Ds ~ civil mere private
49,, D1Sn'y eKh1ua the family, and end in the
.a'e y lumeihing worie France cannot ecape
10 Il Heaven which has iniorbcd decay and
Dh upon error aud wiekedneis. She cannot refh the
pnion OF the world and her diitreisfu concding
opinion. She will be detected lel for her profigaoy
than for inullice and cruelty Her beaitneis OF moral
ineIled. and her detachable ioepteilm of all true prn-
eipe nun pafs through purgaiory OF long duration
both Of iuflering and FORM Or ellie, IN lieu OF all
| this, France nun conquer the world .-4
| The preleut is a of religion bloody promul-
CATION OF faith as much as that of Mahomet in the
ieventh century. all dfpenlstions except the
ehrifan, the religion and the gosernment have been,
think, one and the fane So ia France, human reaion
is aGumed he the proper iufcient guide OF man,
and this creed IS TO be propagated as religion by
| the fword We lha1 fee whether principle tending
TO nothing les than the extern nation OF the whole hu
man race will be reeeved--if it flould be, France will
| have the confolng reflection Of having reduced the
world to barbarfm, and Of making the principal figure
in tBut ii NOT, theie twenty centuries pan have not
1 ieen 10 wretchcd a nation.
4 While the reonle of deceived n the a
tureof their revolution, and rre6tiby inpeed by the
fanaticifm OF its early ages II rs not iurprhng the
hand that the ref OF the wsrld fhouid pepae for
,efaance, the other that France fhould over
woeningy think fubdue it. Her fucctiles 70 much
admired, really delue of merit in every repect-
but they iuecefes. In the oufet OF fuper1tion
IL is imnaeral whether Called leads Ara5ians, Pche
cru Frenehmen--,he former will deierve from Maho-
the appellstion of ftosyd Of God" and the latter
from the world (as France will have Cody that OF
/" (fbsse1R" Believe die" will be the terms
OF both and mileries their belhnes But there is rea
ION think tina, the ckenels Of Prenchmen has nearly
rung b.. changes. for nothing but defpotfm can
obge them to hold fan their liberty. Five daring cha
ra6ltn length compofe their Executive, and all their
late asees spPysr be only the paintings OF wretch
unwilling 10 die. Could they be willing to violate their
contribution by every kind oil arbitrary ACT If they fup
| pofcd the precedent would ever be quoted Would
they fend TO Typ, army which they could pay p
4 Would they plumber without mercy The nations which
! Ihey propoied 10 eonrilafe
No There Is "a evident oonieioufnefsHhat civil lib
cry. glo them their phracs) equality is
impraiicabe, ard that France never he democra
~ The eaepr after having done infinite mifehie
ssd NJ fsod shaever. gwen up. Things have area
dy 6nifhcd thai natural roUue and the eatalrophe
hibis impesious delita'e army which the Roman
lraioas sad Prctofsn cohorts bear analogy The
handhn II the eruf@ees Tcfembe it more for they
ucfs irfti.le alike % friends and foes Apparently
fugh ihrsldom cannot confnue long but IN It's ma
iarc j. durshe than the democracy which has
.elruycd' The example Of General Monk feems to be
always IA view Il the Dire aory, who fuer general
20 have permanent cemmand. Bat violence has long
bsen nctefsfy Obtain and the public mind
i andtf coeIc on. Not only has enthnlAim cea.cd
I Ia fssiet and syeIGon have lucseeded.