Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1799-04-29
lyoLuMR III

which he might have turned without the lof OF man ?
Was i;-bnt why, why multiply qceitIons, when there
IS nor, perhaps reader of common Newspaper in Eu
rope (th pettent foe the honour OF his country
cepted) who dues not know thar Buonap4re has
tonly fP more blood than any Attia of ancient
dern time, who with the fame means, has had merely
the fame ersds to efTast.
We may, perhaps, at lome future time take up this
topic at greater cngth; meanwhile fhs content
oarielves with referring Boyer's letter No xxl)
and return to the lubeet of the expedition.
We have called farce might with more jufticc,
have called II tragedy--!t -, perfuaded (but
here we beg be undefaood fpeaking only pr-
vste and individual opinon) deep laid plan, of which
the only actors m the ieoret the directory ADD Bu
onapafte, and, perhaps, Berthier The main plo,
to get rid OF the Italian army the subordinate one
conquer and puader what they could II Egypt fell
10 much the better if did MOTTO much the better
It'll The denoumenr Was fkiiIfuy effected either way,
and the government equally relieved
BUT why then all this expence, this hazard of their olc
remaining feet this expoiurc of their be and moi ik-
fu officers. of their profnnndea philosophers of their
mott ieienthc men of every kind Thefe eonfefs
are weghty and rational objections, and il could not
aniwer them to our own fatsfaeton. d without
hetitaiion renounce the opinion have givcI and
doPt that oil our opponents in its Read.
We begin, then, with premhng that the directory do
not iet much fore by her Savaas they have exported
ievera heads OF them Cayenne afpot Fill worfe than
Egypt aud made great coaiumpron of them az
may be fafey put out o. the quefhon.
With rcpcct to the expence TO fay nothing of
the hopes OF repaying themlelyes by the plunder of
Malta, and Grand Caro- = il was furely worth fome-
thing TO effect the important ends they had in view
The hazard of their feet" indeed, Teens fc-
rious matter; but let be remembered that the direc-
tory had no idea that cou politely end flusdron
mo the Mediterranean IA lea VII ch we had absn1oncd
for near two years. hrong enough to attack it and
here let US pay the tribune o appaufe 70 juay due TO
the fecrecy, and k and promp,tuie with which this
mot important meafnrc was effected
With regard to the exp fsre of their bea officers
and here we make chief fant-w fay. tina. the
Government had no fuch deagn. They TENT. it is
true, becacc the army would not move without tn m
but have proof little fhort Of matthew
ty that they ipeedy be recalled
france II appears from ome of Buonapartc letters,
that he bad not the GighIe idea of wntering Egypt.
hall pai,' lsy, he. the cold months ia Burgundy,
where with You would look f,me little place for
me- Here then is the foution of The whole enigma.
Buonaparte to leave his devoted followers moul
der away in the undiiurbec poeiion of Egypt, and
vnder Tome audible prcrence to return to Europe with
his abelf officers and with perhaps ahandful of the
mott duetic aud trattaae of his troops
hrs and other. for his keeping the
eet on the coa1, in fpc of the remonrances OF Bruey.
and the evident danger to VIII oh expofedit
10 carry back the Conqusror of Egypt in triumph
to France; and the Admiral, who wholly unac-
quanted with his dehgn fell facrhce lai, per-
76e ff IF A4gsa ruined all thefe Gnefpun fchcmes:
and Buonaparte fell into he tolls he fprcading for
others All return is impoib,e, EXCEPT fugi
iveor prioner. He may enter into the chambers of
the Pyramids, and hold conversations on the tomb Of
Cheops with Inans, and with Muftis he may organ
ne and conquer, and plant botanic gardens and eab
hih men1geries he NAV pats from the Delta to the
iheba,d. and from the rhebad to the Dcta, with his
train OF ri-coIourcd Chicks, and be hailed the Ali
b4ssapa,'s o! the eounty-all is il but folly his final
det ueton can neither be averted nor delayed and his
UNREASONABLE mummeres will but fervc TO take away all
dignity from the caaftrophe of the drama and render
his TALL at once terrible and ridiculous
Before our readers accufc Of being anguinc in
our expectations, or too preopi:ate in our judgment.
let them carefully peruie the following correspondence.
They viii find every officer in the army datised with
his htuation, and impatient France
Grating the climate and the country, aud lamenng the
.oiy that led him to embark in 70 Wild, ablurd and
hopeless an expedition. They will find the whole army
without tents, baggage, Ammunition without medi-
enes, or wine, or br andy with few OF the necearies,
and none oil the comforts of life
This rps, faithful picture Of their Gtuaon before
The deitruaion OF their heet-what IL fince they may
eay conjecture. II, then, they will add to this
mutation OF miiery and dfpair the inveterate hofty
OF the Arabs the treachery of the Egyptians and the
deruttve warfare of the Mameukes together with the
naaieus and peculiar ciieafes OF the country the ino-
cradle heats, and pefienta winds, the devou imp my
riads OF venomou nfeets and the ench and purefac-
ton ct ten houiand nagnant pools, they will not, we
imagine be much inclined to diputc the juiiee OF our
concluhons.
Wi refpea TO the letters We have iven they were
felecfed, as far confident with plan. with
eye to variety. They are, with few exceptions,
remely we'll written and do credit to the cpnolary
Tents OF The authors, nor this their highe merit
they are friendly and afeetionae and we fee with
pleaiure that the cold blooded rank of deteabe and
imPous phiofophy. has not yet fuceeeded in exiin-
guifhing the focal feelings
One word more. We had very different motives
from thofe of rafting laugh when admitted into
the coecfion, the letters of Guiot, lie rureq, &C..
We had it in contemp alton 20 fhew, that from the
highefl to the lowen, from the bea informed to the
MOI illteraie, the fentiment of ifcontent and deu is
unvcrla; that, far from harbouring thought Of ng
down in Egypt, ndividualin the army 10 far,
at leaf, as has knowlcdgel but turns with