Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1799-09-02
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wounds of the republic are deep, the dangers
viii h environ her great Ihefe dangers The
Directory cannot diaemble becaufe it is from
their emneEce irfelf that you viii draw thoie re.
foures which will fave the republic, thote pow
trfnl means which ihouid re9ore her to her tor.
mcr ereatneis, and of which the very efforts OF
our enemies, at this moment, attell the energetic
operation.
"It is too true that fyaem of unjuf par
TALLY has repeled from public charges thoie
citizens who were beh fitted to maintain the na-
,onal fpirit at the pitch luited TO its deltiny-
that the administrations, every where competed
of nen feeble and negligent, or hottie to the
republican regimen, require to be entirely or,
gained anew--that the public fpirit has been
eonfequently corrupted, and that from the fame
fatal influence operating upon the tribunals, the
temple of julfice has too frequently become the
impious aiy lum of flsnderers, covered with the
blood of republicans.
ss 1t is too true that, no longer efeefed by the
fa,utary terror of the laws, and emboldened by
the weakness or conrivance of the public func-
tionares, the brigands of the interior have re.
appeared with new effrontery; and, 1t the fig
nal given by the aiTafins at Raladt, have again
unfurled the bloody aandari of revolt. In
United bands, they at this moment ravage few.
eral depattn ents of the iouth and welt. The
purchafel Of national property are attacked. the
carriages are fet upon on the higways-the col
leefed contributions are pillaged in their repoli-
tories, or on the road, and the citizens, dftin-
guifhed by their alta hment to the republic, are
maHacred in their very houles. All thefe crimes
are always committed in the name of the Altar
and the Throne, and civil war is ready to be
anew lighted up 10 different quarters, and to
add its afl q ons TO thoie OF external warfare.
A blind improyidence has emboldened our
enemies to form new coalition, given time to
that impious coalition TO recruit its iirength by
new hordes from every quarter, and left our tri-
umphlnt armies to moulder away, even in the
field of victory. While we were smufed with
hopes from the proceedings at Rahadt, the only
means of commanding peace, that Of actively
preparing for war, was neglected.
90 We mua carry on that odious war, and the
incohereut aGemblage of our prefent enemies
will experience the fate of the Fl lt coalition.
But to the extraordinary efforts of our enc
nies We mutt halten to oppoie the all powerful
efforts OF our enemies we muif halfen to oppof.
the all powerful efforts of The friends Of liberty.
"Citizens Representatives., our frontiers are
menaced, and mulf be defended. The fnbiilt
ence of our armies, too long neglected, mutt be
aGured new battalions NUT be armed |; our
brave legions mutt reiume the effective, and
make enemies reiped even The foil Of our allies.
"The interior mutt be tranquilized by the
organization of an impofng force; and thus
mutt terminate war of ad'afiination, which
dyes the foil of liberty with the blood of the
friends fthe republic.
"The infuHiciency and the unprodudivenef
of the impoas are painfully felt, and location
in every branch of the public fcrvce, dfiorgani
cation vet the impeiious circumstances OF oui
fituation demands extraordinary aids, of which
you already perceive the neceEty.
" In fne, Representatives ofthe people, the
directory NUT inform you aud the nation, that
the bodypolitic is menaced with total dhoiuton
if all the fprings of its organization and move
ment be not ipeedily tempered anew.
''Our evils are doubtlefs great; but our re-
fources are thofe Of generous people, whofs
force is increafed by their misfortunes, and who
at no period are more powerful, and more ter
rible TO their enemies. tn an VIXEN tbsyprefume e
hatter themieves with having vanquilhed them
Our evils prime pally arite from the mifap
plicaton, or the derele6ton of our means.
"T'he means of the French Republic are ths
fame as thofe with which fhe has conquered
enemies flil more numerous.
"The 6ra, and mott powerful ofthefe means
and which renders all the Others available, con
fits in tie energy Of the pecple-in their devo
ton to the cauie of liberty, for which they have
made 70 many iacri6ces.
"To this MeGage, citizens Representatives
the directory has fubjoined the reports of tn,
different Miniasrs on the various fubjeds which
have claimed your attention in which yo,
will find the detail of the fatss Of which you are
herein prefented with the relults. You will Their
diCcover the rate of the wants of the republic
and fome obiervations on the means Of provid
ing for them"
Augsburg, JUNE az.