Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1799-04-29
MONDAY, APRIL 20, 1909.

ter i cried the laqacions difcoyerers of deem dei,n
IN al the bedlam tricks of France that country will
gam more this way than t'oher- WE Ia Republic i'
Again, when it found that no impreflions but
thoie of hatred and hoIy were made on the natives
OF Egypt, and that the conqueror barely held the
ground on which his army halted, we were frddenly
made acquainted with another and greater icheme
which we were feriouny aured was the only eenu ne
one, and which could not fail of fuccers What was
not done in Egypt, m ght be done in perfa The in.
hahitans of the osthern coats of that country were
opportunity dcovered have the primitive religion of
the Arabs, before 1t infected with Mahometifn
and with them, through the ans of their venerable
patriarch, Bnonaparte, il known. had long Gnce
been IN correspondence. The clue of the mighty maze
which had 10 much puzzled mankind wa, al lenpth
diicovered Arabia was to be relored to liberty and
happneis, by the arms of France, acting on enc fdc of
II aud 10y hefe nnumerable and faithful auxiIiares on
the other The ref plain enough. Arabia being
once organized and in pofefon Dry and two
councils Tree paifage India afforded Of courfe,
through Mekran the region of friends and phofphers
and fhe "tyrant OF the fes, driven with dgrace from
Calcutta.
II would be fuperiuous to fend our readers TO anv
auth9r oil credit Tor rcuation of all this ahurd ~
which yet has been dwell on by the friends of France
with esmplacency and deight--but If they fhould
happen to look into Nehbur they will find thar there
arc really fome wild Arabs, poor, and mifersbe and
hall naked people, who wander up and down the COATS
OF Arabia Proper, and live purid fiji Thefe 1.-Two
phagl arc the enlightened lavages, Who in conjunction
with buonaParte are to daie the knowledge OF liberty
and virtue through the eaftern world
But II Is not only the profundy Of the generals plans
Of conquca th,tis 70 highly and 70 iuay celebrated
his capacity of lie atng for the countr e he fnbducs
receives equal ihare of APP aufe and his admirers
would think they inluted his on they forbore
to MENTION that he added the political agacy of Scion
TO the military fcience of Alexander
The reatcr will find mo. Ky a letter from Buona-
VIII he q e.. n
gAn'zation OF Egypt " il he will look carefully into his
and INTO another curious paper, (appendir No. VIM
he VIII be inclined, think abate ome thing OF h.
admiral on for this new Scion.
The tenacouin Is Of the eaern people for their cnf
toms IS proverbay great vet they are 10 change them
at word! the implicitly and inyariabr uniformity OF
their drefs is no lefs rking ages pafs away and find
'h the lame yet they are now obedience they
know not what orders trick themfeves fuddenlv on,
.rcooured fhaws and fcarfs and ribbands, like the
'awdry Jack Puddings Ct the executive directory.
AL the complicated relations which bind the focicty
''mong which the genera is thrown are either unkno WI
'or unheeded by him ; two general and barren
provinces are made to reprelent all rhofe moral hab
ats and local .regula ons which, with an infinite Va.
rety, diin uihed the former people
Out remedy Is az hand If hi. laws will not do Of
tneas'eives, ferse will fpeediiy make them efcfusl
nc military, under the command Of French officer
are directed to be called in every location In 7rl
this the grand fpecfc Tor all after dfqraceul and
futile attempt at civil wifdom the whole Is rcioyed in.
70 Woe nee, and the code OF the Legislator hruf down
inc thru ats OF the people bayonet of the
Bur what could be expected from man who had al.
ready etrayed his incapacy in iniisr attempts in
Europe Let his itupd admirers (for we mua now be
ferrous let fs upd admirers call to mind his Italian
organization (he worthy prototypes of his Egyptian
ones) rs peatedy changed by hmef and the infant he
was OUT OF light didainuly changed by others There
100 was the fame poverty OF conception. From his
travelling eokebag, he privately drew our the model
OF all lc.gilation-thc contribution of 1905 This was
COPIED Tor great and fmal and applied in all itua,ons,
ana to Every people Antiquity knew nothing of hi,
iweepn mode ct eglation they fhewed condefesn-
nSn 10 the different cuitoms and prcudices of thoe
VINO fcli under their management and a culer of
mail and contiguous powers were iudciouHy and hui
namely INDUCED with the poleiion of thoe laws which
had long been dear them, and which removed them
IRON each other in principles and manners as far as from
the Gentle to the pole"
But Italy, which in the judgnen, of our nhi,ofoph.
mad once exhibited this weskncf was now TO be tsugt
oetter leion. All moral considerations were TO be
upereded by the iupreme wildom Of the and
republics, monarches. and whatever elfc mpht be the
anctons OF arocratic government were 10 be five o.
away with the befom, OF 1895. What fha he the con-
ihtutIon OF Genoa ! A Directory and two conncils-
VIVA, OF Mantua 7 A Directory and two councils -.
whaf again OF Bologna You arc very trelome look
INTO page---of the eloke bag What does it fay ! A
JI""n~ io'sanr and make lava quicker and better
'hsn the aneentsdsbyss dai7i1, One undiflin-
guiihng rule domineers all the veried application
Oh poH'eal widom, and Minos and Scion, and Lycur-
gus are vanqmihed by Jingle roll OF paper trium.
phanty carried through Europe, and fpeakiny alike
twne'her integable or noD to all people q nations
and languages and tongues"
From the legislative preten,ons of Buonapsrte we
might now defend the confederation CT the fraud &
hypoeriiy, and blafphemy, and impicy and cruelty &
'nlo'hee which he had never ceaied fpay nce the
commencement OF this famous expedition but we
better pleafed leave them to the faithful page of the
niitorian, which we are fatsfed will one day hold
them up TO the ut contemp, and execration of all
kind
We fha indulge ourfelves, however. with an OFFER
vat'on or two on his cruelty. We (eea this vice. be
cane Bnonapate has been celebrated by the ignorant
ana malevolent of this country for nothing 70 much as
tor his humanity One man, of whom fhould fay if
we could for moment believe in the metempfychohs'