The gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1798-1799, 1799-01-21


Hall, 10 receive the Communications Of His
Excencncy the Governor who, prcciieIy at / /.
O'Clock, cane il and delivered the following
SPEECH.
Gentlemen o. 5s S.a.fr, and
Glnht@u 9t tie HoglE Of Re3rGfntaazass.
SINCE / had Ian tn pl7aluse OF addref
ting you, the internal Rue of he Common
wealth has been il general tranquil and pralpe-
rOus, relIiting undoubtedly, from 4 HrOnr
attachment of HE people to the Government,
and irom faithful and impartial execution Of
the LAYS F; nor can we doubt Of the contnuahcg
OF this tate f things, While our ci,jzeas feel
he importance Of iil Order, N.rtu- and In
du-tr7, ma at the fame TIM, duy appreciate
'he blellln[s ri Ere Government, citib i1heI
by Their wiliom, fIFported BY their energy, <
admin tored,by officers Of their che &c.
Happy indeed would be our ftu ion. as
Government, II our internal regulations could
exe-pt US from tOrei N uGurEatons, as we'll as
prot Ct Us from dOmettic violence but the leaf
or1trvaton VIII convince Us, that the B, n ill.,
tentons and pureG motive, frequently 4 of
infIriHg the trienLhiP and amtty If foreign
nations. Hence a:1ts HE nee City Of tandng
prepared to rePrlaole'gn aggreHions, when diff
aerences caBnOt ube aduded by the amic4ble
MODE Of negociatioAg The belt internal ar
ransnfent5 Of GOyepnent avail but little while
The nation tieIt remains eAp7led to The depre
dations and iniu.ts Of every bold invader.
IT we trace the hltnry Of orr country from
its hr.t fc dam:nt, we ihA find, perhaps no p.
ROD more cTi-ic-l, or intereang than The pre-
f-nt. The principles lately dileminated, have
ca 49, III I
tude before unknown.
Having cGabluhci the Independence Of the
American Government on the principles of
juAce, and BATS Of equal rights, we cheriihed
the hope, that by induitrouAy cultivatng our
foil, promoting manufactures, and extending
commerce, We might attain The Object Of our
PurIult and long enjoy peace, liberty ADD fate
ty But uninterrupted PROPERTY teems To be
rather picture If The imaG nation than re-
1lity, which man is allowed 10 enjoy. Tn ey.
cry age aries a ferries Of duties aud trials Pc
culiar 10 it(elf. Scarce had we begun to feel
the happy effects of the mlLcU, and, believe,
the wllt government the world had ever
known, erc the convuIions Of European nations
threatened to involve that Of the American go
But thanks to our political pilots, whole perc
lrati6n dlcovered our danger, anJ Whole VIII
dom and patfiouim directed chem 70 fTQcm
Of impartial neutrality as The flreH means If al
voiding impending evil. This jun and wifi P1-
LEY, equally calculated To Prei-rve peace with
foreign nations, and To tecurl domeGiC tranquil
i.y, at length gave umbr4ge to The Government
OF France, and various me hods were purified
TO engage the United States as parry in the
contoG. The miuii5crs and agents Of Trance
early commenced their political career il this
country, and diTeminattd principles and lenri
meuts totally iubverfve ~ cuF Government ~
independence, BY endeavouring to Periui(- the
People that the. ;nterlR diSatej violation Of
the fy4em our Executive had adopted to
create didenGons and feFerate the Pcopll from
the Government Of their choice. Thauk Hea-
ven, the lchcm4 proved inef-tual, and the cil-
izens Of he United States are yet free, happy &
independent.
It mutt be unneceGary, as we'll as painful, to
recte the realons OF the failure OF the overtures
for peace and accommodation--they are uni
VERBALLY known, and | believe, pertettly under
Good. The world will do Us the ultice to be-
lieve, that no effort has been omitted on the
part Of The United States to adu4 differences
and preferve peace with the Republic Of France
an Object mott fncerely & uniformly fought,
but unhappily not yet within the power q the
United States 10 obtain: TO accomplish this,
Is alike our intcrea and our with and We are
happy ID hear, the Chief Magiarate cf the vi
mon publicly declare" it is peace We nave
IN Iormlyand perfeverin6ly cultivated, and har-
mony between us and France may be r.Rored at
her obti2a" We cannot yet believe that France
will drive Us to the lat reiort, which in The end
would prove as injuries to her intereits, as to
our own. From prefent appearances, however,
We can d1ccrn I'd eaton tor relaxing our pre-
parations for defence. Should We nor violate
the fri law of nature, tie great prin,iPle of
felfprelerv-tion, if The means for this purpo(e
which the Almighty las placed within our