The gazette., 1799-03-18

ment which ;h;nk we ought to form Of the
Wee. PTelldent and his political party.
ESSAY VI, and laR.
II this letter had not been written 70 lately
as 706, A1ould have made much more all
lowance for Mr.. Jeferfon's partiality for France
than now can, even although | think bbil9-
Jfbbie patriot ought never To be in the predca-
ment OF needing fuch apologies. But in 1906
the French influence in the United States, tho
declining in the advantage of novelty, was flu
pc. Clilous in power and conlummate in intrigue.
There are no means TO deny that the rebubE-a7f
1 depended wholly upon the refult Of its effects
for four or five preceding years-and the almoR
inevitable inference IS that they had contra6ted
with The Directory Of France, to meet its wifhes
and promote its yi=ws.-For proofof this we
may compare their conduit with their corref
Pondence, beginning from the Briuh treaty.
They would not fuffer the treaty 10 be wefob-
ed, and difcuhed, but raved againa It becaufe
It was il juious 10 France, and they threatened
us with French Punilhment. Tley h3ok our
own conititu;ion by denying the t.eaty-makinq
power TO be where by the planet words is is.
and yielded only to the folemn corrections Of
the people in addrefes. They maintained the
R7R Of Egaihags" to be neccfary paper by
the treaty with France, though the French
themielves did not pre,end to better authority
for it than an ordinance Of Louis XIV in
I744. They defended the French and open
ly ,ioioed in our diGreIT-s. They iuRifed the
Tejetton IF Gen. Pinckney, and predicted the
ditg,a-c Of our Envoys. They oPpolcd with
all Their might our defenGve arming, and the
Frote5tion Of commerce. They denied the ufe
of navy and retarded the inGitution to an al
mot fatal extremity. They pretended that X
Y and Z were Unauthorized by the fcourdrel
Talleyrand. They 1aid we had better give
ths money, upon the whole, than incenfe the
Dr5Sfo-y Of France TLey have ever fnce
tontende4 aganft the fPirit Of the people Of
the United States, and their prsent tatri2tic
buGnels is to fuPport aliens (FreacbmsaJ in pre-
ference to thcir own countrymen-Thelea are
a few q their republican merits.
ii the goyernment by bsing merely NEU-
TRAL was. I" n,grat5tA and UNJUST' to
France, See The letter il will not be denied
that theft gentry are grasfI enough, however
igQ we may doubt them to be. But now for
the foundation OF their gratitude.
What man in the pofellion Of ordinary ftnfe
will doubt that if th1 Jacobns could Perlevere
IN this manner while cut Of power, they would
have done yet more if they could have acquired
the government? Nay, they even boat that MIR.
Jeferfon will be prelijcnt at the next election, &
then they fhali annul the Bri;iih treaty, and re
peal the laws obnoxious TO France Now is it
not more natural even in fate Of indifference,
If We are fo,c5d 70 decide, to lean towards our
own country rather. than another ?-Whence
then can poni5ly ariIe this early, this obGinate,
this furious ard peiilent adherence to France
agaiuG NEE fyfem of neutrality 1t is rdi-
culous to think of impuring it to fenIiment /;
Tor no man can have a fcntiment that prefers a
foreign country, ard if a man could, be ought
% be banfhed 10 It and further there Is not
hichwayman nor Pickpocket in the world but
whom the behaviour of France has made ref
pe6table in his own eyes. What then can be
the caule of 70 much impous ''grmt4ds," g of
20 much teaf nable goodne(s ?-It is that
FRANCE AND THE JACOBINS ARE
ALLIES, AID that the latter have fold our il.
dependence and national charaaer to France,
AMI AGREED TO BECOME a PRO.
VINCE OF THAT NATION. According
ly the Noai0r then the nate paper) fays in the
oblerylt ms on this letter, that France is our
= t,Ds mofb-rt0Yary." And late Reda4eur,
(:he piefent official gazettc) fays that ty &C.
fiDting our treats with France we have
"t5ra1y7 e7 ar al:yasce, and szP9fl opylelUe5 10
tje chaa5E3 7cIe0 tx GREAT NATI0N (great
PUPPY , car atead 10 it. H."-Thercfore TOO it IS
that we Zee Logan fcnt ambadador-For Mr..
Jeiferfon and rang can not only fand amhahA
dors without A conQituton to authorize i, bot
d'realy apainR he conRtuticn. Is it not a
" "hEB4tian Hs''
If JefTer on tten had been PreGdent, it icems
that the 1iancear would have been given, the
thnty millions or probably much more OF
Dutch r,fcriPtions would have been bought,
the loan Of ffeen ~ twenty millions would
have been made, the depredations forgiven.