Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1799-10-07

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Though the Paris papers are not fs fatisRao,v
as We could dehrc refpeng foreign Affairs they are
on the other hand very ntereting on the affairs OF
France tief They indeed take advantage of that de-
gree of Liberty of the Pre which the councils have
grained them The journals eprcent the tate of their
country to be fuch, the NOT decided enemies to the
French can with IT to be- Thetvar the taxes and the
new tyranny which the Jacobns exerce have reduced
the inhabitants of France to what fhould call the
extreme degree OF mfery if uturly did net appear TO
be big with Oil greater evils for them The wretch.
ednels OF the people Is only equaled By the drcfs Of
the government, which is incapable of inppcr ing itfcs
az the fame time agant of money, war the attack
OF ats internal enemies, and the dconten Of all the in.
habitants Of the Republic A!tho even according TO
the itatemeu; OF the French papers the relative fua.
ton OF the Directory OF the Councils aud Of the aco-
bin Club, be real chaos the view becomes. however,
iomewhat leis oblcure The Council Of Five Hundred
continues TO fupport be uppored by the Tacobins
That of the Elders oppofes them with fome frmnefs
and does, in fact, play the part aligned it by the
Conitutlon-that of Moderator. The Directory,
divided between Sieyes and Barrss the one hand,
and the three Directors on the other neutralzed by
the attachment of the former 10 the Council of Eli
ders, and of the three others to the Council of Five
Hundreds 10 that the real CONTEXT is between the two
Councils. That of the Elders, Whole connitutionai
force is merely negative, does not, however conne it,
felt 10 rejecting iome DEGREES Of that of the Council of
tive iltcf HdVlng as mas Deen lccE driven
the Jacobs from lis vicinity took tlelf in the
fitting of the gin, to bride their violence and their
darling publications. The Directory have in oon(c-
quenee been called upon TO make communication ref
peetng the execution of the articles of the Conhu-
ton relative to Societies and Alterations, contrary 10
the public order, aud to private foce, les occupying
themfelves with the difcutfions of political aueaons.
We hali fee whether the Council of Elders will carry
their courage, and their deire of rcervng the con.
ftisGton and themfevcs any further In the mean time
the Jacobins continue TO organize their power The
| affiliated Clubs of the great cities have again opened
their fittings Marleillcs Bourdesux, and Rouen again
trembe under the axe of their ancient oppreGors rhs
Jacobins have renewed their ancient mode Of procuring
denunciaons from the provinces. The admnfl ators
of department in the outh have drawn ND an addrefs,
in which they accue Baras and Seycs Of being fold TO
the coalition, charging he former with having dever-
ed the allies the fortrecs Of Piedmont and Itay and
thc latter with being the author OF fecrc, convention
for giving King to France and with having received
preients from the King o. Prufa for tina purpoie -
Whether theie accufations he well founded there
viii be found number Of people in France who will
believe them--The debates of the Councils have prin
cipally turned on the three ohiees which at preent
chiefly intereff them-ihe loan of Ico millions TIE
meaiurcs relative to the and the Iacobn Club
The Council of Elders has reeeted the mode adopea
by that of Five Hundred rafting by multiplied ar-
felImens Of the the loan of Hundred Millions
which they have 6ecreed The Council of Eve Hun
dred has in conf,qusnce p,eened everal 9th modes,
one of which has been dehnitivey adopted, and of
which fkcich is TO be found among our etrsGls In
fhe time the government reduced to fuch dilrefs
from want of money to be unable TO fend off the
troops the army which it defines for it. lis f,f
after everal conferences with Bankers, to have obtain
ed advance ct fix millions of ivres (3ooooc Rer-
ine)