Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1799-09-23

to his embady, until be had been employed tor
coniideraoie time Here know, it is obiea-
ed to me with legcfity, that fhould not have
hefta'ed to have given IN my resignation. -
And IS il imagined that | was no. dtipoied to
| that rneafure can It be thought that fech an
idea was not gratifying to my independence
but confefs, was prevented by that deiire,
that indefstigable hope of peace, from which
nothing could dctach me. forgot myielf en-
tirely IN that fentiment, and to that lacrifced
] my perfonal uneaiineis, my repugnance as an
individual.
{" am aecufed that an attack was not made
on Portugal. But if fnch an attack had taken
place, sndiiad been violently oppofed by Spain,
would they not have thought themielyes juttih
ed 10 blaming a conduit which would have lr-
ritatcd this latter power, whole alliance it was
20 ufcful TO cultivate an. reproached with
not having fufiiciently encouraged prlvateering
aganlt England but it it had been encouraged
without any sbounds, with what vehemence
would they not have inveighed againft the want
of precaution, OF the aupidity of Minilers, who
alurcd that 545 armed vehels for cruiting had
been captured by the enemy from the begin
ming of the war to the end of the 9th year, that
the number of our priloners now in England
amount to more than 80, 900, for whole fubha.
ence the Republic is at the yearly exPeni. OF
IS millions, and that it is principally to priva.
teering fuch are(nlt is to be attributed, might
have dared to expofe the nation to the repeated
hazards of game, the loaes of which are 10 Ten.
6bly felt
f" am reproached with the expedition to
Egypt, which was planned previoufly to my ad.
n,.niaration, and had in no refpea been deter
mined by me- But if that expedition, in which
the genius of Buonaparte, which his glory and
that Of his inyincible army rendered certain, and
fill renders certain, 70 many fuccehes had not
been effected, and it could be proved that had
oppofed the project, with how much acrimony
would not thele fame perfons have faid that
was Influenced by iecret and improper views, land
tha, 1 wiihed to deprive the Republic of the mott
magnificent e1ablifhment in the world, which
was to ftrike a moa terrible blow at the Brisiih
power in India.
" They complain of the cold indifference Of
the Swediih government but how much more
would they have to complain, if, in order to
prevent it, the Republic had given way TO de.
mands incompatible with her dignity They
ALTO objea (could it be imagined y that men OF
the bea characters as republicans, have been en-
truaed with diplomatic millions, with an inten-
ton, they fay, of getting rid of their vigilant
obferya,iou at home. But if others who were
not republicans had been entru(ted with bufinefs
of that nature, would they not have had more
realon to complain, and would they have been
fileat upon 70 favorable an opportunity
{" In fhort, every thing which has been done,
either within or without the Republic, is imput-
ed to me and am Intercepted why the Grand
Duke Of Tufeany was not kept as hofage, as
lift were my province to give intruetions to the
Generals. They have the effrontery to aasrr,
that it was who alienated the United States of
America, at moment when they knew that
American ncgociators have arrived in France,
and they cannot be ignorant of the ihare which
have had in that event, on account of the Ian
giage, full of Difference, Of moderation, and,
will be bold TO FAY, of dignity, which addredsd
them in the name OF the French Government,
while thofe who now attack me were deirous
only to convey to them expreiGons fevere and
irritating"
Talleyrand concludes his vindication by &C.
cuGng his aGailants of ignorance, malice, and
the baiel deGgns.
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