Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1800-10-20

couatrY, Inlte4d cf peaceable friendly inhabir-
ants, viii contain bands of folders armed for
mutual dearudion, and gangs Of freebooters,
traIntd Up TO rob, plumber, and murder. The
LoItlle tPHit will PervaCe al ranks ana ages ::
none Will be exempted. As peace nu& (oon5r,
or later come, We may iu2ly look forward 10
TIE Peiiod, tho doab,l5ls il will be very re-
mote. What will then BE- our Gtuation ? we
a-1 ne'fectly lenfble from hard-earueI exO.ri-
elce. that var cannot Be carried "a without
5.eat waite IF lives, and exPence Of treafure,
and in civil war. we may add th- III If free
dom We NUT exPed, that our fathers, our
brothers, and cur fons, viii Be forced to the
high places IF tie fec" to I'll Their lives in
the contef. Thei- are The pices with which
We ih4.l have to Purchaie TIE 1lvery which IS
now preparing ior u.. Our demagocue,. are
net ticking cu- g'0d-they ar5 feel;ng th.ir
own. Whln th-y have oace perip4ted us ya
l-u-ch our bsrque upon " TIE tempe nous
i-a' # Revolution. they viii Immediately take
the command, and We mus ob-v hsir orders.
h refult WI Be, that they Will mount the
throne at power, AM " ihtl. fink ito ahie4
ierri nde. After beNilderin8 US with the fraud
ful uads ct liberty AMI equality" until or
i0 rty and equ2ity arr dehroyed, cur proper
ties eAhauue our farms dele tee, our families
beEglred, ard our lives in contant Jeopardy,
We ihjl be driven to take refuge Under ary
lhelter hat offers Us even t5ltra6k fecurity
init i0ch overwhe ming czIamities. Some
Cromwell y fome Buonaparte. is ever rs~ DIV
IN Cfer his ihe ter and with our o her facri
fees, we hall be forced u reign even the name
and th.llnw OF liberty. As our Democrats
admire he chara9er, and condnR of B1ora-
pate We NUT expect them to nitrate him
when re opportunity oF-rs
Ta1es are now the lIb79 Of conplai-t.-
Ar We 10 cxp-tt II carry IN war without tax
Is Il never was done, md never wi.l be. "a.
Iels he P,rtics can contriye ID live bv Dluad. r
Our revolu ionarv war left US ercumbersd w.th
The delt With has ben n o!ten Tie .hzne cr
democratic glamour renroaoh and falihood. -
shall We I'D ourie,ves cf the evil, ty ruhinz
into anoiher war? We may indeed expurge
ne old debt, but We ihall craze 4 new Ole If
vat'y greater amount under which our por
teriy mutt groan through many generators
To JLele. et Us add, that whenever the con.
'ei ina END, We fhal have before us, hottie
na"on. heated with lie lceoe5 Of blood through
which it has PaG, and though fauqu=d with
fighting, rot rriPPed IF its auimolty and a
6eeH rooted enuity, n init Of revenge. and an
iuPla,ab'e hlued, which viii embiusr life f,r
many years 10 come, r-ll petvlte ii from one
extreme u The other.
Perhaps | may be tolj, tha. our -eugtyyaea
viii not engage IL Eoiilit.es, that they viii NOT
cora4it fuch enormitils. MS | have deEr'bed.
even f he Contribution th7ulJ B. deR-oyed ana
Rev lntion be efe5rd But letit he rene %.
bcreI, Jh " the fine means have been taken
IL tbs county, 10 ,timuille tie PATTON, of men,
that were taken in France. Our government
has been denounced as tyr-nncal, our rulers
a. roya.i,s, our rich men as harPiers, prtying
On the e1t's blood Of the poor, and our taxes
as laid merely 10 enrich the few, at the evpen.e
1T ihe many. Beide We have thoulan1s If
fof-i5,er, i'm this country, the refuge At En-
rore. WHO have hsd fom the Liory and the
cal.ws, and are here firing uD rebellion,
watch NJ FIR plumber, and riO'ing in the thot's
of di.iIing up he property Of the honef, and
i.du trious. The moH violent, and mot to BE-
dreaded, among thefe foreigners, are the
Fren-hmen, and United Iriihmen. Let the
Randard OF rebellion once be RATED, and uccels
only appear probable, and this blood dirty
band, will ruth from lheir liking places, whet
th-ir dagger, and plunge them 70 the hearts
Of al taole who love order, peace, virtue, and
religion.
The United States form two great diviGons
of ,eruHory-North and South Though gen
orally of the fame origin, though they fpeak
the fame language, fought tor the fame Inde
p@ndence, and are members Of the fame nation,
I. ere are diil in fome relPe9s great differences
be,weeH them. The Southern tate, are un-
happily encumbered with a vaR multitude Of
nIves. Slaves are yhs tool, vi which Jaco-
biniln deieh's to work. With thefe, the fair
ct provinces Of lie French Nation, have been
v AAej, Piliaged, depoPulated, and burnt.
need only m.nticn the aGliding fcenes Of St.
Domingo. to bring every thing diarelIing fr5lh
ID The mind. The moment a revolution is
determined on in this country, and the means
IRE prepared. the laves viii be let in motion
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