Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1800-02-03


arch, and ids not neceff,r for lis to point out
expofe them in the midlt ofalithe embarrag.
ments both external and internal which Eur.
round them, Buonaparte has iaid "a the Cnun.
Gil of Elders, thar if be bad been soilirg 10 ujrb
TIE fprews poquer be could tavt d5ae Il .lo0p ces,
and tka be suiH rJsn Ri, oatbOe,y ., JssH-,asstis
eirsunRaacss eobieb had ecesGoned TO 5e entraQ,S
TO BIN 6ou,d BE-, at an md TIE whom fhen i. he
to reign ii Can it be fuppofed to be TO fepre.
fen,atves Of the people, who fooner or later
will call him Ia a-ievere account. Tor. what he
has done. Thofe are little acquainted with
this bold, imperious, and ar,ful Cqrlcan. who
fuppoie that he would ehoofe hencefor,h to
run the rifk of private, and conieadenuyf.
dangerous ltation. Wehaye bsiides 10 ohierve.
thai in none of the circumstances which HAYS
atten dei thu late resou.on do we End any oath
of haired 10 ,eyahyi; and thar tho the phfafe
civil liberty isfrsqnenIlyuied, political lbeHy
isno once mentioned. .ieral o.
IS IF we can only reafon from conieesnre and
analogy, refpe6ting the eifea which TIE 9th and
roh Taft. will have on the fate of france itfclf
we CAN hardly fpcAk WI more uncertainty Of
their effects with refpea TO foreign affnrs Al.
Tho in every change which has taken place in
France, peace has been the, hacknied promife
uniformly made, it has on the pref: ntobeen
brought forward with more folemnity than on
any other, and it may appear to have been an
nougced with iome, degree of ,lincerity tie
government having becomernore concentrated,
and its mealures being no longer interrupted
by the oppoGtion of the Lesi1 ,ture, III GER
,.,n1x, ~, m n, - ~,>co~..e.oo. p.sJ.-.
the TriumyrAte promiie Greater liability than
the Directory !; is it more capable of fesuring
the long and faithful execution OF treaty |;
tbs is at leaf doubtful. We have beides to
obferve,. that the principal fpeci6c demonnra-
ton which has taken PLACES the toaa. given
at the banquet Of the 9Th Infant by the Psf
dent of the Direaory, and thar. This Prefdent
was Gohier, who three days afterwaid s was no
longer Director, and who was cpnlsqnentlT
rot in tie fecret views of the Triumvirate.--
We have therefore no certain grounds to be-
lieve that the pacific erprefIons,of Buonaparte
are lefs vain than the folemn afsdston Of
paci6catory difpofiton in the Digsdory. -,
Che contribution of the. new oath which has
been taken, does, MOI bef As, agree. with the
conditions Of peacefuch as Europe require and
mas I1Xnt W aSmano. 1ropoli i0hs III FSaSS
will nevertheless probably be made, but CIR:
cumfances authorize Us to SeIiese sha'shey will
be received with that degree cfc1utirn which
they deferve, and which a. ~nshy hits sfsall
the ufarpAtiohs, Of: an ne cfimes,t amd sotAlishs
peri iiesof the French fevoiutiouaf are entitled to
expsd. ~ - '@,sh m ssaaisf g flA M,
Our meaning will Sc 1tenly mifunieraoods
If any Of our rcadets sfnppeN that stbe 1eveses
which form the fabjefsofshis article are niztssr
for re g4et. Tarfron1 II ;swts scafi suithe'w as
.caIcuiatedaisol render the Repdbl!c' rtia more
|eorscmbtble il the mind'ef every, Frenc hnn,n;
and indeef Of every: othef 1perfJn to detany
every b ifisllity Of beNtf auqhe Rability ob'a
govsrrdnest in F. ante except ID that q Y Kiisi
ito couvinc . the continental powers ief the Id,
vantage and even of ths peesftiys of usisn,
either fos The pqrpofe Of making VIA or peace;
and % afford 10 tLeallies and toti!e royal Us p
France opportunities quite upeY. which NAY
sperhaps be decifive. ..,. sys..{;
II the circumstances which we are Aqw. cop.
ideriag were not, with refpea sorste Europe,
and to the whole world, a ceneern Of pppaya,l;
'leled interst., we fhould think ii our duty &
apologize 70 our readers for sbeIlengtb of thi'
articls !; we are far, from hsyingi exhapRea ,hi
fubiea. which will long engage pur. attention..