Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1800-10-13

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exchange bis country for any other or thoulu
there be a iolitsry inHance Of dilcontented
mind, that France wotld be The laR country
on earth he would choole 10 refde in.
In The next place, there is lcarcely polbil
lily that we ihall elcaPe a civH zy1r. II there
an evil 70 great, which ever afTli6s nations, as
this Let the example Of other nations anfwcr
lhe qulGion. In the reign Of Charles the frR
of Great Britain, great part of the nation be
came convinced that the government was ty-
ranrical- and the people oPPref1ed. ReGRance
followed F; the parties flew to arms the coun-
try was for many years deluged in blood
thou'ands Of lives were facrihced and the
Hand became lcene Of every lpeces Of ditIeC,
and m1eTy, until the people triumph9d, and
The ktug was dethroned, and executed. The
rcigns ot government we're then fezed ny
Cromwe !, a cunniag demagogue, and brotf1cdiy
a graf f5isad 70 he PeQbs; and the people wee
doomed for many years to groln under bon
dage willy more intolerable, than any thing
ever inflicted, even by the WORT Of their kings
The relult was, that the nation worn down,
waited and weatied, with the defpotifm Of a
Democrat, voluntarily united 10 depole tie 6n
III tkr Protsg1r. and tx invite back 10 the crown,
ne Jan Of that Eia4. whole blood had been fpilt
on the fcaf,ld. Thus, after thirty or forty
years Of war. ani milery, the CONTEXT ended in
the nations relariing - the very government
which they had zear yell, for hfety and pro
le6ian, againG that which their demagogues
had ley Up.
A little more han Ev.n years ago, the
French nation, having Previculy ditroyei
their oll government, brought their kEy alto
to the fclFold. All the fuie-, and f1nds,
which immortality, and a,hefm could enJan-
ger, were let lool- nb3G TIE ts1tt war, muir
ders, executions, robberies, PIoAigacy Of man
n-rs, inpurity and a,h-iim, broke il upon the
nation like a food I; every ipecies Of iniuAce
was Prattile3 with imPuni:y; contribution after
c-n0i,ution was formed, and deAroYed, and
The heads OF every party ten by the hands OF
the exe~utioner; until 6na III, the nation wea-
RED out viii yeu7AaiigEJ, has funk under gov
crnment, more defPotic than any monarchy in
Europe. The people have been gulled, plum
dered, aud abul-d, by each fucceediRg dema-
gogue. until an oblcure foreigner has gralped
the government, baniihed every trace Of Re
public4nilm from The contribution, and with
tovereign nod, deals out h7U to an cnaayed,
and ruined people.
Are nit thcie infances Of The efeas Of rev
oluiion.. f1lcmn ledons 10 all other nations !?
Can We eyped To inaFe any better fate, provid-
sd we ty the revolutionary ordeal Let Us
bcar in MAD, that there viii BE- circumstances
attending A civil war in this country, which
will render ID peculiarly cal1mit0us, and terri
be. We are now fatally divided into parties !;
members of each party are difPefei through
the country; and though in The nothern tates,
the balance Is greatly ii favour Of tcderallm,
vet there are Tac0bins enough even here, 10
divide and difra9 with their arts, their plots,
and their wickednels.-When thele parties have
taken arms, we mutt exPe5 all the heats, and
animolties, which have hitherto been in dc
gree fiA5d, and kept under, will break out with
teniold fury. U1refraioed by law, or the lear
Of PuniLhment, every deadly PalIion will have
full lcoPe, private quarrels VIII be reveugej,
and public feuds and riva}lhips will call forth
the bitteref hate and vengeance. Neighbours
will become the enemies of neighbours, broth
ers of b-o,hcrs, fathers Of their fons, and fons
Of their fathers. Murder, robbery, rape, adul-
try, and inceG will be openly taught and
Pra6iied, the air will be rent with the cries Of
diare(s the foil foaked with blood, and the
nation black with crimes. Where is the heart
which can contemplate flch icene, without
ihivsring with horror
Tacobins, in all countries, are de0itutc Of
morality and religion Our own are as de-
PRAYED, and they only want an opportunity to
be as cruel and abandoned, as thnle of France.
When our government IS gone. this opportunity
will be found and we mutt then prepare for
the fame miieres, which France has experience
ed Thof mifere. conliR not only III the want
Of Perfon3l teourty, peace, and freedom; hey
conda primarily in The introduction Of general
national depravity, and total overthrow Of
in egrity, inltice, bcnevolence, friendlhip, and
affection and fubaitu,ing dilh0neRy, injultice
cruelty, revenge, and hatred. ID fuch a com
monty, parental ties, hlial duty, conjugal ten
dsrnel, and fidelity. and focal in,ercourie, are
ridicaIed, and dearoyej, What
Ifnl fDa Cf,cls RI {t.a ova4r nation Ike