Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1801-01-26
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were the principles on which il was drawn up
L then learnt, thar in each municipalit5, there
bad been prepared lias of citizens ablent from
The commune where they had eithsr property
or fettled abode; and that of theie paTticu
lar Ills, collected into nine volumes had been
formed what was commonly called the lift Of
emigrants--that citizens infcribed as abfent, or
eTnigrants in one commune, were az the very
time public fun6tioraries in a other that Ia
bom ers, africans, individuals in iervics, were
confounded with men whom The prtiudices of
birth and the interea OF rank, marked out as
enemies TO the revqlution--rhat Interruptions
collected and indctermnate applied To whole
families, and families too often unknown to the
Perions by whom the infcripton was formed.
From thefe circumstances, a conyicion was
produced that there did not exia a true lif Of
emigrants, and il was necelary TO form new
lit. in which thofe whole names ought never
to have been iniciibed, ihould be diainguilhed
from thoie whom Prejudices and ther circum-
itances pointed out as true emigrants and hence
originated the the lpeci6cations and conditions
OF the decree Of the ash Vendemaire (Scpf.
2o) APlan Of regulations viii he propoied, to
give additional fecurity to thofe who have ac-
CURED national properly. An important work
il On the eve Of being accomplished, which
during fix years has been called Leg1ation.
In this felton, the civil code and a code Of
prefecture, will be propoied TO the confdera-
ton Of the Leeillatiye Boly other obieds le(s
important viii torn the fubiea oflaw, of which
the elements are prepared. PHblic iufruaion,
ihll neglected 10 many Of The departments, has
afumed in others better disGion and a high
er activity. New alyluus have been opened
for The children of thofe who have fallen in
deieoce Of their country. If rbe hofphals arc
ailln diGrefs, degree f-cnres to them at leaf
de payment Of part Of what is due II hem
on tie capital Of their vents, Of which The re
deception was Authorized by law peGeI dur.
The lat FELTON,. Mealures have teen taken to
aGertain thr number OF deer e5 children the
number OF whom has very much increafed Of
late. and Plars are adoPed 10 faccour their
warts. Some HannfIctufes which are peculi-
ar to the nation, and which honor French in.
duary, begin now to ri(e from that l7neuor il
which our former misfortune had plunged
them. Painting and Sculpture have obt2i1ed
encouragement, and are pep red 10 tranimit
TO poRerity the traits and adons OF thole he.
roes who have conlbaued for our iad-pendence
ana our glory. The monuments Of ant are
preferred and offered to the public adminiara-
ton. in places worthy Of containing them. The
high roads are alnoA throughout in Gate of
alarming decay, but the administration Goes
every thing to remedy this. with tie feeble r..
iources entruted 70 them to execute. The
right Of keeping up the public roads has re-
celved certain notifications which public iuf-
tice, and public intereR demanded The pre-
cspdcn OF this right, fepara'ed from tbe obliga.
ton If keeping up the roads therfelyes, has
been confirmed, and fund is now provided On
proper fecurities, which will rot be vain and
liuiory as in former years. The application
Of produSls, Gill too feeble, is aicertained for
each department, in the proportion Of lis wants.
INFECTION becomes every day more active,
and reponGblity becomes every day more clear,
and approaches nearer to perfection. The gov
eminent has extended its views to interior nav
igation and to canals. 1t is not to VAT pro-
ees to which II has dire6ted its attention, il is
not great fylem Of general navigation which
it wilhes to create. The conrluiion Of the
iabors already begun, which refer Immediately
to inland ragiga,ion, and the commerce of
France is all that il now promifls, is ali that
the prsfent circumstances ofthe country enable
it to adopt.
Execution, rather than proje6f, is the fanda-
mental nazim Gifts adminillration. TIE 6han-
ces have been one Of the obje6s Of its cunaant
inspection and anxiety, the primary bafe, and
recefary fupport of all he plans which can be
formed for the haPPinets and glory Of The tate
The government has thought It necefary u
apply ..sef 10 the cohG1eratien 81 al tie prnci-
pies, aud become acquainted with ali the caules
which can operate either their Ieilofaticn or de-
du6ton. 1t was not merely funds that were
wanting to the Republic on he 4.h Niv5fs OF
the year it was activity in The fabdiviGon,
and afIehIment Of drea contribution, regularity
ii the preceps, care in tie dilburlements, 4
clear accountability in the pnblic trealury, a
we'll managed difribution in tie different chan
nels Of expence. The bearers Of bills, authoTi-
ed to dra~udirettly onthe funds If the rece;v-
ers and fheir overleefs, purchased by corruption
the funds which either then had ~ exitenceA