Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1801-12-21

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was TIC veai,le a. orr P-etsrvstion I'D Ihs tVs
Inces; was The l0.frumcnt q z iriag gh2a
quivalsEt We has II otter Nh orr rraa-i. ts,r
to- peace; vas ei-oum3anee waich lss1.
comfortable lhars tn fAvn1 orr raao-sI hos.
our. 2hefe ihould be earns3s III is faros.
importance; bot more nav b. fad Eef.
little, iadeed- nesd now b a33ed, t. prov. tle
oomnanicatian hy Egypt 10 bs 4 neceIl-v
lax IN the cham If chr connection WITH ERis.
II WI appear with mOre efcSt. IN 4 view IN
The iuPorsaace or this Gsustioa u + snue.
foreiae, th1t The topic i lePlete i'll matte of
a'd0ou. fPecuisti,n-
Iv.sortzras IN Ezyti % Frzr1..
Before tas fate of Amerca vas decided.
took il int1 NY head ta argue thas-t7S9; but
he argument was nor wishocs extraae5as pr9-
vocation.
Shou.d Fame be eafble oftae advansa7s
feeding Egypt tn her danainiors, and wa
tempted C Try the conqaea CT IL; Esss,fse -
frfz7tbazt in tbs brsifzt cozttg zb7z t5s s: ahat
power on earth could prevent her deiens Bur
ne sftition berg YET dnublial a. 20. its iEfe.
'his might Be fsii, e Were France to max, tie
aei IF NJ be- preient power. her plan pnall
- % leave America to Ter fate Is prslcrvs
her Frs'cat naval cnnG leraiioa entle: anat1
ie>u the neutrality If Engl~n3 lo-ra,s more
pia01 J. design. Il will Bear i1vslf7a-i3a.
ST Amerles, Independent, may SO 10 bea
more dangerous enemy 10 France than EnE
lard y; fr.t. from TIE prosi rity of re- paae.
er te The Trench llaa1s an next. from the
i7Teconcilsb'e PgiaciP'es IF Amerjsaa policy
wltA tie know m5xims al the Eleach ravern.
ment. Beanie, France viii I ca7e. wi.hous
h5htlng, whet All hsr caprt, have neFer CD
t~'"sd-to Iay. '.as frcng 4 tlzc5 az England.
and colony more thaa nd 9la.e Jo sn her
ihan-s' aud Az her P-o.Pelts from Ame-ic4n
Gomez. 'n2 Bscauie tl2 Commercial iater-
cts OF England and Pence, craving Jhezcs To
? P'h Po'atss NAV remove the c'ent hone
O. contention. Esca1ls every eoaG 5erauon
coaiPues N inch iy lem 90 aEgrsn iize the
power, incrca.e the We attn, ana ,n.u-e The trsl-
guilty ct France. Tbs navigation l. Mort aaI
fate. The oolony 1ahiea n,ither ~ hutricsnes,
iickness nor earthquakes. NJ rival in ,ae way
a her CONNIE rcial operations. NJ enemv ~.
iaseTcsP, hsr flccours, IN cafe of alarm. No
neei Ut tramp prting fibGance I'd her forces
when there were Az tbs = b oata5ns1.
sraH.S sic1 y taace tAk= ii for a d1a5tfal Caai-
+" 'uld Eot England accede . It. 70 paTchsfe
heF Detection from America The id-4 0t re-
eovSr n America from al a9azl uncertain
ltate ri 'he war, would have weigh with Eng
iand DIT n contemplation Of h=r Eat Iadsa
PolsiAonsi All tn, Pr0lpe4 of danger 10 theie
from the g1owiag power Of nerica. II any
inSofe contentious onghrto Gnpnie her Tor lnch
an accommodation. France would have n
hing 70 fear trnm the retcn,ment of AmeT;-a,
becAole 1t maa be the iat-reR If England II
Deprive her At her aFeneth. The accetlian az
GgyP' to France migat D. diEarneI Of It's dan
Ser 10 England, BY an arraneemenr wlch
ihould ieeure the navigation Of the Red Sea
exci2hvely TO England ana nature has coa-
car'ed IN every Other dCqaaliicaioa. TIE
ta~eP-nisaey OF Anerica or eve1raa uare-
uTitted trace, whith has already bssn oF-red
70 thsm, are fraught with mfhi,fs q the ~
tere.ts at Engian3; III, rather than gsalg them
would vow perpetual war with Fraacs. Bac
ms opportunity i gore: al The tins I now
wri'e, America IS Independent. L.eus rsve-s
70 orr text.
The importance OF ID 65uation 10 Fraacsis,
think, tranfcendeatly ihewn III tie reHeCt.oss
ws have jut read. England muir nov laok
win Jealous eye to the machinat onS UfFranc=,
Congasi Of Egypt o. Fo4rae.
There i Iorg preliminary To bsfeuled BE-
tore tais can b attempted with any c>riaidty nj
stfe,t. The temptation u, however, paramount
TO alt
Wien aid. that tie ind-Dsn1.ncy WI A.
mere4, or even a. unre ariaed rade allowed 20
them, was pregnant with mitlh;ef, w ID glsnI,
eonels that ialp-fsd from tie lest of tss-n
alnoa uuavoid3bls Per jj;ion 10 our ltllemeDrs
10 ths Eat Indies, he efs3 OF taeformr1
conhdered 10 &c nearer; bit I looked tar the
lame eonfeq1ences, more remote ia tie piclpea
even from the LATER 7 would rather have Vow
e PerpetuA war = Flaaoe.
Sons reaiens w;l b. expected from me,
lupPoie, for this invSJsr2te pc slea 81. 1t
the latter may u vmdiclted by ar1Hmr-f, the
6sa, Of coute, viii ipe,k tor m.f; I thsN
only ipeak Of The latter Thee. lay. aa M
rsltritted uade viii admitIhe lhi : # An--i-
"a into ali the ports in the Etl Iu1i-s and
thls ,a,ereoutie with orr feJ,lsrnears Viii PRO.
duce lLeelEett. Ehat i the aate 0f the En-
slllh PoAzlions il the Eat indies A coan-
cry almoit % al IN entent CD all El-oPe, ard
richer II rs IA ur4l rsiOuJces. An army Z
one hundred and aaaty tha.': n A men, well dr.
pliaed. a revenue ba4ly adm altered, cspt-
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