Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1802-08-02
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E61rnsaf az lavery W the French Wet Indies,
and the revival Of the Raps trade. Here again
we witreis that propeufiry in human nature, 70
20 from one eaIreme directly 20 the oppofte.
But few years have elapied iince we marked
with furprize the FRA reiormers OF France, by
DEGREES paiFed without reA eton. and by acclaim
alton, at once emancipatng mec whole lives
had been paGtd under the yoke oil ilAyery
While we applauded their enthuhafm TOR lib
erty--we condemned their want OF prudence.
Inaead OF proceeding with caution aud Iiberat-
ing the chitten. born after a ctetain period
inaead OF Eff cling gradual abolition OF havery
among he adul S, loddenly in the phrenzy OF
revolu ion they elevate to all the rights OF tree
citizens, men who had neither the knowledge
nor the morals reqniiire for members OF Ke
public From this extreme we now behold, the
French government By a lie acton as violent
as the hrt revolutionary mania, patIng not
orly to the Federation Of Aavery in Ihoie
iflands where the blacks were in the mott
iolemn manner emanopated, but 10 the re.
renewal of that mott infamous trAthc 10 human
flelh, which the Uni ed States have prohibited
under the fevereR Ienalties and which the
friends Of humanity in Great Britain. under the
guidance of benevo, ent Wherefore, have long
been endeavoTing TO aboliih. In Paris Il IS now
the faihion 70 Approximate as rapidly a potll
bic 10 the max ms, the HABITS an manners OF
The ancient regime From the ehabilhmenr OF
lavery in the ilands, Intelligent travellers fay
that the Fieach government will afo ihortly
reno,e The e9rvee and gabeHe-(two of he mott
oppreiIive taxes under the monarchy )-Theie
events, We may reafouab'y app ehend, ere long,
will produce Tome convullion in France.
Should lome band of confpirators, headed BY a
new Brutus and Caliirs, fucoeed in removing
the prefent Chief Conlul, il is highly probable
that we fhall wtner. freih eruption Of that
Revolutionary volcano, which is nov rePreiied
bv the genous Of Bonapatte.
But Ihould the life OF this extraordinary n an
be preierved for few years, it is not improb-
able but that he nsay purify France from thofe
monlers, who, in the name of liberty and equality
have for 10 many years paa been deluging their
country in blood-and thus sRabliih his pow
er on BATS. which all Europe cannot fhake.
From the marrer in which we have ieen
the French Rev luton, thus terminate, we are
led TO a review Of the many crimes and hor
rors which have marked is Proercis al which
are 10 be traced to The impra1i able fchemes
of few theoretc P iIoiophers, aiming at
viionary liberty, calculated rather for (agage
than Eeial man--and rejecting ! The reltrants
of morality and re gion f1ch men as Vcltaire,
Condarcet and Tom PAN have been the true
authors Of all the niftry, the bloodthed and
anarchy. which have for many years pat, oil.
eraced one of the f4irea portions of the globe
While the French revolution, Ike a blaz-
ing comet, has been paGiog 10 its orbit, and
" with fer Of change
perple1ins Monarchs."
= kind providence has preierved thefe Gates
from thoGe evils to which the un uly paGions Of
many Of our citzeos would have exp fed them,
By cio,hiug with the chief executive authority,
fich men as WahIngtor and Adams and by
diipofing the majority of our citizens 10 APP
prove their meaiures-Dreadful indee5, mutt
have been our lituation, had an administration,
with the revolutionary. 'heorelc AMI narrow
feutimerts. Of he men, now At the heat OF our
affairs, 20 Teded the reigns cf authority, q, the
time when Genet Fouchet and Adet, rePrefent
.d he French republic in merica. Had
fuch been the CAFE, we ihould have made CON
mon caufe with our fiaer republic. We
fhould have bad tie bon0r 10 lend her millions
never to be repaid Our trade would have been
annihilated--our agriculture OF eourie would
have been crippled; ADD IN place OF thoie I'm
menle proIts winch VS. HdFe IedP-1 I."iii va
neutrality, we fhould, ike Spain and Holland,
after iulfaining long and rulnous war, been
facrihced at the peace OF Amiens to aggTan
die the power OF France.
But thanks TO heaven, at this important crit
is, we bad men 10 condnd our national affairs,
who were brSt7ical polticians-who underitood
and purified the true intereRs OF their COUNTY,
unfeduced and unbiahed by thoft talie and hol
low fyfems Of philoioPhy and COVE INHERIT which
are iul introduced into America, when they
are ridiculed and difcaI ded 10 Europe. With
the recent proof in France, added 10 The long
catalogue in former periods OF time, OF demo
cratic revolution and anarchy, Terminating in
military dcfootifm, il IS not likely that the
good fsrfe of the people Of this country viii
permit them, to err into thofc exeeiies and
crimes which have marked the French revolr
tion-But the fame fp"it which governed