Jenks' Portland gazette. Maine advertiser. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1802-1803, 1803-02-28

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are prone TO every thiog which may
give offence 70 the nation they hitferlf
hate. They rejoice at It's dillcdss.
They mourn at It's riunphs. On The
contrary, they are governed by bia
equally srorg IN favor Of France. TheiF
hearts are oars, even when their heads
would dfapproye. They coaceal or
palliate our crimes; they pity our Gala
mites they connise At injuries and ia.
luIts from Us. Su.picions, veogeful
and irsicible to England. their charity
thinks no wrepg, endures much. aud is
eaiy oil entreaty' 10 Freedmen. What
obvious ant convenient tools viii thefe
prove in am critical affairs How ealy
to enforce This natural bias, By argu.
ments addrsdel to their lel6fl pafions.
and perf3nal ntereas. Tx have learn
ed to f.t its tree price on rfbujitSn viy;as
and national lpirl. The fame glarinr il
luGons that brought Holland, Switzer-
land, and Cocoa into our fnares, VII.
with as much facility, enrap republics
that will be more at our mercy, and Of
which the members are more diGonAnE
| and molly.
I" This party, always formidable II
It's ipirit and numbers, has lately got.
ten The maaery. The majority Of The
people, and their prefent rulers, are BIZ.
AM clay fitted for or se From thele
we may exact neutrality 10 al our
lchemes. They will take pains ID ihut
their eyes againa future evils. They
will Re remarkably quilk lighted to the
dangers Of ruplure with rs. Their
feruples againfl the violation Of treaties
and againR offenlpe war, viii be won,
deiiully ltrong. They will eagerly iwal
low the opiates that we hall provide for
them, and thank us for any portion that
annihilates their own fears or enables
them 10 lull thofe Of the people.
Z And not without frong reafon may
they dePecate quarrel with france,
whom its new petition on their borders,
Will render uieful friend, but fatal
enemy. When WAR becomes the TO-
| pic Of difcourfc, this people will turn
their eyes to the calamities of ST. Do
mingo, and then to th.ir own brown.
ces, where the fame tetioe plague
exits in degree equally formidable,
and where their utmof care is requiGte
to prevent the Rruggling mitchell from
burIting It's bonds.
/" Devoted to the worf miferies, Is
the nation which harbcrs in its bofom a
foreign race, brought, BY fraud and
rapine, from their native land who
are bereavei Of all the bltnings Of M
mainly whom 2 cruel fetvituie ia.
fPires with all the vices Of brutes. and
all the pafIions Of Demons whole in
iuries have been 70 great that The law Of
felf pr5f-rvation o5liges the ltate to De.
ny to the citizen the power OF making
his fave free whole indclib!e ditinct-
ions Of form, color and perhaps org ~
ization, viii forever prevent rhen from
blending with their tyraHts, into one
people who foaer an eternal refent-
msnt at opprefion, and, Whole i.yeet
eft hour would b. that which buried
them and their lords in common and
immeafurable rGin.
(" With what prudence can this ma
ton attack neighbor, who can fan al
| plealure, the di1contents Of this iateItiue
ensmy who can give uninn, delgu
and arms to its dearu6ive efforts az re-
venge? Who can raile, AZ any mom=nt
SpArtacus CT L'Ooverture to diltra6
the counfels, and employ the force
which might otherwife annoy hirnief
whole own FAD experience has informed
him Of The power Of this weapon ~ aind
the pubic peace ;-whorn the marin:
of war viii juitify 10 turning this wea
poo agai1a his enemy and whole 10
cal litu2tion enables him to "a &c thil
weapon with moi facility, and direa /
with mott force.
| "This nation is not inlenfble to al
thele dangers. An example IS befor,
their eyes Of a fsrVile zC1r- Thsir coun
Try is full Of exies iron the fcene O
| fuch wsrfare.-Their travellers, Their
daily papers fupPly them with the pic
ture, in all its ciscumaagtIal horrors
They are ihaken By panics on this very
account already, and no confederation
would have a ltrongsr influence on thsi
conduit than this"
Fer ttis Ca7ette.
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