Jenks' Portland gazette. and Maine advertiser., 1803-07-25

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TIE Memorial &C fIr. f.iv;ogaon e
she government 'of France is now before
the public. On The trbie9 Of money il i
filen5--in arguTnentiyis IS ccPlous and ela
borate but the chief merit it SlitcoverS,
IS us cnri.e devotion 10 the icvergisn
when il has the honor to addrefs. 1t
urges, but il prelunts not to threaten -
1t ex2oGulayes, bar chiefly as i faems,
with view % the interet ond h2PP;neis
of the power II would pertvade
The ezcefiye vanity Of Mr. Iiyiagaon
on this occafon, is BY no means uEac-
countzble at his fri arrival il France,
he was received with tnat temper Of haugh-
" Indifference, which loyereiga Ike the
conqucring Bcnaparte, mutt ever feel to-
wards magi0rat- kethe tame ana ire
toute FeEcrlon. Mr.. Lvirgaon, with
honor to the quiet virtues of the authority
that deputed him, fupPorted the treatment
experienced from the Firt COniul and
his MinIlters, with a fpirir Of much for
bear1nce. At that period, tbs ProgrelS
OF negotiation between France and Eng
land, -endered Mr.. Iivingiton uLeleiS 10
the government Of France, and harmlels
10 his own bat the infant that negofia-
tion became hopel-Gs of lu-cels, Mr. Liv-
ingGon was countenanced, and probably
encouraged and afifed, in addrelIng the
government Of France not only as a nego-
.fafC~ br,t even - \ r7r~r-for
Extreme elevation, from Rate Of de-
je6tion, requires frongcr powers Of fell
command, to avoid he cXced,5 Thar may
reiult from fu,h change, than can ever
be podciled by the vctaries Of d1mOCTacy.
The par0xyfm of Mr Li'ihglton on This
occalion was imnoderate and forgetting
that The opportunities Of Bonapart- Eut
have enabled him TO underltand the poi
tics and commerce Of the world, and
particularly the Gate o. his own country
in every relaGon-forcetJing TOO, that an
official, or even q private communication,
CT means dtGgned 10 promote The eHclu-
fye happiness of one nation, by the Minl-
ter Of another, was az Office from which
duty and propriety would have eXcuied
him be ahumed, il his memorial, the
charaaer of z tutor to the government OF
France, infrrded the Fir.t Coniui il the
interetts Of his empire, and convinced
him, as il would Be thought, By the force
OF ineGGible logic, that the colony Of
LouiGana, if retained, would be q uiollis
aPPendage Of his government
2 . 4 q -
nniniaer's re1lonings, fcparate from The
fecret meri! If his memorial, which its
extreme modeny forbids il to mention /?
Fxtinguifh iis aAiaity to our rcG(ary, and
what de3itu;e ilirgi innate it would ap-
pear in the ey-s Of the Firlt Conful =
Repeated experience in attempts to nego-
hate with France, during the courle of her
revolution, render the conClufon Poitive,
thar The fpirit of ulIrpltion Is not 10 BE
converted 10 meaiurcS of JuiIicc, or even
10 any reafonabge terms Of a.ommoda-
ton, BY argument and ioIcitaton but
on the contrary, by luCh courtefy, il be-
comes the mere rapacious and exorbjtant.
During the reign Of Barras and tbs tyranl
saociates, fuch an attempt was made by
one Of our ENJOYS 10 that court Talley-
rand, the Pfefent miniiter Of foreign rela-
floss, was then in the cabinet his atten-
tions to our envoy were AZ nauering, and
his aAurarces Of favor as PolitIve, as ever
could have been received by Mr.. Living
ffon. But the event of that attempt pro-
we'd the ablurdity Of il.
a treaty might then have been concIud-
ed, ifmoney enough had been aPPropria-
ted and lodged in the hands Of our envoy
for the purthale of il. The invaion Of
Foc1and was held IN in terror nv Fance