Jenks' Portland gazette. Maine advertiser. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1802-1803, 1803-02-14
RemsDrIeans 8 Louidaua. No. III.

evil the (tstes 90 to War And
have we 1.-THE Frcnch) any reafon to
dread belfilities Car they not be eafily
diverted or inundated from open VIC
Hence (. Or fhouid pacifying meafures
fail of fuccels, are they not fafcePtible
of deeper eyounds than they are able TO
inflief Let Us predia their future Goa
due from their palt.
This is a nation Of pedlars and
fhop keepers. Money engrones all their
paf1ions and purfuits. For this they
brave all the dangers Of land and water;
they will fcour the remotea feas, and
penetrate the rudea nations. Their
ruling paflions being money, no fsnfe of
perfonal or national dignity mutt ltand
in the way of its qualification. Thefe
are an eafy facrifce TO the lua of gain,
and the infults ADD oppreaions of for
tigncrs are cheerfully borne, provided
there is a recompence of a pecuniary
nature. Infults and injuries, that affect
not the purfe, affed no fenfe that they
pohefs and fuch is the feemingly in
confident influence of tie momentary
PATTON, that the pillage of their proper
", while it produces ininite difcontent
and clamor, urges them 10 no revenge.
The dictates Of generous natare,
which prefers honor ariches, and will
hazard property and life iticlf, in the
aaerlion Of its own or its country's
wrongs, are arangers to their breaIis.
When the council is war, they prodent-
" reckon the eXpence, and determine
rather to keep what is left them, than
10 rilk it in endeaeoring TO regain that,
of which they have been robbed
Such is their hidory ioce they have
grown to a iufficient ;lze to attract hi
torical attention"
Here the memorable Rates the conduct of
the Americ ans in the war with the French and
Indians, which was concluded by the peace Of
1869, and The revolutionary war, which pro-
cured independence, and then proceeds.l
Since this psriod, INDEPENDENCE
they have grown in wealth and num-
bers, and have teen buGly employed in
bringing their disiointed members into
fome fort Of combination in building
up and pulling down their feparate
contributions in quelling tumults ex-
cited by attempts TO levy taxes on
liquid potion called Whitley in fnppli.
eating France end England, that shey
would BE- good enough to repay the
value of the plumber com nnitted by thefe
nations on their commerce, and Spain,
that fhe would be pleafed to let them
pafs up and down the Milli6ppi; and
in The moli furious and difgracefuI an
imo6ties of party, fcmented by the tive
great rivals in Europe, and convertible
at viii into more fuceeisful engines Of
ooneuea than armies and fleets. Inhead
of providing for their own defence.
agamR foreign CT domelic foes, by
armed hips and dileiP!ined troops !;
they have relied, on the power Of iafreaty,
ard on a rabbs 81 miGs;f. Inltead Of
aGerting their natural claims to the
continent of North America, they have
left all their foulhern dl(triSfs, and the
mouth Of their mott ufcful river in the
hands Of a nation, deipicable and de
fencelefs !; whole claims are groundlefs
and ridculouAy aGerted by thenfelves !;
bat formidable and fatal when tranf
ferred TO others,
I" What topics. likely TO produce con.
vietion, can be urged by the advocates
for hottie mealures The future occu
patton of the welfern world by race
congenial to shemfelves; the extenaon
Of their name and language over 70 large
part of the earth the future acquili
tons Of the riches OF Mexico are fplen.
did images which might feduce the fage
in bis clofet. or the delpotic prince Whole
private willis the law of bis people, and
whole private cafe would not be i'm
paired by the incidents Of War, but are
idle aud Intellectual dreams in the view
of the farmer, trader, or artizan.-
Thele claaes mua provide immediate
bread for their children, and comfort
and refpea for their old age. Chime
rical and diltant goods would hardly
e1tcrt from them petty contribution
to the public or tempt them to march
hundred miles from home, with
muiket or their fhoulder Or to riaS
the rotting Of the corn in their granaries
for want Of market the lofs Of cni-
toners TO their ihop; and the inadion