Jenks' Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1803-1805, 1804-09-10

,uatious, where perf,n was cnce lurrouuded
by his friends, now rEieGed from the ha,c as
dans-rou, 70 IFS peacr, once enjoying tie rlesf-
uses OF social ca,n-x,ors, now. a foltary wan
derer :excis,s the mua poignant reflections, and
makes many prefer de a,h to bauithmens. The
condua 81 Car;olanus lufrates the ftrcneth
OF attachment TO COUNTRY Having experienced
the fighsa injuiice ftofn his counrymen, and
made hi,nIclf the leader 81 foreign army, to
ayepge Els injuries III the dehru6ton of his ma
tive city vet, a, the Intersection Of his friends,
ne relented, though with the project Of iuHey-
ing rs traitor by tEcic Whole confidence he
had acquired. If this attachment be thus ttrong,
what NUT be character Of thofe, who are able
to dsncoy it 1t is ,rac, defirc Of properly, or
TYRANNY may lead TO dtant chimes but few e, !,
ccp:. thofc, wloe charaGers are abardoned,
whcf- conduet is i.amped with infawy, whcie
live. are forfeited by TIE fer,srcs, of :-;ghte-
OTIS law, whole moral principle are ann;hiatcd,
and Whole ,ninds revolt not at the preparation
Of horriIie,ds, will -e!inauifa the foil CT .lisir
hir,h, with an ex,rteAton ard dctre of return
ing no rnorc. There may be exceptions, brt
they are few, when com pared with that MATS
Of vice, corruption Of morals, and d-prayation
Of mind, which at leah have itows! into this
reign his c .untry, whole profpeds arg bright,
whole means of acqliring property permanent,
and whole path to honour and confidence open
and direct his delinrstion of the general
character Of aliens, will appear correft, after we
i.aal have compared it with that thcy have here
eyhibited.
IF a,.achn-n, to country be 70 ftrorg, wha,
dependence can be placed on foreigners in time
os danger, Especially if it threatens Us from the
itatc, 10 which they originally belonged J. hey
will eniA with an enemy, il the conditions, Of
fcy-d, are better, than tboGe Of the. aa,e in
which they rch.c; for after abandoning ,he;.
own country, they are bound to others By no
ties, BIT thoie that are temporary. !. The rrin Of
nations, employing n.ereenary srfi,'es, will be
an eternal men,enro Of this truth. Shoule, there
&c war b-;ween their native aud adopted coun-
tries, the only ,efor. Of the latter IS to expr.
them tromits limits, b:caui. it may find an en-
envy in lis vitais, when leaie prepared for de-
fence. Nations, which arc enemies, rot only
NE OMEN warfare to dir,inifh each other:
ftrcng;h, bit rciort to expedients, which, tho
fecrcr. are not diigraceful. Should aliens there
fore be promiled by their fate al hopourabls
reinftatenhen, in its favour, and an a.,enciey
for the pa.t, they would betray the caufc Of
their adopted country without reIn aance- Nor
IS :his always reeniGte. The rcccllscfi y alone
of the p,eafures tie amufcnsents, and the friends
of infancy and youth will often deprive ma
ton OF the confidence Of its paturalized fuh-
ieas. Add to thctc r. sors for verlati'ity in
Foreigners, the pecunary rewards. which an en-
envy may offer, and z natural repsgnancy TO
fight aeault the country of our birth, though
deaitute Of every other principle. and people
can have nothing &c hope, bur every thing 10
dread from them in time IF war. How rany
nGanccs Of ratriotifn, compared with tholc Of
treachcry, can any nation boat Of IN ar adopted
citizen Where can BE- found 10 enwne
the brow of any nasuralized fub;ed the
laurels of glory, which adorned the tempI-s Of
Winkelield, . native Of Switzerland 7 That
great and good cnmmapdct, feeling at the Bat
tlc Of Sempack, that the Swi!s could II break
through tho Aui1rians, becanfe, forming clofc
battalion, they. prefented front, covered with
fteet, and Drifting With pixies and lanccs, fays,
" nv friends, Ills day will give my life to
/" procure you the victory. only recommend
to you NY family" lien forming his men
like wedge, placing hinnief a: the point, and
commanding them to nitrate him, he marched,
and with his hands, feized the pixies Of the enc
my, ard threw ttctn on the ground. Their
phalanx was broken, shemlelve' defeated, and
Switzerland faved f'on lavery. Happy land,
had fueh a .pirit animated thee, and tuch men
commanded thee. when attacked by the myr-
midons Of BonaParte But eafy !, it to find
the revert: Of this picture The hiaory Of ali
ems, cn,suited with power, is the h,Aory Of
,reachery. When victory was almca within
the graip Of the voci, their general DEFERRED
them. The favour OF the Pertains could not
retain Alcibiadrs, after his country permitted
his return, In America the character Of gen.
Lee was nor free from, fufpicion.
But want Of dependence on Foreigners j. no.:
tae only evil, wbsch may hsppen 20 fate
they are the channel, through which foreign
influence may freely Cow 10 diitraG lis councils.