Jenks' Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1803-1805, 1804-03-31

iible on the French people"
Taare,y. as--'lbe Filll Confol has had fre
dhent conferences with his bro,her.ir law Gener al
Murat, now Coverner of Paris. Who will be ap.
| pointed in hs lezJ to the chief command Ct the
Italian army, is as YET, unknown.
Lordsn, Dee s.
Mr.. 7t9srySa'5 sreeeb.--The fpeech IF he pre-
G1eAt Of The United States, OF the cperirg If con
grefs is III calculated TO infpire hopes OF his good
dipofliou towards this country 10 tie prefer, con
| teit with france. It affords an-ther in .nce,
10 addition 10 thofe we fee 10 our GENTRY, thai
party feelings blind the resion and prevent the
/, fentimsnts of The ereatea men that they who
have been in tying lituations ot long habits of
hoaility to the Brit,ifh government, admire and
efpoufe ,hofe only ufo ale oppnf-d to. and love
or hate according TO this role, not according TO the
psi plies Of freedom, jui ice. or humanity. To
fnch men the democrat or the deipo' the fao-
culinary inieniy Of RobefPierre, or the Turkifh ty-
ranny Of Bonaparte arc alike dear. providsd they
are ATdentiy emba ked sg ainlt the Standardization OF
this country.
| Our para rnentary tiGorv Of the Ian fetli on, re
cords ample proofs Of this ruth, and Mr.. Je4er
(on's fpeeoh Goes not con'rover, opinions on this
point already formed. He defcrihes the govern
ment Of France as ;, enlgh,ened," as feeing with
"jca difcerpment." as def'ons of" promoting
peace and friendlhip wish Amcrica." The pufpof
IS Of deception msy be anfwered By Withholding
TAGS as wei! as by advancing unfnunded aE:r,ians
Is there man 20 ignoant Of ,he hio,y Of he
lat yer as not to know tina. France gave up Lou
ifiana for no other reafon than 10 avert the boail
| ty Of America at the mornenf me faw ruptnre
with England inevitable She gave Il up, that
ihe might be the more able to tight Great Britain,
! not that fhe might do ju'tiee, or promote the ia
| treas Of the United States To Great Britain
more than 20 France is America .udsb ed Cor that
ceaion thoughin truth. Che owes it to neither,
| but 70 the accidental circumstances in which Eu
rope has been placed. Had not the war bstween
this country ard France taken place, We we'll know
what would have been the fate of LouIiisna il
| would rot have been ceied 10 Anne lea it would
have been feixed ty France. Was not General
Victor ready to fail from Holland win large ar
mameut, to take poGeilion of Were not the gov
ernnors, commanders. commidaries, all the aothm
lied plupderers, appointed aud is it NOT well
known that the dsGgn of France was, by fixing
herfsf the back, on the very loins, Of the III
ted States, to fquesze them OF money ihe iquee
zes Holland, and gradually to bring them under
| her dominion it was the certainty Of thefe eohfe
quencss which alarmed the Americans they kew
the raPacity the tyranny Of he French, aaA they
were ja0ly alarmed. What was il to them whe
TfSHc0
of the Spaniards, but that the one were an inof
teuive people, The other gang OF robbers; 1t i.
.aeliverance from theie roboer. at which The Ame
ticaus rejoice, more than in the acqniion OF terri.
tory. Yet hotwth&4ndings all thefs faas, which,
! every man knows and feels, Mr.. Jeferfon compl;-
Ffnents the Con9ular CovernAent on It's :" enlighr
tened policy" /" its ju dfcernmen" and its deiire
| 70 promote 1.-THE peace and interefts of America"
Yes its enlightened policy is to fee that for Goa
Queii and ACKNOWLEDGMENT il Is peceGary to fight
but one Rate at time; it sjnRiy difcern,' the
importance Of having America neutral or friendly,
while it is engaged with Great Britain ; and it
promotes peace and friend!hip.' for the prefent
moment, that it may the more fecursly RUN and
de't'os America hereafter. France long promoted
! peace and friendlhp' with Switzerland her
l. enlightened policy and jua difesrnmen,,' made
| her lull that Republic, while her enemies were
numerous and powe, full bat the moment The was
freed from them, fhe fell apon Switzerland, piun.
dered and defoated and en1aved the country.-
Who did this 'lhe enlightened CorGcas, the
| diieerning Bonaparte that he might rob the
Swiis OF their treafures, t his expedition to
Egypt. If Britain could be fubdued, as the con-
| tnent has been. then might America experience
ineh friendfhip from France as Switzerland has
| experienced,
The concluding part of MIR Jeferfoo's fpeeeh,
IS no efs repugnant to Engliih feelings, than the
commencement of L. If he had amented that
the eal4miiies of war again aiaiaed Europe,
and thar swo nations, friendly 20 America, were
Involved in hoaiii.ies, be would have laid quite
As, much on that point as he was called upon, or
asit was becoming in him to FAY. But. under
all the eircumRanses Of the fpeech, we regard
his common place cant. againf war in general
as feproschng Great Britain with being alone the
author Of it. The government Of France is com.
pl'mented throughout thefpeeeh, bnt there is no
| expre6ioa Of eleem for this county Gnply.--We