Portland gazette., 1805-06-03

a9Afisca' tDlnaAhoa n lA~a 10y 's'~'s
onabir.
N.tua whici. has slta,iiih-lin the aaigert-
cham Of t,,inz anl olig-rsli otd-r, d;iceAat
Ing from Area Aageis - mirrotcc2'c anin%
cuies. nas orslikcl rhar 30 t,sb oolects IN o.
Dcrfcc2!y alike, AMI no two cr-4tafcs psti1-ty e
ouaI. Aishozsh Among seea. al. arc iuo}E2ssoJ /
n,ture 70 tcaaiL4 ~ of morality, and ~ i2eiety /
b,yr rigat % qar {sgO5 for their government, !
vet no ,Ws eaca arc pefirctT eqaliIa pertcr, /
nroo.rtg, aadrrttandiag, a-twitT and virtue |
n even can Be naa- e. By anY power l9is than |
,b,t ,gh;ch created them. ald wheaefcr It er- 7
comes d;frutablr between tr) iad'v.dc7ts, c7 /
fao,;l;es. which "a the iuperi5r, 4 Icrnsnsation
,oo,menoes. which aiitarts The ordSr Of all things
un,l It is fcttlcd, aud cash or Knows hla place
II the opinion of the puoic,
Wr procccd in 5hc narration The DUR q
Gu;fc AMI the ccaa4ole, holding the hra Of
res st court and fupportcd by dia rent powcF-
fui friends, became necehlriiy Ieaioas or each
o,ber and dangerous rivals ei the king. He
e., found rcafoa 10 dfgrace then and thefs
fs,;i;-s cxneriencei what sle Boarbons had
{,,f-rrS before, aud Fracis nov faw that
-. hour. Of Gads parscalarlY had BE-
co,y,e a,uoeroas to the houl:of " aioiS. We
A. -, mean 90 follow th- h;aaricls thread
,ba ,,tsrvnrh nj intrigcts and therefore
-onIy obrrye, thar ttesc great families rceained
their inHa-nce under Henry H. in 54T, aad
filed France with rivalry and With crirncs.
The author here ent-rs into a difcu!ion Of
the contribution Of the human mind The lead
in ientiments are rhe fame as thole 10 &c fouad
in Dr.. Adam Smith's book /; taey are here A.
rreeabIg expanded, ani very important political
reflections arc drawn from an aualyGs of thc
nature, rfTc6s, tendency, and ulcfun-fs Of rarS
wealth titles, and perfond Accomplishment.
He ihews win great force and proprietg, that
thefe things arc dslir-d ioly becauie they AZ.
tract the attention, confederation, and cenc1se
ulations Of mankind. He paints out With
beauty and energy that from this fource a1ifc
emulation ana rivalthiP. with their effects of
the iublime virSaes IN peace, aud the mott uic
ful indnary III agriculture, commerce, &c on
the one han4 and hatred revenge, and wars,
on the other. He proceeds 70 dilcover the an
al cauie Of this contribution OF things, and sows
that nature has gieen US this PATTON Of aiain
tion in order to produce focal activity, 70 that
we ihall be continually laboriag for The good Of
mankind All tAefe doctrines are inyeaiEated
with great ingenuity (, enforced bg examples
drawn from hiftory, and daily experience Of the
neceGity of not extingufAina but impiy rsgu-
latins the love of titles, rars, sc. What Is
difcovcrabIe in individuals is applicable 10 na
tions AS the pa6ions are eternal and immu
tuai, they operate on families and ffates, as on
bows or officers and hence arife national AMI
notifies and political alliances After long
and elaborate dii1cuEon Of the fubietf, which
the author. trengthens BY The arsunents Of
Smith apd the poetry OF shakespeare. ne fsys,
But Why all tbs sf emulation and rivalry I?
Becaule as ,he whole hiitoFy OF the civil wars
Of France, given Us by D4v9a. IS no more than
a relation Of rivalrics fucceeding each other in
rapid ferries nc reflections we have m ade viii
afIi1 Us, both 70 uuderEand tiat noble hito-
Iian, aud % f'rE yighC judgmcnf Of the fate
of sff4,rs in France ar the pIeitnt moment.
They viii fa.gel aifs to Americans. Especially
70 thoic wha aave been unfriendly and may be
now luke warm 70 their national conGitution,
fome uielul egquiiie les, iuch as thole for exam
pies w heihsr there are not emulations, Of a
ferrous complexion aroag oulleyes between
cites aud uuiverft.e5 bet vcen NorEh and
South The middle and and the North The
middle and tie South between one fate and
another between Tie government Of States
and the National goveramen and between in
dividuai patriots and heroes in all theie What
is the natural remedy againt the Inconvenience
and dangers Of theie rivalries Whether well
balanced cOnf.tutoh, fuch a that Of Ger un-
ion purports to BE, ought not 10 be corciallr
iupported, until its defects, if has any, can be
corrected by every coed CITIZEN as our only
hope OF peace, and our ark Of lafety But it
mutt be lefs to rhe contepp4t!ons Of rate ply
fcians TO difccver the caufcs and remedy Of that
&c J<ovr z05'rssf or pezcez i Gek." One queh-
iononly iha.i be RESPECTFULLY iniinuatei Wheth-
equal laws. the refuit only Of balanced