Portland gazette., 1805-06-11

more IN charscterJ give ls sgain re gsds sftss
GyessJ J-givs IL Ggqin tbs m5ys iHt.higi5s ar rrea
as mere esnf5yts5s llefrs sf 4fbsnahTs and Csi'Tn
= Eay, sive a5 again sgy Peer and FieDctic5
Bfrslif7iaet and Telut5, epib Rtseir }rptrGiti.n
and tavaticiifi, irpofnret and tyranny. A certain
Duchefs Of venerable years and malcaine un-
understanding. said Of iome Of the Philolophcrs
of the 9Th cent admirably well, " or ne pas
croft daus la Chrisianifinr, m4is on er0it toutef
les fo:tifrs poaiocs."
The author proceeds from page Ga in reg
u sr courle sf mar alton interrupted only by the
incrtion of political rtmarks As he has con-
dcnr 4 DaSila, L would be atfurd 10 abridge
The dilcourler il pay therefore Be futhcient to
f?y thar hc relates the rivalry betwceH the Gnl-
fes and MsntmoTencies the ambition Of the
queen mother after the death OF Henry ii. |;
the various plots and intrieues os The borrbons,
the Coliaris, and other families OF France the
hatc and political effect OF the Pro:ettant rehS
ION in the iea of Husuenots I; rhe civil wars
between them and the catholics; the aiicinbhng
OF TIE hates' general in 800; the plots oil al!
the families after the death OF Francis Il. he
elevation of the BouFbons, the mssiureS reIas-
70 the far,ous edia granting liberty ct confidence
and Of prea hing 70 the ~-ivanists IN 5o2i
the civil Szarsth2t lhortly followed /; the hor-
i'll .nanarcs of Il. bankolowmew's day the
work concludes with fomc ftrong sad adniirs-
bic reHca,cns Of which We iniert tie following
as iumnary.
" In1ead Of throwing falfe imputations on
republican, governments inttead OF exciting or
fomenting avulgar malignlty againif the mott re-
fpeaable meu and famiics. lct us draw the pro
per inference from hiltory and experience
let Us ay il dows as certain iae, frit, that the
emulation between individuals, and riyalries ..
mong faniIics,u never can BE- prevented !; iecond,
let us ADOPT it as certain principle that they
ought not to be prevented, but directed
10 virtue, and than timulate and en-
coursged by generous apPlauie ana honor
able rewards. And from thcle premifcs
lct Tie concuGoN be,ss it ought to be thar an ef
(edual controal DC provided in the ecnRitution
to checi1 their ekcciies and bal nee their
weights. IF this conclulon is net drawn, another
viii follow of itscf--thc people will Be ri.
dupes, and the leaders viii worry etch other
and the people too, till both arc weary and a.
fl,an,ec,, and from feeling, not from reafoning
Fst up matter and dcGpot for 4 Protector,
Thus have we 6n;ihcd long anal ifs Of We
~ intereiting work The fyle we do not COM
mend, II is rough and unpo iflled !; the words
CRATE harthly, and the fentances are often inyol-
we'd like ClarendOn's.
vsrum ubi p1uTa nsat ia carmins, e:s prucia
oFend4r macuIis, qras ncura faai;,
aut humaua param cavis ns,ura. ...
We RECOMMEND the difcorrces to every hu-
dent OF politics , and even the veteran lrgilator
viii recognize the naxims, by which he may
have afiifed in framing political contributions.
BY attending to the dictates of nature, as fhe op-
crates il Rates, and by a. careful confederation,
remembrance, ard practice ofthe h9,lrwed lore
Of De Loln,e, Burke and Il nilar writers our
country may hope in tiTe to enjoy the bl-ifing
Of perfect balances, as far as what is human IS
perfect and when founded III the deep earth,
and sitabiihcd on the Rrong rocks, its tusrets
may wave in the whirIwind, but J" popderibus
librata fui;," The workmen have secn faithful
and the work is immoveable.