Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1806-05-26

refponGble an officer as the fccrctary
Of fate, had not been trpe 7 Eel-
ther 1B9eH or JIaa:ss has ever
denied word Of what Randolph
faid in the houle of representatives.
respecting the interference Of France
with Spain in her fertlrment OF dir
putes with this country, and Of the
neceihty there was for Us 20 give
meneyto France, 70 peruait the fct-
tlement to 60 on.
Now the Regyfsv, the CJrrni-f
and dfgas, may exclaim---" Tribute
to France! Good God r until. thef
have ftunned themfelycs aud their
rulers bat fdch IS the fact, and this
is the evidence on which i rcHs.-
With this evidence before the pnk-
lie, they may continue to demand,
1Obo is there % drba}ed that 10 e0afsnf 10
pay t'ibatestO Fraaes or EngLand2 Z and
every candid. man win anfwer, On
the evidence at prefent before .he
public, he believes thar the federal
administrator has coniented, and are
now in the ACT Of paying tribute TO
France. Aud if we look back 70
former times we fhall find this il
NOT the hrf time the men, who make
up the, adminiftration and lead the
republican party, have contemplated
paying tribute TO France. sAyhen
Tallcyrana demanded money Of
Pinckney, Marihall and Gerry, un-
der the federal admiRiit. arion, as a
preliminary to iettlement Of dil-
putes between France and America,
the lradsr5 Of tbe republican ta17i7n OF
thar day, mott Of whom are now
either in, or connected with the pre-
Gent adniniItfatiop, were indignant
| az the federal party that the money
was not grained. The dal1ardly
fouls faid tbrp as they do ns40, zvby
4oe 'bad t.etfe,. pay nt;rey r1ss,T, ty con-
tending for our rigbr, hazard war
with cur .jfqsr yfpaJEc / Had they
been in power at that f;mf, they
would have paid. tribute they are
now in power, ard LET the puAlic
Judge on the evidence, if they have
| nor bowed their knee to Baal, and
-fent money as tribrse TO France.
"If there Is man in the Uuited
Z" States, 70 mean fpirited, 70 COW.
+" srdIy, r. logl 70 RE honor Of his
6 country, let him be pointed out to
"his feilow-cilizsus." This is fone
OF the contenp;ible bluf:r Of n,sIsrn
ire5pbfaai6n I; bur Randolph la.
I po.nted out the very men who ar.
tor paying tribute TO France, and
they have not, they dare not DENY il.
Indeed ryery rep'tlicaA who vored to
conceal rhe preiIent's me1age, and
for the too rsiiiinJ, that have goRe
10 Fsance, win Be- con6dercd as al
ding France, With tribute. off
trtth is truth. if records DO not
I" lie"-" if facts fpeek for them
T" ielv-s, it will be found that what
! { 5 iaid IN the federal papers on the.
"fubjett Of .ri5 fe to France Is fub1
itaaqAlIy plovtd
What ha' been done9 ak the
+" hireiings--'t Why the Floridas are
g 10 be purehafed, and two milton.
6 have been appropriated for that
"purpofe, ard. as we underitand,
"tmlrk that have bsen RENTED IN
"bil5 to Amiterdam, ard not 70 Pa
g ris. Nota d9iiar III grscie has been
:" fent TO Europe in the Hornet, or
g any other vefsl" ContemptibIa
eyaGon Of the truth. The federal
papers FAY that millions Of dollars
have gone, or voted BY Congrefs as
tribute to France. The hirlings un-
der administration, fwag gaer away
and declare, nat a d5Ray us lbeeis baf
g5as 70 E4rsfs in tie H9rAet but
clearly admit that millions have gone
out in bills. Now of what conl1-
quence is itro the p1ple, whether INC
tribute is paid IN per or IN bis J III
either cafe it mutt finally come out
of our pockets.
What do rhefe dupes mcan By
purchafe of the FloTi3ss n Arc they
ignorant that we have alrcady iur-
ehafed and paid for HrJA jr75rises
and that it has long face bcchsinror-