Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1808-10-10

saves our excellent government from an
overthrow.
Our present administration have, firstly,
shown signal end very uncommon favour
"a Frenoh frigate in Boston harbour. This
frigatc, called the Berceaa, was taken at
sea in combat with one Of Oar American
frigate- and was ~ much prize to our
vessel as the Lfasgrgent was to Com.
TRUxToN, which ereIy one knows was a
lawful prize and always. has been consider
ed such. This frigGtc, Beseeau, was re-
paired by order of Mr.. Jefferson, at the A.
merican peoples expense, with the sum of
7h1ty-tzvo Thousand Dollars This showed
Partially to France, or It did not show par
TALLY to France, one or the two.
Seconlv, Louisiana was purchased of
France for Fifteen Millions of Dollars
This tract of land was worth nothing to us,
but the purchase helped France to cash,
and pleased Bonaparte, which was enough
undoubtedly for those who made the pur-
chase. If this don't show partially to
France It shows folly in our rulers.
Thirdly, every dispatch ship that has
been sent to England for one year at least,
last past, has been sent BY rhe Ssay of France,
and has returned, whenever permission"
has been granted by Bonaparte, By HE 4Uay
Of France. This looks "squally," indeed.
1t looks like paying little obeisance, or so.
Fourthly, those papers that support our
present rulers and in return are supported
by them, have excused all the conduct of
BonapGrte towards this and the countries
he has conquered, and sometimes they have
applauded il, particularly the Ayoya, print
ed BY native Of Ireland, which paper said
that the noted, infamous Letter Of the
French Minister of foreign affairs to our
Minister resident at Paris, as it related to
Americans, spoke the language Of friend
ship and liberality''-Does all this conduct
of our rulers and their party appear to have
been dictated by o love of country, by pat
riotism, by wisdoms by the principles of
WAsH1SoToE and tile heroes Of SEVENTY
FIVE
Now look az the conduct of France to-
wards us we have treaty with her, but
she pays no attention to it, yet wish you
to remember we have a treaty with her Of
Bonaparte's own making. Two years since
Boaabayte issued his new fashioned block
aiding Decree from Berlin, Nov. 1906 :
This was a violation of his own treaty
Secondly, he issuedhis Milan Decree, Dec.
1907, still further violating his own treaty
with the United States. His cruisers have
burnt, sunk and destroyed number Of our
merchant vessels at sea, and be has sane
toned il. He has confscated our property
detained in bis ports which is to order
sale of property without any kind of trial,
whether it was legally captured or not,
whether his own courts and laws would
condemn il or not. lie has said we must
declare war with England, or he should
consider us as at war with him. This he
said TO the United States BY his Minister,
Cham Pdgny, in a letter to our Minister at
PARIS, Gen. armstrong. He has detained an
American government ship in one Of his
ports, and countermanded the orders given
TO her by our government. He has issued
his BayoAne Decree of April 1908, subject
ing all American vessels to the seizure Of
his cruisers and the condemnation Of his
courts. He has condemned and is every
| day condemning our vessels carried into
his ports under sanction Of his three unpre-
cedented and monstrous DEGREES and all
this in open violation Of his own made trea-
~, pledging the faith and honor Of the
French nation. have barely named these
things, hoping they will awaken a spirit Of
enquiry in him who reads. If the people
would seek for information they might OBJ
tain it and that obtained, | should rest
| happily assured that a change of rulers
would take place, and all would be well
] wish the reader to enquire into these
fayors shown to France by our administra-
ton and their party, and into the aggress-
ions of 3onapar.e, and in my next | will
] give brief sketch of acts towards England
and Of her ressions.
ROLAND.
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