Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1808-08-22
HOLLAND.

HOLLAND.
Inhabitants Of New York-the
hTft fcttlers Of this great and power
ful State, lihen ,othe Gtuation Of
your mother country. What has
become of her liberties, her com.
merce, her Independence ? all gone
to the Carnol Houfe Of Corhcan
per6dy and rapacity. The brave,
hardy, enterprizing, and frugal fons
of Batavia, after having patiently
borne every fpecies Of oppreiIlon, and
drained of almof their lat Chilling,
have had king placed over them,
the mere creature, to execute the
diabolical mandates Of the Great
Bandit.
When the French armies enter
ed the territories of Holland, her
motto was, " War 10 the Palace, bur
Peace t. the Cottage They came
TO deliver the people from their ru-
lers, and from he burthens which
thofe rulers impofed. The Dutch,
like Italians, lent an ear to their art
full and perfdious declarations, be-
lieving that their cottages would be
fpareG, and carelefS Of the fate Of
the palace. But, alas l--They loon
found tha. French rapacity, like the
hail and the thunder, fell alike TO the
thalcheI roof, & the guided dome.
The palaces once feized on, the cot
tages loon followed while thofe
who were found in the Intermediate
lpace, the merchant, the manufac-
turer, the farmer and the tradelman,
were funk in the common ruin !:
happy + BY the lofs Of property they
had che good fortune TO Preferve
their lives Thefe milerable beings
pofefs nothing Of their own they
can acquire nothing with the hope
Of enjoying or brqueathing il they
can make no provifion FOR the weak
nels OF difeafe, The feeblenc5s of I'D
age, or the helPlefnefs Of infancy /;
they are the mere political drudges
Of the fervile tool Of hard hearted
tyrant, who fuffers them to live only
while their labors adminiller 10 their
projects of ambition, and who, when
his purpofes demand it, pu ar end
at once to their tolls and exitence.
GERMANY.
Brave ions Of Herman, inhabitants
Of thtfe States fuch Of you as have
had fenfe and fpirit enough to keep
your fouls free from the Poifonous
influence of the all corrupting agents
Of Napoleon, who fwarm in this
country, how mutt your hearts be
torn BY the mingled emotions Of for
row and indignation at the fate Of
the late happy, powerful, and irds-
pendent land Of your warlike forefa-
theirs 4? How mutt your bofoms fym-
pathize in the deep difrefs and deg
radiation Of your enAaved country
men ? How mutt they fwell with
patriotic vengeance againf the uni
yerEal defolater, who, by his deceit
ful wiles and treacherous arts, more
than by the honorable open Proweis
Of his arms, has fubjugated, and now
lcourges with favage cruelty the
once happy plains Of Germania ?
The invaGons of this country were
attended with crimes too aurocious
to be credited, were they not proved
by indifpuJable evidence, and did
they not accord with the general
practice Of the wrctches by whom
they were committed. In adveTting
to thefe detefable a9s Of oppreiIion
and barbaritY, we mu& recollect,tbat
they were perpetratcd upon people,
who, feduced by the tyrant's inGdi-
Gus pioneers, had made no reiR4nce
Of any fort agaiuf the invaders, and
who, in every inaance, had entered
into an agreement with the French
Generals TO PAY TAEM GREAT
SUNS OF MONEY" in order to pre-
fcrye their country from plumber. In
confeguence Of the ranfom thus
wruog from the people, the invaders
declared, by public proclamation,
that the perlons and property of the
inhabitants thould be araly reipec-
ted, and that their rights, ufages,
How fatally parallel will be the hrua5ion
Of the United states in fllort time, judging |
from tie dlpofItion and FaG condu4 Ut oar I