Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1810-03-31

teres;s fron t,.ose nf their fallo~ cilizeHs.
whom they themselves have chosen 70 Nan
are their common concerns and thus 70 pro-
duce divisions fatal 10 our peace Such ar
sempts ought TO be repelied with decision,
which would convince France and the world
that we are not degraded people, humlha-
ted under colonial sense OF fear, fitted 10 be
the miserable instruments OF foreign intiu-
euce. ard regardless Of national honor, char
Scler and interest"
an. X. again returned to the subject OF
money; said he, gentlemen you donot speak
TO the point; it IS expected that YOU will Of
fer money"
/" lie told us that we paid money to obtain
peace with the Algerines. and with the In
dams and that 1t was doing no more to
pay France for peace"
I" On the Odd Of October, NJ. 2. French
gentleman Of respectable character, inform
ed Mr.. Gerry that NJ. Talleyrand, minister
of foreign relations who protested TO be well
disposed towards the u. S. had expected to
have seen the American Ministers frequent
.ly in their private capacities and to have con-
ferred with them individually on Che objects
of their mission and had authorized M. 2.
70 make this communication to Mr.. Gerry"
When il is remembered, that the proper
ty of Americans which the French cruizers
had pilaged, amounted to thirty millions OF
dollars when we consider the cut-throat
character Of the French government, then
in the " full tide of republican experiment"
when we consider that Messrs. Pinckney &
Marshall spurned at the indignity offered TO
an independent nation, and in the true spir-
it of our forefathers, declared that their fell
low citizens "would give millions for de-
fence, bit NOT a ccnt for tribute ;" when it is
remembered that Messrs Pinckney and
Marshall positively refused TO act any lon
ger in their official character, and closed
the diplomatic correspondence, because
thew would not PROSTATE the honor Of their
country by listening longer to such PROPOSE
tons and that Mr.. Gerry, while he was
with them in France, acquiesced, and acted
with his colleagues to what cause, in the
name of reason and common sense, shall we
attribute the long stay of Mr.. Gerry in
France, which he protracted several months
after the return of his colleagues But
when we also remember, that after the de-
parture of his colleagues, Mr.. Gerry did ac-
tually prolong this infamous correspondence,
WIFI tnCoC ICB~Cb1tcHS . WHICH We Odh W
mind the diplomatic farce between him and
Monsieurs x, Y, z, and lady, Gall which
are to be found in the official documents re-
ferred to) shall we not irresistibIy come
to the conclusion, that Mr.. Gerry's devotion
TO the French cause is dangerous to the in
dependence of his own country / regret
the length Of this communication, but beg
the indulgence Of noticing a piece in the
last Argus, headed " Gazette Deception
reacting upon its own Friends" A list of
towns is there inserted, as being generally
opposed TO the Constitution at tho time of
its adoption, the whole of which, or nearly
all, we stated to be no,v federal. This is no
answer to the facts stated in my former
number, (Which the democrats cannot de-
N.Y. that so many have turned from the err
ror of their ways. But the Argus-man dar-
ed not, until it was too late to contradict
him, state the votes for Mr.. Gerry and Gov.
Hancock in 1888, in those towns. He has
therefore prudently avoided making the en-
ly statement which could affect the arsu-
ment Very possibly these towns did vote
against the Constitution and it would also
appear, that those towns which did, voted
generally tor Mr.. Gerry. The Argus dares
not make the comparison, for the truth of
my assertion would stare them in the face.
To what miserable shifts is democracy driy-
en- They could make no answer but this,
and this is wilful intention to deceive. Per-
haPs, however, when the g Little Argus
Extra" makes its appearance, and there is
no other opportunity before the Election to
detect its Misrepresentation and false
hoods, we shall have something more if
we should, it may be the subject of further
notice. "A WOMAN.