Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1812-02-03
Coz. Ge,ry p British Gold.

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His Excellency seems to dread the effects
! of BRIBERY on the part of foreign nation,
and he insiDuates, that the federal writers
and printers are in pay of Great Britain
I There is one remar k which naturally occurs
to every virtuous man, that suspicious and
| ieslousies of this kind, seldom or never take
| their rise in pure and exalted minds. 1t is
an i'll augury when we find men imputing
| to base motives the conduct of those who
differ from them But we are not content.
ed with this answer. During Thirty years
! in which insinualiOns of this sort have been
made against the federslisis, not single fact
has occurred to support them. 1te cslum-
niators have usually, like Gov. Gerry, PyH
Gently confined themselves to general and
I dark insinuations.
There have been but two examples where
they have dared TO be specific and 10 point
the charge At individuals. The one was in
the case Of Col Pickering. There grand
and petit jury found the calummators gull
~, and George Blake, Esq in mitigation Of
the sentence declared 10 the Court that the
character OF Col. Pickering was SO far abOve
suspicion, that no possible injury could have
resulted 10 him, and therefore he sentence
Of the Court should be mild, The other
case was that of Mr.. Gore wlo was libel
ed at Baltimore-when afte' hunting up
all the testimony possible, in which Pre-
sldeht Dana was said to be extremely as
siduous against The late Excellent Govern
or, the authors or printers of the libel
made public and cmp!e apology TO Mr..
Gore.
Not so with Governor Gerry's friends. -
Mr.. Fsuchet, the French minister, char
ged Mr.. Randolph, a democratic Secreta-
ny OF State, with having applied to him for q
bribe-to which Mr.. Fsuchet replied that
the French Republic brides no man 10 do his
duty, and added, that thus the pretended
patriots of America have already their pri-
ces. This public and notorious fact was
admitted by the French minister in sub
stance, and Washington, whom Gerry now
affects to admire, drove the corrupt minis
ter from his presence: Another instance Of
direct bribery is proved BY a certificate
lately published, in which 1t is stated, that
the l@te French Consul General lie Tombe,
declared 10 his friend in Philadelphia, that
the Funds of the French mission were low,
owing to the prodigal waste Of he minister
IN b. bling the members of Congress. Tally
rand also in his intercourse with our minis.
ters, limited at these means which France
ordinarily employs in keeping Up party in
this Country. We know il 10 be fact
that Genet brought out nearly one million
OF dollars, of which he expended nearly
100000 IN the course Of one year. Such
are tue means which France has. How she
employs them lei tie people Judge.
HIS ESceIleHcy speaks of htreling presses
Did he never hear Of democratic paper
OF which the French Consul in former times,
took $50 copies IN order to encourage its
editors
II he did not-we did. So then it an.
pesrs, that while there exists on record, in
the archieves Of State, legal evidence of
! French Corruption, received by the chiefs
OF Governor Cerry's party, the only cases
which have been scruunized as to similar
| charges against tie federalists, have re.
suited MT only N their acquittal, but in the
| disgrace Of their calumnistors.
Ii GOV. Gerry would dare 20 Sbrcffv his
receH charges against individuals, we pledge
ourselves that, IN six months, we would
| procure eoavlctisn against hun for
malicious libel.
His eXceliency charges Gen. Hamilton
with being 9noEsrehia and oya!ist, and con
desoends TO notice the insinus that tie
was native BfHoH. Did not Gen. Hamilton
take ms degree al New York College At IL
| years OF age J Did he not live during the
hottest part Of the war in Washing on's
family Did lie not lead the ftlorn hope
IN the attack on CORVALLIS al Yorktown
Did he not write the FedrralIst," The
biest defence OF the American Constitution
81 conjunction s5itk Izadfson2 Didnot Wash.
Ington appoint him 40 the most important
office unuer the national government, the
place Of Secretary of the Treasury Did
he not frlist that he should be the second il
command IN the army raised by Nr. A
dams and did not Adams SO appoint him
. Could such man have been 8 royalist |
! he was, bU.h Adams aud Washing on wer,
| enher corrupted or deceived -Bos. Gag.
We learn from Washington, tina
some days since, there had been alrea
dy upwards OF 10000 applications 70
commissions in our standing army
What pny Officers could not be mad
S,Laiers of.-.l. Y. Gaz.
A farmer in Lyme, twelve DAYS a
ter the late snow storm, dug three {
his sheep alive, from under a sno,
drift