Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1812-01-13

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erDment towards fhe United States"
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| At this time Of day it is impossible
to mistake the uiferior policy of the
French government towards us, and
every nation else which it can reach by
its arts and by its arms. After drink
ing the blood Of near two millions OF its
own citizens, it has constantly, under
its several different forms for fifteen
/ years at least, been maniiesting furi.
Gus lust for universal domination
Tho gorged with dominion, it is never
satisfied like the grave, il says not,
ait is enough" The heilish machine
ry it has used, from first TO last, for
crushing tke nations and making them
the sport Gifts fury, is comfoand Of
fraud and foree. II embraces them,
and with the hug OF a bear stiles them
in the embrace. 1t offers them liberty
and loads them with chains. Ii make.
them first its allies, and then It's vassals.
This had been the steady course OF
the French government for even con-
siderable time before Napoleon Bona
parte became the sole master OF
France and he himself has pursued
the same course as steady as lime, and
without single instance of deviation.
Let facts speak.
1t was in the year l795 that Holland
yielded TO an alliance with France.
The gates of Amsterdam were thrown
open 10 Frerch army Ehey were
received as friends and brothers. The
houses were Illuminated. A general
festival was kept throughout the whole
city. The welkin as it were was lent
with acclamations of Joy. The HoI-
landers had been promised over and
over again, that their rights should be
respected. Oft and many time Bon
aparte himself expressed singular love
for the Hollanders. We need not re-
late the rest.
Again, in the year 1923 (BonaparteI
being then the prime manager of the
affairs Of France in Italy, the gates oil
Rome were opened TO an army of
FTenchmen, who wanted admission for
no other reason las II was Pretended)
but TO amuse the citizens with funeral
fee which they were about lnslituting
III honour Of General Duphot. The
feie was very splendid, and naturally
attracted the curiosity of most persons
at Rome. The solemn drama was ac-
ted in the piazzI of ST. Peters. Ii was
received with universal applause. But
the price O. the exhibition was deaFer
than the spectators imagined-ior,
while they were performing their the
allical politics, at that moment, in eye-
ry other part of the city, an ingenious
ender-plot was carrying on, which con-
sisted of removing The plate out of all
the churches without any distinction CT
the nentr llty or alliance ofsDy nation"
They proceeded to extort BY force, sill
YER, household furniture, jewels, and
whatever they pleased. They robbed
the Vatican and the Palaces of their
exquisite works Of art. and finally
taey +" Obliged the princes, the mobiles,
and the cardinals 10 serve Us commons
soldiers Yet the citizens Of Rotne
were their dear alliss
Again, who knows not the Edelay,
or rather ser,ility, with which Spain
cohered 10 France, Ia quality Of an city,
for more than halta score years The
mines, the armies, the nslies, the very
| llie-blood, OF the iormer, were devoted
to the latter as free-wiIl offtfing
How often and how highly did Bona
parie exlol his flithlul brother, the
monarch OF Spain, and his faithful al
lies the SPaniards. In the meanwhile
a dirk WAS concealed i'll the skirt OF his
garment. He was plotting the utter
suhvers,on OF their government and ia
dependence. BY arts Of talsehoud be
obtained permission 10 Introduce
swarms Of French officers and soldiers
into Spain, and got possession Of the
passes of the Pyrennees and the prin-
cipal strongholds of the kingdom, IN
der pretext of conqueliag Gibraltar for
the Spaniards 4 trough means Of the
Godoys, the traitors he had won over in
Spain, quarrel was brought about be-
tween the monarch and his eldest son.
hOnaparte constitutes himself umpire,
and oa-rs TO decide the dispute bctwten
them as common friend 10 both. All
things being ready, he, under the guise
Of friendship and deep concern for
their interests, invites over the roy al
family TO France and no sooner mad
them IN his power, than he seized their