Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1816-03-19
MISCELLANY.
FIN he connee,icus couran..

FIN ne conncegcut Courant.
Valtare, some Fifty years ago, describing
his Own cation the French, says, !" All The
world pronounce Us q nation as bafbirous
as W. are frivolous, that KNOWS how 10 tor.
lure and cut capers tina: Can 20 from =
massacre Ut ST. Bartholomew, to comic
oper. immersed in debauchery aud Ia IN.
fanny"
his is The account that Vol,aire. in q
private lster to a friend gsve oil French-
men. And what did ne do to amtllorate
their morals and manners! Why re exer-
I d himself to the utmost, and with most
ds plafabie succ. SIS, TO destroy the small ape
pearapces Il chris iaDity that sill remained
amongst them. l, is 40 wondef. therefore,
that France has so long been the thestre OF
so many scenes OF unexsmpled cruelty and
crime. Wheneves moral and religious rec
stra.n's are removed from a people, no POI
Irical lies will be strong enough to bind
them.
The French Of late have been receiving
the like neasures 10 that which, for many
years together. they had Inrsed oui to the
neighhoring nations Would that they
might acknowledge the ,etsibutiye justice
of Divin- Providence, as .Adoni Bczrk did
in the ii ST chapter OF the book Of Judges
And Aduni. Beck said, three score and
ten kings, having their thumbs and their
great toes cut of, ga.nertd their meat un.
der my table : as have done, so God had
requied me-"
II, as it used to be thought, he that gains
is Always better pleased sbsn he that loses,
It would seem strange that sumo folks are
s,ill peeyish and angry We nave ob,aine
Cd, they say, good peace ; aud unquestion-
ably they suA all say, we have got good
commercial treaty. lrue enough, there
is no,ling in either Of those instruments
that touches the objects of the war n, all. or
any ont Of them But since the optics Of
,hesc homes, catholics are such as that they
can dsscfy leg Of mutton in loaf Of
v bite bread, Why are they not satisfied wi,b
their own vision I! Why are they still q
i'eiul towards Old England, which, b a
been so shaken by the neck ~ to be iaip to
give US every thing we could dema I'd !
Surely they do not themselves believe what
they say regarding the terms oil settle ment
betwixt the two nations, or else the If sill
retaining SO much rancour is quite ',ncom.
patible with the character Of gotsl chri.A<
tians Mr. Madison 1--WE speak il to ri.
praise has manifested Of late the meet mes.
OF at least philosopher. in ceSsing 10 raid
against his SO long hated foe, after he IA
impelied that foe to render .lim and ~.
whole country due satisfaction : and !, !.
passing strange that so many uf hiS l,-cs
subjects are ior renewing yhe ten years. biz.
Ter war OF words, which 9. goe I'd ne are Al.
good commercial treaty, it as TO be Lon.d.
might have kept us out Of for at least ten
years 10 come.
Why refuse your vote to DEXTER and
Ming Because ,hey 'xre enemies 70 the mi,
ilia. They were IN f.sour vi selling t.em
70 Mr. M-dison, last wa, as a d.ever sell.
ais cattle 10 The butcher, for .iauga.er.
why la favour OF Brooks Because he is
The guardian friend. telloa -soleiier. and
brother OF the militia. He will defend
neil rights, prosees thtir no, our, and pro.
mote 'he'i interest He is The s. ldier-citi.
Zen ana eiizeH-solder.-Bsss. Gag.
"ag observed he should not vote for
''iher o. the Chronicle candidates, Tor thar
me Was too Derfer on in changing sides
md opinions aud that he hlmss Ii was too
nuch het.abtsean to vote Tor SUCH King,
IS the other was il
Ano'her arch way replied, that Mr..
'eNieh he presumed, was 10 BE- sitse; De-
a'er Or ttnpe or since |, seemsd he was
o nave Aosg sader him.-it.