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Portland Gazette, And Maine Advertiser
Portland, Cumberland County, Maine
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Publication of Gen. Armstrong's official letters to the French government, received via the John Adams, praised for their firmness in addressing the Emperor Bonaparte, contrasted with the language of Jefferson and Madison amid French acts of plunder.
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For want of room we have not been able to give the official letters of Gen. Armstrong, lately received by the John Adams, entire, as was our intention; but this day's paper contains an analysis of them which furnishes a general view of the subject. Whatever may be our opinion of the general conduct of our minister at Paris, or of the party to which he belongs, his late letters to the French government do him much credit. He has addressed the French Emperor with a firmness and spirit worthy the representative of an independent nation. Let the language of Gen. Armstrong be contrasted with that of Mr. Jefferson and Mr. Madison, and let any one judge whether Bonaparte had much to fear from any resentment on the part of our patriotic administration for his numerous acts of plunder and oppression.
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Paris
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armstrong's letters credited for firmness and spirit in representing an independent nation against bonaparte's acts of plunder and oppression.
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Official letters from Gen. Armstrong, US minister at Paris, to the French government, received lately by the John Adams; analysis provides general view; letters address the French Emperor with firmness, contrasting with Jefferson and Madison's language, questioning fear of US resentment for Bonaparte's plunder.