Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1799-11-25
Far tie PORTLAND GAzEq4x.
MR.. JEaKs,

Aurora publiihed by one DuANs in Phadel
phia relative TO the million Of Mellrs Elfworth,
Murray and Dsvie, TO France, | eonfefs could
not but regret that the Editors of that paper
ihould think it fashionable TO republifh libel
70 evidently bafe and wicked, in the Dilfria of
Maine. have always thought it proper to
defer the dilcuilon of this embaiIy till We .lhal
have ieen the PreGdent's fpeeeh, and the docu
ments which be will lay before Congreis, having
a natural contempt for thofe opinions on great
affairs which are haAily adopted. But this ex
trae from the Aurora is 70 prohieate in the de
hgn Of it, to undermine the confidence of the
people in the Pfefdent, while il Effects to praile
and fupport his meaiules, that it is difficult to
wait for time when thele malignant infinua.
tons, though forgotten, may have had their
intended effect. l fhall therefore endeavour TO
expel or neutralize the potion they contain be-
fore it is Incorporated with The fylteni, and hope
that the editors of the Herald will hereafter
felea from the Aurora with rather more df
erection.
This extract "from the Aurora" having TO
title nor fgnature, feems to be a mere farago
of editorial remarks and in addition TO the
notorious infurgent character Of that paper for
ten years paf it will be feryioeable to know
that Mr.. Duane the editor of it is now under
public prolecution for fictitious practices. His
paper is the principal of the three great volca-
los of acobinilm in the United States, the
Argus at Newyork and the late Chronicle at
Bolton being the other two. II has even, aud
more Especially iince it was managed by him,
been more dabolical than either of the Others,
and than its former ielf. 1t contains The gen.
eral orders of difcontent and infurrt6ton from
I,,I
they proceed, and It's hyperion efficacy has
been atteltsd by the election of Judge M'Kean
10 be Governor of Pennsylvania. Ii flch pa
tons of the Prefident, nor faithful charaeters of
his ambaGadors to foreign nations
II is remarkable that iince the Pfeiiient has
detern<ned TO treat with France, the Jacobins
have pretended to go over to his fde upon no
other confederation. 1t is alto tue that many
of the mott Jealous iederalts, have for the
fame reafon withdrawn their fupporr, or at leaa
they yield it in rather unpracetul manner. If
both parties were little fuprized by the Pref
dents deciGon upon this point it is nor itrange
for if oei,her had been 70, it would have been
evidence that the Prsfdent belonged to one of
them, and was governed as we'll as Imported
by it and in that cafe he would not have per-
formed the doty of Preident of The United
States-The flrprize of both parties proves the
introduction of third principle, the rdepen-
dence of the Proficiency, which alone perhaps
in the confuiion of parties excited by foreign
influence, can develope the true American cha
raaer, iuA and ever generous TO all, but fubier.
Went 10 none.-I 1t certainly ought not to be any
more in the power of Great Britain to interditl
our treating with France, than we permitted it
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with England. 1t is no aniwer to fay that the
prefent government of France is not permanent,
aud therefore not iafe to be negotiated with
for admitting the fact, this is only for the Pref
dent and Senate to coniider, and as nobody but
the Prefident is refponGble for his infruaions,
10 other perfon has the leaf right to informed
die in the bufinefs. If the outcry of foreign
nation is filficient to raifc the echo of our own
citizens in fueh a cafe, it only proves that we
are not yet what we ought to be, mere Ameri-
cans. All honelt men mutt join the Preidenl
in the exercife of his conhitutional prerogatve,
perfuafons notwithstanding, when as the Ex.
ecutive representative of the people, he does as
they would and ought to do. Jacobins have
nothing to boat of in him, nor iederals to
grumble at |; for the PRECEDENT of the United
States is OF no party, as an officer but merely
the organ OF the Que american CldIdCltT duu
con9ua.--If the gentleman who now admin;f-
tiers that Office has had the magnanimty to en-.
terrain this great and jult idea, and has acted
conlequentially, there is no doubt that the peo.
pie will fupport him to the Taft drop of their
blood, even to the expu'lion of every foreigner
from the face of the country.
Undoubtedly while we are neutral and there
fore acceilisle to all manner of intrigues, no
iooner will one Of the grea: belligerent powers
grow into diirepute among Us, than the oppoitc
power will endeavonr to pref, this advantage to
The extreme. SO France made every poliible
uIc of the ugpopularity of England; and 70
will England now mof probably Of that of
france. And by parity. Of realon, as il was
neceiIary in the former cafe that the PreGdent
ihould, for the people, treat with Englan1 to