Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1799-06-17
portlano,
MovDAr, J0Nk y, 1899.
COMMUNICATIONS.

quit the iuhjeet of government without few additional
ooiersa'ions No milton has ever yet exited, and
may lately affirm that ever will exft without Ia
eobins-thas ls there will always be party of pretty
Indifferent characters whole venom will endeavour to
corode The government and yet who are not fit to
rule, and If they fhould tumble into power would be
Obliged to lay Aide their prime pies This evil not
'ne peculiar fortune Of criis of any particular
non out Il IS property of human nature in the foca
tate, which nothing but defpotm can repres, and no
government whatever exterminatc Hence wherever
you md tree contribution, there Especially are
you to look for this adverfe Manchxan principle I'M
ihaken 10y any letters of refran in full and active ope.
ration II would be curious dquif,on TO notice how
II oenaVes remark its verfatiy, and minute down its
transformations. More calculated 10 be the favoure
OF the multitude from thefc circumstances than is the
rad iober, and monotous character of government
naturally forms the politics of the weaker clas of api.
rants and IN their dapper language is called liberty
equality, republcanilm, rights of man, or any thing
elie 5eng itelf mere fslhion, cloud, impapa-
bic vihon 1t is wonderfully given lying as of necei-
ty ndeedn mutt, becauie the government will Away.
take care TO be honc and truth never be on both
hdes OF flat contradiction. The people, therefore
would do well to underftand that the Jenny et of po
htieans who call BenJslva the peoples friends apainR
the government, no efs vicou1y continued than
they are miieraby qualified for what they offer to un-
dertake But II is an evil as fad befoe, which nun
be borne and there is nothing which government can
or ought to do but to check its redundancy when it
threatens to overtop the contribution, by detecting its
fallaccs and tending back the bofom of the null
tudc again TO take new fhapes and tell lies.
But While there is elentiaIy fuch a deleteriou. prn
cipe in all free fooieries it will follow that the admin
iitration nun always be at with il and il will
leis follow that the arm of naturalization ought be
arong. We may dlfeover this occaion the art and
add,eis OF the enemy who for obvious reafons Away
sndeavours to peruade the people thar government
houd never be made powerful bur kept its good
behaviour by apprehension and even by diltrefs This
is his natural same-and the devil tempted Eve and
made Jaeobin OF her 70 much coa 70 ever
iince he keeps urging and we, true children, enngtto
his recommendations of forbidden fruit. The fame
fnhte and fictitious queif always aniwers the pur-
pois-1ea baib God Eud 1s eaA eat Of evy ia TIE
garden And when rebellion exhibits the eredtous diff
cpe to hmielf in confcous nakednefs and he voice
OF the Lord God is aaain heard in the garden, what
VAT difference is found between unbuing innocence,
and penitentsl guilt i-for while though longer
in parable, the cuprt may be toler ably haS2v and
eontened; but thoe who have fallen als 81 .rone
to Gn To drop the alluGon-rhe oppoGte faction will
always unnerve the hands of government if it can and
therefore /, that e1pence, tanding armies, monarchy
and all the bug-bsars of jacobin imagination will be
dwelt upon and every word which the people have
hated will be applied to the naturalization, while re-
publicanfm, whggifm and iuch like infigni6cant but
popular terms will be with native modeffy excuhvely
adumed. I, is very curious thcis in jaeobin politics
that republican governments fhoud have Handing
force that is, that the wcakeft of all administrations
ought TO be otteminenty upiupported The jargon
they have upon this ubjee every body knows. II may
be time well enou gh employed dcufs this quefion
more especially as fome very good men have not been
able to dgea IL to their farisfaetion.
So long then as the principle and party which have
been deicribing nun and will eXa in all free govern
ments, and lomctimes thr eaten them with dGouton
IL Is but mere common prudence TO have iomcthing
equal to cppoie to it Nobody will go 70 far fay
that the exienoe Of The contribution be voted
IL. Il 4 Il
fhouid be more than half the people. Cnce adopted
il mua not be permit ed 70 b. changed in any bur the
moh deliberate manner So tina; infurrecfon is jun
fair mark for rehflance invaion and more TO- If
pofble, it reipeets the government. becaufe is
more dangerous Now this reliance ought to he
prompt and inialiblc and depend upon pubic
opinion, which may too caGly be prepared, eonfufed
perverted. Therefore the force competing hould
be the perfect dipofa of government, whether il be
money, fhips But # we conider further that
the aetous party always the object OF foreign gov
ernrents and is always employed by them the public
force in the hands ut government may always be fad
to be uled againft invafon, though it fhould be only
infurrett'on For inva6on is the application of the
force Of foreign nation to and is imma-
reral whether that force advance in the form of attack
frontier line, DC exerIed in corruption di
vion. II is equally nya6on, So that il you deny the
baak the navy and the army, you declare that it is
ben that the nation ould he totally ucapaeitated for
ielf.deence.
Though would by no means have larger force on
foot than JUN Ultimate of exgency would require, vet
fay there is reson aganft fuch force bu, every
thing in favonr Of il No government yet was ever
without it, Conhdered in the light of precaution, it
wlkprobaby fave ntead of creating expence But the
idea of expence is made formidable In this coun.
try, competent mi itay and naval force may be fup-
ported for uncomfortable FUN But II it could not,
yet the fra duty of nations well individuals is
f.lfpreiervaon. and whatever that will con muf be
betrayed II it be economy upon the whole to fpend a
great deal OF money, who has any right to note the
lafgenels of the fun !--It is no argument.
We take cur habits of thinking TO be right, and re-
ieet accordingly whatever have dinkcd poftivc
III. Standing a'slis in tine Of peace, grievance of
old but mind eonhders that thefc were Briti ar
mes armies Of q government preparing to
exptl Are we able TO acknowledge that then
rebels-and that authortie might as well be quoted
from our iofurrc6tonsl There are certain num-
= IT.. .l, IL.