Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1799-06-24
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.TaLD fsr Rsssr,
~ stsATE receive with pleafure your eomuuniea.
90 h7sh iouies of the LegaAturr A reeiproca-
- "a Ienumeats he,wecn the feseral hraaehe. of
Gyssrnmsni !. highly beneficial,
We lament-~e individually and deeply lament, the
heavy lefs which The Commonwealth h.. fuaained i.
The death OF out late excellent Governor lie poRecd
an aiemb.ge OF virtues and taleats which eminenty
qualified him for b., dgnifed Ration. The great ma.
Jonty oil iutfages by which he was laa reelected
fully eviece. the appreciation of hi. felow-citizen.,
and the high fcnie they entertained of his merit Hs
eandour and ncerty the purity of his mind and nya.
riAhe reettude OF his conduct will long fecurc him .
pace IN their grateful remembrance Ills death
therefore not lcfs public than dfreliinp u-,y.te
calamity But unerrng wiidom guides the eounlels of
heaven and It Is our duty patiently fubmit to ths
mournful ddpenfatisn.
An attention to the means Of education is one of ON.
moil important public dues knowledge is the fource
OF virtue and true religion which arc not only otna
mental loeiety. but neoeary TO the preeryston of
Freedom Where they arc wanting the Coyerons.t
may Till Be saiLd Republican bur its prime ole will be
tear, and ITS operation tyranny We are therefore
bound by intereit, as well repe9 the Contribution
and the memory of our pious Aneefors, TO af5 d ali
neeehAry encouragement to Unive fly at ca,ss,ir
ard other well regulated semlnaries of Leaning
MI iutabie encouragement TO Agi icuiture and Conn
meree which may be proper for the State Governments
we ihal at all times cheerfully afford And n our le-
giiauve labos fha aim at item, psinnsif and mpli.
eity.
The Government: of ihe fevera, States in our Union
are perhaps adequate to afford perona protection and
to maintain tranquility wi hin their REFLECTIVE lmir,
But ii is the Government o The who.e Coniederarv
that VIC arc TO confder as alone capable of fecurn,
reipeetabliy in ths eyes of the world or even of nre
venting di cord among the States themfeives As ,heo
then are highly emabie objects; we value internal
tranquility, the protection of our commerce. and fecur
ity from foreign rapaeity 70 ought we TO cher zeal
for the Federal Con,tuion aud an attachment 10 the
Covernment bywhoh it is administered. Though IN fe
are The ient ments of the great Body Of our fellow c
zensi yet 1t is much to be lamsnted that there exits
among us even fmali minority, who feem f.,is6ed
with Government that fecures TO them Greater por
ton of civil and religious Liberty than is enioyed bv
any other nation on earth aud who have transferred
their affections MT their al anee from their naive
Country from the Government of their own creation,
to foreign power which makes force its ony meafare
OF right, not only to other nations, bat even TO its own
iub)eets. his daeetion, this spoficy Of our fellow
citizens, as 1t fecms without adequate motive NUT
excite the iurprie of other nations and a, it enisnges
our own tranqu y and independence, deferye, to be
itrongly diicountenaneed 10y every good citizen.
In your Honor's ofic al condua, we doub, not Won
will be governed bya ftnie of duty. and view TO the
public good alone. Principles which NOT only muft
command the effeem of the virluous and WIFE, bu we
tru viii feeure you complete reward in tho an
probation OF your own confidence, and the ble6nss II
Heaven.