Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1799-07-22
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could, and 70 of courie vii appear 10 be in IA
YOUR of the paris which they maintain bur
The fole meaning Of all this is that they of. the
inlt'ument againa idelf the more efFeeiually to
fubvert ii in opinion, they will not fuffer il 10
recommend itfelf nor permit the people TO
iettle down ia the habit oft they have iworn
its death, and they do and will purfue i. with
the lteady purpofe Of an Indian revenge
Conducivelv ~ this end, every art fif any
yet remain) will be put in practice to diiiafed
the people, who will have anhundred times as
much occafon to watch and guard againit this
imperiam in imperio, this iaieRne hereditary re-
beliion, as ever they will to be Jealous of the
government. II an evil cntaile1 upon them
by their very freedom iifelf-But it can no
otherwife become iata than by general cor
ruption of the whole mafi, and therefore while
il is underiood and duly treated will be as
harmless as any indolent tuuiour or Inactive
principle. But it will reipea no bir,iers,
when ngulrded--Trus patriotfn it will per-
vert, ridicule, and rilify Religion it will fe-
cretly undermine, and if it dares, openly alb
jure-It will depreciate allegiance and UNDER
value prote6tion--It will attack principles
through perfons, and lay fnarcs for exalted
merit to defroy its currency-It will make the
mott OF every little advantage, and for lack Of
any, IT will intimate and lie-In fhort, the
God Wiltnou himfelf never appeared in half r,
mdny fhapes, nor al 70 many periods as this
inherent rebellion will, and the Shaller in the
Vedam may yet be conGderei as alegories of
no mean value century hence.
However, it is pretty fairly to be expected
that the early contea and great victory of the
eonitution will have gradual and regular
efed upon TIE American character. We have
hitherto been naturally of an infurgent cat
from tyraunical circumstances. In our contro.
verify with England, as nigh, be fuppofed, the
oppofition-party in that kingdom fided with us.
as il .ad they NUT upon The principle of Bril-
titll aopof,on, which is always to embarrafs
the adminiiiraiion. The fpeakers of oppofi-
lion, OF consequence, became our oraclcs, and
we imbibed their temper with our liberty. So
WHEN France blew up, we were found again on
the fame iide with that junto, and the fame fort
Ct principles. without much vanping, were
ufed, and conieqnently to us appeared to be
perfectly right. In Mort we have never had
chance in our whole lives to form any climate
OF the bedirgs, and the mott precious nece(ity
OF government. But we cannot look upon The
lat ten years, I think, and Gill take lefr,ns
from Charles Fox, or the infinitely more wick.
ed and defperate Alber, Callatin. So great a
filvaticn as we have been favoured with in
that time certainly NUT have fome effea upon
the ruolic understanding, and tend to cypel
from our habit that leeyen Of infnrreef or,
which having anfwered its proper end, no
longer uieinl but pc nicious. 1t is imcoiIib'e
that this ihould be done at noe,-it m ! not
be in an age but let us be con fortec ih., IL
no foreign aecuried irilnence interleres, our re-
formation will he progrelliye-'il we ne lobeer
commit the Iriih blunder Of giumbling az the
faithful admnIirstion of contribution which
it racked our whole united wifdom t. devfe
The fedition.law is proof of the good f.nfe
and dlfpoliticn of the people at large, and
makes a very noticeable epoch in orr hiaory.
l will coniider what il proves TO exft already
and what it viii produce. Il proves that We
Americans are people Who are honeaIy de-
lrous ct being regular and eorrta in our con-
duo, and of behaving reputably among our
felves. II proves the prefent inGgnifcance of
Mr.. Jeferfon's party, or to uie an equivalent
phraie, of the infurreaioo. And il proves that
the danger of our late fever is paff But its
future effects are no leis precious in the fight Of
every honelt American. The mere phyfical
consequence OF puniihment is no part OF what I
calculate. But every law has the moral effta of
gradually aaimlating the people TO IT'S prinei-
Piles. From being known to be unlawful fe.
dition will in time be viewed as wicked, and
finally as Infamous. II the benefits Of our 60
vernment are permitted to unfold, the people
will admire the work of their own hands In
the mean time, the noble ipirit AID inAexble
courage OF the government has vouohfafed a
principle in framing the law which ought to
kill rebellion with the flame of IT'S own little
nefs-I mean, the manly conceflion th;' bad
citizens may libel government, as much as they
pleaie, if they will only have fome regard TO
truth. Here is candid and noble govern
ment-and can the people, feeing this, be
mean, perverfc and obil,nate mo nature
has taken better care Trua dignity is infalli-
bic in It's eHeas. Even the eve OF w,kedrefs