Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1800-10-06

ElS dQUliniiI d'lOUs
NV country men folong as the federal conai.
tuition is flpportei, can any OF you f-e any
mode in whi>h Prefident Adams can make
hinlelf king? FAY hinfelf; becauIe it
hardly be fuppofed, that he is 20 anxious TO
have king. Is thaF be IS willing iomrbody elle
ihould be the king, rather than not have any.
Do any Of th- geltis nen, whom you lend eV-
cry two years to Con{rels, begin to put on any
kingiy rs Are n MT IS adab e, as neigh
b1rly, as honet, as meek as they were before
they went Do they not from time TO time
REIGN, and decline ele6ti0ns?T Are they not
occaGonaly neg eaei, and others choien in
their room Ii there ihould &c a king, will
they not lufer as much from tyranny, as the
ref Of us How are they to go to work to
make king
In fhort, have you not the ineaimable privi-
lege OF choofag your own rulers, do you not
ekercile this ptivliege with great caution Do
theFedera IFS difcover more anxiety TO procure
appointments, than the Democrats Are not
the Democrats who make the mot noile about
kings, ari tocracy taxes, fllaries, &C. Invariably
thriving with all Ihtr might TO get into Con-
greE, or fome other place Of power and profit
and are their characters, as men, more vlrtuous,
modeR, or upright, than thole whom they Zig
Matte
What an invaluable enjoyment IS it, that we
can not only chocft our rulers but, that we
have the privilege Of charging them at pleaf
ure That all the places Of honor, prohs, and
power, in the government, are open 70 US, and
cur children That the burthens Of the gov
eminent are borne BY all, il proportion 10 their
property That we cannot be forced from Our
homes, our families, and our farms, TO obey
the fovereign PlealuIe of king or the con-
icript Of a directory, or a chief cO1ful
Look, my countTymen, over the face Of our
happy nation, and fee our towns 1ouriihIng,
our lhips multiplying, our territory pofulating,
our markets thronged, our fchools filled with
our children, our churches opened for the TO-
Tenn worlhiP Of God-while religious tets are
expressly prohibited by the coDtituton, and
every man is at liberty 10 worlhip God accord.
ing to the dictates Of his confidence. No "re
quihtions" part Us from all that is dear 10 our
hearts no defpo;ic mandate Of king, or a
eonful, unfurls the bloody banner, and bids our
ions thong thoulands 10 the field Of b tile
The form Of war rolls al a oilance, and the
earthquake Of coutening natiors reaches not
TO our ihores. A fru tlul foil rePays the labor
Of the hulb4ndman a heathful Climate f-cures
Ddpp'llGlF W us lHLdOl d LAWS GAd|tGG W
ourlelve5, extend protection 10 all, both high
and low, rich and poor; morality is fill ef-
teemed religion venerated and wickednels
abho red.
Where fhalI we look for a parallel Where
fh.ll we fearch for haPpnef, below the fun,
II we find It not here Are you prepared TO
part with this elyiian lcene F; 10 exchange it
for the deluive, the fatal phantom of " liberty
and equality !" Before this refolution is f0aly
taken, let me call your attention to realities
which will attend the convui5n. in which
your rights are 70 revive or expire AccomPa-
ny me in The furvey, trace the bloody fcene
with levere eye, marx lis horrors, brood over
its calamities, and then choole for youlelves-
whether you will cleave TAFT to the government
Of your choice, The reli5 ioE Of your fathers !;
or will enter on board in the crazy barque Of
J4cobinfm, to be wrecked in the :empe9uous
lea of French liberty.
Since the laR FELTON, Of Congrefs, Mr.. Gordon Of
Newhamp ihire, Eir. Sedgwick, and MIR Lyman, of
MaGachuletts, Mr.. Champin, of Rhodeiland Mr.
Goodrich, and Mr.. Brace, Of Connecticut. Mr.. Law
renee, of Newyork, Mr. Kittera Of Pennsylvania. and
MIR. Harper, of Southcaroina have either refgRed
their leas declined elections Congrels, Thtle
gentemr all Of the federal party, have been the
UNIFORM importers q INC homIhhuauOh Ooh ot Ffe-
fdent Warrington, and Pfehdent Adams. Some Of
them have been confdered among the leaders ofthe
federal party. If there plan foot TO introduce
Monarchy thefe perfons would probably be among the
abettors of I. In that cafe fhould hardly expect
find them retreatng to private life, when defpotifm
Is preparing to fantn upon them and their friends,
when by faying little longer, they might perhaps be-
Earls and Dukes. Beide if the wages of Con-
grefs 70 monfrouly high the Democrats Pretend
that the members all growing rich, how happens it
thar thefe Federans 70 unwilling to 60 to Con-
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