Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1800-01-20


nor, when our forrows wefe again called forth
by the death # General GeoRGeWAsHlNcroN
Mon tincerey do we deplore with you this CON-
mon calamity Of our country, and OF the human
race. His ye,y name afforded fecuriiy TO our
peace andptofl entity, and his emice Mt qualities
made him an example to the great ones of the
earth While it becomes our nation humby
40 lnbmit to this affective dilpenldrion of Pro-
whence, no means can 10 effe6fnally repair their
misfortune, as a general imitation OF his virtues,
and practical obiervanee of the invaluable
counfcls which he has left them.
THE Houfe of Representatives beg leave TO
reeiprocate your congratulations on the conven
ton Of the feve,al branches of the Legislature /;
and they part cipate in the fatisfaeton exprefled
by your Honor, at the internal peace OF the
Commonwealth, and the PROPERTY and happi-
neis of its citizens. The hourilhing llate OF the
Treafury, and the refpeaable, improved and
improving fituation OF the Militia, afford US the
mott Gncere pleaiure /; nos only as they are uu-
equivocal proofs of the wife policy of the Gov
eminent, but as they render rs more iecure
from foreign. invaIon or domeitic violence
Nor do we lief, cordially JOIN your Honor in
that truly correct axiom, thatuniefs our Nation
al Governments is maintained with energy and
dignity, the happiness of he people cannot be
rendered fecure Inlfead OF viewing it, there
fore, with eoldnefs ard unreaionable jealoufy,
the people of the United States fhould ever, as
we hatter cu,felyes thay now do, cherilh it with
the ardor and warmth Of patriotic attachment.
The Univeriity at Cambridge, and the Rel.
gious establishments OF our country, are too IN
mately interviewer with the elIential and molt
important interefls of lociety, 20 be overlooked
or fufered to decline. If the honor the know
ledge, the morals, the liberties, tile felicity, tenn
poral and eternal, of the people Of this Com
monweslth, are objects worthy of regard, we
hope that its Legislature will never ceafe to iup-
port the venerable fabric of Religion, and TO
foaer the growing ieminaries of Literature.
Agriculture, Commerce, and Manufactures,
the three great iihews of national ftrensth, and
fou:oes of opulence, merit, and will receive,
the patronage of every enlightened Legislature.
Scarce had the tear, which had believed the
cheek OF patriotfm upon rhe death of our much
honored Chief Magiarate, been dried away !;
his palling knell was but jult expiring in our
ears, when our feelings were again agenized with
the affective ntclligcnc. of the lofs of our coun
try's father, protector and its iirf bet human
friend. The eloquencc of unaffected grief is
filence and were we to ndulge ths feelings Of
our hearts, we ihould mourn in forcible but
dumb expretlion. But to the preju Ices and
ufages of mankind we owe fome refpea, and,
therefore, in language as brief as it is incompe-
tent, we will fpeak his eulogy. To call WASH
INGTON a Hero, would be debalement Of
him for herofm has been hitherto too often
allied with crime. To call him merely a reat
Soldier, would be injufice for be fought not
TO deltroy but to preierve. To denominate him
imply great Statefman, would be inadequate /;
for his politics were not, like tholc OF mott
Statefnen, fubielvient TO his ambition. In war,
he united the coolnefs of Fabius with rhe fpTit
of Cefar and the humility Of Cincinnatus. In
peace, he blended the virtues .of Trajan with
the wifdom of Scion and the iubllme prophetic
ken of Chatham. Uniform and confident in bis
political conduit, with equal laverity he trown-
cd on the intrigues Of domeaic faction and the
inGdous wiles of foreign article. Equally rea
dy 10 draw his f.Rord in his ripened manhood,
to eRabliih the independence of his country,
and in his declining years, to inatch it from its
fleeping fcabbard to aven2e its iniuited honor
and violated rights. The watchful father and
the luxurious founder of great empire, he did
not lrive to iavelt hinfef with the infignia of
nobility, the ordinary ambition of vulgar great
nef, but by lis talents and virtues he has en-
nobled his country. 'rhe mortal part of Walh-
ington is conligned to the lilent cemetary, but
he hath bequea,hed to his beloved fellow. citi-
zens glorious legacy, in his example, his char.
aaer, and his virtues, which ought to render
them pure and yirtuous in their morals, devout
in their religion, fervent in their patrio,ifn, ut
in the cabinet. and invncible in the field. -Four
| millions of freemen, with melancholy hearts,
are living ltatues to thy memory, thou tainted
! patriot Unfadng laurels, fair as thy virtues
| and imperilhable as thy fame, ihail bloom a.
round thy monument, and protect, from unhal-
lowed touch, ,hy confecrated urn!
Any communications, which your honor may
be pleafed to make, during the prelent FELTON,,
| will b.. relneiE,lx receiued- and dilioentlx at.