Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1800-11-24

men, lhe write Of this letter has been to-
long the "a hiul lerv4nt of his country an1
too tteady and Uniform in rbe fnpport NJ gov
ernment and religion, againt tie afaults "
1 dilnrg inIzers, 10 ifcu rufpicion at apoaauy
| But it IS tifne 10 fpeak freeis-to oilciofe the
| latenf cehgas Of fome flueatisl nen-and ar
raien their Themes at the bar of public opi ion
Al this bar, if, your nioT and mine NUT Be
tried. l reprobate your policy. know that
mott Of the hardy FOES Of freedom in the
Northern States want n ff4nding army tc
| oyerarl donsetfic factors, nor t. refii foreign
foes, unlefs under oircun tances hat do not
now exi6.-They vii cheerfully fubmit to paw
The necetary expenfes of defence but the dan
| ger OF iayaGon mutt exiR--it NUT abbsar-be
fore they viii copient 10 pay folders. And |
| icruPie not To fay, that had it been generally
| known that The Executive did not recommend
the rating ct the IL regiments and that YOU
had been The iaiher of the military fyaeu. nc
power in this country could have ref led the
public indignation. And it is furprifing tina,
your boalted widom and forefeht fhould have
IN this initance, yielded TO IN : impnlies Of Your
military zeal.-lhdeed, il would be incredible
had not other inttanCes occurred, in which your
Paiiions had blinded your reaion. Bot what
can be expected from a man Whole prominent
talents have given hin d confidence in his H.
fiuence, and diidains public opinion, and over
| leaps all the ordinary ma1in1s Of pru fence. To
fee Alexander Hamilton deliberately call a.
gether the mot respectable citizens If Network
to decide on the expediency of meeting NIB
N the itreets, 70 vote on qne1ion refpeding
The brItlfh tIeary-much more, to Zee him har-
rangue that mob-foTrounjed by adhsrents
who reProDated the meafure, in which rhey
joined TO CRAFTY thtir leader furelv thi. give,
Us 10 wy high opinion Of the correctness Of his
judgment.
but what fhall We Fay to the conjaa Of man
who has bone fome of the highel civil and mi
'litary emPoyments, who eeuld deliberately
write and pusiiih hiAory Of his private in
trigues, degrade himfeIf in The eainaton Of
I'll good men, and fcandalize a family. to clear
hlmtelt otchhg=s which no man believed TO
vindicate integrity which a legislative act had
Pronruneed unimP:achable, and which fcarce-
iy man IN America fufpe6edi Sir, if Mr..
Adams has ever been guilty of fueh giariog
inconilltencies of condua and indifct etions, ]
VIII JON with you in declaring him unfit 70 al
minitter the government.
But th Is IS not all-Your prefent letter 10
Mr.. Adams, Publthed at this moment. iult BE-.
tore toe election, and with determined view
to oefeat bis re election, is the moi iudfcrete Of
all your indifcrete conduit.
Admitting all your charges zgainh Mr.
Adams, they amount to too fnall fun tobal.
ance The immenie hazard Of the me you
are playing. a great proportion IF the PEG.
pie OF america are fati fed that Mr.. Ad ms
has not made any iacri6 e of public intereh,
which clearly difqualify him for the TIA ion he
holds. No other candidate clearly ueites in
himielf a claim to univerfaI fUffrage--to be d.
vided Is to be ruined Mr.. Adams is advanced
in life, and Nd perlon believes that bis public
fervices will exrend beyond the end Of the next
period Of proficiency Under thsf9 circumstances,
what extreme indifcrsti9n was il to undertake an
oppofition from which, in cafe of fuccefs would
inevitably rtfulr an irremedable diyilion Of
the federal intsreR, and in cafe Of defeat, com
pleas our overthrow and ruin VIII not frde
raj men, as well as anti-federal, believe that
your ambition, PRIDE and overb-aring temper
have defined you 70 be che evil genius Of this
country.
BsGdes, fr, MIR. Adams has the credit OF
being the father of the navy fyRem Of de
fence yatly cheaper and moe efe1ual as well
as more popular, than your military fytsm.-
a navy is the natural protection Of the Ulitei
States--it meets our enemy before he arrives
it attacks him on the warer, where alone, in all
probability this country will ever be aaaied; it is
leis expenlive han an army--it encourages the
genius Of our people which tends more TO mar
thine affairs, than 70 warfare on land-it keeps
the defenders Of the country at a difance
where their vices will not infs2 their conmuni
ty-it limits the defru fon Of war TO ;hcfe whc
fight, whereas lad a mics defolaee fields and
towns-lt unites tie protection of commerce
and revenue, with the delence of our Indepen
dence.
Let me ak you then how your talents could
be 70 niiemployed as to dePreciate the navy
and give preference 10 an army, for defence
for IN your remarks addreGed 70 the people IN