Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1800-06-09

the beginning AMI the end oT the letI0n, lnd6- ,
ced the perlons who oppof-d the motion for
offending the army, at the former period 70
be Of opinion that the meaiure might be ffely
adopted At the latter. They, therefore, bro'r
it forward themlelves, and it pafed into law.
" The Reduction Of the army will probably
confitute faying of about TWO millions ia the
exPences Of the year"
Z AS TO our internal concerns, the moe i'm
portant Of them, ard the only one which feem.
likely 10 agitate the public mind, is the ap.
preaching election Of Prefd9nt M. Jeff .rloHf
Is again brought forward in oPPoGtion to Mr..
Adams, and the utmo2 exeyLions are made 70
enfure bis fuccels. Thole who have been in
the con&ant habit ofopPoing nae rFelent n Gem
Of naturalization. from the moment when il
was 6G adopted by General Warrington, its
real author, to the prel-nt time, will no doubr
promile great many good things TO the nation,
II they can At length obtain the management Of
its affairs. 1t will however Be remembered,
~ men of 1enle and reGeaion that they have
been employed, for Ten years, in finding fault
with and oPPoGng every meaiure of the federal
government; that many of thoit mcaf1rea
which they clamolred mott againf have been
approved by experience, the only unerring
Judge in matters Of this kird That the
Bnih treaty from which they prediaed
the mol dreful consequences, has fecured,
thus far, the peace Of the country, with that ma
non has giEen us poGshion of the territory
which was before Withheld from Us and has put
al our former differences in train Of amcable
ad.uam=nr That our commerce, the ruin Of
which was confidently Prsdi9ed from the opera
ton Ut that treaty, has face lis adoption, four
ilhcd more than ever That the mealUres
adopted towards France, iRtead of bringing on
US the exemplary vengeance OF that Rarion, with
which they never ceaftd to threaten as, have, On
The contrary, eniu1ad TO US better treatment from
II, than any other people las cceived and are
now, apparently, in fair way Of producing an
honorable and E.isflGory accommodation
That our navy, which thofe Perfons oPPoted to
the utmoR, cried out agIjnt As too eZ7enhve
to be Imported, and riClcIled as too ilcOnEd-
cradle TO DO any good, has projected orr COM
merce, RATED our national character. and taught
the French % relPef-our rights; That Incs the
eHa5lthm@nt Of this navy, our commerce has
recovered from The dsPre non into which the
dePredations Of France BAD plunged it, and be-
come more ProiPerous than before: That our
natioaaI credit, tie ruin XXX which they foTetold.
is high and 6rm And lna.iy that the army,
which they charged the Importers of adminif-
trat0n with having RATED for fniGer PurPolcss
IS laid down ~ les authors themielves, as ioon
rs there was 4 Reasonable ground TO believes
that Il had become unneceAry.
Men of fenfe and reflection will recolle9
theC. circurnaances and they will ak them
lelve5, what more could any naturalization
have done Party-men, who are Heated by con-
Rant opPo6 ion 10 all thar has been done, and
view every thing with PrejuIccd eye viii
40 doubt FAY that more might have been done
had their advice been followed but for this We
have no hing but their word and it is luR as
fair, to luPP0le that lels would have been done,
had their advice been followed. They have
predi69d much evil which we know has not
happened. May we not flf=ly conclude, from
This, that their predictions about the good ef-
fe6ts of following their advice, would have
proved equally falacious
When We were engaged il 4 dipute with
England, Mr.. JeRar5n's friends, ana ] preiume
himtef, frongIy urged The mot violent and
high handed mealures. To make a Jingle at
tempt at negotiation, before Ielort was had To
mealures Of comPuiGon, was figmarzed by
them az PulGanimty and me4nnets. Nothing
but lcqueGraton Of property, and prohibition
Of intercouIle would fOit them. Wben we af-
forwards got into dtpute with France, which
was manfcGly forced upon Us BY the IN
jutice and aggrefiions Of that nation, the
fame pe-lons wholly changed their tone
They were then az 70 l1nels and lubnaidion;
fon; talked of nothing but the horrors Of wars
United upon negotiation after negotiation
perpetually held up to view our own weakness
and the power and vengeance Of France and
even when the iecond embsGy was driven Of,
and a tribute demanded, Till Perfaed il oPpo'
Gn5 every meafure OF defence and preparation,
for fear it lhould involve Us il eyar. When
pedons at thu, inooniien'ly, IS there not lorne
reafon to aPPrchend, that their condua i in-
Auenced more by Padi5n, Patty Prjt, animo61y
againa one nation, and improper attcnmentto