Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1800-06-02
MONDAY, JUNE 2, 1900.

tuggeued tonne need Which we have OF TINS man.
Are we wretehed or prolperous THAT Mr..
JefIerion might be the means Of putting Us out
Of our prefent Coodition, i. e4fly underR food
but what is our preient condition ?-This lhall
now be conGdtred.
1t might be enough 70 fay that our govern
ment has been fo administered in as 0ormy
iealon Of worldly ontention as ever exiRej, as
to acquire and preerve our own good opinion,
and that of all natsns. But this, though true,
is 70 general declaration, that perhaps Il will
not ltrike every one with full conviction. Il
may be nee6ful 70 fome that their faculties
lhould be compelled afrsh 10 notice the great
advances which We have made towards ia
tonal government, which are at the fame time
the very things which the enemies of " The III
EputiaH tieJ," rreluming the preiudices OF the
people, have artfully confderct as approaches
TO monarchy, affecting 10 view the cont tuition
as no lefs furmountable BY its p.eCent friends
than by themielves, that is, eliminating it as
nothing at all, or a hEputiag tie" IN the
6ra place take il we fhall not be willing to
put ourietves on this equal ground Of foppoGng
the conlliGulien 10 be no barrier, but that we
intend to maintain it with all fit iealoufy and
care, and therefore lhall wait to have il fhewn
wherein the government have departed from il,
taki7g It for granted that if all that we enjoy
10 confident with il, there is no monarchy here
bat what is in the contribution, and that il there
IS any there, i very much for our advantage
Of coure. This being fAii, let Us recur TO the
IItuation Of this country before the contribution
eIited, when we were in an almof hopeless
Gate Of adverlity and sanger. The prin,ipal
pan Of thoie who will decide this election need
only be referred to thi though God only knows
how thole viii be convinced who are u Judge IL
future cafes, unlels by wiljom hardly to be ex
pected, or mlery that is much more certain.
! he coaRituSion has combined the intereRs ard
fare Of al The Gates, delivered them from indi.
vijual aPPreher fions, and produced out Of he
chaos Of wretchedneis, healthy, vigorous and
eaiy condition. Aetng under it we hnd cur
lclves capable Of any undertaking. which the
general PROPERTY may require. We govern
ourielves, and can in lomc mealure govern ex-
ternal circumstances by means of the preient
tirmneis of our connection and or unity Of &C.
tion. All our public and private concerns are
in rate OF lafe:y, and there IS no diRruR 81
difficulty OF any kind which is not nfaparahlc
from the common lot OF humanity. The iinpIe
Rates may Pufue their natural withes and
their ntereRs without obRru6ton and with
none TO make them afraid. Every individual
has the widelt Po(ible range Of freedom, and
conltantly enjoys complete fecurity Of property
and pleafures. The particular acts OF govern
ment which have produced the feveral items
which all together compoie this inb ular hate
q felicity itis not for fuch an EBAY As this 10
enumerate; it is enough for the Prefeut pur.
Poie that nobody can deny il. We pofels We
enjoy and we can do every thing whi~h a free
republic ever did or ever will. What more can
be demanded
Further, Mr. JeFerfon in hi. letter to Mazzei,
iPeaks Ct tbe republican S0psrnmrnt qybieb carried
" f6roHgb tbt dangers Ct tbs gar" In the pre-
tent cafe we have alto republican government
whleh has carried us through dangers Of much
more threatening kind, and iuch the former
ore could never have refiRed. The nightea
recollection mua convince US that had the con-
federation remained, we ihould long before this
time have been torn to pieces by the late Eu-
roPean convulhOns. 1t NUT be left 70 every
one 70 imagine the miieries which We have eG-
capped by virtue Of the "EEb~tian he, and which
very fairly are 70 be taken Into the fun total Of
our Preient happy condition.
Let Us now advert to the advantages Of per
leverasce in one political fydem If Mr.. JEFF
terlon is elected, we muA expect he will labour
at fome radical change Of prelent principles and
meafures without delay, as an introduction Of
his more effeaual reform. Il may be luch as
to throw all the prelent importers Of govern
ment into the oppoGton. for he afeds 10 be
averie 70 all banks and buJEe jnadt," and IS
much Pieaied with the figure Of " tbs tembefaoas
Ea." 1t is not at all difficult for a Preident of
the United States Of his d disappointed temper to
"A all FL. - 4 tI- - y
main toerably pure. But we have already a
good and benedcent fyleru, AM if we re-elea
Mr.. Adams it will be puriued, improved and
perfected. This mutt be better than to iufsr
ihPwreck now and have ID begin our fortunes
again. And we know by the example of France
what hckleuefs and political icepticifm are in
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