Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1800-01-13
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hyperion iorce, and thar was neceif4rily waiting
! away IN foreign country, Was the means o
| iawng our Liberties and independence, JUL a
faeius iaved tho!e OF Rome from Hannibal. =
his prudence was called cowardice by tn,
violent Dc r'agogues of the day, who wanted h.
| command |; ail 70 far did the deuiion prevail
| tn Il one more voter only was wanting in tn.
eongrefs againa him, to difplace him. And
! IN later tunes. The fame prudence. which
| would not be carried into the prerenr war wi. h
Britain, by the ptejndces and pafIions of the
| people, has again faved the country from the
fate of many Other weak. and divided Gates
That have erumbled to the dua Ia the 'congias
! OF the greater nations.
| But what has endeared him, as much as any
action OF his life, to me. was his refuline the
crown which was virtually of. red him by many
officers, who engaged in fictitious cabal, at
the clole of the late war, under the pretence CT
forcing their rights from their country, when
it was found Congrefs had neither might nor
means to reward their iervices. He came into
their sfembly, which was at 6ra candellinely
called at a g new building" and by the WEIGHT
of his authority recalled them to their duty
periuading them to truit that the virtue of their
country would YET enable the federal govern.
ment to reward their tolls. IF they had taken
enc tep only in this courfr, with the army at
their heels, they mutt have gone on, for their
own tecurity, until they had eltablifhed another
feudal government, or military deipo,ifn
over the people, If they had not been conouer.
cd by the people. He .oon paeiied, dbanded
aud ieattered this dangerous power taking
moltParentai and aifettionare farewell of them
and the army As they parted. Then refiyning
his command to Congref, and advifinr the
people, through circular letter to their Gov
ernofs, to itrengshen the union. BY giving more
power to Congreis, the want Of whish had often
nearly occailoned our ruin, he ietil ed TO his
beloved VERsoS, amidlt the bleflings of his
country, dilburdened of the mighty labor.
which his mind had borne e. long-oio we'll
But like the thoughilefs Ilraeltes. we fanc
Gods praite, but loon forga, lis works. and
forgat the counfels OF our Notes, or Jojbn,. AZ
be has been juftly titled and fhewsd little
klndneis to our Jerubbaai j; | mean, his coadju.
tors IN the revolution, either by their council.
their fSord, or their contributions; and we
neglected to dscharge our obligations TO them.
We omitted to itrengh hen the hands OF our
federal government, till onr money and our ere.
dit wefe gone--our trade decayed, and linking
into poverty and debt-we were awfilly expoi.
ed to. Intersections and invafions, without
common head TO coatrol and guide our forces
But the angels Of peace held The four winds Of
heaven, curing this critical fesfon ofthe tot,er
ing tate, until the people, now convinced Of the
need ct itronger government, fat themf.lves
down, in earneit, to form one, at the laa oppor
tunity in which it could be done. For the wars
abroad, and the conieqnen. factions a, home,
which have been breeding or raging ever Gnce
tina, golden moment OF peace, would have pre-.
vented all that cool intrusion and debate which
was neceiiry for 10 great a work. Our hero
was again caaled from his chofea retreat. to pre-
hde IN that grand Convention of tn. States.
which was TO prepare the means of relorinp
Jeltlcc, trade, money and credit, and 6Ilinp our
land with treafure, while they fhould, by unit
ing our ttreng'h, enable Us to prsferve our neu-
trallty, trade and Independence, amida the
Freient war. And when the contribution was
produced and prefented to the people, and a.
dopted by their Conventions in the fsveral }ates.
he was choien to the head of its admniaration
by every eleetor in the union. And this upan.
mou' election was again repeated, when his
fri term of four years' fervice was draw;ov 70
4 clole But before his le eond err,, was e,o5ed.
he declined new election, weary of public Ia
Dor. and deicended from the point Of the pyra.
MD 70 the ieyel'ot private citizen, leaving with
hrs fellow citizens, at the fine time, thoie coun.
els, which his experiences had matured, and
which ought to be revived on this location,
while the heart is foftencd with forrow. and
capable of resolving an imprsilion of them.
But he had not cealcd to love his country,
though he had judged ano'hsr might we'll fup
ply the pcf he had left For he ripped forth
again with alacrty to reaIare the linking cour
age OF his country to reun're their arength in
IN inferior and expofei Office, amida the ia.
irmties of his age.
He is one of thofe rare gifts, which God
ometime, RATES. up, once in an age, ard whom
he erds with his might, As he did Cyrus. To
found new empire, and tleis roaak,nd. Let
sOd have all rhA nr oiC. nor io.t,o, -. l. -.