Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1800-03-17

will confgn this attempt, to lcRen the public
confidence in the PgsGdent, TO that contempt
and deteaation which it f. deferv-dly merits,
ought to be the prayer of every honeh Amer
lean.
On the black catalogue of infamy and cal
umny. the I" Republican Patriot" of Virgiaia are
the moi prominent. With view of inducing
the rod people OF that Commonwealth, to fup.
port the modea correspondent OF Mazzci as
PRECEDENT, At the enlniog election, they patronize
renegade, who, ione few years ago, narrow.
ly eicaped the gallows in bis own country, as a
6t encine of abufs agana the Federal officers
of our government. In work entitled the
:. PrsGea BeJSes Es," this wretch has fued
forth the bafelt and vilef cslumnies that IS IN
the power of language to depict, againlt cur
WASHINGTON and ADAMS, with view OF max
ing their administrations appear corrupt; OF
pulling down that fame which has been erected
to their immortal honor, and building up
Thomas Jeiferfon on its ruins.
AM1sIcAss Will you permit few Dsmo-
| cratic Vampires, which infea the United States,
to hull you into flate of numbering fecurity,
| thar they may iuck the deareR blood OF your
country. Can you fuffer the immortal name
Of WAsHIsGros to be iligmatized with having
+. sm5ezzld the public money with being
& knasungty prrjared with being "a byfo-
cri,e ;"-wlh having Z" farj6csd the dsarse right
of Biz country p" Can you iuffer your illultri
Gus Prelident 10 be termed a 9 bsary BRAIDED IN
eeadiay !" and charged with baVi.g ssmplefsa
tie Jisas Of ignoniny sUbieb yosr WASHINGTON BE-
gan % Every American, poaesling one drop
OF the blood Of their fathers, will Ipars at the
idea, and at the authors of thefe horrid calum-
MES or he will be unworthy the exalted name
of an american. Let us aroule and look around
kus before that important day arrives, that we
may be the better abe to dilcoyer who are
our enemies, and who are our foes. Let US
sni,s, for g UNION is LlsERTy--asd LrBeRry
il LirE." ISxhm Gail
| The Legislature Of the Territory North Wet
of the Ohio, in their late refpee.ul addrefs to
The PreGdent of the United States, ackaowl-
edge thcmfelves indebted to him g for fbs e,Joy.
menf Of tbe rich country they noeU inbabit." As
many readers may not have bee iuitably i'm.
! predcd with jul understanding Of the fen
| tence, it viii not be improper TO iluciiate the
faa by recurrence to pah tranfadions.
When the treaty of i7S3, was on the tapis, the
priuih MiniRer, Mr. Ofwald. propoied the
! Ohio as the boundary line This was fecond-
ed by the French Miniaer. the Count dc Yer
eenncs, and acoeded to by Dr. Franklin. MIR.
Adams oppofed it in the ftrongea and mot
pof,ive terms, in which he was Imported by
Mr.. Jay. This, at that time, broke up the
conference. Mr.. Ofwald then fsnt perion in
an unofficial capacity, to psup Mr.. Adams, and
fee if he could not be brought over but find
ing him determined, he afl<ed him what he
would do TO which he anfwered that he would
write home to his government, adv'ing them
to continue the war until We could obtain our
rights.
Mr.. Ofwald finding Mr.. Adams inAexible,
and being obliged, by his inaruttions, to con-
clude treaty on the bea terms he could, the
line was fixed where it now is, inltead of the
Ohio /; for which the inhabitants Of that fertile
and houriihing territory, are indebted to the
tirmnefs of our now worthy Pretident, fecond.
ed by that of Mr.. Jay. lCsntinel