Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1800-11-17
FOR jerks PORTLAND GAZETTE.
TO THE
Electors Of Virginia.
GENTLEMEN,

b. n NHE politics purified by your tate ap.
e. pear to one Of your fellow citizens, at
asfleaN, 70 adverle to her own ntereR and that of
he United States, that he is conRrained TO Law
before you in this public manner a few of his
!. Il elections. Virginia, In the hands which ma.
L. mage her at preient, is obviouly the organ Of
dso{regular reffance againR the general govern.
& ment, and the oracle of the political fchifm in
the nation. Except that Fate and perhaps
e. Kentucky and TenneGee colonial from it, the
+ Iunion in general is not only quite eafy with the
The aate If things, but rather proud Of it than
tcthervnss unle1s we farther except a fmall
NEtafs whole habits quadrate with nothing in
F sllthis world. Curioity is all alive to know what
tznbs the reaion Of the fingularty Of your tate;
s EoT luch i. may properly enough be called wh5n
II Virginia lhould become friendly to govern
Hent all the people would iGRantly Be unani-
T. NOUS and what can BE the maxims Of 70 many
y keputed men of talents, not TO Be luppofed de
shs fcent in integrity. Yet it does not At prefent
occur that any Ineligible expedition of theie
has ever appeared, much le[s that the merits
cf any fuch work have ever been United On,
- md leaa Of all that any fuch fytem has been
=. .pretended to excel the Prelent administration.
Aa A letter from your excellent fellow citizen
Patrick Henry to his friend Mr.. Blair, lately
publiihed, though it furniihes no preliminary
- arithmetic, Rates an actual relult in a manner
q which cannot but frongly affect thole who
have been hitherto amuled by vulgar topics,
- and never have permitted their honea minis
-r b believe deGgns which they could not enter
IAN. The extrad alluded to is here transcribed
n Fkntire.-'' There eagf for much Lamentations over
~ tx 5y.sat fate q tbiEgs ii VrgiHia. HD POSI-
- ELE that r72R Of tbe INDIVIDUALS qvb7 c0mb2is
tie eoHfsnding faf7iOHs are facsrs and al trcm
y b7nsf z7otiUs5. But it II MORE THAN PROBABLE
Tesssr that certain LEADERS mediate change in
government. Ia efet7 ibis, Zee no quay % trac
- tiea5k as DISSOLVING THE CONFED-
/ Nlt ERACY. Aa4 I an free to am that IN my
u rs Judgment m9f of tie eqfares lately bnyjue3 BY The
SE, g 6softi0H party DIRECTLY AND GER
Z Tstst family LEAD TO THAT END."-
This text may be deemed infailible ia point Of
hvE authority, as falling from the pen Of one Of
HsEbe 6ra and ripea FACES in The country, reGding
Nr Il the midR Of the intrigue which he dePlores,
g ~ and writing a mere private letter. Momentous
g indeed is the intelligence which il conveys.
- But can it politely Re the true interea of
Kak3K Virginia tlat the union ihould be diRolved =
T1sr This proie9 is 70 vaf, and the ruin Il would
h' aI NIKE is 70 incalculable and tremendous, that
5e frsly mere PrePonderance of interet 10 Vir-
\. .r ginia, if fuch e1ifed, would hardly be allowed
eaoasb be an equivalent confederation. The az
,sala inmptien of luch deGgn, or even of princi-
shaF PES and conduit which only might end ia fuch a
falaaroPhe argues clals Of charater doubtful
S sSr point of prudence, executive in the aPPlca
20 bon of expedents and carelefs Of conjunau es.
r. But what mutt Be or opinion Of that cooineis
|DLEl h procedure with which the LEADERS"
B0sAaf his faction let about and purlue the detruc-
AMI Jon Of their couotry il the mott public and per
1ap3S~ XVb.ia we already 10
y prrupt as to bear this fpeaacle and even to
= rahPlaud it, what profpea can exit Of any
- aange for the better IF better might be
=. hppofed, would luch tickle, rafh, and head
~ hoDg creatures defsIve it (! If they had it,
a'f n Rould It be of any permanent duration?
pr y You, gentlemen, have been fels6ted, not by
s'n cur fellow.ctizens at large, but by the tenn
q. Il sorary majority Of your General Afembly, to
i, skclare the voice of Virginia in choofng our
!, III Executive. How party which for purpofes
4. ~ pie Ineligible have maintained the Pretence
H s5p ht Virginia is democratic fate againf all
" " hanner Of truth and knowledge, hould find it
" secOnCileable to their prior arti6ce TO deprive
y; III ID only the minority in the aGembly, but the
us kope Of tie tate at large Of any voice IN this
q ha Nseion, is no otherwile to be accounted for
nt by that Gncere contempt of the people which
|ANH mnbtlefs a6tuates them 10 both cafes. They
We. however, been 70 far confident with Mr..
ggfenry's conception Of them as to exhibit, in
Hps rs inaance proof of their readiness to begin
~ hs work Of fubverting the contribution by the
<>faa method of liberal contribution. Other
9ates in felt defence have been forced into the
~ ame meafure. But it is Pre(umed that you,
W eng intruRed with the mott precious hopes of
n heiaaon, are men upon whom they thought
? .~@hsy could mot flfely rely and i S well
Rcwn that political bigots are not more IN
.1'lncible than political depoftaries. Notwith-
~ hnding which, feel that 40 an at Of duty