Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1800-09-29
VOLUME I'M

1yIb France, tbr0 CU6lcb me Pal HlzTe ~ all f.s
/ bLlinq5 q0dicb t6L9c0 Ken d2mi7iop.
have been lea "a introduce this psGage, not
Gully for the precious cont5I7ons" which il con-
| ralns, But alto rhat you may fee Why he Pro
clamation Of Neutrality was oPpofed BIT Mr.
! JcHeItOn's party, why every other rnea(ure of
| the Government, which tended To wref us out
| Of lhe clutches Of France, was oppofed and
reGHed and allo, that you may learn, whar,
inhead Of the fix years peace, PROPERTY and
! happiness, which We have enjoyed, woul1 have
| been the lot Of Ibis country, ia Mr. TeEerio7,
inltead Of PreGdents Warrington and Adams,
had been at the head of our government.
Wlr, with all lis horrors, with Graet Britain
FraternizatiOn with its ten fold greater horrors,
with France.
It Cannot be expected Of NE, that I hII
draw a picture of tie prcienr Aate of Cocety,
tbs benign eHe6tS Of Our general Government,
cr of the peculiar bleiLngs, which The va ioUs
.tatc- eioy, and which mutt be altered at Leaf,
w not dc.Droyed, ~ revolution il our govern
n-ut. MY acquaintance extends only To a few
f the ncr"crr Rates the fouthern I am al,
gc.ler HtaEs -r ,o. 1halI however take Il
IN erar.eG, TIA ar elch individual 0at.. enjoys
wy government which " likes, and u governed
by ren wh FRI the people choofs, they are
equally .aPIy NAL thereiorg make my Re.
ma rs from ,h- Hd'e ot 4 ciety around me, and
with it to Be conhdersd as applying 10 the
country al large.
The pref-nt great frbie6s Of Glamour againR
the FEDERAL Government are the taxes, the
arihocracy, the eypaRle,, and the increafe Of the
national debt. IF all this Glamour unf7und.
eJ, viii our countryren cody fay they arc op.
P.el-sd. and unhappy?
I have already remarked 0a the d:req rav.
which is the mott complained of I will IN
add, that IL III had not beeu f1r this 1xasyi1i;ag
fiar5lbi5 of Mr.. JeFerlon, and his party 20
France their dlpohtion to Ink " / u The
chain M French government. and thc our
cement they cortantly CAV. 81 the F cnoh to
commit PTacies upon us, WE !hOuld no. have
been obliged 70 build Navy aud Of con-fa
ihould have avoided that ex1en.e But, as re
were reduced BIZ them Up rhe n=ceTity Mt having
4 navy, and as the efea of lie W III been,
to enrich our merchants, cur mechanics. and
our farmers, and at the fame time. 10 lower he
price ot foreign goods, the diye-7 t7m VA not be
conHdered q bnrthen Let me ak which
would our farmers ohc7.e--Uo pay the fm4-l
djref Gan Whi-l .h1T ao v PAY, and keep The
price u country produce, and W-einlla gco5s
wher- they now atc; or to .e .r-eI fon the
ta&, aud have the price Ot our county produce
fink down where II was n thu tP iat wv 1903.
The charge Mt flilOcracv. cr MN rch~, il
the Democrats cho0te agailt the Fed.ra'its,
is too lll. In IKE rotced. am n0c afraid To
aHcrt, that VI there ever IL q monarchy stab
l;lh1d III this country, IA win hc the coaleqrence
IF the de3luCton q The F-daal Government,
l-- ~ ha n t.r III, rl,t 1
mago2u-s ever accomplish rh-ir ambitious
PurPotes. III this way Mr.. J.F5-lon will &C.
compilh his PurPofes, un,els checked. and fruf-
trated by The vigilance Of lie friends Of the
Federal Government.
With r-lpe6t to the evpenfes Of The govern
ment, ! fh0uld hope it would lati5fy every rez-
fonable mind 70 know, that every man, Proba-
by almof without exception, who IS concerned
in the government, leaves bulinefs much more
profitable, and that the government lcarcclY
pays a Jingle perlon concerned in it, whole
wages are fixed, more than decent, ecOnomi-
cal flPP0rt, and many not even thar Gov
ernment requires able men to adminiaer il
Very few men can afford III give the country
ther time. We ought not to ezPrG il We
mutt give them enough to induce the 6ef usr
TO take it upon hem. or efe take UP VII II the
Pooref. VIII any man heGta'e which 10 pre-
fer III you have a lawful to manage, do v1.1
deliberate whether e give few moe dol us
to an able lawyer, rather tNan To take Up with
Pettfogg5r becaU.a he is cheap?
With refpe9 to The national debt, with AZ
our cmbarrafneuts from The Democratic par
ty, all the French Piunderings. our navy, &c.
&c. tie national debt, as appears ty The report
INF the Committee Of Congrels az the laf fef-
fon. fnce the organization UT TIE Federal
Governments, ba5 laGtaed t-svveeE three and far
milisa5 ef 1yla,:
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