Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1800-03-10

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[Thr following is an extract from Mr.. Psrk1. oRA-
TIos, delivered bcf,rs the nhab ants OF this town
to the memory of WAsHINGroN1
PURSUING with invncible aabi lity the
Object for which he relinquiihed all the felicites
of life; we find him collected in misfortune,
prudent in iuccels, with no ambition bat for the
honor of bis country; feeling no difrefs which
happened in her cauie. his qu7orie5 if you look
TOR the fuliome boating, and pedantic gafconade
of the Edaeer rather than the conquerer of de-
generated Italy, you viii find in their ftead the
mott ardent praiies of his meritofiors army,
and devout Acknowledgements to the God of
battles. In aetSaf, you find no inactive def
pondency--no defperate facri6ce of bIood-but
mind capable of deriving advantage even
from advarie fortune, and always prefsnting a
formidable afpea to victorious enemy.
Where are thoie pailioas which have been
feen to agitate the warriors Of other nations
when inflated with fuccefs, and triumphant in
the glory of their arms Had the aui Eaera
flames, that patton 70 universal, place in his
breait The Britiih treafury would have been
at the command of man whole detection
would have en1aved his country. Did ambi-
Aiou, tiidt VIC ~ ottCti u RICdtuclS nave
any influence on his actions ! Then like SYLLA,
the corrupt General of Rome, he would have
led diicontented army to the feat of power,
and fortified himfelf in the fears nltead of the
affections ofthe American people. Or, like the
modern SYLLA* of France, at a blow he would
have extingufhed the contribution of his coun
try-with the halberds of his grenadiers expel-
led the national Representatives from the hall
rendered facred by their prefence-and under
the inpoGng name of Dictator, Consul, or
Triumvir, erected a Imaginary throne on the
necks of devoted people.
But with popularity hyperion to that of any
fortunate pretender to power in ancient or mo
defn .hifory-at period when the feeblenefs
of government could fcarce have found bayo-
net to protect itief from ruin, this unparalleled
man nobly Repped forth the champion of civil
authority and by bis management and ad-
drefs, mutiny that would have conducted
JUlIus C6sAR to empire, was diflipated with
out effect.
Nor is it lefs fubjea of congratulation and
gratitude, that the people who were to reap the
reward of fuch pre- eminent merits and incer-
ruptible integrity, were as conltant in their
affections as he in his virtues. Popularu f4sx<t66
has IN all countries and in every age been pro
verbally tickle, and republican gratitude ha
been eliminated on the fame fczle with puni
faith
CAmILLus was compelled to fly from tn
Rome he had 20 often iaved from defruetior
ARIsTIpRs was victim to the oftracifm G
.slfbsns--and the Hero of Mnafben ended hi
days in Gsngeon. But the people of Amsr
ca, have never for a moment forgotten tn
fervices of their WASHING RON, and have neve
withheld the erprellion Of their gratitude.
In ,difafers that would have brought fcor
of French Generals to the guotine and i
victories that would have fent as many to tn
fands of Arabia, they implicitly con6ded in tn
man they had chofen for their guide, followe
him with their affection through every perio
of his life, and bear ample teaimony to hi
merits when removed from the fcenes whic
his name hath 70 long embelliihed."
BvoNAPAark, who has been for feverai wears
celebrated has been compared to JuLIus CESAR and
iCsoMwELL but it appears to me there in his char
aeter much ftronger resemblance to SyLLA than {
either Of thele celebrated men, We have We, no ev
dence of hi. pofeiing the talents OF CESAR. unefs
puere dlplay of cla0ical allulions, is received 70
evidence of great erudition and eStenfve Information
He certainly has not fhewn hmfef equal to CRoawE1
IN canting not even upon the jaded Of libeit
and equality, which he feems to have uttered with
very i'll grace on his late uurpztion. Like SYLLa b
man of accomplishments and oilensation-Lik
SYtLA ne was ient upon foreign expedton--lik
sYLIA he returned to the city without leave from hi
government, and like SyLLA, with his folders he ha
dcitroyed even the nominal liberty Of his country
Whether like SyLLA he will from magnanimty or
tate for aebauehery abandon the throne he has uurp
ed, is yet to be proved. The principal difference il
the two characters is that SYLLA brought his arm,
with him to fhars the fruits of his chery-Buo
napar,e gnobly abandoned hsto perth by the fwort
or by peficnce"
The Philadelphia Aurora of the z4th ult