Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1800-11-17


that no acton Of their lives is Independent
and though they may have voliuons, thefe.
arllng from popular perfuaGons, are not origi
nal, but merely the writing of that inv,G6le
hand. However terrible thi may be. if il Be
true, it's no time now TO be cowardy and
lhrok from the contemplation of it. IF then
the cafe is 70 at the bet in a very comfortable
degree it will certainly follow that if there Be
party in any republic oPpofed to the govern.
meOt OF The fame, that party being il its nature
and principles yet more without protection than
the other, will at once he more guided by ex
ternal impulle, and more inienible Of tie faa.
Virginia therefore By ietlmg up her 0andard
agalnlt the federal government, offers her hand
in the dark to our enemies, who If they can no
othei vile be alcertained may Be 70 By obferv
ing who will take It. Indeed DO not expec
that you will admit this bur when you (hall
have gone over one By one he fore On ioterfer
ences which fmilar diicontents have mpriaie ed
on the page Of hifory if the fatal veil which
concealS the courle Of all 6rR deAe1ions Do not
become transparent, Rrong indeed NUT your
deluGOn be-
Even now the truth Of my Theory appears I;
for though the naicent infur e6tion is yet t'mid
in avowal, perhaps unconfcious of the truth,
the discriminating eye Of Mr.. Henry fees tie
genuine marx Of the heaf upon he very fore
head Of the whole buhnefs. And how fhould
it come there How have YOU gradually beer
converted TO what but A few verrs ago YOU
viewed with horror? Does no low vhiiper
yet inform you that th, il one Of the voli.ioas
juR now mentioned, VT en- you may b rather
Instrumental than original Be afu.ed thar
if it be an honor 10 have devfed this excellent
icheme. that honor is not yours. Whether in
the f-lf binding vanity Of an Anci.nt Denim
ion, or in the felf iufhcing Of ari0ocracy made
mad, fuitable ohara1er for foreign imWef
iion was perceived or whe her thi, imprefion
was attempted and only fucceeded when for
iuch realons there was the leaa relhdnce, or
vh1tever may be the cafe the natural good
ienie of Americans, compared with Mr. Hen
ry's dilcovery, evinces III 1t for feveral years
potion has been Untitled 70 artfuly as 70 change
the whole fyRem without obfervarion. Hence,
as all faculties are equally reverted, we may
exPea ere long to hear Of Vrginian grievances,
and even that the tate has long grotned und r
opPrefGon, and not a word but what they found
II out tbemlelves.
Though | am fully aware Of all the arfyers
that can be made to fuch remarks, and among
the ref of the ufua anlwsrs Of afronted pride,
the tuhjed is too wholefoms to be dropped. 49,
Notifying as il is, the F." LEADERS, fpoken
OF by Mr.. H@rv have no more claim 70 ori
ginaiity than thofr who follow them 7hsir tenn
Pers, their interets ktir paliions and fbir fobles
have all been Guided abroad, or at Leaf BY for.
eigners and It IS hecaule they have them Il at
they are " saaerJ, "fareordained by foreign iafn-
Va RI I'd ,rsO II -eL.
nation whole mode If approach can lie perceiv-
Cd in this luggeition? We therefore may exon.
crate thele " leaders " from that part of the
offence which confts in dsUiEag the " d7olutior
2f The c0atederaey )" and indeed Nj. Henry docs
not fay that they aim at it. but Only that their
meajayeJ directly and certainly kad 70 that end,
which from his pen is almof an unanwerable
argument of foreign influence in The cafe. Ac-
quilted of this both themfelves and their coun
trymen NUT be left to appreciate their reGdual
character, and Prognoaicate their cloing
lcene.
Thus the contribution, gentlemen, which put
on the face of your aFars is fuch as it behoves
you to conGder well If your fare is really leleet-
ed as the mot futable for an ini}rument to any
powerful foreign nation, it is highly proper for
you to examine the caufrs If fuch a preference.
In 70 doing you will find that thoie things
whereof you complain, or intend to complain,
have long ago been explored or fuggeaed BY
fome foreign enemy Of the United States. You
will probably recollea numerous cafes in which
the oficious comments Of 70 ieigners have quef.
toned your own courage or penetration. But,
however, you will have fome caue to fufpea
that your prejudices, inaead Of being removed,
have been exalperated, and you will fee By
whom. Seeing this, can you doubt a moment
how the cafe ltaads ? The American Union is
to be fubverted BY means Of Virginia not thar
this is neceGary or ufeful to Virginia but that
Virginia from certain cauf.s which have been
carefully audied, will 60 farther in the deGgn
than any other aate. Virginia may be faid 10
be in the United States what B-rne was in