Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1800-08-11

From the ConacIticut Do1rant.
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BURLEICH.-No. III.

n ri *. Ii tEKSON concludes has chapter
wi on liberation, by the following padage--
4 From the concluton of tbs war, We lhAll be
pojng down hill. Il viii NOT be neceGary to re.
tort every moment 10 the people for fupPort'
They will be forgotten, therefore, and their
|siiehts diiregarde1. They viii forget themlrlves
but in The lole faculty OF making money, and will
never think Of uniting, 10 effect due relpe9 for
lights. The ihaekles, ther eore which ihall not be
knocked off at the conclu6on OF this war, will
rsmain on Us long, viii be made heavier ard
heavier, Till our rights nall revive OF expire ia
oonvulion." a ientiment is here uttered,
which II will ape " governs Mr.. Jstfer!on in all
Bis political condu8. The haclcs which are
not knocked off at The clofe of the war, will re
nnain on as long viii grow heavier and heavier,
Pill our rights rrVive, or aspire in convuhon."
THAT is, my ooun!rymeR, You are 60 week, 70
nercenlry, a. dcpraved, that J4H c0IN in the
6rf place neglea your rights and when once
neglected, there is no other mode Of Ieviving
fhem, than by conVuIfion-or in other words,
Resolution. Are you prepared to lsbicribe to
his ieutiment Are the people Who voluntarily
adopted the preient Federal Contribution, twelve
years ago. extiGa And with them. all tie vir
ne and wiidom az The nation They are nor
tues are Gill alive. And fhould they become
periuadei, that their Frefent form Of govern.
| snent is inadequate 10 the great purpoies for
which !; was deiigued, they ViIl deyir means
10 amend, o. alter i. unleis prevented BY ,he
ats ana practices Of thofc, who, openly pofcts
th believe, thar iuch amendments, and altera
hons, muu be made BY a ConvulG1n. Ii will
b obierved, tia, NJ. J,Gerlon fpeaks without
any heGtatiou without any doubt" they oygi
Femain--'tl eur rights ilaH revive" sc. II is
M eiabltihed doctrine with him one that has
been uied, and proved. a few years afterwards
we ihau find, that the fenriment is more openly,
snd boldly avowed. Here Il was only lream,
by tracing which, we Glall explore our way INTO
anocean, bounilei5, & mpefuous,agitated by
pnecaiag Rorms, and tiuged with the blood Of
sAnalions on whole flores us waves are permit,
ID 70 dath.
How dangerous is il % fay 70 large nation,
that there a. no mode Of rcvivng the lprit, or
altering the form, Of a government bu, W
esryslfsa This j. precifly the doctrine, which
has been taught IN al counties whole govern
rneuts have bean termed delpoti- and tyrannicai,
Especially in Great Britain. Whether il be JUL
Is il relpe1s theu, is notmy province 10 deter
nine. ! lhol.d hardly expect that The man,
,vho IS proud OF the tide of" THE MAN Of
TEs PEOPLE," IN the United States, would at
trokc ot his pen, daih or all the integrity,
pubc fpirit, and virtue OF thof. very poole, even
al De iuppuicd thar they were in fact 10 debate f,
Il dcpraved, as he fccms 70 hold them. How
ever II Is fortunate, that hyPOCrily cannot eah
III be luPPorted :or 4 great length of TINS.
Human nature Is Incapable Of perpetual re
nraint II IS dii ult TO chain the body-but
| fit is incomparably more f. 70 chain the mind.
nj. JefFerion did not utter this ltntiment, be-
rarfe ne dreaded that {" CoHvuy2n" VII Oh is nc
echarly to follow the ueglea Of oug nights.
To elablith this alIertion, let Us now EFFORT to
d fource, which has beeen often examined, bur
which cannot be examined TOO often. Iallude
40 tho letter to Mazze Here We hall End,
why MIR. f:rion iays 10 his Notes on Vrgi
MA" that our rights viii revive, or expire IL
D c5Evajf9n." What men ardently with for, they
fre very apt TO believe will take place eCpecial.
y y when they have fuch good grounds for their
faith, as Mr. JciFerion had in this inNInce. lie
very well knew, that the arts OF demlgogue
always were, to apply 10 the ttrong paaions Of
bnen, f0t fupport--that the way 70 elabllh him
Hlf IN the char Of Rate, would Ne, 70 periuAde
khs people that he was their svrlyF0e /ricH3-and
Ahat all their Other rulers were their enemies, dl
shone0 IN their practices and tyraNncal il their
hearts. He well knew, that when it ihould be
come neceGlry 70 change, modify or renew a
government, men like hmi.lt, could eahy IN
tne the poorer clahts Of people, with IDEAS Of
oppre(0p, and when once inhAmed, il would
ee no difficult talk to caule their rights, at Leaf
- expire in convulon. Now let It be rcnem
loered that-thc Notes on Virginia" were Pnb
~li,hed before The formation cfour Fedora Con
'ti,utou. When that event took place, NJ. JET
| 1erlon iGw Ills favorite ientimcnts completely
tald6ed Our rights revived without Con