Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1801-07-27
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| EATCRATYONS
| The Importation into the United States of
70 many fa6lious rebel.ious foreigners as is dali
| ly made in the middle and Iouthern ports, Is an
evil Of more fatal tendency han The yellow
fever to our cities, OF the Heffi4n fly to orr
helds, and which our wif,f and bet men
have foreieen and Deprecated Wa1izgtaa more
than once warned bis feliow-citzens of the
danger from that quarter.-F raaEAn early fore
itw it, and pointed 10 its Injurious efFee. I'D
am has borne evidence againa il III the NOR
| decided manner. Let Us now hear what Mr.
| .11frrj0r the Prelijent If the United States,
iays on the lubjcd. In his +" Acfes og Hi-giaja,"
page Iz8, New York edition in difuding the
iubjed Of The increafe Of population from emi-
gTations, he enquiries g.
But are there no inconvenie cies 10 be
thrown into the fcale again[l the advantage
expected from . multiplication of numbers
BY the IMPORTATION q t0regners ? L is for The
haPPinefs OF tho1e united ID fociety to harno-
rize as much PciIi5'e. ID matters which
4 tley muG W receGi,y uarfaet together
Civil government being TIE folr Object or for
| ming ioccti-s. its administration muR BE
conducted by common CONTENT Every fpe-
i oies Of government has i,s & tchc principles.
Ours perhaps are more peculiar than thofe
of any other in tie unverle. II 10 a COMPETITION
"5f ne JTe5f friHatk' of he Eng66 CorFiiltio7,
with others derived ron natural re Ton. 70
theie nothing can Be more o2poied than the
" naEIms az akf0lute tpo1arcbies. Yet, from fuch,
" we are 70 cHpea tie greatet number Of emf
"grants. Thfy eyiH bry1z euitb tbem t5e pyirci.
" fhJ Of the soVernm4ltJ tbty Irave, imbibed ia
" their early youth lr, If able % throw hem
i ott, e will be in exchange for AN UNBOUN-
DkD LICENTIOUSNESS, Pg6Tag, as IL ~
" EaL E0m one extreme 10 a1otbrr. 1t would &c
miracle were they TO top precifely at the
"Pclat If temperate iib,rty. Tbele principles,
% with their language they viii rarfmit TO
" their children "a 9roPorl;oa 70 fbsir aru5ey5,
" they 7OiH Pare quiib ~ TIE egigJfioa. They
" viii i1tuJs into II their 1if, zg1,p and tt1J tn
Il dIye5i07T and render II beterseeasotf inrobyrs5r
4" dFydtrfd r1gG. l may appeal to ex E fence
" during the prelent contea for 4 rerihcaton Of
" thefe conf Cures. But if they Be- nor cet tain
" ia event, s,e they not poGible, are they tc-
probable a Il nat J9tfr 70 qvd1 cvnb patience
y year4 ans three zT9attf ag1r, 5r re attain.
" mcat Of any dtgres q 92puasio7 dred or exb.ted?
4" May nor cur governm Mt Be more honIogene.
" Gus, more peace bic more durable Suppofe
" 20 mi'ion If Republican ,4izerirazl fgro4yg an
" Of I1dAsH iNto France, what would Be the
" condi io0 If thar king dom If it would be
4" MORE TURBULENT, LESS HAPPY,
"LESS STRONG, we may believe that the
& addition Of bali q MILLION ef t6reigns1s to our
f" Prefeot numbers would produce fimilar
g efea hete."
Such are the f.ntiments Of Mr.. JefFerfon on
this all important lubie9 The inconvenience
ne anticipates is now telt ia a ten fold degree
more alarming than when he penned them AID
it IS expected 10 his frR fpee@h to Congrefs he
will call the attention Of that body to The lub-
| Jet that tronE, efe6tual meaflres may be ca.
ken 70 flop the career Of imporf1,ion of hot head
| ed, idle foreigners aud 70 provide for the er-
6oytafioa of thoie already amcngt US. Thele
/ CELEBRATIONS have reference only to that fcum
and fees Of the elder countries, who have no
vIlble means Of iuPPOrt IN their native places
and who, imbbiog fma;rering Of political
lmall.talk from the demagogues Of the day,
embark for America To tet I'D the trade Of Patri.
| Of and to embroiI our country IN confufon
and civil war. To the merchants, nFauufaqur.
ers, mechanics and farmers Of Europe, the hand
of welcome ought to be Rretched forth to re-
oeive them and every encouraged ent given
| Them They add TO the rePu alton, wealth and
| iecuEl,y Of the country in which they reide.-.
Bot your men Of no p-ofefion j--your preren-
ders to ftence they are pits, againR The 10.
PRODUCTION Of which Boards Of Pu5lic Heath
ought to be elta0lihed IN every ieaporr Ther
are nine in ten itiurgenIs az inR all regular
government and nineteen il twenty atheilis
or deiits, cum ny is as great As their
wi, kednels is baleful,-Th-v iniiauate them.
flles into our FuiRis, cur fchoolboufes, and
printing cfice'. Under he cloak oflib-rality
tAey iPTe4d ie' 7'ic In AGi in6l,Ety AID we