Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1801-03-16
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We have already men'ionel de confpiracy
OF The Jacobns for the Purpole If turning out
Governor STRONG, and egery other federal
man, who holds an,office uader the-Stae Gov
ernmsnt. We again lay before the puh ic he
following extrad of letter from a refpedab E
gentleman 10 Connecticut.
"SOME time lal week, at the table Of a
gentleman in the city Of Hartford, two of the
leading Democrats in the Rate Of Connecticut,
iaid in fabhance:
Z" That the plan for the next election Of Gov
ernor in MaGachuletts is All prepared that
every part Of the bufinefs & is ready cut and
dried !" that each man has his pot aligned
him, at which be dands ready to prevent Gov
STRONG from beng eeleaed and that the
federalltts may do as they Pleale. For 'the
buhneis is 70 perfectly arranged, that there Is
little, OF no doubt of its proving fuccef5fuL"-
They, tated the plan to fer up Proficient AID
ANTS and Mr. GsRRY, with view to AUids the
Feds'ahtts between Mr.. ADAMS and Gov.
STRONG, that Mr.GERRY might Zip in between
them.
They fpoke onits fuccefs with mach conf
deHce, and exalted in the profpea. One Of the
gentlemen had no cbjs6tion to Gov. Strong,
bot that he was a federal man. He allowed
him TO be san amiable, ingenious and virtuou7
man; but be 9Oa5 tsderai nan -
Ia addition 20 the above, we give the follow.
ing extract of letter which will throw fome
light upon the ultimate object of the Jacobns
II comes from unqueltionable authority, and
delerves fullfeon6dence.
"A few days fnce, a gentleman paGing
through Pittsheld, Popped at J. Aliens tavern,
where there were three lacobins converting on
the agte of the nation. They faid that Gov.
Strong would not again Rand as candidate
for the election; and that if he hould be
would not be cholen. That he would not
have conlenteG to run for it before, had he
thought that Mr.. Gerry would run him 70 cloie.
They minated that every thing was arrang-
&c to prevent the re election of Gov. Strong I;
and they faid he had tent on his opinion 70
Cengrels, thatgMr. JeAerfon ought to be cho-
ION PRECEDENT By the Houle, by all means.-
This they fad, was 10 his favor but they
damned him pretty roundly notwithstanding.
Theyal condemned the Chrilian Church; bnt
one flid the Papal Church had been more an
engine of defpotic power, than the Proteltant.
But die Others f4id, " they would not give a
damn for the difference, thar it was the fame
DANCED thing every where, and under every
iorm-tiat wherever it had exihed, all OF its
t'isndswere advocates for abfolute power; AID
uiat there never could be any true Liberty until
the Chrifian Church ihould Be totally cradicat
| ed from The earth and that we fhoufd have
anabfolute government in The United States,
4 10 long as the Church e1iaed hers; but thank
/ God, that would not b long tor MIR. Jettet-
Ion would foon be 'PrsfiIent and would put an
| end to kieraycty and toTyrsnny
4 This is not the only inltance in which the
laoohins have lately difclded heir intentions
Their uewipapers begin 70 adAnle the chsrac.
yer OF geDu.pe jacobinim, in the abuie OF
/ Gergymen, in tie rdicule Of iaored and focal
iha tuticns Of our ancefors, in intRustions
CANA shraianity, and il :he ipdirsa recon