Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1801-08-31
MlsGeWany.
From the Norfolk Herald.
CONON No. III.
-, Wai.tt 81 0'cot nor,

n-r1E Snesch Of Mr. leherion is fraught with
zion L breathes nothing but wifdom,
No.. r;r;r of ,aciliation. Happy would r
~ he snvi ID I renown TO which he has ar-
and eqaally happy for his country, had
~.ver deyi4ted from IT. But no fooner had
. asarnmenced bis adninitration, than his
-, . rngen iered 4 iulpicion, thar his address
s.fnre The deivey Of il, lad not been matuIely
weighed. -
.Anblicanifm, were as prevalent among the
r;.a1s As the enemies Of Mr.. Adams adminiltra
and his own words bear teitimony to it
~ r didhs eiet1 from off { thofe whom he
f...i ;n9 II only one or two men had been
'..r.I ont We mould have ret fatls6ed that he
h.5,deouate iea(ons for 1t. 1t was NOT potible
! he w,d. extent OF our country, that his pre-
Jscss,rs IA ofFice could have be n Perfonally &C
o,,oted With all the men u whom they gave
commitments Their knowledge ofthe charac-
~. Of many Of them NUT nave been derived
from the reDref=ntation Oh oilers. Under the {
,;rcnmaancss It can excite no f0rPrde if fone
men were noworhily mace collectors and mar
Alb. Thsfe Mr. Iefenon was called upon by
tls dutY which he owed to himlelf, and VIII u is
Gill more to he regarded, BY the In.eret Of las
c,ualry to dfplace But where was the necef
fty IF fpunging out from the record Of CON
raigns the names Of the marlhals. This ltep
cannot Be defended, and | ihall attempt 10
prove ID my next paPsr that it IS pregnant with
cmlreuences which there Is leriou, caule to ap-
prshcn6 viii lh4k: our gov-rnmcnt to is very
tlradariop.
Siac- his entrance into Office n has made a
ransber ofneW appointments. have, after
much inquiry nor been able to learn thar there
ia fllitary federaif among them. Ifrhis
b.une, % jliify him!elf Mr.. Jstfsrlon NUT fun
mon 10 his AID all the eloquence and powers of
reaonins Of whleh be is 10 eminent a degree
poGaiIel.
hisffeh n the recollefioaof our rea1 ers that
on one ofthe principal topics of clamours a,-ainR
The ied.ra parry whlf they held the ems Of
government, Va the pretended AyoWal By the
executive that they would not give al appoint
In.nt 10 sny one who lid nJt approve # the
Ineaiores they had pdriJei. The enemies Of
the ddnlniarston Iid rot FIJI @ esprels th-m
fslscs upoa thit reto.u ion 10 the moh ndi 2nant
lAagaag.. They repre'eot=1 il as a5horrent TO
Tellol al as infringing the fan iam-ntal prin
ihoe men be, was their inceIenl yell, who with
chs emo unsnfs Of office IN be entirely engroHed
b. their feinls aud themf-lves To render
the admiaitra'ioa uapo11lAr was u1doub BITE lily
sac OF the obi-sts Of thoi= argg ne1ts and
PlhAPs letie.a is Of Mr.. ] -F-rfon never aun
bed upon an acculatoa AZ int il thit was
more Propiti0us aa1 soDdu i've 10 his ele9o1.
ne people, az lean all 81 the anti.sdefal party,
ioliY aisIted thtJia the dC)oti-oa IF off 6,
thl hoe Of dIttIndoa between the two parties
Mould b;lot ! ,hs p, and -lAt merit alone
0old Be attended 10.
Why then Ioes Mr Jsferfon preflms whiG
tns echo Of Puolc iniig a4tionagaina Mr.. A iams
TT handlng his Offices only I, the approver, Of
n standardization is Gll ringing in our ears,
ake Inn tor his example Does he believe
.uat Inc people mott foiemnly proteael agant
y Qeeauie It was done by Mr.. Adams Ia the
1u'ha'Hration OF our government, does he think
sHa' 'ney DO not regard me 4iares? but n,or
"a ns reliance on the unexampled confidence
~Acn us parry place in him, emboldened him
rsafon -
to' my own part can with truth Fay, that
90 npt know how to reconcile his con-
1ua' IN his fpesch he did mot uneauivo.
@1y o5clare that the meafures purified by our
sOsS'nment were in the main wife, prudent,
snl peluc. In making this declaration he
a'uA sltaeT have been fncere or not. Which
.'s' alternative you take, it is equally anfortu-
s's = DIS Character. If you maiutain the neg
.a's q the foGtion, it refults that implicit faith
eaanOi os placed in bis declarations, On the
,ra a'l nand t you contend that he uttered II y.
b" S.,'s' Of his Judgment, il mga be admitted
y deaCIent 10 virtue Or 6rmnefs
III MS condu9 be teae BY faas. IF our
o @'e,lhieat anterior to his elevatonto the head
-. s'i-l's was ably and virtu 3ufy admihlaered,
rs y lays hlrnislf, it mu3 have been uhder the
uuc' Ct able s virtous men. Iffp,with what
49,. So q reaion has he Gathered them He GER
"a y nas not adopted the unnacural principle |
N. "1Td'ny virtue wish death, and vice with |
"a re viii not have the hardinefs to come
seI S i and proclaim 10 the people Of the Uni
sea a'es' that he kirks out Of Office the fe Ter
~ 'ecaHe 10 10 the fervice Of their country,
81 4 'a'e emsoendy dilingnih.d themGelve,
'teg'i,y, theirP7iriot1n, AMI their "a |