Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1801-11-16
F,ss. u. fNrJ CoAnrRcraL ADvtkTl.rR.
NUMBER Y


he New Haven Merchants In your iuaugu-
raj aalrels. We oSierye what appears 10 be a
continued effort g diguie your zeal intentions,
wi'h regard to future proceeding-a Rudied
anti s'n'ty o. language which jeem5 to cover .
fptri' q concilistion, iinparjialty and found po
Utica morality. In the anlNer 10 the remon
hrauce. you throw eff the veil, and announce jour.
JBfbs bead sfa party. IN tbs conduct we 90
terve degree Of oandor. which would have
dope you much credit, had it not been proceed,
ed BY diiPiay Of oppolite ientments in The
inaugural aodrefs.
In NE very Gft fenence IF The anlwer, we
meet with INTERPRETATION under cover q al
oaenh5le truth. & have received he remon-
Grancs-on The appointment Of Samuel Bih
op to the Office Of collector Of New Haven. late
b 1ataied BY Toe death Of David Auan." This
is the mode OF expreiIion, which would have
been corsea, had The office been vacant at The
time If appointment. But as this was not
the fact, the language to he corred. fhould run
thus" ihl office which bad teen raeaff4 BY the
death Of David Au6in, filled with EizuI
GoOdnch, and made vacant agein by bis rsme
val"
To underRard your meaning, it's re =dary
to refrt to lUbfequect palace in the antwer,
- which You inquire whCther the preisrtHe. o!
another as the iuccehor at MIR. AuHin can he
candidiy called refa0vai Of Mr. Goo1rich '''
There is iomsthng 70 puzzle in this eyaiion,
that 1t does not even deierve The name q. 70
Phifry Mr.. Au0i. tej mouth 6NiC.e yoGr
ennErce on your oGiee. Was II no! me GUY
Of your protectors 10 eli tie once without
delay Would he have Been juAiiaol@ in leaF-
ing il vacant two or thee week. to accommodate
his iucceiIor and bis partizans Admit tie ptn
clple that Mr.. Adams was bound "a omit
numiEsrion 10 the Office, or that Mr.. Goodrich
was bound BY any rule OF dtcency Or exPedien-
cy 70 oecline accepting i, becauie change "
naturalization as expected, 70 what coniequen
ceTw'h u lead u AZ ofIISs OUgn; TIr1z To hs 81
led, ~hen the vacancy happens within a m5nf5
Of change Of Chief Magiarate, will not tie
principle extend to a vacancy that may hap.
pen three months, fix months 2 years PTeced-
ing luch ar event Where is The limit Of right
ar expedience in The cafe /? The Contribution
provides none and the laws are iieut on The
iubjcd. Aeonihing imbecility Of mind Mr..
Goodr Oh was appointed fortnight before you
came into office ! he had been u Office aooa5
thrsa-monlh, when he received bis dIn'ihioa.
} j.
" aik,, whether his preference n aalfksy can be
,aHdidly called re,"ovIf Of mr.. G5ofr'r5 ID
the name OF al the powers of -o.ic 8 Language,
how car the PreGdent Of the Unite States &c
grade his character By fl>h quibtiea. Co
the fame PriacIple, you may prove that ii
preference 81 John Swartout 20 Aquila Cues, as
not yeaovGI Of the latter, although ~ q been
II office many years. And ty tri>t analogy,
your lo3ic will prove that not au officer Of gov
ernmenI has been REINFORCED, becaule your ay.feT-
encs d another canuot b. candiGly called reiR7-
val
qoi5 this view Of your logio, ana pi oce4d
% he paragraph Ia which you replelent it as
a diff cut thing, and one that excite, f" anxious
concern" to place rhe interels of your fellow
citizens 10 the hands If hcnef men, with IN
deraandirg lufFicient for their Ration" No,
Sir, this is not The point IT ifliculty-hone1
men Of understanding efficient, are to be
found in multitudes in every town in the con
federacy. The difficulty with you has been
70 ieled bansf men from among ysw bsrii
&Hs ard this, in iome places, is thing of
extreme difficulty. Another thing equally EN-.
barrailihg 70 you, has been 70 to diai ibn,e Off
ces, or to reward your mof fahbflIfervants with
leaa offence 10 thofe who could not be grlti6ed
ihould alto have fuppoied that you had fuffer-
ed degree of anxiety, in attempting TO render
your bratfiee confident with your inaugural pro-
fa)ioas but on a review Of your conduit and
projections, | am perfuaded that 70 far from
feeling any ioiicude on that icore, the thought
never entered your head.
Tojuaiiy your appointment ofMr. Bihop,
you tell US, that " time was taken, Information
fought, and fuch obtained as could leave no
rsom for doubt of his 6tltfs From briDate
JjHrcrt it was learnt that his understanding was
found, his integrity pure, and his cbdyadsr IN
faiaed." Did you inquire whether Alexander
Wolcott's character was unaainei allo n
Ii is proper, here TO Rate fa9, the evidence
of which admits Of no queRiou; thar you
eorreipond with your principal luPporters,
on 6yfhsi sfPsfy. p0ities, and .pavais vei'Or, in
an unofficial way that j, without lufesiog
your lettelsto PATS through the Office Of State