Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1801-11-09
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2. ,. PRESIDENr 80. UN1rEp s7ArEs.

10 'Sf PRESIDENT ofi6s UNITED STATES.
SIR,
"A tTER haying enumerated the a4vantaee'
4 = and befinSs enjoyed by the United
States. you proceed e q q what is wanting 10
make us happy md prolperous people"
Your words on his lub. q are as follow -
: II oHe thing is necefry. fellow citizens,
/ Toys and faga govenmeut, which thall re.
t'an men fora iniurirg one another, fhall lave
thtm otherwiie free to regulate their own Pur.
ivi's ct indulry ana Improvement, and lhall nor
take from the m.ub If laBor, the bread it has
earned. Ills is tie lum Of good government,
ard this IS necedary to clole the circle Of our
feIici les"
his SIR, is ore If tie mof audacious i'm.
Peachmens If the neaflre, If government
which precede1 your eIeaion, thai !, to be
found eth / you wIit,ues. or thof- IF your
haltefers. Your LANGUAGE 5ireSly and une-
qnvo' lly implies The f;rtinn HAT lie govern
ment fa1 nef a.eg ocyf md gg4l-,h1t il had
net ret led n.eny nom u i4nng one ano her
-tha Z had M lett them fee t. gulate their
own pa uit and haiti adtskca from the
mouth OF buur, tie b. cad It had earn-d-fo-
you expressly declare his 10 be tie I'm of qo9l
gov Innient and hat this is Hec11i,y 20 clcf1
the circle Of or feliciie,. Ana ID imreach-
ne IS in general terms cx ending 10 THE
mt atu-es of Cong els. aid Of both your PIE e
ceiors in ofiee. for your language implies that
Inc 2'nd government you dtfciibe has nut Jeeu
ojyhdby the UniIej States. Charges Ike tnis
made by a grvate citizen, would be deemed ex
tren.eiy indecent and oi!rcipc6tfu 10 tho.e dE
ungmihrd and enlightened men, who have gui
del OR public councils FIR twelve years pat
Admittfrg that the ledtion law had relfa,ned
The fgO9'He ParfAitI q naLciaaJ yirg aaI Rsu4s5,
10 that tome unucceilary eSpences hal been in
Cured in preparations for rational defelcc, yet
grois ard iyltematc abufe Of power, and a
yanton ule'efs expenditure Of public money
lone could juitfty your aqnalItie cenfh'e or
The iOrnier meaiurts az government And in
your lituatioo, Sir, fuch reproachfOl language
was Pecu iuly dangerous - yourfef and 40
your luapo trs for i i jultly espe6l-d Of The
man who centuries others, that he has the jlipo
flon ard The ability TO avoid or ~ correct liIai
Iar, apuis The managemen Of III, coms.i.
ea;c- and eKtentve concerns IF great repu1
hc wheTe humorous diff or iant palliOns and IN
tcifcri-g lntercits are 10. be on.ili8rcd md al
jHlted, work u rmmenle may uiJude, aud
the oOnicioulnsls Of he diff uiIy Of cur FIJI u
ekP eatd IN the in'rc factory part OF our Al
dreis Ga uid have guarded you CAN'T encourag
iog high and fangune expectations IN me pno-
H. mlhd, OF The fuccci. o! your admiEiaraton
For you % FAY, on your fiji appearance u9on
III Rage, 10Y Predeceaos have thamefuAy
E-gl-dtel their duty, or abllel theii pow Els,
and lwiil al my part with more dignity and
iucc-i5," was 20 atfempt % inCoire in year TEL
lov citizens more confidence than y-,Ir prede
ceG rs could command Beides, Sir. me
IN high refponfble fatiOns hould recoiied
that power S always the otiea of fufpcion
- 7oa, power of conrie. viii be expofed 10
TIE aaau,Js o the fame patton, and il i e4fy 70
fee t6ay after YOU had weakened he public conf
dsnce IA he meaflres Of your predictions, YOU
hal broken dowl the barriers which were to
p otet your 070a ad ninlllration from uniul
fafpicion. The public confidence is the only
fate bolwark of The CHIEF Magiaratr, and how
can YOU expea the e1emy will no. enter the
breaches, which you yourfe elf have made ? In
this partieular, as IN many 0 hers we fee no
max Of great talents orr found intelligence no
proofs Of a clear difcernment Of The nature of
your duties and the danger Of your 1ation but
unequivooal evidence Of vanity, felt Efficiency,
aud extreme impru ience.
Alter having informed us what was wanting
. TO make Us happy and prosperous people"
you proceed. 10 declare your political creed,
which conhtts 10 a fummary Of the principles OF
our national and ll4te governments, as expreGed
~ The Contribution and bills Of right. II this
lummary, you take location to recommend the
PreiervAton of the tate governments, as the
luret buiwarks againa anti-repuhlcan ten1en
cies = IN this Phraleologv,.we obferve as III eve
~ part Of the adjrels, ltudied attempt to con
ceal the moa dilingenuous reA cfions upon "a "
oPPoilrs and the former adminfraton, under
cover OF gener4lterms and alluGons. tVhar il
meant by the Indefinite and ambiguous terms,
anti-repubican tendencies" Meuwho srs &C
quaInted with you and the Gate Of parties, are AZ
no lof TO underitand fuch lanauage. / is clear
tbat you meant to intimate what YOU fully ex
Prelied 10 your Letter to Mazzei, that the admin