Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1801-08-31

were made, but the Secretary PerfGing, they
were put and anfwered as follows
:" ut. Whether there was any charge Of any
defcrPtioa againa the Secretary for want ofrhe
mott triet attention to every part Of the duties
# his office
~. Whether he had evnced want ST tai
EMS to enable him perfectly 60 execute lhofe
duties
8. Whether lie had, on any occaGon, hawn
he leat degree o. prejudice or partially to-
wards any perfnn IN executing his official du
lies, from fhe Influence Of his political opnions
/" Attn Whether there was any doubt of his
principles of integrity as a man
Each OF which queltions was anfwered IN
the negative, in the mott decided and uneqaiv
ocal manner
! The Secretary then flt down, and deliber
ately entered his own removal on the minutes.
Can It be the with Of the good people Of this
itate TO countenance and fupport fuch proceed
ings as theft Is il for their nteref, i il their
detire, that men, who are acknowledged to be
men Of talents, men Of Integrity, and flithful,
v'gilaDt officers, lhould Be opprsfed and Dix.
gTaced, for no other caute than that &C main
tAiniog their honea and independent principles
and for The fair lupPort Of order and good gov
ernmsntupon pure republican principles, NO,
il cannon be The good people of this Hate
arc friends 60 freedom, 10 judire-hey detet
tyranny and oppretii N, they cannot, theY viii
noi iupport men VINO countenance and practice
Il, though hey h9uld CONTINUE to court their
favor ant iupport, under the hypoc iG-a and
lndjious maik Of liberty, equa,ity and he rights
AZ man, as cover 10 he cIoven foot IL aria0o-
"a
OF tcif lnteret and aggrand cement
8 Five candidates were then lnne3 ~ the
Governor for The Office Of Secretary, II Wit
JAlper Hopper, John P. Van Nets, Thomas
tdl1uon, AbrtLa g Laning andGen, Peer
GanlevooTt, aud the application Of $40 of lhem
read by The Secretary, 1fter which he informed
The Council rba' Upper Rnpaer was hi, Depuy,
that Whatever political pr jud.ces there might
b. aFaint himltit, they NUT not be applies 10
Mr.. Hopper, thar Be was 4 warm ani decided
friend to Gov. Clinton anu l7 his politics, anj
be knew him to BE 70 at The 'ime he employed
b IN as u putty, and that. luch knowledge did
not prevent him from placiog tie utmot con-
hJence " him. and treating him with friendfhip
ana refpea thar Mr.. Hopper bal declared to
him, previous "a The l4e ele1ion, his int ton
% foppof Governor CIaton -thst H. tad re
Piled, he was Peiteaiy right il e. doing. As DC
was freeman, and was jaiiEl5ll n enjoying
his own independent principles TIA, Mr..
Hopper was . man Of SlPefabiiity, a man of
bliinels. and a Man Of integrity, and was b-tier
ctl-ula,ed to execute tie duties of Secretary
tn n any other man 10 the St a. and as fucd
Ae re- comm ended hiTn ta 70 the Council
/" The Governor proceeded 10 nomiua Mr.
ADD NH Nt,ft,r eBaI
Mr.. Van N.Is-and Nc. liouoh va, unani
monty agreed to.
Mr. Spencer then ohetyed % tl- Secretary,
thar there was one circumalnce which lPplied
. him, which did not to Mr.. Henry, which
was, that he had held ve:y refpeaabe on e,
from which he derived a certain degree Of infl
enCe that be had taken a decided part in the
late election il which, to his knowiedg e,he had
been Influential AID whether il was not prob
able, that from his official fation that Influence
had been materially increafcd- which the
Secretary replied THAI he believed no man In The
Rate could entertain that opinion. that his Of
fee was merely minferiai, from which be could
derive no potlible degree Of nHuence,th4t il was
not an Office Of authority, nor even Of direa
refponGbiiity. that If ne had any influence ii 70.
ciety, It was from His Banding IS a citizen. not
as pubfc officer; but thar Of all men. Mr.
Spencer was one Of The LAT who IA luld bring
forward tha. circumGanle as 4 charge againlt [
him--he (Mr. Spencer he'd public Office /
(a(IiRant attorney general) TO which was attach
Cd both authority and relponGbty he had (
for ieyeral elections p,l been active and inAu- /
entail to far greater degree than himleif- /
and how had he been treated had he been in
iured in the lean degree 10 con(equence of his 4
having supported his political opinions and I
that had the former administration attempted \
10 remove him from Office, in coniequence Of
lis having lupported his principles, be 1.-THE
5ecretaryl would then have openly declared It
ID att OF direa tyranny.
a" The Secretary added, that be had been de-
.idedly active during the laa eIe&tion, and the
eRedon, gave him great pleaiure be had fuP-
ported principles which were dear 10 him, and
which he would never deleri; that he was par
icularly led to fueh activity, from a dread
which then lay on his mind, Of certain conle-
iuences which would attend the election for
Governor Clinton and what he then dreaded
- 4w completely realized. Mr. De Witt
clinton interfered, and put hoP TO the con-
erlation, when the Council, adjourned - Or