Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1801-03-23
FOR jerks PORTLAND GAZETTE.
TO TpE FEDERAkTSTS OF. MAINE.

Tacobins of this State, have been and now
are u6ng their utmoG efforts to turn Mr..
STRONG Cuc Of the chair Of the Governor, and
place Mr.. Gerry in his Read. As this appears
to me 10 be a part Of an exteniive and well
adiuRed pan TO overturn the Prefent happy
tate and order Of things in America, It 5ehoveS
everygcitizeu who regards his own or his coun
tvs welfare, to look well to its operation.
a new era in the hiltory of our country has
commenced. IF we contemplate the caule'
which have produced it, it Partakes Hrongly Of
what IL modern language is called q resolution
have no doubt that many Of the deluded and
giddy citizens Of the United States, view and
rejoice in it in this light. If it were PoHlble to
believe that the late federal elections were the
re(ult Of the good fenfe of the community, or
ofthe freedom or intelligence Of IT'S members,
We maxwell ihudder al their couiequenee. But
as we know they were not, there IS yet hope
that we may fave ourlelyes from any further
dhg-ace and nothing can be necetdry 10 e.
fett this, bur TO reanimste the fleePing patriot
i'm of the friends Of order & good government.
Were we to ak our enemies, what induced
them to with the removal of Mr.. Adams from
the Proficiency or what iaduces them to with
the removal of Governor Strong, what aniwer
could they give Us Were we TO ak them
further, why they with for the removal Of theie
men, il order to make way for others 1Oho are
IN sgsyg yejb.7 tteir interiors, what anfwer have
they TO this They cannot give yos a THs che,
without being eOvsred qUitb 65zne. They will,
therefore, rather Than expole their real deGgns,
give you one that is either falfe or evafve.
There is fcarceiy citizen of the United
States who does not knOqU that Mr.. Adams, IS
a man of knowledge, Of virtue, Of piety, and
Patriotdm; or 70 pncandid as not 10 he ready
70 confefs, that under bis administration the
United States have abundantly increaied 10
wealth, frength and wildom.
Thee is fcarcely citizen in Mahachu!ets
who does not know Tor who may not know II
he inquiresl that Governor Strong IS alto a
man of knowledge Piety and Patriotim-that
he is man of mott amiable difpoiition-of
mild, conciliating, republican manners-of
fpotefs integrity in public & private lfe-of the
qreatea detection, moderation s philanthropy
In fhort, exactly fuch man as every intelligent
and patriotic citizen of MaGachuietts would
be proud to give his vote for, were they per
fe6fiy acquainted with the excellencieg Of his
character. So trueis it, that he is the great
and good man which you were told he was
the laR year, that when he made his fri aP-
pearance before the General Court 10 May lait.
and delivered a fpeech in which he dilcovered
his zmiabIe, modeh and graceful department,
and his found, mild and moral principles, the
Tacobirs, then in the General Court, involun-
tarily and { at that time alE.of unani.
monty cried out when he lett the chair, that
the federaliRs had cho(en better Governor
"for them than they could have cholen for
'tthemieves."
therefore repeat the queRion, what coon
MOTIVE can any citizen Of MaHachuletts have
for removing this man from the public coun.
ellis I appeal to every rational, confident Fed
eraEf in the Commonwealth 70 anlwer this
queRion. ] do not appeal TO the Jacobins for
this anrwer upon queaions Of political ma
ture, do not conider them fubje6ts of reafon-
It's in NY opinion, harder for +" Camel 70
20 through the eye of needle" than for one
veteran in the errors Of J4cobiniln., to be con
verified to reaGon and political truth. There il
nothing, therefore, of e. much Importance, in
rsgaining the ground which our fuPnsnefs and
(ecurity have loft, as UNION, ZEAL AND ~
DusrRY among ourlelveS. Our numbers are
more than TWO 70 their one, and yet NE are IN
danger of being beaten Shall we then dfcover
more pride and ambition in petty controversy
or perhaps horfe race, than in this great Po
Iitical race, in which patriotifn and virtue have
been compelled to enter the lifts with diforga
nization and jacobiniim and in which the prize
is nothing lefs than Liberty and the CoadiCu
toa If we do, it is very certain we lhall be
yanouifhed, aud in that cafe richly deierve the
rnifchiefs with which our folly and lasiasG will
load US.
Let thofe men who are now endeavorng e
turn out Governor Strong, examine rhemielve'
as 20 the motives Of their conduit. The enenie
Of TIE Governor, are rbe enemrs Of the RePu5bc.-
Some of thele know what they are about; 9th
ers are their duPos and tools. There j, not