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

tue oecFefary WOulJ have added. thar his dread
was, ihonld Governor Clinton fucceed ID his Z
lection, his adminit alien would Be feeble al |
inert, and Anbrofe Spencer and De. witt Cun-
ton would become the Rulers, and TyrAnrs Of
the State.
Let Us now take lhort review Of G)vern7
jays naturalization, and compare it with the
prefent proceedings uader that Of Governyr
Cliaton.
When De Witt Clinton, who had been ia vi
olent oppoftion to Gov. Jays election, called
on him, from his predec for, to deliver up The
f-als and papers, The Governor received him
with the mott friendly poiteae(s, entered
into familiar convcrGaton with him, in the
coufle of which he made an offer Of his future
(aryico. with the promile of the fra Office that
fell vacant, which he would with to 6ll.-If
his is not lubltantillly true, Mr.. Clinton viii
pleaf- TO contrada 1t.
Governor Jay found Mr.. Scott III the Office Of
Secretary, Mr.. L twrence, in that of Attorney
General, Mr.. Cortenius, in that Of Auditor The
Office anfRerng to that of the preleat Comp
troIler) Mr.. De Wit IN that Of Surveyor Gener-
al an c lionel Va, Horne in thar of a1juant
General, all Of thefe appointments were nsiI4ri:
" made under Gov Cntdn's naturalization,
% o.
Ideal lentiment wish MIN The public oDn.
ion was certainly as ltrQngly and decidedly ex-
Preiied IL the els6tien Of Gov. ] Y and FEEDER
al legi4ture, al thar day, as it now { Al pofibIy
be in The election Of Governor CtngOn and \
representation il political leatjment with HIN.
CIV. lay aIfo ceded u his council the righ. Of
removal from ohce. DID mr.. Jay or h;s Cnua
I'll attenpt 10 remove any Of thef= officers No;
they All remained. The Auditor a Il the See
rotary died in office the Attorney General re.
msin4d III IL th3't~ ProPer. 50 reiiga thea liza
tant General remained until he was utterly In
capaci,aTed, from a fatal (order. and ablolute
nece6icy compelled the appointment of another
whoie appointment was only temporary, pr9vi-
ded his prediction ii 7uld recover; ths Survey
OF General tti'l remains in off. {.
In the t4veral counties Of The 9atc, there re-
manned AZ Gov CEnton's prel-nr iuccel1Iop, FL
"a II E4ommeji u, Elq. Clerk If Suffolk. ID ,vid
Gelaon. Surrogate Of N-w,lork. Richard Luh,
Clerk and Abraham O. Laahng, Sarrog ,te.
Of Albsey, DIRK Swart, Clerk IF SaraJo "a,
John Uootwotth. Surrogate Of Rsnaelaet aod
many other Pobl,c officers. appointed bY Gov
Clinton, who with AmbroGe Spencer, Aaitant
Attorney General, have uniformly been the
mott decided and a9Ne oppofars Of Mr.. jays
politics ana elections; not one Of whon were
removed OF flHe- ed The lear injury fro The o.
Pen avowal ana exercif- Of thcir Poltca cnti-
Inents-
Blu. fay fom. Of the Importers Of the b-et-
ent violent ant tyrannicaI prose- ing, CIV.
Jay has ir the egaWple, eai We only fo,.ow
it; he has made many vial4nJ and inptuPer ".
movals, f-on no other csut- than Pei ica, pr-i
uIice, and lorle have uud-rlaSen to fav thar
their nuIn3er amount to upwards ofih-e hur,
dred this IS bar { I ana mfun 1Is f4Nh lod
- Mr.. Jay never iaasd in gIe fuperccde4s vnh-
out al aclnal complain, tad tns ole h1G Of
iaueiite and fycoph4nts to d. Wit eli ton
an Ambrofe Spencer are ohllleaeei % men
ton one-iheyca cannot 60 two or three coan-
Try off aers AMI migiarates may have b. n fl-
Perceedei without hearing during Mr. laws
administration. but they were cafe ~ viii b the
charges were 70 evident and the proofs ~ point,
ed, as, in the opinion Of the CounciI, to y "
clude the neceEty Of hearing whether hat
conduit was Grizzly correa, is point thlt 5oes
not require an immedia dilcuhall the only
point here maintained is, thar no fupetr.5a5s
was ever idled BY Mr. Jay, without Gissa
com paint OF mifeoRdua.