Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1801-12-07


tanned and diRributedthe disappointed will then form
new IN. and begin frefh lcramble for power ana
otlct--the principle which brought you into pow
err VIII IS certainly dIlplce you-and lucey will bs
converted into bedlam Of hungry oficeIeekers; d..
placing and difplaced in ehdleIs rotation
But Inltahility in government is he WORT con-
eqaence reiultng from he principle leads drtctiy
70 corruption il elections thu, poiToning The bodl
polite dIorganzing It's functions, and enervating the
only vigorous priHciPe republics.
What is the language addrefed to the people on this
0ccaion Ii IS this candidate for the Chief Magif
tracy pubhfhes TO the electors that when he obtains
the place he will reward his party Importers with
the emoluments of government. The tfTeef Of the
principle is, that all the Offices in the fl Of Tie Pref
dent, with emOluments amour ting an annual Gum Of
hall million Of dollars become 70 many brides in the
haCds Of candidate lecurc his election And they
are michievous weapons in the hand of unprnciped
demsgosues only the W fen and beG citizens will
never ufe them Sorry am to fee thar this fItm Of
p oiigacy has been begun by yoW friends. Yes fr,
lucrative offices were PT0mjcd, do not fay by YOU
but your friends thar (ome of the ben Offices were
pledged to rtcu perions, FOR their fervces in pro-
noting your election, long before the 4th Of March
lalt. The mchieis projecting from this principle
which you have publicly avowed, are incaculable
And am not lttIe furPrfed that you fir, with all
your mathematical talents, ihoud overlook the i'm
menie influence that half million dollars Of annual
revenue, would puIehae to YER from your fear
hou Npuiu hot luIcIy iuppOlG tbat y0HT friends
the only men who clud WELD tbele weapons; or thai
men who had abandoned the hansa of your cdec.f.
Tors. 10 hopes Of increafed lpend, and more glory
you'd not ALTO delert you, when impeled bv diCan.
Po'ntment, or siured by repetition ofplendid prom.
lies
No, Sir lhor lighted indeed mha YOU Be e Won
upPoc that ether candidates power will neglect the
weapons with which you have iuccefsfuly attacked
youc protectors. And hcie weapons like all others
grow familiar BY uGe Dexterity Is acquired by Drac-
tce aud atho in cafes OF confidence memo rtDente
turp iimus yet few years pra6 &c il found luaicen.
70 riPen the awkward tyro into cexterous ar.if in
villduy.
And this the fpifi. and intention Of the clauGe
Of the conitu ion, which ahgas the PRECEDENT IT,.
power filing vacancies that nay baeb,a during the
recels Of the Senate Shameless perver0u Of that acred
inlirument Of national compa3 Shameless oroOtution
Of the powers o government No. SIR, fueh coaarue-
ton occurred ~ the enghtene fzr1ers Of thar
H!trumcnt 1t rsierved your balty Of byetsu44
TsbHbia to convert the power lodged IL the Execu.
tive INTO engine Of corruption. ard TO degrade the
beilowment Oi osices high prerog4tve intended to
enable the Chief Magtrate execute the put &c will
for thePubhc welfare, with Integrity and dguity into
inltrument Of private Ambi5iOn-whch ike 4 ten
mis- bail is 20 be b4n1ild abou: among unprnciprd
icramblers for power.
And where Is tie government hat can 1and acainf
the current of factions which NUT dow from this in
exhau(bIe iourcc? Half A milliOq Of doa-s All the
offices of empire, offered brides to tempt msn VI
ai4il and dilplace the exiting PreGdent Where are
the rzmpa which vii prove ine1pugn Ie to the for
mIdlble hoGs Of ala ants, VIII ca fuch van and Dendid
prizes will collect round the 4ndard Of feariels and
desperate commanders II there Is mode or de1royno
republic, which is expeditions and eff 9nai,
than any yet devGe4 by the ingcAuity Of man your
principle Sir OF dittributing Offices among the exn No
tq 10 politics, in r,me f4acicd proportion 10 their
Plumbers, y preclrly tina node, O;her mode, oD-r.
ate upon remote aud lv[s eeR,it parts IF the BODY
polite yours penetratts th= feat Of life the heart
and brain, and by par4tzing tho energy Of the vital
principal, the right TG~gs leaves The body morbid,
cadaverous carcae-Ncver, Sir ihAl we Zee that ref
toration Of harm. ny, which you iae cultivate
while the emolumens Of government held forth as
brides to fAstion Never WI government want o..
pollrs while the offices Of government are ex9aed at
au1lon, and offered the highea bidders in glamour
againlt The exiting adm nifration
i it pcio e. SIR that thelr conf qucnce never once
occurred Ia contenp atioa the of you pulo-
foPhic mind Does your acqua ntance with h'aory
furn(h inf2nce Of ffmi'lr prin iple reduced 10
practice 81 thelc ohlervatOns bear h marks of un-
ulual earnetnei., my apology i AZ hand You Sr
boat Of your ardent attachment republican priuci-
pes. If you Gncere, which am Inclined ID
dfpute do not tumble in the hreiho Of vcur admin
nraton Examine well the tendency of the principles
by which you ntend regulate your nealures and,
do eAbih precedents which hereafter fhake,
NOT only YOU bur your fucceors from the upremt feat
in the government and tend direct and rapid Y 10
fubvert the whole fabric Of the Contribution.