Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1801-03-02

OOvERNMENT founded on the principles
of virtue, religion and good order, afford the
greateh utility TO man. For laws deRitute of
the production Of moral good, natural and il
Gituted religion, inGeadt Of creating national
PROPERTY and individual hqppinefs bring the
mott awful and dfrefling afped on nations.
Honor, virtue, order and chriaianiiy are ule-
full 10 man consequently to nations for com
muni,ies conliR of individuals united for mu
taal aid, comfort and happinels. a life pro
duetive of ufefulnefs 70 man, in refpetf 10 time
and eternity, il Pleefag TO God Therefore The
great aim of government fhouid be TO promote
every uieiul art ard irience, every moral ob-
! legation and true religion, which are internal
peace and national PROPERTY. A realizing
ienie ct The being and providence Of God brings
home TO the bofoms of rulers their degraded
! ftuation by nature and their dependence on
HIM in their acquired hations. God Raadet6 IL
The congregation IF tbe mighty bsjaagsb Gnoag he
goGt..
To the promotion of ufefulncfs to man and
well baing TO fociety, il IS requifte, that ma
! giftrates be men Of honor. Honor comprifes
in il the principles oftruth, generoGty, honefty,
manlucfs and fidelity. That man, who re
| gards honor, is faithful 10 his truR both in
private and public life. He is punttual in his
engagements manly in his behaviour gen
eroUs in his bchowments; courteous in his
manners; hearty in his freodfhip and faith
iul 70 his charge. lie is 10 Freneb,udn. For
his principles Of honor are derived from the
mott lolemn Doctrines Of chriHiani,y. Honor
is the fruit Of virtue, and virtue the growth OF
| Ieligiop.
! Without virtue there is no true honor. Vir.
tue in magiarates fweetens their tempers !;
calms unruly .paiIions regulates the general
department. and cnerilhes genius. Judgment
10 difcern, integrity TO purlue, and virtue TO
guide, are eiientiai charatfeiiAcs in public Aa-
ions. Ye, who are honored by being inveaed
with authority, initiate the character OF Socra-
ties: g In youth he was the fon OF temperance,
10 manhood the brother Of fucial love, and in
age the father of wildom" immortality begets
loofencis cfthought, loolenefs of thought blinds
the moral faculty. aud the abandonment of the
| moral lenle cheIiihes ipfdelty and open athe-
i'm. Athei(ical rulers fend forth their emid4
ries 10 wound, deltroy and kill piety and rlli-
gon When a'heilm aud infdelity are folersd
| both BY rulers and people. national glory and
national happiness depart qo@ea tbs, 1yicksa yaie
tbe rqiioa E0prES ; wien The people foriake Ie-
ligion aad Piety empire dies.
Order in facety is the beauty of government.
Good government is ever Imported by virtue
and religion. When the diaates of undated
coafcieroe, the principles Of natural religion,
and the doctrines IF chTfianity are Rrifly ad
hered 70, Punaually pra6tiled and con(lantly
followed then order IS prevalent in f5ciety.--
Order depends greatly on rnagitrates; for if
their principles and department cherilh and
exhibit becoming decorunh their entiments and
examples viii be Rrangely aud almoh inct edibly
| infuied and copied by the MATS of the people
Therefore, citizens, delpde thoie magiaraes,
who difegard order 10 worlhiPping aiiemblies
land turn their backs upon tbs b0ly |afraRi-atI Of
ar religion, and with lnpercitious frowns cah
contempt on the ordinances of chrltianity.
Religion ever has been the deeply laid and
broadly extended foundation Of falutary gov.
eminent and energetic laws No religion can
! come in competition with Brilliantly in refpea
to its happy influence on the moral, civil and
religious life. 1t is well calculated 70 chcrifh
thar governments, which produces THIRTY qoab
order. Magistrates deaitute of chriRian prin-
ciples and practices are harbingers Of hcentiouf-
nets and promoters OF infurre6tions in govern
ment. When men are void Of lenfe of future
Rate ofes2eace, there is trna to be put in them
for covetou(nefs and felhlh views will caule
publicgood to bend TO their forbid inclinations.
Infdelity IS the fource whence itcobinical prin-
ciplcs and practices proceed. Nothing is
too bad. nothing 100 wicked, nothing too heiiih,
for an in6dei in religion and jacobin in poll
tics TO invent and folter. They are the chill
dren Of their father. qvts g0rr-t0 and fr0 in fbs
earft, and from qv0iEiag gp and doovS in Il.
Religion is a mott eGential qualification for
a magiRrate. Therefore let it be the prayer
of every pious man, that the time may foon
arrive when none but protectors Of chrittanity
and obiervers of morality, fnall be chofcn into
office, whether civil, military or literary. ----.