Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1801-10-19
MONDAY, 0crosER 70, 1901.

Afser avery modefl introduttion, you remark,
thai 9 during the eoatsq ef eoini9u through which
NC bats l5gF, The animation of dfculions and ex-
q tons has tomcImes wern an af&d, whicl
might impoIe on ltrangers unuled 10 think freely
and TO iDeak and write what they think bu.
this fupPole contea of opinion being nov
decided by the voice of the nation, announced
according 70 The rules Of The contribution ah
4qR sfroSyj9 arrange tbemjllDes ualsy lhs qvM N
tbs hzO, and unite in common efforts Tor the
common good"
This paragraph contains implications which
ought not to be over looked. TIE cosfeR Oftbia.
ION, through which qve kave paf NUT alu5e "a HE
conroveriIes On the iubje9 Of your election !;
and this directly admits The exiRenee Of parties,
and not only 70, but violent parties, Whole con-
troverlies had been animate. Yet, after few
fentences, you tell Us, thai" every differ ence,
Of opinion is not difference Of principle thar
we are all republica s, all federaliRs." I. fol-
lows from thete declarations, tbaa in your cpin-
ion, the pa ties hive con ended no, for prlnci
Piles, but for uaimborfast opinions. This conclu.
ion leems to be unavoidable, and the only con
c'ulion which VII render inteiii Eible your diff.
tintlon between opinion aud principle. But
friends for uniGportant concerns can never
ju9ify men in violent ami animated eXcr,iOns to
change the adminiRr4ti n,
But the conref Is oloied, aud you tell rs az
T Who Or what where is the antecedInt Of
this word will Of courle arrange themlelves
und>r the wiz Of the law. Is not the i'm
plcdtion of this prophetic aGertion, that all
ba.I not 6ft0re bse8 arranged under he viii Of
the law Surely every f@uteA.e Of the philcl,
optical Jeferirn, mutt ca ~ with it meaning
A1d had you the vanirv llPpofe III 1t your al
muiardtion would huih political conten /?
Bot who were he men thar had MT before
en- arranged under The q.IH w ibt I41y Were
they your trends Ut your oPpot7rs Z The zyLI
Of fbe la1y, willie your Pre1tcslor va, III Office,
wa, to 1Hb"iJ quietly 10 Isl. admioi0rat T.
II any pe.lan9 d. not thus 1ubmit, but cppolsd
that mnitT4t On, Ihey we're yoSr friends. and
thele were the men who did nor arrange hem
ielves unlet tie viii Of the liw. Indeed his
is the ciear import Of the PaHage. You 30 no,
ce,lure that opp fton 20 TIE ccN Ct the Ia7y !;
but "a her sP,,ogif- for It. anj tell Us, now the
point is ed The con:=f will end, and I'll
viii unite in common efforts, FIR common
good" III this pr-di9ion. you fem I'd cal
your own talent for concil alton.
But the mott p-0mi nelt feature Of he PAT
fag- und-r confederation Is, its contr4diCton
Of another Psf4ge. The onei, PrcIicAtei 81
tire idea that The country has been divided into
viole L parties whole animation Of difclGions
and zerions wore 4 threJtning aIp;d anj a.
no.her declares that we llF r only u uuedcntial
points, while we are AL y one party ID fa4,
republicans and f-der.ii4s being liz fame.
The PlhAge, contain :oph'0ry Or conrr4dia.ol,
and one Of them IS iaconiRent with me d.
clardtioos ro1 have made on ano.her occsfoo,
a. We fldl h.re ,fe- fee; and with tic whole
tenor Of your political c1ndua.