Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1801-07-13
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OUT OF a WAR.
IN this folemn and Important council rifnc
up before the w;ldom and experience of 70 ma
ny venerab le achems, and having the eyes of
10 many heroic chiettains upon ne, feel my
felt truck with that awful dfidence, which |
believe would be felt by any one Of my years,
who had not relinquiihed all the modeay of
his nature
Nothing o Greeks could enable me to bear
the hxt attention OF this luxurious aRemblv, or
give 20 my youth the power of an unembar-
raiied utIerance, but the animating conviction,
that there is not one heart among rs, that does
not glow for the dignity, the glory, and the
happinels Of his country And IN thofe princi-
pies, how inferior Ioever my abilities may oh
erwile be- | cannot without violating nv own
contciousneta. yield to any one The tupeioritY
Alter fome ObfervsIions upon the fate of
the nation, the 1peaker in the mot artful man
ner introduces his fubiea; and with the grear
Ell Tenderness for the ace ard names of the
ischemS before whom he ipeal,s, takes occahon
70 touch UnOn the many violations Of civil
order, the irrational pervcriious of character
and ali The 0the- fatal consequences Of immod-
crate uie q lPrituous liquors His words az
the conclnHoH 7t this are worthy cf notice
IT'S lrue Gays hep thsf- violations ~ civil
order, 6c. are PATHWAY they never be re
pcated. But tremDle, o. Greeks { when
thunder in your ears this denluciation thar
If The cuD Of perdition continues tn ME among
U, with iway 10 Incorporate, ye VIII ceafs u
be nation! Ye viii have neither heads 10 d.
rect nor hands 10 protett YOU While this dia-
bolcal juice undermnss me powers ef your
bodies and fouls, wish offs We zeal he warri
or's cntee5led arm will draw he bow. or
launch yhc ipear III t-e day OF battle 20 no pur
Poie. In tde day W. Council, when nationI
iatety ttdnds depended on th7 lips OF tie hoary
tachsIn, ne will ibake III head with urcoleaed
iPlTits and dHvcl me tabblng, cfs r cond child
hood. 4 hrnk mt. ID Creek. that prefume ta
fright you with an imaginary pidure. is /,
no. evident (alas i is TWO fate " io,) that VS.
and onr military aroour absd1g, cur numbers
drcreaiing; our riPeuad manhood a prema
LIRE victim 10 dil,ae. 10 death and our vcnc-a-
be !schems, iohJ4ry icauty num5cr.
PART ot what follow, few page. after this,
it would be almof a Criminal oniaion not ~
quote, The .eatimeats arc 70 el,yated, and al
tie fame time z. raturaL
And now, % Greeks II tie crjrs of your
countrysil ths pu1e of glrry, il al. tina; FORMS
che hero and czalts The ~ n, has not fvellcd
your hearts With Z true Indignation sqainH the
immoder4tc ufe WI this ic lor " the motives
are inluficirat % produce lrch reloiutions as
may prove el-uua. tt-re are yet other ties Of
humanity tender. dear, and reriradng. Think
on what We owe Jo our chudrca, and 70 the
gen1Ie fey.
With regard 90 our children, beldes eFe0inq
their health, enervatiRg al their powers AMI
endangering The very e1t9ence az our nation,
by the uabounded ule Of thefe perr;cors
draughls think howjt nuR affect their tender.
nels, 10 lee the man thar gave them being, thus
funk INTO the mott brutal Rlte, in danger Of
being iufocated by his own intenperance, and
Handing in need Of tllair infant arm to fupport
his Gaggerlng Hcp', or raife his feeble head
while he vomits forth che foul debauch
O Warriors O Countrymen How deipi-
cable mutt iuch pTacice reder Us, even in the
eyes Of our own children Will II not gradu-
ally deprive Of all authority II the families
which we ought to govern and ProtEa What
waite Of time does i create, which might be
otherwile lpent round the blazing hearth, Ia
the mott tender Offices. It Pcrverts the great
deEgns OF nature, and murders all :hoie pre-
cous moments, ID which the warrior fhould re-
count to hisSTontetmg offspring Lis own great
actions and lh1lc OF Iii, ancefors BY thief.
means The tender bOiom has often caught the
patriot fame, s; luxurious fuccellion Of ilcheus
and wafrierswas formed among Us from genera
ton TO generation, before our glory was eclipled
ty the introduction OF this deltru4vc liquid.
Q Greeks you all remember the great Ga
rangala, who is now gene 70 our fathers, and
from whole ieiQs Immediately lprung. You
know how Often lie has led forth our warriors
70 conquea. while bis name founded like thun-
der and f. llhed terror on our foes. You will
then pardon the neceGary van.tv, i prefume
10 remind you how Piouly Ne adhered to the
origna Cnplicity Of life. Oten has be faij,
that if he did not fly from t'is soup Of perdirioa,
lis qame would never 3 founded fCom hill TO
hill by the tongue Of poferity ana | can AZ
hrnn, that if he had waited Ills time ID fIch prac-
| tees, my boiom would never have been fred TO
glory by The repeated aory of our family virtue
and achievements nor ihonId ! have dared,
on this occaiion, fonlly 20 emulate them, BY