Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1802-04-05
MONDA71, ArR1z 5, 1907.

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| ton We have lhewn that it has made or attcmp-
ted to make prodigal facri6ces of conaitut;on1l
enenergy, of found principle, and of public IN
tereR. In the doctrine relpe9ing war, there Is
fenfsleIs abandonment Of the iua and nece6arv
authority of The executive department., in
pSint, material 10 our national iaety In the
Propofal, 10 elirquilh The internal revenue,
| there is an attempt TO etabillh precedent ru-
nous TO our public credit; calculated to pio.
| long The burthen of the debt, and generally to
enfeeble and fink the government By depriving
il otreiourles Of great importance 10 its rsfpec
| liability, to the accomplishment ofits noa lalu-
tary plans, TO its power Of being nleful.-In
| the attack upon the judiciary efabhlhment
there Is plain effort TO impair that organ of
the government one on which is efficiency
and facceis absolutely depend. in the recon-
mendatie1 to admit indiicriminately foreign em-
igr ants Of every Description the privileges Of A
merican citizens, on their 6rlt enterance into our
country, there is an attempt to break down ev-
| cry pale which has been erected for the preferv-
alton Of national fpirit and ola national char
aaer and to let in the mot powerful m cans
of perverting and corrupting both the oDe aud.
the other.
This is more than the mo Ierate opponents Of
| Mr.. Iefferfons elevation ever feared from his
naturalization much more than the mott
wrong.headed Of bis own frci dared TO hope il
| is infinitely more than any one who had read
the fair projections in his inaugural lPeesh could
have fufpeaed. Rejecting men mutt be diff
MAYED at the prolpea before us.--If luch
rapid Rrides have been hazarded in the very
grille Of bis administration, what may be expec-
| ted when it fhall arrive 10 manhood? Tn vain
was The coileeed wildom OF America convened
al Philadelphia. In vain were the anxious la.
bours of WalhingtoE beitowed. Their works
are regarded as nothiag bet er than empty bub'
bles defined to lie blown away by the ueSe
breath Of dfciPie Of Tg,got; pupil Of C0adoreft
Though sae mott pr minent features Of the
mefage have been poWtrayed, and their de-
| formity exhibited in tue colors !; there remain
many lels important traits not yet touched,
which however, will materially afilt MS in deter
mining its true character. TO particularize
them with minu,eneis would employ more time
and labor then the objea defsrves yet 10 pats
them BY wholly, without remark, would be to
forego valuable materials TO iiuitrating The true
nature of the performance under examination.
There remains to be curlorily noticed, dI
| petition in our chief ma Citrate, far more par
tional government; to pull do4n rather than TO
build up our federal eJi69e 10 Willy the pat
naturalization Of the latter 10 court for him
felf popular favor by articles not be approved
Of, either for their dignity, ther candor OF their
patriotiim
Why are we EN- hatically and faftdiou1y told
that /" the Gates individually have The principal
care Of ourterj5af our property and our r1Dsfa-
fiOa eoaifutigg thu great feld Of human eo"cern5"
! Was it to render the R41e governments more
dear TO Us, more the objeas of ar tlonate fsl
| citude Nothing furely was neeedary on this
head they are already the issoriteS 81 he peo-
ule, and If they do not forfeit the advantages by
| CaoR erofs abule Of trda, NUT, by the very
nature of the objects conhded to them. con
tinue ALWAYS to be 70 Was it then to prevent
TOO large portion of affection from being Def
towed on the general gcvernment. No pains
on this head were rsquiEte, not only for the
reafon in(t aligned, but for the further rs'ion
that The more peculiar objs6ts Of this govern
| meut, though no lefs eifental TO our PROPERTY
than thoie Of the fate governments, oblIge Il
eften to act upon the community IL manner
more likely TO produce ayerfion than fondnefs
Accordingly every day furniihes Proof,that x IS
not the oisd ebild Of fbe many. On this point the
high example of rhe pFefident himielf IS Preg
nant with infrudion. Was it to indicate the
fupreme Importance of the fate governments
over that Of the United States This was As
little ufeful, as it was correct. Coniderng the
vaR variety Of humours, prePohsiions and To-
caties. which in the moi eiyeriiGed competition
of thsfe Rates initiate againif the weight, and
authority Of the general government, Il union
under that government is neceiiary, II can an
fwer no valuable pnrpole TO dePreciate ITS I'M
portance in the eyes Of the people 1t Is nor
correct becaufe 10 the care of the Federal gov
eminent are con6ded directly, thoie great
general interefts on which all particular intereits
materially depend our iafety 10 relPett to tor
| eigu nations ouraranquility in reiPe6 to each
other the foreign and mutual commerce OF the
| Gates the eRabiihment and regulation OF the
money of the country the management OF our
national finances indirectly, the fecurity OF
| liberty by the guarantee of a republican form
of government to each Gate the iecurity OF
property by the interdiaion OF laws violating
the obligation Of contracts and ihuing emitiions
Of paper money under Gate authority (from