Jenks' Portland gazette. Maine advertiser. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1802-1803, 1802-09-27

fertimert Ct the -rss tefls If America
lhsl be lhonl3 reF ain ,hrre. To the
me: cenary aid Of fsy.iss1s, to rlois and
lie Jluck aaiaab OF Virginia is he IN
debted for hs unnatural civ ton. The
man who coniders it Indifferent, 70 70
cieiy, WHEELER the peopie worthir
t1uenty eods, 1y one Gea, can vene' eat,
nothing thar is uuly digniii-d. becauie
iuch ones h-a5t DuA be corrupt, and
his intellect blinded with pernicious er-
rors Hence thar fentiment which
draws from him lis veeeration can be
no other than the opinions and feelings
Of the bate, corrupted, and ignorant
pait o! the community he has no
rel'ih for any Other. Examine las
condua-Look a, his appointments.
Can there lie greater bullefquc on
miL4neEf offember. on k5eraliy Of KIND, or
dtgnilr of c0n4u7 than 10 attribute either
of Them to Thomas JeTeri0n. To ev
cry pesion acquainted with him sh> We.
~ eulagies Of his friends will ever be
looked upon 70 Be jna and keen ia'ire
upon his Pub'ic conduit. Did he man
ifeit any E5:'5hy Of mira in bis treat
ment of Governor Sargent in turning
HIM from Office, contrary 10 his 'isht-
ed word, and witheu. hearing, on tie
grounded 81 ,rQes 81 h mott bitter enc
mics Yet il VII. be allowed very Ito.
eral TO pot II his place f.R9y BEADED
boy, whof= braias can no more rei.t
The natural aaion OF two ideas than a
green pumpkin can the explofon Of a
charge Of gun powder Was there a
ny mildnds or moier ton OF Juice TO
tie public in his conduit to the late
Colleeor al New Haven Coodrijge
WIS acknowledged by Jeffcrlon himleif
10 lie evefy way we'll qualified to Jif
charge the duties Of the Office he held.
On this ground there was no complaint /;
hut there IS an implicit oonfefiion on
JsFerfon's part, that old Biihop, who
fucoeeds Goodbye, was not at the time
of appointment, and experience has
fincc proved that lie is not now, or
ever was fit psr(on and able TO do
what a mda ought 10 who is put into
hat office. What does this public
tranfAetion evidence but littlerefs Of
miad, difregard to public good. a
wicked difpo G,ion TO rrward favoritcs,
and fixed ohbzgnafi71 to the public fen
timent Of The itate Of Connecticut. But
fays IEFFERsqs, who is the bet com.
menIaior upon his own conduit, and
VIII explain tie motives that govern
him IN his appointments, You don't
"yet Zee The qVboLs ground, you nua
. know this young Biihop who is hated
" and detected in the Gaze where lie has
always lived, pubiihei a pamphlet
f" little before The election, in whish !
/" was made Prefdent, came on a CO.
[" py Of which was forwarded TO me.
" This contained much abufe on the
Wilmington and Adams adminiara-
tions, and all the federal party--lt
aao ridiculed he clergy and did much
10 bring that order OF men into con
tempt with the ignorant part ofthe
g commanityas we'll as with all the i'm.
"por,ed and tranfpor,ed renegadoes,
- who have always been pa: :icu,arly
f" attached TO my canie, let that be what
il may. This pamphlet, as a eeriGiz
"9rea Patri7f, not thouland miles
" from PortfUostb. would teitify were
he an hSnei man, was read in my
I" prefence and before large collection
& Of brother Jacoblns, ard we were 70
q pieafed with the f-ntimeu,s and their
. tendency on ignorant and wicked
mind, that, like Herod who was
" charmed with the lBggEirg Of a girl as
"to doubt whether hall his kingdom
+" would be an adequate oompenlAtion
&C TO her for the amnlement ihe had af-
(" iorded item, and 70 gave her The
head Of a proPh,t; gUe aiio, for fome
I" time, were at lofs how to reward
"this faithful lcryant and oalumniator,
till, in moment of rapture, when
F" the company were clapping their
hands and fhouting their prdifss on
young Bilhop for what he had done
I" to Willy nay predictions and pull
{" down the religion of his fate, | fqosre
{" by more than tsosnty gost, that if |
I" fbould fuccced 10 getting the Pref
q dency | would give him the fri obFee
+" could get hold Of in that fanatical
"aate. Now il is well known in Con
g nedicu,, and fome of the neighbor
g ing Gates, this Biihop, fon to the
/" Collector, has always been looked up
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