Jenks' Portland gazette. Maine advertiser., 1802-12-13


sabonr, os their anceHors, il Is lucky
fer them that their fathers labourcd
btf,re ;htm had NOT the wifiom ard
independence of the late adminiIira.ions
provided every thing recedtry to carry
on The governmcnT, ihe pr-ienl fcekers
Of popularity mui have wbiDed and
can'ed in vain for the applarie they
thinE they are now running of with
Bu; juRice viii overtake them.
Avareicus as the administration are
for p9nlari!y, and their friends to tbisvs
il for Them, The latter wouid rot have
de- ed. in The manner they did, that
Their IDOL had ient for Paine, had they
rot been fatis6ed there was lomethiag
wrong in It. Had i appeared TO them As
an ipd ferent aaion, drawing no moral
co ieouencts To It's author, they would
have taken no notice of the report or,
at mott, they would only have fAiI, as
his lou;hern friends did, iom- years
ago, when .JsfcyEH'5 SabPbo and their
Tommy were NIT luhj:6t Of mInon
corverfation, that it might be tue, and
very kelly il was but il il were, where
was the harm Sally was his property.
ani he had natural right 10 uie her
as he plealed, ard il could be no body'sI
tuin,E. But from the continued de
nials of Jeferion's having f-nt for Paine,
as well as the refentfui manner they
were made, We may fairy conclude,
his friends, at that time, viewed the az
far as infamous, aud what mutt draw
on its author, it true, mot pointed
ceEfure from every American bearing
The chriitan name aud Tor that rea
fon only could they be anxious to re
pei belief Of the report. Some of the
papers. in the pay Of Administration,
went 70 far, in reienting the report, as
to call it infamous 9aod9r and delarnt
ton. Bot how could the report be
defamatory. if the fubaance Of il were
innocent? Let deiltical ,afuiils folve
the diff Guilty, and rcconcilc the condL I
of Jeferfon's friezds with his Innocence
If I ey can
P4Gi G over tie contempt and diC-
grace into which Tom Pane had funk
with all olahes Of pe pie il France,
except the mof b-lotted topsrs, am
with whom only did lie aHoci4te for
feveral years before be left thar coun.
try, | cannot view the eordiai, brE74g
iEVif1T5H of an avo7yei enemy p, and
revilcr ~ ne e5rJQiaa rlfci3a, zvbjcb ID ibe
religion Of fbs Anerican beqhs. 10 f5is eous
~, and f5s e8sri4s lin q Pq3ags ia q PUB.
ID armed J6ib ~ 7vey IF l-tariy anil pro
fsti9n, etter0vys tban az aH adioH i1VnrGi
and protaae, in contempt q, and PAjfey
1jnitigg 10, he ttHzgs Of tic people calling
fbemflDes b tte nam. efekrilisa. What
would Jvferlon and his DElSTlCAL
SECT have faid Of Warrington had
he given fiuilar invitation. and prof.
fersd protection to the traitor Benedia
Araai4 to refurn TO this country and
ipend the remainder of his days IN "A
merica ? Would fnch an acton, on
The part Of Warrington, be conidsred
OF the neutral kind, connected with no
political or moral conieqnenccs TO De
nominate II yirtuous or vicious-right
or. wrong Was arnold traitor, and
ercny 10 the great csule the people Of
this country were e gsged 10 iupport &
defend (? And IS the cauie Of ChtiRani
ty OF lels moment to lis proienlrs in
their apprehentio ons, wherefore this may
be fpoited with by the PrefIent's bring
ing into their quarters tr aitor and an
enemy, giving him aid and comfort
Was Arnold more active, iDveterate
and dangerous enemy TO one caufe,
than Paine has proved and avows HIM
felt 10 the other ? Did the former do
more to iuhju9ate America TO Britain,
than the latter has done TO eradicate
the belief of the chrieian religion, and
by that means fnhjugate thofe who now
believe II, 10 tyranny more pernicious
to their happinefs than a temporary
iubmlliion to any political tyranny
The true anfwer 10 th-le quellions will
decide the long contelt-d queaion about
Jeferfon's religious character, as well
as the morality of lis conduit in the
part be has taken in conduding an in
fdel to this country.
The celebrity OF Paine, on account
of fome fugitive pamphlets, which ex
traneous eiFcumAances, vally more
than any inlrinGc worth and merit,
gave confequenoe TO, has unfortunate
ly gained him readers, on religious fub
Jeets, and made more converts 10 inv
Pie'y than all his lophltFy and declsm