Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1802-09-20
from the colvas.AN cesTissI


70 The PEOPLE or THE UNITED STATES.
No. I.
THERE was, if we may believe the haorian
Hums, a certain period IN the hiitory OF Irsfand,
when the ufual title Of every pc ty fovereisn
was the murder Of his preteceh'r. TO ute a
phrafe Of Lord Mansfield, g met with this -
tie courfe of my rea3iag this morning" and
could not help laying down my book to reflect
#npon the linalarity of iituation between ireland
Mn the twelfth century, and the United States
at the commencement Of The nineteenth
4 The principal difference between them aP-
Ipears 70 be that the tile to power. which then
kconfiied in dilpatching the perion of the pre-
&SeceGor. IS now commuied for the delrudIon u
Ehis reputation. This is certainly an improve
Enenr in the progrefs Of fociety. II is the eHet
[of that general diffuion of light for which our
.own times are f. JULY celebrated, and may IN
4 a great neainre be imputed 70 the diicovery OF
Zxhst ipeaimable blefing the typographical at.
g The preient age. you know, SIR, Is emphat-
<icallg the age Of reafon.--The age when above
#al others he greatei advances have been made
In rendering mer enlightened and FIRMLY 10 ere
su0sbsr 70 that We have (ome reaion 70 hope, II
til future generations flould continue 10 afcend
liza The regions of light, with as firm and iteady
% wing, as has marked the fight OF their tore
fathers, the day will foon arrive when the titles
10 fapre ne power will not be Affirmation either
&phyGcal or moral, and when our rulers may
Obtain their places without numbering either
|xhe bodies or the fame Of their Predsceiiors.
II In the mean time, they who are ambitious OF
#obtaning the title To Offices now IN uie, may
derive p eat inffrufion from an ailiduou' ttudy
|kof The arts by which thofe who now adminilter
the affairs of our national union Obtained them
public have lately been favored with
(everal important communications, diicloiing
The fpecies Of potion, necefary for the murder
pf a predecehor's repstaion, the materials
which were mixed in the competition ct the
drugs the apothecary of whom they were
purchaied, and the price at which they were
paid We know exactly BY whom, and tor
phat purpofe the fols wee enyenom:d; and
H the LAsarEs of the fable, has been caught IN
bis own fprings, and DOW lies 'Vr;thing under
Nc venom hisown hands prepared, i may i-rve
IS lenon TO our ardent politicians to be eau
kious in the ule of poifoned weapons, inafnuch
rs they are iabletobe turned aganf themielves.
Ia But our petty fovereigns Of the preient day,
do not feem fufficienly aware that although
nurder is very good as title, it will not an.
liver 10 well 1Darra1ty-lt was MAXIM OF
Dotior Franklin, that wealth is Preferved by the
lame means with which il is acquired But It
rs nor 10, with power and the cuiled dar-
Ilngs Of our nation" have yet TO learn, that
however potent the force of calumny may have
been to bring Them in, they will find it OF little
avail to keep them at The helm.
IN The Committee of Inyeaigation, appointed
7t the laa felton, of Congrels, for want Of at
tert,on 70 thef. considerations, have in1isted
one of the feveret blows upon the cauf: which
thry atendsd to promote Their report, fwal