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

AAtS -Al6ib PlOu OF ltCO :
olnllm, this abomicab ini lel, and
inmate Of JtGsJIou, has adiref-d his
third Letter " 10 tie Cttizsa5 Of The
United States" It was our intention 70
give his letters ntire but preFure of
more important matter prevents our
doing It at prer-nt. Their folly. and
madrefs beipeak decayed and dior
cered mud, and their egregious abfur-
dry, IS futficient anti1ote ag4inlt the
efted they are detigned to produce. A
lew extracts from the third letter will
iuthce at ptelent--And as m my Gill
perhit II denial of Jef-rfon's inviting
Pam to this country, W. lhalI com mence
with the following, which acknowledge
The letter received. from our PreGdents
Publiihed lat week.--He fays
During the whole Of my inprifon.
ment, prior 10 th- fall of Robef3ierre,
there was no tim. when | could think
my hte worth twenty four hours, and
my mod was made up to meet lis fate.
The Americans at Paris went n A body
TO the convention 70 reclaira rle, but
without fuccefs, There was no party
among them with refpeG to me. Ny
only hope then reaed on the govern
ment of America THAI it would reh1ral5er
ne. Bur, the icy heart of ingr1titude,
II whatever man it be p 'aced. has Meth
er ie-l'n5 nor feafe Of honor. The
LsrTFS OF Ma. JerFERsoN bzs Je-v.
fd 70 cDi5e a1vay tbs rr5roaeb and dsae jnr
zee 70 tie maf 9fibs people Of 4n.sris4."
He continues
When party was forming, in the
latter end Of ieventy leven and b-gn-
ming Of feventy eight, of which John
Adams was one, To remove Nj. W4lh
ington from the com n4nd OF the army
on the compliant that hs di4 Hofbiag, /
wro.e The nth number Of the crifis,
aad Puolilhed il at l. lnc2aer (Congrels
being then At Yorktown in Penn!Ylva-
MAJ to ward off that m=ditated blow
for though | well know that the black
times OF lsventy fix was The natural con
fequence Of his want of milir4ry Judge.
ment in the choice of petitions iato
which the army was put about New.
york and Jeriey, could fee no pollible
advantage, and nothing but mitchell,
that could arif. by ditr ading the army
into parties, which would have been the
cafe had the intended motion gone on"
g But when / came forward in de-
fence Of Mr.. Wilmington when he was
attacked, and made the bef that could
be made of a ferries of bluoders that
had nearly ruined the country, he left
m. to perilh when | was in prifon.
But as I told him of it in his life time,
| lhould not now bring il Up, # the ig-
norant inpertinence of fome Of the fed :
eral papers, who are puGling Mr.. Wath 4
ington forward as their talking .horfe,
did not make il neceHary."
: That gentleman did not Perform
his part in the revolution better, nor
with more honor, than | did mine, and
the one part was then as necehafY as
the other. He accepted a. a prefent
Though he was already rich) hun
dred lhoufand acres Of land in Amer
lea, and left me TO occupy fix feet OF
earth in France. I with, fol bis own
reputation, he had aded with more
jufice. But il was always known Of
Mr.. Wilmington, by thofe who beit
knew him, that he was of luch an icy
and gdeath like contribution, that. he
neither loved bis fiiends, nor hated his
enemies"
Such is the language this caitif is
vet luffered TO utter under the eye Of
the PreGient, and even publilh in his
official paper, sgaint that venerable
father of bis country; WASHING
TON. AMERICANS do you not bluih
that your country foReis milcreant
70 bafe
Even the hardy editor of the official
paper, has bis fcruples Of confidence in
giving Pines letters and in noticing
his third declares his conviction that
the remarks on Wajbngton " OUCH |
NOT TO HAVE BEEN MADE