Jenks' Portland gazette. Maine advertiser. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1802-1803, 1802-12-06

Paper Contains the lecond letter Of ihe imnor
I.or PaiEe.-Its length will not permit +. =,
IPrefcni to give il entire. He rants u,,b
about ff4're'yn, and con tinucs pratins about
Bis ierviees, Bis proportions, bis doubts of cha,
aters, &c. IN his wonted title OF egotifln, Bu,
The force Of his artillery is drecl-d aaainlt onr
late worthy PreGdeus. Take The followipe
Iex'rActs from his letter, as fpccimsn Of his
Improvement in g ufefu labcrs" imp four.
teen years reidcncc in Europe. Their folly
ana weakness (hou!d forever lhut the lips a
as PROTOTYPES and advocates. 1t muR be con
hdered, however, that Paiue has bIarnbeme !
his maker, and nandcrcd the ben men on
earth, aad is vagabond in the world
will therefore End favor among the iaeobin.,
the chief Of whom, wiihes him rewarded with
/" the thankfulnel, of nations =
| ''"1'' Jun DB JIC01d Le!ieF.
John Adams IS a man Of para iox-
leai hsr-ilcs, and confeqlenlly Of a
oewtldered mind. He wrote book
entitled I" II defence oft5s Amsricag Can
FfHtions,"4nd the princpl Of it are an
attack upon them Bat the book is
delcsn1ei 70 the tomb of forgetlnlneIs,
AM the b:f fortune that can attend its
author. IS quietly to follow its fate
John was not born for immortality"
Z" 'hn was for 10 dependence, becaufe
he expected to be made great by it but
1t was not difficult TO perceive, for the
iurllc'9fs Of his temper makes him an
awkward hyPocrile, that his head was
as full Of kings. queens an knaves, as
pack of cards. But John has lot
deal +"
Knowing as I do, TIE confUmmat.
vanity Of John Adams, aud the III illow-
Inef' OF his judgment, can eafily pi9u,e
to myle {, that when he arrived at N.
Federal City, he was arut,ing 10 the
,Pomp Of his Imagination before the
pTeliientiAl honfe, or 10 the audience
hall, and exulring in the language Of
Nebuchadnezzer, " Il not fbi, great
Babylon tbat / baos 64it far TIE boaor Of
ny mye9y % But in this unfortunate
,hour, q fo1 after, John, like Nebu.
Iehainezzer, was driven from among
mea and fled with the fpeed Of a pot
lhorle.
! Some Of John Adams loyal fab
jeds, | fee have been 10 preient hm4 n
laJlref, on his birth day ut tie Ian
gnage they ule is too tame for the
ocoaG n. Birth day addrSGes, like
birth day ode, ihould not creep along
like drops Of dew down a cab5 ,ge leaf,
but roll in A torrent Of poetical meta
phor. | will give them fpecimen for
the next year. Here it is.
"Wben an ant, in n0OeLiag 5Oer tbt
Globe, lift - III f9ot ana put II again On
tie ground Il /6Ikes tbs Eartb 10 liz Center:
But 4Oben T0U the mYbty ant Of tie
Eau eUa5 Lern, &c. Sc, &c. and IA
center jumP,d ppon NE Ju5taaf.
4 I" This, gentlemen, IS the proper lib lie
Of adjrel, from we'll bred ans to Ehe
mona,c Oh of the ant hill, and a. ne ver
take pay for preaching, praying. poll tics
or poetry, | make you prelenE Of il.
Some people talk of imPeaehing j In
Adams, but | am for fofter mealutes.
I woBld keep him to make fun Of. He
will then arfwer one of the ends for
which he vas born, and he ought "a be
thankful that | am arrived to take bis
part. | voted 10 earneh TO fave the life
Of one, unfortunate king, and | row
vote il Jet to fave arother, Ii Is my
fate to be Away playing with FOOLS"
On the fubjea of our army and navy pre- :
parations, during the French depredationS on
cur commerce, and their menacing attituds
towards US, Paire fpeaks thus
/. +" For what purpofe could an army
lofsoooo men be wilted : Jingle re
{ A:aion nigh, have taught the mott
credrlous, that While tbe war ragged be
tween France and England, neither
could fpare a man to invade Amer
lea"