Jenks's Portland gazette., 1802-03-08
From tbe W1sAiHorON FsDsRAlisr-FI. I3.

WHAT will eventually be the ifue Of the pre-.
fent high handed, over bearing proceedings of
Congreis, II IS imPollible to determine bur we
have daily additional cauie for fearing that the
meaiures at prefent purified, while foTae of
them are dired violations of our (acred con
fitution, and others are deGruetive of our vel.
fare. will ihortly bring US to ination, the
dreadful consequences Of which feem to be lit
tle feared by The advocates of tholc meafllfes,
but which impartial, unbiaGed and ref &ing
men corhder as Immediately preceding the 10
tai deltru6tion of our government. and the in
troduction OF dilunion, ot anarchy and civil
war.
If on any queaisa, where there wa. fhsde
of doubt, circumaancss and conduit could
prove dettitution of good principles, Of patri.
otIc motives, OF regard for the public welfare,
il does mott fncerely appear to US, and we be
lieVe we Judge without Prejudice, that fach def,
titution IS evident, on attentive examination, 10
the conduit Of the preient ruling party Of this
country.
Itwould be atonilhing, 10 the laR degree ar
toniihng, that a ma jorty of the people of.the
United States fhould put theie men 10 power,
were we net to conGder the means by which
thsy have obtaincdit. Thefe means have been,
the want Of corre6f information, aud the duEn-
lion Of grofs falehoods aud milreprefentatons.
Look at thoie leaions Of the country where de-
mocracy abounds and Zee what knowledge
The majority oil the people there have OF public
| characters and public tran(ac1ons We dare
| ahert that in Kentucky, Tennefee Georgia,
much Of North and South Carolina, Of Virgin
ia, OF Pennfylvania, &c. ths great buk Of the
people are almoa wholly uninformsd of the
Itaie OF politics, Oft meafures of government; 1;
and what information they receive is moaly
from the circulation OF jacobin newspapers land
| the report OF iaeobin characters. What cauie
had the condiments Of Mr.. Fowler Of Kentucky,
| for diibelieving him when he hinted TO them in
an addre(s lafl fPring, that the public Offices at
the City Of WAfh hngtor were burnt by deGga,
and to fecrete forever the traufaaions Of the
officers conc ernsd in them They were not on
| the fpot; a large portion Of them truRed entire
ly to one they fuppofed knew, from his means
OF knowing, and one whole veracity they tho't
they might truf. What diabolical nories were
told OF Mr.. Pickering, Mr.. Dayton, sc. They
were aherted with 70 much daring impudence,
that people who knew not the characters Of
! thoie who make the ade~tions, would have fup.
| Poied thar the wickecnels of ten devils combin.
| ed 10 one would hardly have been fufficient to
have induced any being 10 have made luch de
claratIons without being able TO fubGantiate
their truth. Yet fee: thofe declarations of
fraud, OF public robbery and theft of pubic
| money, are now we'll known to have been Who'll.
ly without foundation are well known 10
have been fIued from heart apparently moul
ded in hell, and thrice coated by fome Internal
| fmith with brafs. And how is fuch character
rewarded! Is he formed, deteaed by all men
| BY all good and intelligent men he is, but not
| BY tholc 10 Power.-Had Duane been guilty
but OF the one enormous, intead Of numerous
| enormous, and not lels criminal items, II would
have been, we had fuppoied, Sufficient to have
| made him mark TO have been ihunned in.
itead OF which he has been and now is, (heaven
withhold its wrath not only hono-ei with the
| notice Of preGdent of The United States, but
admitted to fhare largely in the loayes and
filhes and to ihare in fuch manner as reflects
/ no honor as for the fecretary of the 1eafury.-