Jenks' Portland gazette. Maine advertiser. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1802-1803, 1802-10-04
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JEFFERSON s. CALENDER.
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LFE RSON o. SALLENDEK
No. III.
THE Citizen aferts youndly that i
is impofiible that Mr.. JeRerion lhould
haze paid Calender the money as af-
ferted.
No +; it is not impoaible. The faa is
100 ttubborn to be beaten down by the
mere attentions of the ielf dubbed Cics-
70. Mr.. Jeferion did give Calender
twice SO dollars" for writing aeainlt
the administrations. The truth of The
charge does net ret on The veracity Of
Calender aloce perfons are named
and appealed TO in inpPort of what be
alledges. In Callender's lat Recorder
we find the following paaage--
In the feventh letter to Jones, il was ia
" ted that MIR. JefFerlon had, unioiciSed, fent
100 collars to aiIill in printing the two vol
" umes Of the Profpcct. The money was paid
g at two different time, by his relation, Mr..
George Jsaerlon, who is ,sasy 10 attsf tie
Z" Ea"
But why is not Calender hmc1fen
titled TO credit becaufe Eays the Anne
rican Citizen, [" no yslinnee could EYER
Be PLACED or bim." Indeed ! How then
dared Mr.. Jetferfon to give his fan6tion
TO the writings of a man of this deicrIP
ton With what conference could he
permit them to go into the world ?
Why did he not when the fpecimel iheets
were before him, at leaf fuggea fcme
correction amendment,revi or alttrA-
lion With what face and under what
impreilion could he compliment him as
a writer' But above all, why did he
pay him the price of his iniquity ;
'Ihele are queltions which nun be an
fwered il fome other way than las yet
been attempted, or The ohjed Of Dem.
oeratic alteration mutt, in the elimination
OF this whole community, fink into tha,
eppTobrium, which mensGquainted with
his character have long lince attached to
him. AN.
After a little unneaning abuft of
the ait administration, and iome very
iuliome compliments to Mr.. Jeferfon,
The Citizen proceeds
Nay, 70 FAR from his Handing in need OF
paying Calender, or any other hircing, tor
"writing AZ llna the late naturalization, with
ga view to tffeet the election of himleli TO the
Proficiency, II is evident that had II no. been
for federal arts if not frsus, Adams would
NOT have been elected Mr.. Jeflrfon
would undoubtedly have fuceeedcs Walh
/" Ington 70 the Preferential Chair"
Pray what were the I" federal arts, if
not Jraus," which are here charged up
on us by this alien editor. Where and
how were they praaifei /! Was there
any thing tiniaer, any thing fraudulent,
in the preference given by a majority OF
the American people Of Mr.. Adams to
Mr.. JeHerfon ! And YET this is iimply
the whole amount Of fubtlety and crime
now feriouly charged againR the fed
eralilts. 1t IS degrading enough to our
country, that Mr.. Jsterfon thould at
any time hold that harion 10 the Gov
ernment, which was once filled by the
great and virtuous WAsHisG1oN but
that lie fhould have been his immediate
fucceaor, would have been too injuri-
Gus to che fame of that luxurious char
attsr, and too humiliating to the pride
of all who feel proper interelt in the
honor of their country. II would have
been, by one violent movement, to vi
brAte from all that was great and good,
to the extreme Of lttlenels and deprav.
ity. From 70 fudden degra 1alion
we were faved-not by arts"-nor
by I" fraud"--butby thofe manly lenti
ments, which had carried US through
the revolution, and had 70 far fapport-
ed the administration of our Govern
ment. The people had not then yield
ed TO that deluion which has fince
blinded them to the arts of hypocrify,
and made them the dupes of the foul
eie ilander. Modern potriotirm had not
YET numbered its PROTOTYPES; little
accetlion of ltrength was Gill wanting,
and powerful auxiiariss were found in
shofe realeis and diicontented fpirits,
who, fpurning Ii. reGraints Of Govern.
ment ia the old world, had traverfed
the ocean in f-arch Of freedom in the
new; Of that freedom which would
give full indulgence to Their proAigate,
and licentious diipoGlions.
With this reinforcement of /" diilrsa
ed fugitives" The Republicans" made
defperale effort at she lat election
and finally fucceeded in elevating t
that cation which Warrington one.
held, the very man who. during his ad