Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1802-04-26
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nA hat the great Bo5y ottbs people eUere not cor
-, arqaeaied alb t5s ad'qigqr'fi'e Of tbsir
- ,snrt and 70, boldine ab an idea tbat zoe are
irene - Be- mjqed BY bofS qDba fatfsr " 0Oitb
.e1r oJsss and fsOtting 1UOrds, than 20 Eqss TO
.,,S. basria cUko tells Es radilsmjsd fruits and
~, ont Ju ELRa5tisi inferoP-But The more
q, with the ,sbpbGcdn Jc(7, 70 much the more
fati. 6ed there is good deal of juanefs
!: nv 6r6 luggehions on this. fubjea. For |
a.,r them continually praifing Mr.. Jeferfon
r. no cther realon than bscauie, in mott OF his
aahliea,ions, he takes cccalion to iniert fome-
b;ou about the people, their rights tbe e9fsnent 81
TX. jaoiag tread 10 tbe mouth gfAnbOr, The federal
-.Iaafs governmtntS 5sizg The qO0rk Of their bands
= "a. Now what can it be but the igno-
,ance Of hat E6, which, from fuch evidences
IA rats of m ms patriotifm, leads them TO
,cbo back to him the tulf me incenfe Of adula
lion We read in all the JaeobiR papers From
Il, language, whether written or .fpoken, he
soes rot appear any more the peoples friend
han fome notorious tyrants have done IN the
beyinnng of their reigns, as well as during the
,;Te they were courtinp and Hattsring the mob
% oct thsmfelves into power. His declarations
# he doubts, he feemed TO entertain of his
,bISv to difcharge the duties of his office, ex
pr.gsd TO his B-rkey friend and other publica
rms. taken in connection with the refponfes Of
bsadherents, relembie, 70 much the hyPocritical
force once aaed in Rome by c. Marius and his
friend Saturninas, that the mind is almof COM
peued to conider thefe 10 be mere copielts Of
tbat vile traafaaion. But the republicans FAY
that Mr. IetFerfcp recommends a repeal of
taxes and 70 did Nero-with this difference in
Bis favor, he was anxious to take off the taxes
which bore hard on the poor people; but Mr..
Isf.rfon thin ks i; belt to rafe the rich OF fome
Of lhsir burdens, and let the poor, whom he
looks upon as fnPplying, in fcciety, the place
II be iouthern caves, TO grind along as well
Is they can. Does Tefferlon profels TO adhere
10 the Contributions? SO did Auguaus. And
As to what he 70 often fays about the rights Of
sls sssbk, sc. who has forgor how Robelpierre
and the lucceeding tyrants Of France hattered
and prared mo2 frequently on that fuhJed and
notwithRsnding al thar time the heads Of the
people were dropping from their fhoulders Ike
worm. eaten fruit frow tie trees, yet they could
not be made TO fee the hypocrily of their lead
ss till they found 'hemielves actually depriv-
% OF every p.hlucal rlght.
So It is with our republican IS9; they are
tapping Their hands. and fhoutiDg hozannas
10 Mr.. Jeffsrf,n becaule he has effe6fed n repeat
Of fome of the Jud cial Courts. In this they
have iuffered him to fatter them our Of one Of
The bea fecurites the people cen have for their
rights: Can any one whole mind rites above
imbscility and folly be made TO believe his life,
liberty and property will be equally fable ince
as before the repeal or that Mr.. Jeferfon was
Influenced by economical copfderatons towards
the people in this traaEaaion What is the
annual amount Of this f4viog when apPortioned
on The heads of the individuals of the United
STATS Less THAN ONE csNr-A mountain,
indeed, IN the eyes of a philosopher, who has
iPsat bis life 10 viewing bugs and mjte5 through
smicrOicoPe But contemplate, and lefs than
drop TO the ocean, when viewed, by wife
men and ltatelmen. as the price Of comPleat
Iudicial fyltem diAributing law and jHtice 70
all the Inhabitants Of 70 extenive country as
this IS.
Economy, upon a correa view of the fnbjea,
cannot enter among the real motives leading 10
ms meaiure-Ir may be found among his Of
Ienhbis ones and thofe who with TO lead the
people away from their fubhantial intereR are
never wanting in theie topics. Taxes are gea
Hally odious; and BY uniformed people they
neslways deemed opprefive ander whatever
name they are collected, or a. whatever ufe
ih;Y may Be appropriated. The real motives
y thIs repeal, believe, may be traced up to
nePrlociPlss Of iacobnifm which make con.
lieiabIe part OF repu5loaudm rs propolei by
1e jtH, and have always influenced them mo-e
o. LET'S, in their oPPoGtion, to the late adminif
uabens--And, now they are in power, CONT
nue. to new thcmielves as arrayed againa the
moral and religious habits and judicial inffitu.
mons Of the country. With this principle we
NUT connect a fa4 or two that have not been
Brought fuHiciently before the public EARLY
s.'er Mr.. Jetferion came 10 the chair of fate,
~ Mandate was dfobeyed by the Circuit Court
connecticut; and comfortable fun of
rronsY, which he direaed to be paid to fome
= 1lienehmen, was, agreeasly to the Laws of the
oa'ed States, paid into the treafury. This
Ppoliion to the viii Of the PRECEDENT alarmed
lim-H= knew alto he had detained from fome
Sitcns Their commifions, which happened to
y y the Office # ltate when he came into Office /;
- Frsbably il began 70 be remembeted that