Jenks' Portland gazette. Maine advertiser. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1802-1803, 1802-12-06
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ELAr-T REFS, If DE-. 1902.

SIX
A earefal examination Of our own
minds, with co,reSt obiervation Of The
effects the opinion Of Others has upon
Us. viii. doub, not, fa,isfy Us, there
Is 90 quality belonging TO curltlves, by
which we are 10 ealily wrought upon
and taken in by hatre-y, as our nader-
.fapdag and yer there Teens as little
doubt, in my mind, thar { was oeilgn,
cd, By providence, among other ufcs.
10 he our principle means OK defence
and guard agaira AL nnjua art and
deception, as well as a charaGeritic
feature 10 dillioguifh US from other an
finals. Were we to take an impartial
furveY of our CO: du6, we ihould fee
that flattery on this part of our nature
has become 70 common, and we drink
/: down with 70 much ereednels, that
aimoa every one Of US actually believes
hinfelf perfon OF very extentive infor-
nation; and that we cannot be more
offended at fellow mortal than for
him to i7,imate there are fOmc fubjeds,
tho entirely out of our ordinary pur-
foits, which we are not efficiently ac-
euainted with fully to dfcufs, and f.
nally decide upon as one having author
ity. Whether this is real defe6t, or
only an apparent wcaknels Of our IA
ture, lh4ll leave for others 10 deter.
mine: For my Preftnt purPof=, it is
enough barely 10 Gate The fad, and
obierve, if it be real defed of nature,
1t is Tot improbable that it has been
conGderably increa(ed by, tho it can not
be faid TO be derived from, original 10 ;
becaule The old ferPent appears to have
dilcovered the fame liability 10 be aded
upon by h4ttery, in our fit parents,
even before they had put forth thsir
hands and taken the forbidden fruit,
which we, at the prcf.nt day, fee in
their children, +" Il BAL al BE- G9d5,"
fad the Isrpent-a cunning fsrpent, as
well as an old one. 70 foo~l TO have found
The weak file Of the new made par.
The attempt Of this Ara teacher Of lib
srty aud eqnali.y had the deiired effect !;
our progenitors believed his pieaiing
tale, ard foon found themfelves in
Rate Of Liberty AID Egaqiiy 7orb Dsvih.
They dilcoverei 10 their torrow, tbeT
<vsre al men, l5ry zye-s al GeVis :
How literally the demagogues and
philosophers OF ou- own times copy The
example of The old f-rpent, when they
with to deceive us-I-7a are all FREE and
egu4L, faYs Pd;ne-" ne are all Rtb15i
sars, al Fcdsraga,," fays Jeferfon.
Now feeling what took place in par
adife, While man was innocent, and
daily faw and converted face to face
with bis maker, it ought MOTTO be con
fidered matter Of wonder that We, the
degenerate offspring. fu-rounded by
dtngqqgurr and fbilefPbsrf, continuity
playing the part Of the old f=FPent up
on Us, lhould 20 often be caught by the
fame gilded bait of our (14beisI kas1Ui-
edge and uz4erQsna;ag. Adam aud Eve
came theologians, moralas, Philolo-
piers and botanias, according to fone
orthodox divines, out of the creative
hands Of their maker hence there l-ems
fonc ground fer US TO qssrder how,
with ali their perfeaions and heavenly
advantages, they could 70 foon be de
ceived. acknowledge this Is myi-
terry I cannot account for-and | will
endeavor TO learn lei1on of candor and
moderation TO my fellow mortals when
lee them circumvented by art and in
trigue but having dilcovered, we
ought to mark the yf-psHt, the DINA
Sags or Pbiisfp5sr that works the de
ception.--We tie psqpls, now a days,
come into the world, and make our
progrefive appearance on the fage of
public life, under very different circum
Hancc.- We have no ideas-no knowl-
edge; and tut capacity. by flow, i'm
percePtible degrees, to acquire either.
How great proportion OF the human
race pafs throttle leveral Cages of infan
cy, childhood, youth, manhood, and
70 down again, the backward fope of
life, to old age and the grave. with lit
z tie more than the power Of )szfation,
and very csntraSsd lobsrs Of ~D3riafiOn
IN d,mslqie relations /? They feem indeed
noe to have reached Mr.. Locks lecond
fourceo of knowledge, The p01Oer Of rStaec-
fioH. Nevertheless do not thofc OF us
of this defcliption, who, on the icale
Ofintelligence. ATE very lutte more than
parefs6ing (+sEaVs t0rms e EARTH, relent
1he fmalleh imputation of ignorance in
national and theological affairs, with as
much fseL1o of fm51r.aacs, and cozEi0aE