Jenks's Portland gazette., 1802-06-21

pftncfpal and Intereu OF the public dent rs faHi
diouny proclaimed as eridenes that the public
faith has been exaaJ maintained" The
praiie of fpirit of economy is attempted to be
gained, by the fuppreiiion of triAing number
of officers Ia majority of whom had become IN
| nece1ary by the mere change of fcircumlfances)
and by declaiming. with afefa,ion, againlt
be multiplication Of officers, aadtbe me,saf Of ex
psnee." The propofition to reduce cur inhg-
ni6cant military saabhA5'atnf (the aauaI number
Of troops probably not excesoing that which
is intended to be retaned) cannot be fuggea
ed, without tickling our ears with the trte
bat favoriie maxim, that g q fandisg army ought
.cf TO bekfpf up in fine ef pace" To MIKE a
dilplay of concern for their Prcfperity-agri-
culture, manufactures, commerce and naviga
ton are introduced among the pageants Of the
piece but, except as g TO protection from ca(
nal aleu'barrsfmeuts," We are iagacioufy inform
ed that thefe +" GREAT PILLARS of our Pyetberity
ought to be ltf, to take care of kbemjsfve5." The
carrying trade, however, feems to engage more
iolicitude I; no doubt that we may be terrified
by the expectation of fuute evils, from much
traduced inlfrument,* which, in time paF. has
done nothing but good, in fpte of The gloomy
predictions of patriotic fears.
Such are the minor features of IT'S curious
performance. Had thefe been its only blem
iihes, regard to national reputation would
have forbidden comment; but connected as
they are with fchemes of innovation repere
with great preiert mitchell, and fill greater
future danger defgned as they are 10 varnnh
over projects which threaten to precipita'e our
nation from an envisble hsight of prolpeiity TO
thar low, abea fate, from which il was RATED
by the eRabihment and wife administration Of
| our prefent government-EheY become intitcd
TO notice as additional indie atoms Of character
and difPoG,ion.
The merits of the MeEage have now been
pretty fully difcufled but before it is diniH
ed, it may be ufeful to take a view of II 10 arm
ther and different light as one link in a
chain of teRinnony, which The force of circum-
frances, at every ftep OF the new admInira ration,
exorts from them, in favor of their predecel
fors.
The PteGdent, on the threfhold Of Office, at
the fra opportunity of ffpeakog to his cOnftit-
uents, in his very inaugural fpeech; full of a
truth, which the mott rancorous prejudice can.
not obfcure, and not Efficiently reheeting on
the inferences which would be drawn, pro-
claims aloud TO the world, that government,
| which be had dilapproved in its inftitution and
virulently oppofed in ITS progrefs, was in THE
FULL TIDE OF SUCCESSFUL EXPERIMENT. In
the laft addrefs he again unconlciouly becomes
the panegyriit of thofr whom he feeks TO depre-
ciate The fituation in which (hunidnly fpeak-
ing) we have been preierved by The prudent
| and irm councils Of the preceding adminitra-
tions, amidA the revolutionary and convuliive
! throes, arndt the defolating confld Cts of Eu
rope, IS there theme of emphatic grarulation.
1t lhall not be forgotten, as the folitary merit
of the addrefs, that we are reminded OF the
gratitude due to bea1ea for the bleiings OF this
| fituation.-A midt the ipurious iymI ms OF
! fpirit Of reform, It IS conioling to obferve one,
| which, in charity, ought TO be fuppoied genuine
But II would not have diminiihcd our convii
ion of it's Sincerity, If the iz2ranseHft of Prov
dence IN the accomplishment of the happy work,
had not been entirely overlooked ince this
would have been evidence of a Willingness to
acknowledge and retrad error, 10 make repair
alton for injury. But though they have been
overlooked by the meGage, the American peo-
PIE ought never for morsent to forget them
Their efforts and their Rruggles, their modEa-
ton and their energy, their care and meIr
foreGght; the mad and malignant oPpoGsion
cf their political adverfarics the charges OF
pufillanimity and per6dy lavilhed on the des-
laration of neutrality the reGltance to rnea-
fnres for avoiding rupture with Great Brit
ain the attempt to ruth at once into reprifals /,
the CRY for war with the enemies Of France, as
the enemies of republican libertyy all theie
things fhould be forever imprinted on the mem
ory of juft and vigilant nation. And in re-
collecting them, they iheuld equally recolled
that the oppcfers of the ialutary plans to which
they are 10 much indebted, were and are the
jealous partizans of the preient Head OF our
Government who have at all times fubmitted
TO bis inidence, and implicitly obeyed his nod |;
who never would have purfBed with 10 much
vehsmence the eoprie they did, had they known
it 10 be contrary to the views of their Chief :
nor fhould it be forgotten that this chief, iE the
negotiation with the Britiih miniGer, conducted
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