Jenks' Portland gazette. Maine advertiser. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1802-1803, 1803-03-07

tic FEDERAL party, had they been ~ the
adminiaration. would have received.
care6ed and Imported Pain provided
be would have defensed them, as be
now does Jef-rlon, notwithstanding his
d,uxts1ns6 and i.Eihy. This Is taxing
fsr granted what lie ought 70 have pro.
we'd his premifss only warrant him TO
conclude, that any isfdsl or i4csjiH al
maig,aiiog viii AZ and eanoni-s Pace
as Jl6srEn and re jfa have done. But
nollifg can be more urfaie than 70
concluae from what iEfatls have done
that chIiitians VIII 10 the ike IN drniiar
external circumstances Becau.e their
faces are TO unlike as are thtir fen
tinerts OF moral conduL, and their
views OF diltant confequenees ct a6tlon.
The diHete nce between the views and
comprehension of mind in children ard
well taught mechanics IS not greater
than il Is between inhcels and chrillidns.
All the sdions OF Jeferlon are recon
cileable and confident on the ground
OF i1fJelHy. knowing the character OF
Jerob am. could Il be expelled that be
would elea his priefs from any but the
lowet 81 The people or that he would
long indulge the people in the extrava
giant eypence Of travelling up 10 the
temple Of Solomon TO woIitrp Jehovah,
when all The trouble and expenee might
te faved BY worihipPing two calves 10
DAN and BkTHeL. Jtroboam and JEFF.
ferlon appear to be eaoally fond of
economy and popular favor, tho by the
former, boh were purchaled at the ex-
pence of true religIon-The religion Of
the latter il n94U IN experiment while
every aa OF his standardization evinces
that his popularity has been The refllt
Of means equally ba(c as thief. which
gave that wicked king RUE over ma.
iority Of Ifrael.
Paine faid there was " time that
tried mems fouls. THE time is near
at hand that will Try mems charaders-
il will then be ieen that fuch men as
Jeferion, Paine, patriot Sam, and ma
ny others of that Camp, rank no higher
10 the revolution and art Of government,
than the joiners and carpenters boys,
whorp OF the Old ihingles and boards
from building, 10 make way for the
great architects TO conAIua and adorn
The palace.
Thefe mer, By perfons Of correa H.
formation, have long bten ccnGdered,
ii ! Pelpical view, nothing better than
NEE builders Of political qoiglcam5,
cr fom1thjng they call governments,
that l4R FoF year or Two ana then give
place 10 fomething elle, little better or
wore as chance may happen TO blow Inc
rulhes and ltraw Of which they are con
llruded. To witncls The prodigious
inferiofity of Judgment, and that lore
eight III the affairs oil nations which
conAitutes .tatefmln, in thefe men,
20 a John Adams, Burke, an Amss.
a Pickering. or an Hamilton, we have
only 10 recolle9 and compare their fen
tnnents and opinions with tho!e Of the
Latter upon the events il France, during
the lalt dozen years. But Ipropofe to
take Up this fu6jea hereafter more par
,icularly and as my prelent letter has
run to a greater length than intended,
or you may be wiling 70 read, l win
clole by adding that, on this fubje6,
the republican ga have thewn ihemf-lves
fools IN political f1gacity, and ia the cen
aruaing OF governm mt, the mere Glib
bsaf babisf. Yours, &c.
ONE OF TIE PEOPLE.
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