Jenks' Portland gazette. Maine advertiser., 1803-01-17

Ken faith IN the divine milton OF jeius
does old sgerepofes and tread with de.
light the dark valley.o dcath-his ex-
ample, all are emulous to imitate--his
precep's and doctrines are connected
With eiernity--his perfon is adored.
and by him are life and Immortality
brought tolight In every State, eA.
cepr Pennfylyania, where nadern rspnb-
heanj1u and avi!I asmscray reign, and,
perhaps, one other like unto her, there
are feyere laws againa blafphemv,
which puniih blsfphemers in manner
demontra,ive of the abEorrenee the
people have always held that crime
The manner, the drunken infdel was.
70 be b'ou sht acrofs the Atlantic, de-
ferves notice-A- public fhip IS to &C
commo1ate him---the flag that had bur
little before gained laurels for the
United States, in defending her citizens
agaioit the plupderers Of an infidel, per-
6licus foe, IS now. feleaed to protect
him as if JeFerfon and bis fea were
not i4Iis6ed with their oppoGton to
navy and its employment againa. their
| )E?tr rfpn6Ar, IL NUT now make atone
nenr, for its crimes. by receiving and
fealiing, in its cabins, the mott dlain-
guiihet enemy to ohriliianity and Anne
rica. But this is rot all, public off,
Ger. approaching to diplomatic rank,
has orders from the Preiiden. Of the
United States to wait upon him with
The homage Of his high rsfpea, and
deliver the letter containing the invita-
ton TO repair TO this country to receive
the reward Of bis paR feryiees.-This
uncommon attention does not ceafe here,
# have been rightly inform'd the
ltudied .infult mutt be impreiird on the
public miEd by every occafion and
Pain 20 fooncr arrives at Baltimore,tha
the fame high confidential officer, who
waited on him in Paris, is now diipatch-
ed by the preGdenr to eicort him to the
capitol of the United States where. at
his arrival, be finds a private fecretary
waiting to receive him, and who car
ries him diredly to the preGient.
| Upon this view cft cafe, were we
leftto reafon on general principles, as
in the former ones, who would not fay,
as the jf7 did on firR hearing the report
--"d n impo5l5de r. IeEesfon cannot
violate 70 many laws ciiregard obli-
| cations divine and moral outrage all
The fen,imen,s cf,hc heart and o{r.r
public contempt to the religion Of the
whole nation; but what 30 our fsn.es tell
US The creature is before our eyes
this we cannot deny on his face and
nofe are hrong marks Of long intem.
pe;ance and drunkeHnefs- -of the equiv
ocal nature Of this evidence the rsba6
eaas may make the belt they. Can for
him teaimony, TO that part Of bis
| character, is not wan,ing.-in bis right
! hand he holds his age of reaIon "a more
daring piece af blaiphemy againf the
laws of the land has never been pub
iilhed--In hi, left hand he holds bis
letters TO Walhington, his attack on the
coniti.ution OF the United States with
bis advice TO the CIT threat drst7cr5--a
little in advance on. his right, aud be-
tween him and JeFlrfon, iiands 5eau
| Daay)6n,. reading the ieveral letters,
from the PreideEt to him, containing
the invitation and the ardent deiire he
has had, fos' fome years, to have him
ia thia country to aid him in defaming
the chsratters Of Warrington and Ad.
ams--OppoGte 70 the bsas fands pri.
vdte f-cretary of the Preiident and !ey !,
eral icrvants of the heads of departments
itriving who fhall fira compliment him
on bis. arrival, and have the pleaiure Of
his company to die. A
Were it not an eGertial part of deifm
not 10 yield to the evidence Of our fsnfes,
however lfrong it may be, or to explain
it away by a neaO Kind Of ofrePu5lieaa pbiief
| obby, we lhould luppofe the (f6 would
now abandon JefFerfon. He has deceiv-
ed them in the lafl cafe, where they
preiumed he was under every pofliole
obligation man could be bound by to
act differently from what, it is proved
by Paine's preience and letters, he did
ad.--DeiRs may yet con6de in him..
becanfe oath IS no lecurity with them
and the breach Of it no diminution OF
moral character. But if the tS9 have
any belief in The chriiian revelation
| they will fooner abandon that, than
Jsfferfon. And Paine the former tells
them it's no matter how many Gods
l th.,, Lsl..v. -, orJ The lotrar &C thev