Jenks' Portland gazette. and Maine advertiser. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1803-1803, 1803-10-03
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After this period the principal i 70
be paid IN annual nlss ailments
therefore on the 10Th Year We slsl
pay Inserelt on II millions, on tho
18th year millions, the 18th
year millions, the doth year
millions. The intcren on fhelc
dIherent lums will amount 10 10000
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There was not a Jingle meafure which
rendered Mr.. Adams and his adminiltra-
ton 10 unpopular as the Direa Tax for
rating only two millions of dollars-anG
indeed iome ofour men ofmoderate wealth
found il difficult TO part with the nnall
PARTON which they had 10 pay-Suppofe
Mr.. ieferion's Congrefs fhould pats law
tor rafting from tax on houfss, lands
and ilaves, to meet the payment of this
thirty millions feyen hundred and feventy-
ieyen thouiand dollars, what will Be the
contequence but the ruin of many ?-If a
citizen of Wake county paid direct tax
of 100 dollars, his portion of the two mil
lions, he will pay for his part of the lou
ifiana purchaie, (and if the Treaty is rat
flied his property itands pledged to Bona
parte for the iame) SOC dollars. Ii mat
tiers not whether this fun is RATED from
lands, houieS and ilaves, each man accor-
ding 70 his wealth viii have 10 pay his
quota ionehow or other.--ro this it will
be faid that MIR. JeferIon, for fear Of Iof-
ing his office, will not tax the people
but every man who means to pay his ruff
debts, will not thank him for his forbear-
ance when they know they mutt pay it
Tome time or other--and the longer il is
protra6ted the more it will accumulate
by the intereit.
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Notwithstanding the artful diilimalation
and hypocritical cant Of democracy, an
attentive obteryer will meet with frequent
infances of palpable inconhifency, in the
"geition" of her uuhaIlowed deGgns to
fubvert the principle of rational liberty,
aed deceive the credulons and unfuipe6t-
ing:-Ihe crooked path Of iacobinifm,
leads through devious windings, to lab
yrinth, impervious to. the rays of genuine
liberty and if purified will end in fure
| political ruin. But We have warning
voice frequently afforded us by the con-
duct of this party to deter US from follow
ing the footfteps Of thofe who, blindly, or
with iPirit of incorfigible wickedhefs,
would plunge their country, into all the
horrors Of democratic defpotifrn. Surely
men cannot act from honett motives, fure-
ly they cannot be guided by genuine
love tor their country, nor prompted by
dilinteretted views for the honor, interef
and happinefs ofthe people, who are obi:
ged TO twilt into all the contortionS of a
reptile, and wind through all the changes
OF a fubtle fophifry to accomplish their
ruinous projects, and yet preferve their
popularity to deceive the people with
| projections Of unalterable attachment TO the
government, at the very noment they are
giving it its death wound Surely thefe
men are not entitled to the confidence of
! the people, who practice to-day what yef-
terday they condemned who puriue mea-
iures infinitely more violent than thofe
which they denounced in their political
| adverlaries who today deny the exit
ence of a law, infringing on the liberty
OF the Pteis, when their fuccels in gaining
the afcendency of power, depends on an
abufe Of this liberty; but who tomorrow,
when their purpoies are accomplished
contend for the exiltence of the fame law,
that they may prevent jult apprehension,
and thereby iecure the permanency Of that
authority, which would fall before the
force Of all prevailing truth. Who now
| boldly cenfure law as .tvr2nnical and