Jenks' Portland gazette. Maine advertiser. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1802-1803, 1803-03-14

dnu 10 terminate the ff-f cnces with
that nation bY treaty. In the proeeis
of the war, the French, irrirates al the
refufal of Amcrict to make common
cinfe with them, committed tie moi
Migrant violations OF treaty, fpol-d
our commerce, and rcj-aed with icornl
the iolem embailies feng 70 conciiiAte
them. When every effort at. negocia
ton failed, and the United States had
Almpa exhauted The cup of humiliation
TO The drcgs, the national ipirIt rofe,
and loudly demanded mealures Of naval
and military preparation, to place TIL
country in pofure of defence, and 10
vlndicate the national honor and char
a6ter'-The call was obeYei, aud Con
greiS took meafures 70 equip navy, &C
form prov'iional army, to fortify the
defencelets feaports, aud to purchafe
ar ms and ammunition and they i'm
poled the taxes neceiIary TO fipport
thef- expenditures. They alto paGed
acts by which dangerous ltrangers Turk
ing in the bofom Of the community
might be removed and for the pun
IIhment of fictitious perlons. Thefe
ats grew out OF the tAen hste Of pub
lie affairs, and were in union with the
tone of the public mind. The immor
tai Warrington, at that time retired to
Mount Vernon, reflected on thefe niea
fures with heart ever alive to the pub
lie welfare, and highly approved them,
as appears by his letter 10 PreGdent
Adams, of July, 1898. Yet thofr who
had unceaiiogly difapproved every
rneafure of the government, reproba.
ted them as unnecefary, prodigal, and
even dangerous to the public liberty.
An oppoftion 70 lteady, organizes.
active and virulent could not BE- with
(tood....It is wonderful that the federal
naturalization held its ground 70 long
as it did. Nothing but the wifdom Of
its meafures, its caution and its vigi-
lance, maintained t.. All thele ulti
mately were uravailing againf the con
tinual INTERPRETATIONS and flanders
which ahailed is. The oppeliuon by.
ffimularing diicontents, on the impoti
ton of the new taxes, rendered neceiTa
ry by the circumstances Of the times !;
by infudng diarua into the minds of
the people and 10y thouland arts
pradifed on their credulity, coutrived
at length 10 render the administration
unpopular the election OF prelident
and Vice .PreGdent the federal caldi
dates were rejected, and the democrat
ic candidates were eleaed: majority
was alto obtained IN the houfe of repre-
fanratives of the United States. Il hap
pened by peculiar co Incidence, thar
this change of government tqok place
iflort time previous TO the termination
of the war IN Europe. The fedcralilts,
whole wifjom had at one period CAved
the United States ON raihly plunging
J, into that war, were rejeded-the dem
ocrats, whole council woulI have pro
duced that eaea, were elevated to
power. 80 Wv
Ii is Of prime Importance 70 remark
/ that The individuals who were chiefly
eppofed TO tbs adoption of the conlti
tuition, or dGnisGeG with II, were the
pe-fons generally who have ALTO been
opPofed 10 all great mesiurs,, which
have been found IN practice to be pro
deceive of advantages to the United
States; aud they have been with fone
excePtions) the perfons wnolc activity
ard violence. contributed chiefly 10 the
change of naturalization and that
thofa men now fll the great ftations 10
the general government. It is ALTO
worthy Of remark that the ablea and
mot influential men ofthis dsfcriprion,
are from the great Gates, which 70 re
luefantly came into the union under the
contribution: | mean, Virginia, North
carolina, Pennlylvania, and Newyork.
There are exceptions doEbtlefs to theft
cafes, but they are not very numerous.
How wilely the people of the United
States have AGED in thus taking the
government out of The hands Of thoGe
who formed il, and nurfed IL, and
maintained it in its conaitulional encr-
gy, in order to plac. it in the hands of
thcie who Were oppof.d to iIs adoption,
and whe .eiited all the meafdres CAL
culated to give il full and &C opera.
ton, is not for! an Individual 60 decide.
fUbmit 70 the WI Of my country
and none viii rej1ice more cordially in
its PROPERTY under any naturalization.
On the accsf1inn of the prsfent sd-
miniar2iion5n March I5oI,it found thu