Jenks' Portland gazette. Maine advertiser., 1803-01-03
cInIume ".


ARE LTcHTEsED that is TO fty, the
taxes are taken off, namely, from LoAp
SUGAR, Pleasure CARRIAGES * wHrs-
KEY, Ia preference TO taking Them off
from Brown SUGAR, MoLAsSEs, TEA.
| coFFEE & SALT. What A favorable
adminiiiraiion IS this for the middlIns
and poorer clades Of fociety
The above are enumsra.ed by the
Pfeiident as competing the more crdi.
nary pleaGng circumstances underwhich
Cougrefs meet but the mott extraordi-
nary one isreieryei 20 iniih the climax
Z Wrrsmark with Jbfcial !atisfattion thofe
[circumiances which ielnit from the
ikil, indultry, and order OF our fellow
citizens, managing their oeDa affairs in
their O4pa way, and for their cevn uIe.
unembarrailed By TOO much regulation,
unoppreded by hical exaaions. - So
A5jotsm foie tbe heart Of tte men of LfrayL
On this curious iantsnot 4 few quet-
tions prelent themielyes. VIII par
ticularly meant By = managing their
oqrp affairs :" Did they ever attempt
10 manage the affairs oi other narions
Sin their o1va way TOO. What are
We to underaand by this Is it Intended
to convey the idea that the people are
no longer under any relraint from g9-
vernment IT This IS NOT his me4ning
| am at lois what is" And their
oovn ufe." Have they not then always
managed their affairs for their oqvn uies
!" Uaembar. aG.d by TOO much egula-
ton" What in the name of propri--
ty does this mean. Too much reFul7.
tfoa, or, in other words, too much i17U:
Our fellow citizens then ate tD bleis
their aars that they are ansm5arrabTd "
too mgcb la7u We confefs we fhonld
have been utterly unable TO compre.
hend this, did We not, fortuna civ re-
colled pafaee iii Mr.. Jefferlon's
Notes on Virginia, which comes IN aid
OF orr conjectures juIt x The moment
We wcrc giving the Shing Up, as beng
beyond cur reach. Sp--king Of The
iavage aste OF certain IniiAn tribes, Mr.
J-ffeTfan there fays-.
$. This paaice refu'ts from the CIR
cumiance Of their hayiEg nsver fub-
mIIted themielves TO any laws, any CO.
eroive power, any ihadow.of govern
menr. Their Only coatroul. arc rher
manners, and that moral f.nf. ct righr'
and wrong, which, Ike the ieufe e
taaing and feeding, in every man makes
Part OF bis nature. Al cfFcnee ag4init
theie, Is punilhei by con rmpr, by rxs
clulion from iicrty, w, where the caf-
u ferrous, as that Of murder, ty the
individuals whom X concerns. In
pestea IS this fpccies OF caefiion NAY
ieem, crimes are very rare smong
them :--'niomdch, thai were K made
qusiian,or whether no law w,aSanong the.
iavage Anericans,o o 100 nzt5 L4+g,as am
ong the civilized Europsans,lubaits man
70 the great evil, one who has feen both
condilicns IF exihence would pronounce
it TO oe the lat :--andthat The heep are
happier of themleves, than under care
of the wolves" 8
Now this is downright plain dealing
the people are heep, anl govern
rnent are wolves, their natural enemies
After this, We need not Be iurpriied ar
any thing we may hear from Mr.. letter
fon--" Unoppreied by feal esat7iOns.''
That is, gentle reader, 10 plain fpesch,
takes. Thole remarks which here pre-
fent themfeives, are referved till we
come 10 another part Of the MeGage.
We fhail barely fay, that moor Iudg-
ment, never was public addrefs made
TO the people more evidently deiigned
70 Ha.ter and gull than this before u,.
We take our leave for the .prefert with
the following humorous exIrad. which
we think not inpertinent to the occa-
"FLArr' RVS bafe coin, cheat upon the n2-
ton
And YET, our vanity doth much admire il,
And really gives it, all its circulation.
FLATT'sY's ly inGnua,ine fcrew:
The worid-1 bottle of Tokay, fo fne-
The engine Always can he CO.. X fobdue,
And make an eafy conqueit OF The wine.
FLATT'RY's an Ivy wriggluP round a oak
This oak s often houen, blunt JoHS Bun "a
Which ivy would its srea: Iupporter chosk
Whias JoHs tio thick the walls ol his dark
lSul)
Deems IT pretty ornament, and fruts-
Till matter ivy drops into JoHN's CUTS,
And gives poor, thought.els JOAN fct OF
griPcs
Then like an orgsn, onenins all bis p;pes,
JogS roars I; and, whcn 20 conluiny ytioa
dr.tn,fs