Jenks' Portland gazette. and Maine advertiser., 1803-09-19
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FRoM TGz eHARLtsroN covRIEE.


Standardization, at this time, to Z bgafbe
ID [y5id," as it is termed and adds,
k;f their 'louis are infpired with true mag
,hninity, they will feize the preGent pro-
rii,us m5msat for atoning. for p9f Of nee"
What are the offences which the federal
Rs are called upon to atone for?
Have they offended, by framing and
iarrying into e'fea the prefent confitu-
hn, in lpite Of the not determined hol-
ay to il Of the party e. in poger, who
nae ule Of all their eaoFsso prevent its
Eoption'
n, Have they ofeRded, BY the adSisp Of
'ifyaem Of finance, whics has railsSS
lie credit from the loweftab TO itSprel.fSl!
saourihing fate
Il flava.they Offended, by ena0ing laws,
slnd purluing liae Of conduct which rem
alereI America refPeda5l9 abroad, and
hc people Rourithia5, prosperous, and
'aappy at homeS
i Il is. true, the fcieral;lf8 have never
'kireA h2ndersrs to abuCe Walhifgton
sbcr have any Of them taken 20 their tables
an to their hearts the wretch who fyled
bic z a patron Of fraud"
s. It is true, the feieralills have never
secouraEed !" aninto!craace as delpotic as
Ei.ked ,ani capable Of as bitter and bloody
,Dsrleca.ions," By driving from Office the
sElr-@orn folder, and the faithful lerFant,
b1 account Of difference in political O.
pinion, in order to fill the vacancies With
Ech as wouiG lick the feet Of power, and
,Fng holannas 70 2 f6ion who have riGen
q conlequence through mediums dilgrace-
.Elt honor and prob;ty.
u ltisuue, the f-deralitts have never e..
ped 10 one Of the mott important Offices
a the tate, man who had a principal
faad in exciting an inlure6icn againf
AZ goye,nnent and laws, the [upPrefion
, wh.ch co,t nearly two millions Of do
Is.
4 It's true, the federaliits have not done
,any Of thosc things; and if, III negle6ting
4 Do them, they have given offence, it
as an offence in which they glory.
4 lhs+s pa iliaa5 n,ea5sHi" to which the
.5yzDa4t paper aIludes, is the moment Of
m celilon of LouiGana. The adminir-
tIaGon aud their agents, from the com
nencement Of their career n Office, have
tonltahtly been lin the habit Of. attaching
40 themleiveS the merit which Belongs to
others. But in the infance ofthe cefion
ifefeffed 70, even with all their efrontery,
}t could hardly have been expected that
fhey would have claimed any other merit
o. The c1cGGon, than merely having an
agent on the fpot, to whom overtures
Te1e made by the French Conful, thro'
ms agent raIleyrand, for the ceiIion Of
Louihana, after it was found that France
fould not take pofeihon of il: that this
IS allthe merit due To the adminiltration,
20 tbs cafe, is we'll known aud felt by the
II Chief who now commands" and by
every head of department. in the govern
Ensnt. But they hope as heretofore, on
sother occaiIohS, TO delude numbers I; and
81 lnltil belief that this meafure has ori-
ginated in their foresight and wildom.
Much as has been f2id and written on
fAe iubjea Of the cefIion, the following
paragraph, extracted from the Columbian
Cenhnel, is worthy Of attention
" L lisa fsS, the American adminiara-
non areindebted to.Grcat Britain torkoui-
aaaa, and for all the Praile they claim on
'Aa ceihon. Before. the Britilh Kings
!. 'ei.'ge-which Gruck Bonaparte and
sieyrand, and AndreoG with 20 much
,,.on'ilment-was received az Paris, Mr..
.-Alngiton experienced the mott mortify-
"'g negle6t. A minifer from St. Marino
you'd not have been held in greater con
sempt. The Britifh nlcnare of the 9Th.