Jenks' Portland gazette. and Maine advertiser. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1803-1803, 1803-10-17

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itfrst.rn. ,oniecratcI The ~ sesfss eKsiDPAs 81
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ii,ies' fec iceir alta -s 10 The il naafai
rifi1g, X 20. ca lad Chr. Gers, 80 rtnlarrr,
intle teS.uges fpubc sistal - beas tie nT0nger
totSicS 81 the 2.inAts hsna. Eat n4tiuu, t.vng
beei &c; atey broush esiaenoc; 80 having 10 is
tfta s~ea a; tndrd vh cifcamAnccs atloni.!iAg %
Vie world Sc End IN NJ lro.irt 10 ive ctngy ana IN
.depenlssnce ccntialinn G Characters hich viii k-
iorg he hts os mankind hail DC rel ect
e. among thclc the patriotic ~iftucs Of the man,
whole hner al u asie werr, ihest lay IA 4, tollmn
y performed br ,heuiaods u his ciow einsens, sase
hnn AZ elevated aud Iianslhgd rats.
SAMUEL ADAMS,
WAS borr in Bca5n, aasent anu respectable pafeu-
fage &c the h cticrs of Nr,e England Ire 5sh OF
September, 7az. lawn, paTed through Tbs peey'ous
rftpaT atoms the cirloi III Bottom he entered n0-
ssn harvard College ia Cambridge the ear 1896
a lac Tour Years thcre allowed lay the foundation Of
future ucfdincls, nat "a 70 him. his
uy hepAtnil-d tho honors OF the unistrfny not be-
cauie he had betn ihsfc the ulaA got brcahic his
ahouous attention 10 literary acgni has reader
I'd him worthy of thcrn
After hk retired from the univerf,y, he attSEpted
coalcerp in tic 5lslsls il which his fuhsr had been
SonnecscJ hr il eaIly f-siE. thai the pr2pcnltss
Vi has nervous aud elevated Iniad ned 10 she
accumulation proPtuy, the charms Of wealth. lie
was very ioon invited ~ plble avocsons by hs native
town Long befo,e the dawnidss Of the rsericas rev.
oluon, he elected by the town OF Bo.oa repre-
tentative the Ccnsra Cout aud continued tl.erc
by rcPcafcd eietuons, st be WAS d.hgare rs 'lt 81
her 20. ConsfSfs Ia the year ~
The htcniou OF bis country had opeucd wide and
npariai field for The !pay Of his hususr esnas and
tAtE1vc afscty. fc clgnn ot CrtaE 3rltan ~ .gy-
lac far hs TIT I'll az zs5 tar, drew traiA,
conlequencts Of van importance 20 both coartres.-.
Without feh an srho.ityit wssd BE Discus to NAM
tain the conneScn OF pAftit nate With provinces;
with the cxerciic Of tie colonies were deprclcd be-
low she grade of 9fit,i bects aud redased 70 Gate
OF ilsVSry.
There bat very few whole minds could ccrprc-
hond the mpsrtlu diitin6fions which then ata,-
ed, Whole rtsloping could Giicern the approaching
events Of the controversy.
Ihetc have been I'll times, in all celntries men
prepared tor national eAigencts Air adams ieen,s to
have he peculiarly fusf-d for the cventful period Of
his life III, mind Gagviery powerful 10 tTacag
the reit Of poitics principle and the lmnes Of ha
heart failed rapport his cG,rs, wheutver he
convinced Of thr recttude and proprrety ef the OBJ
ject he puriued Ee pr<avd his mcsurcs vith ardenr
heeAafe ,hey were founded calculations drawn from
principles tending the g.nry and independence ~ his
country His eoirsge derided the bars thrown in the
,vy his caroer, ahle the fagay Of his mind pierced
the Clouds which iophiary involved the fIbect before
hr. By this, he enabled 30 explain, Tie mott
convincing and mpreive manner the dcprt Hicn OF he
colonies unles FIRM afd noble Rand fhsn made
painH The claim of the kline and parliament lie
expeditions thr-stenins with p;d maels,
peculiar nimfef; and with eve cSreeis indiFlr
opked upon dangers As ineFeIy incidents IN the
rrogreg Of great even;s
IN he aEem5ics wlsrc The foundation of the Anicri-
can tcv,sIoa termed where the principles and ty
Of government, which the tecurity and felicity
ri rIankInd depend, were dawn into dhcG-on, has
manly etosusnre resided with inceef; his nP
poaens obh.,d yield III heucc, ONLY hoping for
change by the means .; army iay", able
their views LIS Thcto.;c not ror-en, igura-
tive language, bat 'p Give. fedats hran Of resion
q whici could never aii awaken the in,creCd
TO convi The w preIVosccd hcaTtr. Ills pen 70
lrfs poms al than his tongue. A mind well Rocked
viii the fcninlcnts u Sidney Locks & ote. great
who had conteudrd ag6ir sionSrchics and eccie
h,0c~ tyranny twth an e1ucatipn which had given i
thc pod, inn of a. HI principal iyiem aud abu
f-s the GFCcian and Roman republics w=i
as the deposiia.- OF the vor capable OF carrying
conviction tic hearts Of ali who had heen brhed
aainitther freedom, woo lad ;u2rrel them
ssivcs be betrayed Ivy the auremcet % avarce ard
ambition, or thc imprefiion Of fear
A memorable ptfoa OF Mr.. Adams life that, ia
WHICH he Btisili .nilry psoicbe5 him and MIR ian
rock. pArdpn freely of-tcd 70 al in the opIph-
tion eyeepling JaaS HAycocE aud Samuel ApaMs-
Ilfv crenipg this the okcn Ut depAr IN deceived
and weak Standardization. he hsldathe mcslure in
Tempt and continued h. excrtcns~ P-cpar- his
try tot thslas and mon ioenn appsai whsch he IA"
near It hand
In the year r7,6 lie was, before had becu aud long
oqatiaue1 br, IN infsentia rsmbcr Of Congrsts
With Franklin JOHN Adms Jchn Hancock, lAomas Jef
jNTlfn 8nd oeNSF great Nth, TIC toEaSu5 tnS
scl wk-h give tfe United staoesa nanding wlh the
nations, Of the earth, the aor ef independent gover
s'gniv.
here ycsafssnc tch- p-tFed ihrocgh whiot
was intended ~ che good genius Of AErerscas exhibit
= The lcbcn hcsuiits- of the Of liberty.
The DECLARATION Of raep expected brt ~
q few rev IN ides . Seat many. ard csaiidercd by
numbers in every aatss rad, and daring melfrre.
The Anericsn army Vas shcn psory I'D, badly armsd,
vrerch1dly coat,s-e and raiicF~bly pail Tie pae-r
cpsrencE oniy rsE,urs= vas "a rapid depreciation
and there 7PptSr-ro be nothing eile depcAh tpt
the nagrar.lsy Of the people rad the geodas.s cs their
rauis
Al thss crEs iori Howe, Lord Csrliil-. * MFR Edsa
landed conis from rho kIag Of Eeslaad, With
Oh rs al pears sol re~s nciasfn. is0y furrnan