Jenks' Portland gazette. Maine advertiser. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1802-1803, 1803-02-14
10 The euipr Ct tic s9OrtIsnu Gazette.


own ideas OF his performance with tnoie
the Tacobins entertain concerning its
merits for that purpc.e indulge me in
quitting lentence or two from one of
their papers, called The Republican Ga
rfste-The edtor Jays, his readers
will perule with great pleafaie the
g piece over the hgnalure of Spinif*f J;
g for found reafoning and ltrength ct ar.
gument, few writers have furpshed
q him, in fupport Of the true and genu
g inc principles Of democratic rcpubli.
t" caniGm, the BATS of our federal and
" Rate conaitnrions-he has fully ex.
a. planned The faJttrjlgt and logic q fdyal
qprirer5. who have 70 often attempted
to peifuade the people of this country
thar ciul in)QautioaJ cannot bre long in
any country anltI5 fbsy are connected euifb
4" and incorporated Oh rslfgi0aJ FEET This
" idea is, and ever will be, abhorrent 10
any people who live under govern
"ment created By therntelves-and
particularly 70 to the Sovereign
People Of the United States of A.
merica. We challenge any one of
the Importers of Church and State
doctrine who write for the Palladium,
"to anfwer fairly the arguments Of
Spiasext, ard luch writer ihall have
an equal ihare Of our paper wish
him."
Before proceed any further to ex
anime the text Of which the foregoing
is genuine jacobin comment, and IN
doubtedlythe commentator understands
the principles of the ts3, | canoot bat
oblerve we are particularly pointed TO
fomsthing in sPintext, that the ga call
abr irps and genuine f,iafsfltf efaemoTrafic
repu5icanifa, which is The 5a,fS Of cur
eorRifufions. Now think demonaIa-
ted, in my laff, that the mot prominent
idea aud obieti in Spin,ext is to con
vince the people that dsjlir is as good
religion, for them 70 believe in, as
chriltianity-that dtjf5 are, in point Of
character, equal, if not hyperion, 10 be.
lievers in the chriAian religion-Ano.
Their idea oaly limited there, and re.
ferved for another letter, is that Tom
Pain, on account Of what he has done,
deierves better Of the United States
than the whole order of chriaiaE divines
OF this country. Hence we may fairly
conclude, from this comment on Spin
text, that the republican ia coufder deifia
as pref6sdt 81 Paine, or PoyfbrJ1m. which
is the fame religion with democratic
coat on, as defended BY .Te6syf0a, 10 be
the true and genuine principles of de-
rnocra,ic republicani(n, and the bsiGi
of our contributions.
This iacobin commentator leads Us
to fome other points, in Spintext, which
ne flaws are favorite petitions with the
TsGsrloa (sa-Spin,ext, he fays, has ex-
planned the fu5fefase and iCsir Of ttdsral
rvrifers; and then he plainly informs
US that this Ea1te1tgge and logic is nothing
but the common old fafMoned notion
that cipi mQitations, that is governments,
eaungt Eps long "a any country auh:b hsy
are connsHsd - and Incorporated on re.
Heieus feet. But the commentator does
not flop here be labours with anxiety
70 let us know the extent of the Jeffe-
ionian idea on the fubje6 OF connec.
ton between government and religion
and declares :. This idea," that IL, eiva
iuli.miont being coane7,d 4sih religion, or
transportation reiigiOuy feet, SIS, and ever
+" WILDE, abhorrent to any people who
/" live under government created by
themfelvcs, and particularly 70 to the
"SovEsricS PEorIs' of the Z. States
"of America" Before J-ferion went to
France he gave many ltronS intimations
that he was of the opinion exprsiled by
this commentator on Spintext; but
fince his return, and while BIS old a9aci
etss, in France, were trying there the
fingular experiment. Of an atheiItical
government, biz trierd5 here corrobora-
ted the evidence thai fuch were his fen
timents, and for iome time, while the
yst7 expected the experiment would fue-
reed. they converted on the iubje6t with
almoit as much familiarity as any other
tonic Of the dav, About this period
Godwin's Political Juliice came out,
before il was perfectly matured, to 'aid
the important experiment-and a fe
cond edition, with large additions, fol-
lowed tho the old one lay on hand,
as I was informed at the time. VOL
new, under pretence of hunting the
winds, travelled the United States with
Il