Jenks' Portland gazette. and Maine advertiser., 1803-09-26

their ignorance and Padlons, and OF his
own extenfye Influence, he lhou'd induce
them to pats laws, violating the cohltitu-
ton, and defraE1iye to the pubiic good !;
lupPole, that witatthe content of fueh a le-
5i1ature. he anould Cluander aw4ymlHons
iot the public property. All taeie cafes,
and multitude of others, impeachment
cannot reach. What then is the remedy ]?
Ii the truth cannot be told, If luch
condu6f cannot be held up to the view
Of The people, either through the prefs,
or through verbal difcufion, or both,
| tllole evils can never be corrected. Crimes
may be committed with inpunity,. de-
truttive Of national hondr, degrading to
national character. The administration,
exalted above the reach of popular inyee-
rigation, lecure from impeachment, would
feel no refraint, would riot in licentiouf-
llef5, feed on corruption, and there would
Re none to make them afraid.
SuchiS the iDeficiency Of impsachment,
even when promptly and Eigidly exercifed.
What then mutt it be, when we eonhieY,
that the PRECEDENT and his Congre(3 are
generally Of one party +; and that It will
leldom if ever happen, that they who per-
haP5 participate in his impurities, would
become honct accuferS ar upright Judges
Of their leader ? Mutt it not be mere
hade, thing Of found but rot of fub-
fance Shall be anlwered that this fate
Of things is imaginary, that it can never
be realized LetexPerience lpeak.
The republican party with you and
your correlpondent) believed that Mr..
Adams was guilty IF the NOT auocious
crimes againf his country. Not only, all
the cafes above JappaSd, but a3ual in
bsanb15iG grimes, and grois violations OF
the contribution, were charged upon him.
The evils Of his Administration were de-
clared TO be intolcrable; and accuiaions
Of unheard of crimes were publiihed, re-
pcated and eiterated-infomuch that The
dav Of Mr.. Tefferfon's election was hailed
As the day of deliverancefrom ariltocracy,
corruption, monarchy and ruin.
Yet numerous IS were the grievances
complained Of, enormous as were the
| iniquitieS faid TO be pra6ti,ed, high as the
public execration actually was, no inn
Peachment was ever moved for, 10 pun
/ tlhment was ever inflicted. No, the re-
fort was Immediately to the people. Twas
the Prefs, which enabled The partyto raife
lucn a turmoil in the country. BY
an unbridled ule Of the preis, they obtain
| ed the victory. If the Prssdenf5 liability
TO impeachment is Efficient to corref bis
error5, howhappened It, in fate Of things
delcribed, as 70 portentous Of Ills, Tie Ps0-
pie, not the high court Of Impeachment,
were relorted to. Why did it not avail
to correct the alledged errors and crimes
Of the Adams administration Your cor
Respondent will probably anfwer, that a
majority Of Congrels were Of the fame
party, had participated in his errors, and
that, had impeachment been attempted,
they would have fhielded and protected
him. No other anlwer can be given by
his accufers. And this completely ex-
poles the error, the weakness, Of your
CORRESPONDENTS creed. For if fuch a
fate Of things has exifed-and txilted
| too, IN the very infancy of' our govern
ment, who alall FAY it will not again oc-
cur? Where then IS the /ecurity Of ill.,
psacbment2 Where dove find its laf7eisncy
to correct. the errors Of our officers =
No, if fuch fate Of things, as the repub-
lioans rcpreiented, and noWreprelent, that
Of tic Adams administration, lhould az ain
scur, and the trat5 night not be PubElbsd,
the administration might progrets in its
iniquities with lafety--our liberties be de-
ftroyed, and our all be gone, before a
[ mhifner of danrer could reach CIR ears