Jenks' Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1803-1805, 1803-11-07
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Gate of maturity, are aaionary for while, and
tLcn ii1k into detrutiion. Inftnt nations" an,
nations old and imbecile," though iccmingly in 1
cor gruous, have how become ordinary modes oil!
expreaion. n Jingle individuals, however, may
OF tnemlelves, in tome msa!nrs expedite. or pro
uzef the arrival Of The abhored tate OF phyic2 del
iolntion, 70 likewl> is it within the compass Of
nations, by their own means, 10 cnt lhort or ipin
out The thread o. their exllence. Governnlent is
10 nations, what medicine is TO individuals. Both
imply that the iubietas on which they operate
in diie 4ed flate. Ashe who is born with robot
contribution, and favored with the uninterrupted
enjoyment OF health, never thinks of relorting to
medicine, 70 nations, provided they valiant
and wife, and uncontaminaied with vice, would
lualy conider government as usele.s and pnnscei-
fairy. Without doubt, both gcvetnrnent and med
cine may in themlelves be deemed evils, and
when either OF them is made ule of, il is GA the
principle of fubmitting 10 lsfer evil 10 avoid
greater one. But as one lpecies of medicine is far
from being fuAicient to remedy the complicated
variety OF dfeaies incident TO the human frame, 10
one form of government will but awswardly iuit
the infinitely varied and 6iverGhed clahes of man
kind. Climate, 'ltuaion, religion, cuhoms, hae.
its and manners, harrow up the ltsid uniformity
! which might have fulfilled among the primitive
fettlers Of The earth and render nations alnef as
didmilar TO one another as The hufanto the brute
creation, From phyiica or artificial reafons, fome
nations are per6dous, ferocious, fictitious and re
traaory Others are atfuated By the puret princ.
pies of humanity, luhiee, ielf denial, moderation
and focial order. Some nations are noted for a
light, fantaaic turn of mind levity and fcklensfs
OF dpoiilion, Thrift for frivolties and triAes, and
deli,ution of all manly enterptize others are
eoufpicuous for frrane, bodneis an perseverance,
for contempt of the lighter pleafures, ardor for
adventurous enter prize, adherence of opprsiion,
yet love of moderate rearant. and that degree OF
rpor requilite for the maintenance of order and
ptefervaion of peace. The Ga require govern.
ment capable of infpirng terror, and which will
carry matters with arorg hand. The tecond will
tolerate form Of government which does not
participate. more or lefs Of IepubIicanim. The
ply fician who pedansicslly offers, with Jingle
noarum, TO cure all diieaies, JULY branded with
the oGious appearon of Quack, and fubieded
to nnivei cal tcorn, derilion and contempt No efs
a euack in politics NUT that man be who under
takes TO make one form of government universal
among the nations of the earth.--What. is com
monty called the American revolution, was rather
a nominal than real one. The then colonies had
ever been 70 many genuine republics, and the de.
elarng the country independent, 70 far from being
Introductory of novel iyaems of civil polity,
merely cen6 magory of thofe previnuly eaablithed
No more then, than now, coulosa cent of revenue
be RATED without the voluntary content of the
people In the people centered all or mott OF the
Legislative authority, and no individual was bound
by any law which he had not Prevtou0y, either
in bis perion, repreieRtstvely, yielded his
unc onlrained ailent. When innovations were at
tempted upon heie definite aod chartered ranchies,
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ahemblies, to levy taxes upon us againh our con.
ient, and 70 over awe by hordes OF foreign
cenaries, then it was that the alarm of tyranny was
rang through the land, The nation role as man
and indignantly fhook off an ideal allegiance to
the crown, like as the ApoRle hook the vip.r from
his hand. This event was followed by nlodih.
cation rather than a creation OF our fever al
aitutions. The modes of ele6ting TO office, the
frames of our legislative bodies, and the judica-
ry departments remained eientiallY the fame. The
old fyGem of distributing iolice, the laws relative
to perlous and property, to private and public
wrongs, continued unabrogated. The various re
lgious feds, together with their refpetsive forms
OF eccleGaltica dlicp ne, were lett he'd -
As to the various orders OF nobility, and the t'tu
lar digntes which form 70 conlpicuous part of
the flames Of civil polity in Europe, and which,
at the fan time that hey ferve as apfop to the
prince, are check to his lawleis tyranny, ourold
charters recognized them not, and both the equal
izng fprit OF the laws, and the republican ienii
ments of the people for bid the erection, on this
Gde the water, of Gmar inlttutions. Foreign
|ers, fseing 10 oar revolution, as they thought,
radical change in government and laws, and con-
fdering as abiea flavss fuddenly re&ored 10
long loiflibesy, Affected to tremble at the dread
full excsles in licentioulnefs which, as they pre-
dided, would inevitably take place, grounding
their predictions ufon the well known propenfty
of the human mind to proceed from an extreme
20 its oppoGte. Why have melancholy and difaf.
trous predictions never been verified . The truth
is, foreigners were lntaken in their views of our
revolution, which,, as we sbferved before, was
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