Jenks' Portland gazette. Maine advertiser. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1802-1803, 1803-05-16
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five look back with an attentive sye
to the BET and mott laifing OF the AZ
ciert republi $, We fhall md certain
leading conitltuent principles IN all Of
them. which, when adhered 60, Kept
them in a perpetual liate Of ffeih exit
ence, and in perpetual protPe'ity-out
which when abandoned, lett them 20
decay, depotilm and ruin. II.
The fra Of theie was religion. Ia
all the repubEcs Of Greece. anu not leis
n thar Of Rome, ~ ioVs Of TIE go1r was
TIE frR paGion Of the people Virtue
and virtuous habits followed. As loon
as luxury inroduced cantsmpt Jor tee
oo6,. decay he an-aud ruin in fome
by flow, but in all BY fure feps, came
upon them. JuG at The criils, when
Ciod us violated The rites Of the Bona
Dea, he Roman morals began 70 a
fune an afpea of oifregard and negi-
gence Of eiigion, and loon after Junk
INTO hat mof srois Proligacy and licen.
tioufneii which a, LAT cauied The over
throw Of the Republic, and The erection
of The defpot;,m which followed i. In
the eafiern Gates, she voice of religion
is Gill as clear, as perfualive, and tho
with lefs auferity, as (trong as ever.
Can party who little leis than glory
in thorough contempt for our holy
religion, and who, not very coveItly
either, incuIcate total difbelief of the
Saviour OF mankind, of his divine mif.
for, and Of bis divine ordinances, can
they ever preferve republic entire |!
can they hope 70 have the confidence OF
iuch ltates as thofe Of Maiischui<ts,
New Hampihire, or Connecticut ? or
can the propoundsrs. the afirmers, or
the fweareis Of fallehoods, without any
other temptation to plead in execute than
the calls of political virulence and NAL
ice, can they find favor with the wife,
The virtuous, The religious inhabitants
Of thofe Rates .-ImPofible /! E;er-
nal ihame to thofe with whom fuch
determinations find favor !!
Frugality, indufry, and plainnefs Of
mar ers. were the charaderiaics Of the
ancient republics the great moving
principle, The life, the hearts blood,
and the fupport Of them. The victories
which The Athenians gained over the
Pertains. were the Fundamental caule Of
the ruin Of thar republic for the plum
der OF the camps and the fpoils taken
from The facked cities Of AGa, enriched
them, and baniihed the fate and fmple
qualities of frugsliry and induary. And
il was jua at that period when the ex-
celIivs wealth acquired byGmilar means,
gave an external appearance Of profPe,
rity 10 Rome, and when in confsguence
Ct that wealth ihe was turning her
hopfes Of brick and wood into palaces
of marble, that fhe was linking into
ruin. The frugality and indutry Of
The family Of Cncinnatus may now be
fcen in the bea families in Connecticut,
Pervading both fe1es. There The beR
Of beth feres think il not beneath them
to put their hands to every thing. IN
Virginia they put them only to their
mouths.
The partial temporary frccefs of anti
federalifm has had an efe6t which 1--WE
mu0 in juGice 10y it) fpeaks rather a
giina the federal republicans. If The
former were working in a good cauCe,
700 much credit could not be given to
them for tile unabating vigolr and in
dufry with which they purdue their OBJ
jeet- they follow up a victory with in
created fury-they redoublc their ener-
gies and efforts on a defeat. So no.
bounded are the ways and means of
pure democracy (for no laws, human
or divine, no feeling, no frame rerards
It's Progreis, OF checks its deGgnsl that
nothing bot total extinction Of the
fpirt of jacobinifnn can keep It from
doing mifchief. Like certain kinds Of
hw which aie 70 vivacious, that after
head, felh, and all are cut away, the
naked fpine will move. Like cat, or
like the three legged device on a monks
halfpenny, throw them which way you
will, they ltill fall on their legs. quo
ca1qae jecert5 GaJit' IS the jacobin mot
to.-While on the other hand, the fed.
crafts often loie the advantages of vic.
tory by not following it Up with renew.
ed vlgours and rarely attempt 10 repair
defeat by new and unforeleen eyer
tions. The fate Of Southcarolina af
fords fad and angular proof Of this