Jenks' Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1803-1805, 1804-08-20


mount, We're owing from Our MERCHANTS il
Britiil, merchants on private contracts y, asA
our country had 'nipulated than HleIc Gould
honeitly dilchafged.; at leaf. that there fhouR
be no inpediment to the eolleGion What VA
the fact vhe fouthern jacohins fcfsied ana
neglected payment They ever made ftate lawssse
which eaettualiy deprived the creditors Of reri
cay. Britain arc.ied Us, land jufiy soo) It
The mira ion Of our treaty; and by way Of re.
talia,iop, retained, for long time, our nortfkra
fofts, which they had fiputated. to furrendev
an -ue iutly blams them Tor the retention
believe few did, exlspt those, who to. crafty
their own ayarce, violated the rnlcsof commca
hoheny, and having .infrinsed a liquidation Is
TIE treaty, at the expence Of national right cf
Britain, perhaps with a. view 70 elude the iuyk
tiea,ion Of their own fraud, exclaimed againH
she wrong shey, themfelycs had cecaioneA.
Oar. credit was a. the iowef ebh, and our nse
t.onal hoher and fidelity, 10 the rAimation Of
foreign nations, had become as proverbial as pu.
mic faith in.the Roman age. -.
4, Fhofe among us, who were atlive in the re.
|volUtion, will remcmber the want OF power and
tnergy il EorSrefs |; Inc inegpa,ily of the ,fvp.
eours afforded by tic fevcral Rates that Maj
fachufests alone, At the clofe Of the var, tuvy
nilhed two. thirds Of the contineatal aruy til
il was to her extraordinary exertions that Ire
army principally owed its fupport. Congrc12
though wiling, was unable to do US jiiffise.
Even the little colony Of Rhode Hand was fulr
dcisnt to fruRrats the policy and the wifdomSf
the whole continent. But K would be impoHi-
be for me TO. dcfcribe the various evils, which
spt3fa jauhd Pyin1pIr5 under. the. confederation
49,
81. the convention, MaGachufetts was on. M
verge Of civil war s. that in Vermont, and New
HamplAiss. there was great difafeaion an
oppotitiori- among tie people that New ,YorS
boldly refcfed to comply with the reauiGtionf
Of congrefs ;.tkct, in Virginia, infasrecaicn lad
reared his horrid head and armed meh threat.
encd the courts Of Juice, and endeaYoscd u
top their proceedings; that in South Carolin3
laws were made, by which creditors were OBJ
liged to receive barren and ufc!efs lands in pays
ment for boneR dues Who remembers not
Rhode Iaand 7. WHO remembers not, that il
lomc fatrs. laws were made which operated
the dreA ;nfrafion Of treaties and that thf
Importers of fuch laws abufed the nation3
whom they had thus injured by a breach oFe
faith 7 In iome Aafsss itafu,cs were enacted
which initiated againlt the union.. Our fronl
tiers were cxpoied TO the inroads of favages, and
our PROPERTY and lives the fport Of Indian raw.
ages and cruelties, while the ncighboring Rate{
reiuied ard neglected to relieve their diareaed
brethren. 81.
Can any thing be;gh,en ihypilsdrel Ysss
Our country was deiided and defpifed by every
nation Of the earths In this degraded Gate, di<.
,ided among ourielves, we might eaGly have
become prey TO foreign inyaiion. Z hcle are
q, few OF the evils which then hung over uss
Need we feek for their cau(e OepSffiss "a
Jsaad principles, called jaesbmi'n at the .prcfent
day, produced the dangers. which at that period
threatened US. !.
The batr paflions Of man require an eficient
goverhnent. and the reitraints Of good laws.
Man is feiEAh, and the belt principles Of the hui
man mind, Beyond certain extent are vicious.
Indulfry in the acqLiiitiou Of property, unleis
under the reftraint Of honclfy and good faith,
may lead 10 avarice and fraud. Economy MAY
degenerate into racannefs. Jpfice may be de-
graded TO cruelty, and power mifufed to op.
prelllon. 6 Virtue isielf has It's nated limits.
which not being ftrietly obfsrved, ii cealss to
be virtue" g
Mankind are oftener led 81 thefe pafIions,
chan governed by their reafon and the free
indulgence Of thoie is mifcallcd LIBERTY. This
has bctn the ptetence, and the execute for every
vice, until the friends Of virtue are compelled 70
fhudder j. the name.
Civil liberty is the only liberty the virtuous
de6re |; and this includes the rights Of an indi.
vidual in foc;sty; but the liberty commended for
BY jacobins, is :. Gisyty esaina lnso,. . liberty
which trannplcs in the duff, or facriGces at the
euilotine. the rights Of others. From fuch )
HSs,: may heaven in mercy. defend US let US
look at France. and view the horrid fpeaacle
which fine difcovers; and let Us mark its end -
ahfolute ,defpotifm let us reaeia, and reform
theie dangerous errors among onrfelves, bsfore
the "bsoy arena" is exhibited is our own coun-
try. We have already made great ,progreis in
decentralization we arc already on the verge Of
political fanatacifm. Let Us xetracc our ftcbs.
while we have it in our power, LEFT we be Devil.
dered in liz saaszes But 70 rexn.-r. f.<,s,a az