Jenks' Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1803-1805, 1804-12-10
ESDalaioat.:r: Us,ae!Ssd.......Nc. VII.


lnaarrss # II. mg,sfit,de # s5e Reraan Republic
rs1sasd sane q tss a15t abe and tai.htM SER
aaaf. # H. nation.
q HISTORY prefcurs melancholy p;clnre
OF man --ile is eith-r the banner or The 1nui !;
he is either fniting or imit,en; .oppgeliHg or
oppreilcd On the one Gde YOU behold tlc IRON
hand Of dcfposiln pre!hng down its wiefnhrd
vaaak ard ufing them as BEATS Of burden. You
fee the privileged fqo lordiog it over the r.,ny,
eating the fruit of their labour, aud riotiag in
their miiery and tears. With horror you turn
from the dilma! foe6tacl~; and, on the other
hand, behold nation rifing indignant, break
ing It's chains, and declaring itlelf free. The
benevolent heas, cxults but, alas j, foon finds
occaisn TO droop and G:ken. Factions ariie
demasoeIss lift a',ft their gigantic heals and
found their. phariiscal trumpet the cool voice
Of rsa!on is little lizard and .lels minded ); cum
ming and violence prevail over wifdom and hon
r0y, and the people. duped by crafty appeals TO
their paliions AID asarce, are caught, like heed
lefs birds in lnarc. In the mean time the mott
defrr.ing characters are hiiled off the Rage
Venerable patriots, iAge. civilians, and brave
generals, who have devoted themfelves to the
intereft Of their country and grown grey in its
irrvicc, are loaded with public fcorn; and, in
inttanscs not few, are made TO fufIer conlifca-
ton Of eifate, impriionmen,, baniidnient, and
even dea:h itfrlf. sF Hss8
So was in the free itascs Of Judea. Greece
and Rome. In perufng the annals OF the latter,
we ob(ssye can,iuS invoking the gods, to wit
nefs the ingratifude Of his country. Ne. lee
Cariolanus, another patriot and b netattor Of
the republic, bidding aiicd TO his mother, wifc
and children, and driven into perpetual banih-
meni. We behold Scipio. one Of the witeit
and brayeit generals, who had repultsd and fab
dued the invaders of his country, and greatly
extended the Roman power, both in Ala and
Africa, as well as Europe; we behold him Grip
ped Of his honcrs, landered and perfecuted l'y
men, who enyied his greatness and. in the
mean. tic,c, neglected. and abandoned 10y the
people, in whos. lrrsice he f.ad employed bis
brilliant talents, and coriumcd his life. Such
ing,ati, givss .no1e painful wound than a
f,,peuts tooth. The foul Of Scipb was f.
deeply flung by it, that he retired indignantly
from Rome =, Lin.ernum, arid diretted It's CO.
meisss to bury him there !; alleging all unwi'-
linenefs to be inferred in a cuuutry, where he
had been rcqaised with iuch baic and black III
gratitude.
Iicero, the famous oratot, statesman, and
patriot, bitterly Experienced the nnthankfu' re-
quitals Of the republic, Which he had faithfully
fervcd, and even faved from ruin. Through
his pafernal care and vigilance, Rome was dc
lyered from the horrd conipracy Of Catalina
and his vile accompliccs, who dad plane and
were nearly executing, general maaacre and
conf grafton. While the danger aud deliver
ance were frefh in their minds, the Roman rco
pc paid to Cicero homage, rlsat was but little
ihort of alteration. they iaIuisd him as the
father OF his country ;-they proclaimed him
their delivcrcT and iasior. Nj theirs pousea
their blefinss upon his head, while eiafping to
their throbbng bcfoms their infant offspring,
which his patriotic exertisns had reteuri from