Jenks' Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1803-1805, 1804-03-10

The, firft and mott remarkable thing is;
an atfe6ted lamention over the divitions
that exifted in the country +; recommen.
daion OF harmony, mutual forbearance,
and a declared opinion, that whatever
diyeriity of ientiment appeared to exit !,
wa difference in form, and not in fub.
and that there was no reafon, why
not return to thofe habits of
6dcl~4 \purle, which heretofore exit
ed. TIA 1y. own words" Let us then,
C fellow rehns, unite with one heart,
&C and ono let us reltese to focal
g intercoUrfes harmony and affection,
" without wha berty and even life itielf
/" are but dre1y hings. And let US re-
:. aea, that, having bani0,ed from our
Ind, that religious Intolerance under
hich mankind 70 long bled and fuffcr-
we have gained little, if we counte-
:" F political intolerance, as defpotic
!" ia wicked, &c." Now, if the prelident,
WI delivered this noble fentiment,
re- IKE from the heart if it were
nd he mott fhamelefs i1ypocricy I
afks would have been his anfwer, if
the 1Jylfeign people had told him, that
within the firf year Of his administration,
he would carry his political Intolerance as
far as it ever had been carried, in any
European government. during any one
reign That within the fame period, he
would iweep from Office with nnrelenting
and unditinguifhing perfecution, humid
reds, who had no other means TO get their
bread, and for no other feafon but that
their political opinions were different from
his Surely he would have faia g Is thy
fervant a dog, that he ihould do this great
thing - And has he not done it and
more ALTO |! How has he feltorod to focial
intercourse that harmony, &c? BY fetting
neighbor againl neighbor, and friend
againa friend. By e2abliihing fynem
of elpionase and treachery, in every town
and village in the United States; encour-
aging inforpers to feek the places and
Offices held by others, and rewarding
MISREPRESENTATION and calumny with the
livings, which had belonged to virtue and
induary. Hardly plantation in our
country, however oblcure, that has not
been vilited by this deadly pslt;!ence.-
Does a man hold place 70 insignificant
= poltmaiter in Brunivic, or any where
ellie, he is afraid of his own fiiadow. He
can never fpeak, nor think for there is a
holt of informers, the Preiident's friends
and minions, who wiiiiintefpret his very
countenance into treafon, and one of them
will aep into his Office. 2 Z
Hear the Prsddent again. How does
his honied fpeech flow !--s We have
called by different names, brethren Of the
fame principle. We are all rkpubreons !;
We are all federalii}s. Is it 70 !? WHY
then reriecute, and calumniate, and itarye
men, for no other, reafon than becaufe
they are fedetalias /? Why "Trip the war
worn folder of the honors, and little en-
olumehts beltowed upon him BY WaA.
lsgten3 Shameful hypocricy | Rather;
fay, as you did in your letter before men,
toned, There are two feets in the coun-
try. and my /sd mga be built up, on the
ruins Of tbe otber. And when nv friends
are all provided for, if there be any thing
to fpare, ! will try to beltow it on capacity,
virtue and integrity, without regard to
party; but not before.
Hear the Prefdent again. PoGeMng
!" chofea country, 1siib room enough fer
I" orr defendants TO tbe bardredt6 and thur
:" /dndfb generator" Happy country
he ihould have gone on to lay your
treafury will never be exhauleed, to
purchafe land, which you may never
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