Jenks' Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1803-1805, 1804-11-19
Sl)aiH@ioatriot. ....No. v.
The iggratitAde Of tbs Hssre1v Republic teuoard
~ ea THE f1miy of Cide5n 49,

Inc hiitory or the Crecian Republics "a
bounds with inttances of national ingratitude,
and of the triumph of villanous intrigues, over
the wifeit and bc!e Of their rulers
Miltiades, the brave general Of the Atheni-
ans, and the favior of Athens, who, with only
ten thoufaiid men, repulled an invading army
Of an hundred thoufand, under Darius Hyfdaf-
pis, king of Pe,Ga, was vittim to the ingrati
tude and per6dy of the people. whom he had
fayed from Aavcry and ruin, Wiley .raduced,
and maiciouny accufed by men, who euyicd
this greatnels, and fought his deitruaion, he
was condemned, By the voice of the people,
and Being fined in larger fun than he was a.
ble to pay, was ignominionfly thrown into pri-
fon, where he lived and died, neglected and for
gotten. After the death Of Miltiadcs, the
chief management of the public affairs develved
upon Ariitides and Themiitocles. The former,
BY his long tried integrity, and uniformly vir-
tuous life, had obtained the name of "te inn )"
while the latter was crafty intriguing man,
who careAed the people, and poured his fubtle
batteries into their itching ears and his art
prevailed over The others honety. The fat
terer, the baie in,rigucr, became the popular
fayorite, while the hppeft patriot, the brave gen
cral, the irreproachable fatefman, Ariitides.
was driven into baniihment by the public voice.
Nextly Ciron, who added glory to his coun-
Try, not only by his noble a6tio-,, bit by a
fweet and gentle temper, as well as inAexible
probity, fhared the fame fate. Traduced and
Implanted by the cunning, diiipated, unprin-
cpled Perioles, who fought to obtain his Offices
and lis honors, he was driven from, the coun-
try, to which he had been the greatef osna-
mcnt, and was forced to con!ume his days in
exile. So it was that polihed Athens reward
ed fome of her bravelt heroes, her wifeft iegif-
lators, and her pureit patriots. Yes, the Athe-
mans, the mott polite. the mott detrimental.
the mott ingenious people in arts amongtt all
the human race, were duped by crafty dema-
gogues, and had bafe ingratitude enough to re-
quite their mott wife and faithful rulers with a
Irifon and exile
i'heie initances nigh, be enlarged upon, and
many others equally pertinent might be addu-
ced from prsfaae or common hiftory but, for
rca!on already mentioned in fomc Of the former
numbers, chooie to draw my examples, or
hiitoricai facts, chiefly from the Bible.
AS Warrington, Greene, Lincoln, Putnam,
and others, left their farms to lead the<Ameri-
can revolutionary army 70 Gideon, a rcfpea-
able young farmer, was called to lead the ar
my Of Ilracl, while he was threfhing wheat.
The condition of that nation, by realon Of an in
vading enemy was extremely diftreiIing. The
Midianites and Amalektes, like grafshoppers
for multitude, overfpread their land, reapcd
their harvefts, and rioted upon the fruits Of
their labours In the mean time, the wrctched
Hebrews, III order to fave themlelvcs from
death or from captivity, which would have
been even worfe, were fain TO fee to the noun
tains, and TO hide themfelves in dens and caves
of the earth-and then it was that the young
farmer received a commfIion from the Supreme
Court Of Heaven. The angel of the Lord ap-
psared unto Gideon, while he was threihing
wheat to hide it from the Midanites, and in
formed him that he was deGgnated to deliver
ael.-Scarcely could the nodeit youth credit
what he heard !; and with an amiable felt diff
6dence, he replied, " o my Lord, wherewith
ih,ll fave liraei ! Behold my family is poor
| in ManaAeh, and am the leaf in my fathers
houfe." Mark the modeRy Of the man !--How
different from thofe fpurious patriots, who
| trumpet their own pra(es, fcramble for promo.
ton, and itnpudently thrut the mielves into Of.
fees, to which neither their talents nor th~r
feryiccs have given them the leaf hadow Of any
The facrcd hiGorian remarks, " The Lore
looked upon Gideon" 1t was a look Of appro.
baton. He approved his virtuous modeity
and faid to him, $50 in this thy might, and
thou fhalt fave Ifrael from the hand of the Mid
ianites." Gideon bowed TO the will of Heaven
accepted his cominiilion, embarked in his coun-
! try's eauie with noble ardor, and with but 3
handful of men, he drove out thoic CT the enc
my who had etcspcd his (word, and in fach a
manner chaftiled the invading nations, and
brake their power, that during forty years after,
they never rrefumed 20 renew their ,encroach
ments and depredarions. The fugitive Hebrews
came back out ofthsir hiding places, retoak
poGs Zion Of :her houies, and " Fat under their
vines and Ggrecs. without any to hurt or make
them afraid" And at the period of thsn 81
lliverance, and Of the refora;ion of their proper
Iry and privileges. they would almoa have pluck.
ed out their own eyes and given them to eide
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