Jenks' Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1803-1805, 1804-08-27
FOR .,Esxs' PORTLAND cAzsrTz.
STRUCTURES On CERTAIN TOASTS-iNo. I.

THE Ilcobins in France had tonlss thing
more in view than op ,ofian to found politi-
cal principles. Their Object was to annihilate
all government. morality, and religion. They
DECLARED their creed, part OF which was, 6 no
king on earth, no God in heaven !"lhey took
their mamie from the place where their fecret con-
fpiracies were plotted. Hence, oppo.ers of
found principles have ever fince been defsnated
by the term jaco5ins, anl we ditinguiih be-
tween jacobns in politics, in morals, and re-
ision
The prefent dominant party in this country
have always been oppoled TO the federal confi-
tuition, and the principles on which it is found
ed. Their expedition TO the ratiii cation was not
more jealous, thar have been their f.crct plots
!ince its adoption. During the Wilmington
and Adams administrations, their efforts had
but little iucceis, but while oppolsrs Of found
principles were ,igilant and active, the FEDERAL
rs, ,ruiting in he soodnels of their caufe Aim
bered in tanc!ed iecur;ty, and awoke defeated.
| At this day we rccoiied with atonifhment,
the ardor and zeal with which many Americans
| attempted TO iuitity the crimes, which attended
aud have followed France II her mad career
from anarchy to defpotfn. While iober think
+! ing men fllrunk with horror from the +" bloody
arena" oppoters of found principles, with true
jaco5iu depravity, flung ga ira, TO the fuccefs Of
vite and called it liberty Whether the neyita-
bic end Of ices1ia liberty q mean dcipotifm) has
I ftrack them with alloniihment, and dumb
founded the former friends Of Hobeipiere, Ma
rat and Bonapartc, with others Of minor note
| in wickedneis, will rot undertake to FAY but
iacobinfm is not 70 hardy, as openly to iuftify
them at the prelent day. In this country iaco-
4 ,w;ll ,,ot dn r. II U.,orlJ ha ,pnrcIr;, he
caule theirs are the fame principles, that intro
duced all the enormities which left Switzerland
like the empty and bloody kin of an in.mo-
lated victim, nothing remaining but rocks
ruins and demasogues !" which reduced France
TO 70 deplorab'e ftase of hSfrty snd fqral,ty,
that no,hipg bat deiposifm, which confines the
violations of RICH, TO the power Of Jingle ty-
rant, could fave any par, OF what licentioulnefs
Rad left
AT this da-, even fome of our iacobns, lcol,
back with anonifhmeDt at the blmdneis which
undertook to iuitiiy attempts of Genet, Fauch-
ct, and Adct, the nniiters of the nation, lately
! niicalled the F,ench Repabite, asainit our coun-
ry's rights, and our duties as neutral ration !;
and fome of them, at this day, contemplate
With alame and regret the dangers to winch
they would have expoied US. and the horr rs Of
, a war in which we might have been involved
Dangers to which they would have cxpofed
! us They did actually expoie to enormous
depredaions on our commerce BY the Eneii.h
The nations of Europe had their eyes fixed up
on fs Was i, nor as well known abroad, as at
home, that the mifguided adherents to jlcobin-
i'm in our country, arho'we were neutral ma
ton, were anxious to involve us in the Euro
pcan war and that many Americans urged
bv avariec entered INTO a contraband trade and
committed offences againR the laws of nations.
The Englih captured cur hips and the iuno-
cent, IN many inRances futfered for the guilty
Is it matter Of aitoniihment thar this ihould be
| the confe1uence Would not our nation have
! done the ike under like ercumitances We
certainly fliould. But oppo6tion 10 found prn
eipes, fet at bold defiance political rights aud
national duties, and after they had cauied the
miichefs, which ruined many innooen, indivd-
uals, made loud eamours againa .he nation
whcfe rights they had invaded becauie they
captured veifels engaged in an Illicit trade. Not
only Britain, but in fome inllances, france, had