Jenks' Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1803-1805, 1804-12-17

= arts, which had been frequently acted before
IN every age, the crafty find nneans 70 dupe the
Emple. and en,angle them ia their nets, as the
eilianoas spider catches Hies. IN every age. a
variety Of trayi comic 1eenes have been exhibit
ed on this great Rage, by knaves ddsuifed in
vifors. and bearipg on their front label, upon
which arc written, IN capitais, the words, Hon
city. Benevolenee, Pasrio,itnl while the null
titudc. never attempting to look under the rhaik
are fecn aupidly taring at the label; reading
the ihicnption with the cape Of wonder, and
uttering their applauding ihouss in ecftaciss Of
10Y aud vencration
Theories concerning man, which are fpun
from the ricsetty brain of philciopkitts, repre-
Tent him as being totally disferehe from what
he really is they are like all igns fasuus. or
iack-a lantern, and glinrner bot to bewilder and
niaead. But real hiftory dclineates.. with pre-
clifton, the character of the wonderful creature
man. The hdtory Of real life devclopcs human
nature, and is. as it were, the anatomy Of the
human heart--When it is feen low mankind
bap< uniformly acted, it may be pretty certain
" concluded how they u u act III the fame or
6milar circumstances
4 Human nature Is the fame fort Of fluff now,
that it was two or five thouf,nd years ago.
Sfl6!hnels is the mott diitingdi.h-d thread that
runs through both the warp and the wool Of its
texture. The cunning and the afpiring know
how to promote their own fclhih views, BY en-
lining in their caule the felfih feelings OF the
mu'situde.-By ardent appeals to patton And to
avzrice, thofe itrinss of the human heart are
truck, which never fai! to reverterate even the
nishtett touch. Though this trick, by its FREE
auency, had become itale, perhaps, long before
the food, il Till iscceeds. with only is,ie va
RATION in ies warmth and management.
Men, like fiihes, provided the hook Is con-
eealed, greedily fwallow the bait and. as FIN
cs, without learning caution from the fate If o.
theirs. in Whole gilIs the fatal hook has been
United, are fill caught with the Tame cafe as
FORMERLY 70 the hccdlefs children Of men pre
6s bur iiftlc from the hiRory and experience Of
5UrneS generations infomuch thar the fame
arts Of deception. which have iuccccded in one
age. may be prattifed in the age enlaing, with
equal fucceis.
Not to fatirizc his own fpecies ana faalign hi-
man nature s-not to difcouragc real patriot
{Gn ;--rot to rerroach Republican forms Of
Government not TO deny or TO defpifr the
rights and the liberties Of the people has Hif-
toricus offered remarks, and depicted facts,
IN this, aud in the preceding numbers. He is
Aimfclf one Of the people and is rafcd above
them, neither in circumstances, BY Office, nor
IN expectations Having never experienced
either the frowns OF the favors Of men how II
6iice, ct q ti,ofc who Rave gone sst Of Office,
be has no pctfonal rsfenensnts or attachments
g crafty. A Republican Of %. and ! war 4,
friend to the adoption Of the Federal Conftitu-
/ ZION, his political creed Is Gill the fame. His
Esuasion ii life places him 1t diItance from an
.ariitocratical bias becauie for him 10 win fos
The Establishment Of an AriAocracy, in. The hon.
ors aud cn,olun,ents of which i, he himfe!f codl.l
hot indulge even the mott diAant profpeet Of
any flsave, would BE willing to bind heavy
Yoke upon his own neck, and Upon the neck 81
his children. On the other hand, ii is the moi
kncere add fervent with Of his heart, that Our
n,ent may be permanent, and l<cure tile rights
Of ages Yet unborn.
Re open the eyes Of the people to their real
dangers ;-ko point out to them the inares and
lhe traps, which, from time to time, viii be laid
Tor thsir feet the precipices and the pits, down
which they win be liable to fall ito guard them
sgai,it the alltring voice Of aattery, which the
crafty and unprincipled, in every age, have ufed
as Ladder to climb Upon the peoples thodl-
ders ito Arip the ihaua patrios Of his impofing
vilor, and to exhibit him, as he really is, com.
pound of vilanous fel6ihne5 and ambition
are the objects, which HiRorcus has in view
aud 10 promote fuch Objects. his hand, which
has niten been laboriouly employed in tillng
the ground, Is how exceptionally employed In
writing thele edays. 8S,
1t is mott drvoutly to be ~ifl,ed. that thefe
United States may not be added to she long liit.
Of Republics, which have been fubyer,-d By the
fnsrieues of tcl6thncls aid ambition THAT no
worm at the root, nor devouting infect at the
top of the fair tree Of our national liberty and
Independence. may cau(e its beauty 10 fade. and