Jenks' Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1803-1805, 1804-10-01

riotiim iii his bOlOm. his was the hcty NC
tive, that ftimulated his tongue and his pen
His political career began viii. violent attack
upon the administration Of Lord Butte. In thai
laundering administration, there were eafily
found objects enough for CENTRE and inve&s,c |;
but, in the mean time, if Wilkes coaid have lad
better profpeas Of gain or promotion III VIII
ing t6y. Butte, than in writing ngqi.a Kim, he
doubtlei5, Woald have inpported that n1iniiser's
meaiures for his aim was, 10 na,e bis tar
tune
while Mr.. Wilkes was yifying the admin
ihraticn Of government, he at the tane time
took pradent care to iatter the people, and
made the warneit profe f,oos siie6tionatea at
tachrnent 10 them, and an entire devotion to
their interenS.
In the pri:iAi genslemsns Magazine, for the
year ,1,,o, there is copy of a letter os Mr..
Wilkes, that was 10 be communicated to the
citizens Of Lcnaon, IN which he wrote as toi-
lows =" have, Sir, zeal pleafure liz find
ing out and following the opinion Of The Heo-
PIE. sill through life be faithful TO their
caufe. ! firmly and fincerely believe tie yoiee
effbs pespie 10 be TIE vci Of Cca; wifi Away,
to hear j: clear and diitiia. When do, I will
obey it as = diune eali, with fpirii and alacrty,
hitting MY own private opinion"
Behold the man What lover in romance
could ever manifelt more deep felt pauss for
his Dolcinea See how his patriot breah heavcs
and ditends with the strongen emotions of fym-
pathy and love 20 the people See how their
precious interefs are clofcly entwined with ev-
cry lisar1ent Of his heart |, Anc the people, on
their part, biefs him with ten shoufand tongues !;
and even lfm lungs are worn OUT or liberated
in Vocifcra;ing his praiies. At his approach,
they throw up their hats ana caps, and fill the
air with fllouts -u.lllArnefs his Carriage, and,
potting thericlves in place of the hortcs, draw
him wirh ;heir own hands through the ilreers /;
or elfe carry him triumphant on their ihoulders.
Indeed he was ihrewd man, and none knew
better, how to ride upon TIE pe2pie's @,Qiaeyt.
At length, the day of rfesnpesyf came. -
Willis obtained the Chamberlainfhip Of the city
| OF LONDON, worth, it has been faid, fcven thou
iand pounds iterlng year. III Js,inur qpn5
nozv mad; and TIE fire Of patti tim in
his breait in;tantly ceafed 20 glow, and his foy-
eign eostempt sffte3sgcls foon appeared
When afterwards, Lord George Gordon un-
dertook TO act the dcmagogue, and headed a
! van and rotous multitude, MIR. Wilkes was Z
mott ze.lous and active fupportcf of Govern
nlent, and. in perfon, led out the ps(S eenfatas,
to fuppref the rioters. Nay. he went 70 sar as to
fay, that if power might be giyer, him, ke would
no; leave Gngle rioter alive.
The king and minilt.y, in recompenfe of his
Jealous attachment, freely forgave his former
political hereGes and niouities; and he lived
and died within the pale of the political church
an orthodox Believer in and supporter of the
;i.cafures of administration. Peace to his aihes
II wousi 70, have diiturbed them, bat for the
public good.
Ihefe fetches of the political character of
Mr.. Wilkes may be initru0iye to the prefent
arc. n all the different periods of the world,
the intrisucs of ambitious men, and the ar.s Of
popular deception have been much the fame.
And Whenever we fee man, founding trnn,-
pet TO proclaim his own pasriotfm -Hatter,ng
the people, and projecting toward them an un :
Bounded affection, and an entire devotedneis
to their views and intcrei,s, we may juAly iuf-
rect that he intends to mnss bis fortune.