Jenks' Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1803-1805, 1804-10-22

iutance of the trial condemnation of our Saviour
FLATrERY is the ladder by which am.
bilious men climb to power. In royal gcv-
-,fnment they tawn around the prince, and fat
ser ali his whinis ard toi5ies ia democratic
Ee2ubcan government they bcltow the fame
sa'fonie hattery upon the people
The maxim OF courtiers, is, {" I he king can
fr'o no wrong - aud it is the n1axn of dema-
.gogues, y ~ s. The people can 10 no wrong"
lhcy aicribc 70 the people fort of divine rec
situde and infallibility. Tex b9pmi Ell sos Dfi,"
has been in the mouth of almoh every popu-
lar office hunter who could fmatter iafin; or
IN Enghb the blafphenlous adage is this, " the
Voice OF the people is the voice of God" Now
4 shs is the me,e cant Of political rYpocri.es, who
are iecking by it their own advancement. While
Kings ought to be tod that they are extremely
liable TO do wrong, the fame wholefome truth
ihould be inculcated on the people, when they
are the fountain Of power.
he u!cfnl pages OF htory inform us, that
The people, bewildered and mled amid the
foul miits Of falihood, have fome,imes miaook
their friends for their foes, while they cheriihed
land honoret thofc artful men, who to aniwer
skeir own vile ends, battered them they in the
mean TIME, dicarded, and, in ome inflances, de-
( Ufoycd tneir Dett benrf actors.
Doctor Pricfiiy, who will not be fufpetted of
being partial either for royalty or ariitocracy,
has the following re =, .rks in his trcatirc on edu-
tcation. Sc Thofe who really do their country
the mott eaential irrvice, aud reap any honor
from ii in their life iime are very few indeed.
IN general, the truly honeft Statefnan is lure to
be abufed, and generally ruined by the of the
dithoneft who fcruple not to fight with fuch
r Al
and therefore canno; efficiently guard againit
In Others"
Thefc remarks OF the learned Doctor are
founded not in theroy, but in fubitantial facts.
They are not the deductions of abitruie and
ialibe rea[oning but are incontroyertible
truths, declared and etabliihed, from age to age,
by the impartial hiaory OF man. An honeit
man, real patriot, being incapable OF vile in
trigues, is expofed to be undermined and fup-
planted, by the ly knave, who VIII ufe lying,
calumny, and any infamous methods whatever,
t. gain his ends. The former ltands on open
ground with his bofom barred, while the icarr
icuiks behind tree, and from thence throws
his envenomed darts, or iecret!y TABS his deyot-
ed rival in the manner of an aiailin. When
caumnies are fpresd with great fubllety, induf-
try and confluence. and, though clearly con-
1-.-as-"~ fth perEaed in and repeated with un-
diIninlhed audacity and impudence, they cam
not fail to tarniih, for time, even The belt Of
characters Integrity, talents, and patriosii,n,
are no iecurty againit this " pettilence that
walketh in darkuefsD- Crafty and wicked men
by poifonng the fources Of public information,
may inhame the people with recruitment even
seaint their be.t friends and bene.aetors. And
indeed this has been otren done. The ancient
democratic republics Of Greece afford divers
remarkable iDItances Of this kind fon.e of
which may hereafter be particularly noticed. At
prefent ihall ice5t naoft iotemn initance 70
our purpoe from Book, which, though 100
little read ard lefs needed, is much more un-
VERBALLY known than the hiltory of Greece
The hiitory Of the trial and condemnatioaos our
Savior, which is equally affecting and inItruc-
tive, gives mott itrlking tpecimcn OF popular
Selufon. The cunning, malicious priclts OF the
-Jewifh nation had formed rcfolution to def
troy Jeius, becaufe he had openly expoied their
hypocrify, ard was dimin:thing their influence.
Purfuant TO this plan, they arreited him, and
brought him to trial before Plate the Roman
Governor; and Thoroughbred Violent and over
bearing importantly, obtained his condemnation.
Plate, however, being CONTIGUOUS of the mao
cencc OF Jeius, well as of the malice OF his
aocuiers, aud wilhing to fave his life, had re-
courfe to the following expedcnt for that pur-
pofe.-It had been cuitomary that the people, at
their great ANNA. feaval, ihoud have the pri-
viege to Chain the releafe fany one condemn
ed criminal for Whole pardon they might choofc
TO folicit.--piate, ayaiIing himiet of this cat-
tom, brought Jefus, and together with him,
one Barabbas notorious culprit, who had
been guilty of iniargency and murder !; and
then he demanded of the multitude which of
Them two he llould re!eaie. Here was i'm
mediate appeal 20 the people. who (ashst'crers
fay can do no wrong ; aud whole voice has
been pronounced TO DC the y5is5 vi GUrf. f. On