Jenks' Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1803-1805, 1804-10-29
THE DOCTRINE OF EQUALITY.

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REPUBLICS have too often reauitcd
their wife and faithful riders with pgratilude
Many real patriot. illuminated and fupp'anr-
ed by fome vile lntrisucr, has been lett TO eat the
dread of miiery, and has bitterly experienced the
Ireproacbes and exccrations # the very people,
ito whole icrvice his life had bcen faithfully de-
devoted In illuitration Of this melancholy
truth, we will draw our examples rards from
1.-The bible, not only becaule i, is more-uniser-
Tally known, 10 our readers, but ALTO becaale that
tmorc than any other hiftory, II truty dicTrnrHtrs
human nature, and, like faithful mirror, reflects
to our view the express image OF the human
heart.
! In all The snrals Of lftory; no man ranks
higher, in point Of pairiofifn, than Idofes. Ref
cued, while an outcan infant, from impending
death, by the humanity OF Pharaoh's daughter,
and adopted as her eon, lac was edacated in the
! fp:ended court of Egypt, where Ms hyperion tsl-
ents and learning might have procured hrs at-
vance <acnt to the highcf konors Of the fate.
! But his nation, IN the mean time, were IN BIT
-er bondagc--t1e heard their gfoaus he be-
held their fuffsrings, and his great and noble
lseart throbbcd with unut.crab'c feniations, as
well of Indignation .gainst the opprefors, as of
cornpaG.an for the oppreRcd. lmpellsd by
fcntiments Of the mott purc and fublimc patri
o,iiin, Moies, at length resaied to be called the
fon Of 'Pharaol's daughter, rclinouthed the
ptealures and konors Of one of the finelt cour's
in the world and expofed hi,ntclf 20 avariety Of
ldiflreAing hardfhips and rrrils, in order to de-
liver his oppreiIed .scoPle., AEsted,by the hand
cs heaven, ne led them from the houlc Of bon
dagc. His time, his talents, his whole atscn-
ton, were cont4ntiy occupied in their iervice.
For their fakes, he cndorcd Eeeplefi nights and
.toiIfo,nc days, the priyaiion OF the common
comforts of if., and icenes Of diireiIsng iolici-
tuic Such and 70 great was his pstriotii,n,
that, when his people, Cor their rebvlIious con-
duet, were Threatened to be cut oif.by the hand
of heaven, he en,reatcd that the fatal froke
mi ut fall on himfelf rather than on them: SO
dlii,,tcreltcd was his administration, that lie
never aremptedto eltabiiir and agera1,dize hrs
cwn family, by comforting Offices on his ions,'
and making them his iucceifors 10 the govern
'nent, but alfhis exer,ions plainly fecm to have
been directed to Jingle point, the gacd Of the
peops. #
See now in what n,anitfr the people reouit.
ed this great AMI good man, their bencfattor and
acliserer from lavery AT the Red-Sea, they
ai!ail-d hiar with rumrltuous m,sfmArs, and e.
ven bitterly approached him for leading thenr
cot Of Esypt. When they were tirirty, they
vented the wra,hfua effuEons OF their hearts a.
gaiait Notes, as the cau:e of ali their calami-
ties :: When they were hungry, they beg!rt MIN
around on every iile, and flung him lie .ahet
Of hornets. Poor Mofes, in deep perplcxi,y OF
heart, cried out, /" q Lord, what 4hall do un-
to :his people ! They be almoa ready to Aenc
me !" Aaengsh the public dAconsents camsto
cribs, and there arote asainit the adminittra-
ton Of Notes., v.btihen, that was iy!temized,
and very formidable IA fictitious fellow, Of
the name Of Koran, together with ether diicon-
tented demagogues, who, as the facrcd writer
remarks zrsrs tamsus in te esngr. cation, that is,
had ingratiated themf-lvcs with the unthinkine
multitude, by their cunning intrigues I'D pops
,lar arts of deception. came boldly forward and
made this charge. Ye take too much upon
y u, feeling all the congregation arc holy
Whcrs fore lift ye up youricyes agai,is tbs: con-
erega,ion Of III; Lord r
Obferve the pelicy Of this baltard. patriot, as
well to tearoy the character Of Notes. as to
insra,ia,c and cxalt hinfeN. On the one
hand, he accuts Mofes Of an ambitious aiiump-
ton of power. and with an infidious dei:sn Of
eitabhih;ng monarchy and making hinfeIfakng.
Too Of the faction, Dathaw AVID Adrian, ex-
pounded the broad hints Of their READER, in the
following plain languages" excep. THOU make
thyielf altogether prince over u.s. On the
other hand, this ny Sypocri.e, (korah,} appears
as the zealoas advocate of rhe people, the bold
ard Arenuous atserter OF liberty and equality.
|" I'll TIE oongyxgofo" are boJ." AS much as
to fay" Even the dirtieh icuiliou in this camp
is as good man, MeSes, as YOU be. and has ~
much right to the, privileges OF ofice and al
thority; you are, therefore, lifting up yourlelf
and utprping power over your equals"
Through this artful management, the fpirit
|of iedition caught from man to man, and pcrva-