Jenks' Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1803-1805, 1804-09-17
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cIEICrURES ON CERTAIN TOASTS-No. 0.
fConcudsi from nc laft Gazette
Here we have Mr.. CEnton's opinion of Mr.

Iefcrlon-IIe (Cinson) explicitly declared,
Th: he had long entertained unfavorable opinion
Of Mr. Jeerons talents taclnan and his frn cs
republican That he conceived him accommodating trim
cr who would change with times and bend TO circuman
ces for the p,rpoes per.onal promotion npreifed with
thoc fcn,ien he could not, with roPre,y, nc iaid al
gielce the elevation @: d-sute Of the Gua!iica-
eenaI the good administration of the government:
and added other expeditions vulgar be here repeated
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In page "A he aiT.rrs that Cheetham, the
hireling Of the prefcnt administration, is
OPEN blaphe1nsr OF has God revilc of hi, Sour
and conlpiracr awainit the rcls ious Establishments of his
country"
In page as, fpeahins OF Mr.. Clinton he r4ys,
as he has a:owed hmfelf the leader of faction,
which with wild and avage inpeuotv is aalng Z, once
the peace of the and the eitabed er of cur civ
ii policy which is rapidy advancing in its revolutionary
Iabors and with irre.gious zeal dennatng the principles
Of inistety and proposatns political dogms, tend
Ing to tine detutton OF morality and the dolon of the
federal compact iall be uthed hope in betowing up
on his and character few dipahicnte
idera ton"
and then proceeds to draw the true picture of
"a Jacobin Here Jacobinifm loofcs is caution
again:
If the welfare OF the country required revelation in
the catalogue of pubic officers, the procedure hod have
been indicated upon fair and manly principles Juice
and integrity 1oud have marked the Triumphant, eps of
government Nildnes and inpartality fhould have pre-
claimed til, rehoration Qf public freedom"
red BY experience 1t pecie of cant, by which the
no.s fragrant proceedings often purified and fulfilled
The political dogma, that the people do wrong, Is
ab'ud when applied the popular overegn of america
as 10 the hereditary monarch Of England That the people
politically omnpoeat, true, but THAT they have
moral right Will their own detructon, preponerous
and could have originated but in the heated brain of
maniac. Whenever the people, thro' wan, of correct
INFORMATION, the articles Of degnlng men, the prevailing
deulons Of the times warmed by paon and eayene! BY
ooion, urging meaiures in diret hofty the fold
ptereits of the country behove good men oppoe The
heede torrent and fave their fair inheritance from deio
larion."
This is perhaps the ne tp'Ys ultra of iacobinifm,
but We cannot fathom the depths Of human de-
pravty, and poihbly they may yet fink deeper in
the abyfs of iifamy.--hias not their can't al
ways been Vox popui, voS Da The voice Of
the people is the voice of God Have they not
gained all their aicendency by falihood and prac-
ticcd al the aytjfees efdsEgaizg mer to annihi-
late religion, mera!s aud good government /!
Have they 10. uniformly been, are they not now
Hrg ng n,erays5 III dUet7 DO nifty to Tie @id ine,eis
Of ttr coani,y' Ye. while they abufe federal
IFS for an attempt TO fave oUr FAIR inheritance
jion Tie dsfSinfim with which their own meaf-
ures threaten us, with true jacobnfm they Ut.
ter thefe elaring hypocriiies.
Nhcr' the fen6b'ly Of the people is highly excited,
dancy however ridiculous they be theory danger
Gus III Practice But it only continue, until the caua
circumstances which have produced it, removed by the
operations OF returning reaion"
How easy for hyp crcy to condemn in 9TH
,rs the fame vices which itlclf practices. The
iuthor Of Burr's vindication and MIR Burr him.
Jeff can lament the consequences of faliehood
md error on the public mind when they fear
hat themfeves may BE- the victims, but they
will practice both without fhame. and while they
eeman III the " full tide Of luccetsfull ex ,eii