Jenks' Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1803-1805, 1804-09-24
FROM THE CuAaLxsToN co5ai n.
HUME.

. The uniform experience Of the world has
Hhewr, us that the inevitable confcluence OF mans
being in Gate of perfect independence OF con-
trout. is preciiely that which we have itated in
our paper of the goth ult. to wit, iuojeetion
to direct tyrant who has got rid all com
FUNCTIONS of co 1icicnee and of all fear of God
and nan or to fomc patriot who by ca)oiing
the people places himicH cut OF the reach OF
all law, and tramples upon them. Both entrcn-
z;cd with ambition, infeniib!c to the fuiFerings
of their fellow creatures, haves to their arpe-
rites, and pafTions and 20 ungovernable !ury, ard
for the qualification of rhole prompt to Commit
every kind Of cruelty, injuftice violence and ra-
pine Blocilhed and murder are 70 familiar to
to their minis, that they ceafe to think them
criminal the people 70 abiealy fubr1;iiive THAT
they no longer confider :hen1 as having comnaen
frnfe and feeling without fear, without re-
morfe, they proceed forward in wicke9ne!s--
accumulate crime upon crime, the guilt OF ca en-
day being greater than that Of the former, till
at length they overload the plank on which they
ftand, il cracks-the full meafure OF the!r del
potif,n overhows; the extrav agance OF their
iniouity routes the people from their leShargy,
who fall upon them with terrible Vengeance,
when the tyrsnts having themfeIves deitroycd
every principle of fecurity, they fall eafy detehc-
lcis victims beneath the ruin OF the pile they
have pulled upon their heads. The crimes
committed by the Roman emrcrors were 10 en-
ormous tina. they Raggered the be,ief OF alter
ayes. till the French reyo'utioniits and the adj
tocates of the rights Of man proved to demon-
dtration not only that. men Were capable OF
committing, and nations of enduring iueh
! fuch enormities But that under the ipecions
pretence of giving liberty, and referring men
TO their naturrl rights, bold and srtiui dema-
rogucs may CT mnit crimes far tranicendins
al, that, Saeiosius relates of the WORT. OF thoie
monitors who fwayed the fceptre OF Rome un
der the name of Cefar.-Nero and Catagu!a
iel, at lsft bv the fury Of the people on whom
they trsmpled, Robeipirre and his accurfed gang
<fclftallo, and defcrved it Fill more than Nero
or Calisula. One remains whole crimes fur
pafs thoSe os all we have mentioned Put toeeth-
er. j, remains for time 20 tell what ms tate
will be.
But be his fate what it may, the fate OF the
people he rules affords on admirable leiion to
the world, and an neauivocal experimental ca'i-
ton to thofs who are fond OF innovation and
the pu,ling down Of efablilhments, with view
10 erecting new ones in their Head, to beware
how they indulge themtclyes Ia iuch theories.
The people Of America, had on the
day the preicnt party caA,c into power, one OF
TN: meA excellent contributions, and belt adapt
ell TO Their lcntiments, feelings and habits with
which Any people perhaps were ever eailed,
hut unfortunately rage tor innovation 1ound
its way from that time forward into the coun-
els of the country. The gates OF power be-
ing opened, all that were bit by the mad dogs
of france and the rights Of man, rufhed N,
and fall Of the Gallo hydroPhohia, have bit all
around dem, till large majority Of the coan-
end or where the cure can be found it is mn
poiIbe to lay with certainty. Bat j: W found