Jenks' Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1803-1805, 1804-08-27
(, DESCENDANTS IN LOUISIANA.


low, frcur the New. ORLEANS Union. Mary
people think it very Grange, tliat MIR. Living
iton, aga;nif whom there exits a Judgment for
Mouid b: permitted to go at large without mo-
ieisation, ard even to bully himfelf in tomentis.g
diseon,ents and exciting fictitious proceedings
-agapit the very government, upon the ipois Of
which he has been 70 cttccua!ly fatteficd. -
tr,vea that this fame Mr.. Livingston has in M
pofehion a certain letter, which Mr.. Jcftcrfon
viii never induce him tolpublfh, hS being over
ilnpostunatc with him about public nNley.
'she time may come when we ,psy4pcal; plore
in.el'igiey upon his frb;ee.-For the pre(-nt,
1e,,5um }ct f.pieni. us, Caz -
From tie Neg Oylsarf Union
We underftand that on Sunday lat. Z Patri-
ofic,neetingof French citizens was holden, to
take into confederation the itua.ioi! Of this prov
lace. That memorial was rreten.ed to the af-
isnb'y, defined, hereafter. 20 be forwarded to
consrefs, complaining Of nnumsrable grievan-
ces, and boldly and niagnaninouny s.lerting the
right. Of the territory 10 be Immediately incor-
porated into the union as en- independent tase
u pom this meaf,re we il1all forbear, at preient,
to make any comments. The memorial has not
as Yet CSCH iHdoC pVOuCp nor Has II OCSlI IA
power TO obtain the mott accurate knowledge
Of its contents. We i!.all wait therefore with
patience until the committee appointed to OBJ
rain lubfcrioers to .his bill of rights, fam,
cd BY citizen Livingston, and fupporsed BY csi-
zcns Bore, Topper, and Others, ihal deign to
tuba,it it to public INFECTION. At prefent VIC
fhall b: Content to appeal TO the ober good ienie
Of men Of all descriptions, TO rcqueit them to
con6der and reflect what are the objects, and
what will be IN: inevitable efssGt of this meat
ufs-a m-aiure which we cannol hc6tatc to
pronounce inconEderate and premature, fraaght
with perncious consequences, and calculated, to
difturb the tranquility. which his hirh erto
been our fccurl,y. That the people Of Louil-
ana have right TO remonltrare congrels on the
1ubjett Of any real grievance no man can deny
who merits 10 Be th. citizen Of a free country
but in all cafes Of popular remonlfrances the 7ao
naim9 is a matter of very ferrous confederation.
In the cafe Of Mr.. Livingtons memorial it be-
cones duenion Of no little curioGty to deter
mine what are thc claims which the people, the
very people who have become iibfcrioers to it,
really with that the government OF tire u Sta'es
fhould grant. To fay that Louliiana is capable
Of forming fate at the preent moment, &C
cording to the contribution OF the u. States, IS
flying more, lbclievc, than even M. Bore could
prove. AS this great faeiton is however de-
fern.incd, and face are told that it Is truth
tnouefionabe, tha. we have the right, not III
future, bur at prefert, and that congrcis have
violated the treaty of cellion, in not having CIV
en- Us before this the exercile Of that right, viz.
of framing a confitu.ion Of government for
ourfclses an ! becoming an Independent Rate OF
the American union, we may certainly be per-
nliteed to inquire how. and in what manner, is
this Fate TO be formed = Whs, is to De n. ex-
tent Of its territory 'Where j. to be the feat
Gifts government; AMI what vii. be the annu-
al expenie Of its eaablhmenti IF theie qaeI-
tions cannot be satisfactorily aniwered, we mutt
conclnde that the authors Of this memorial com
plain Of grievances which they si1cmieves mutt
b. confcious do not exit, and demand rights,
which if congreis were at ,hi, moment to grant,
shey would not accept. In other words we
mutt look for the motives of tfeie fudden patri-
OTIS, and determine for ourfe.ves whether they
are not hazarding the happiness and PROPERTY
Of this country, for the qualification OF their
own pirate views and individual ambitieia