Jenks' Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1803-1805, 1804-01-21
"a raE rosrLAND eAzITre.

THOUGH Vi rtue and vice be for the moi part
clearly dieinsnit,abe from zach other, AMI in gen.
erai no more fufceptbie, than water and oil, of
IN f,arn1onious union yet it muR be owned chat
,ley arc of,en times qualified BY cirenma aaces, and
in i,sne cafes entirely fhift hands Thus it is s-h
the palioa of jcalosff. When d;fplAyed in the
,res,red walks Of priva,eslfe, sad more Especially
lin me ,endcr CT e>rjuEs n.ercoyre, ii wears
IN. marks of the mott oaious vice, and invariably
Ie,:,.s in On, bresAs feniments OF deteharion and
I.tl,orr.nce. Eut wksa il brrNs rat the tbea.re
OF roii,ical attion, and diGaics ilelf among tbs
| i'm n.nfs eroed. .hich make up &Sody polite, /,
throws of its black AND ugly vI,ge. and fwclls ia
j,n. yiv,re Of the mott iplendid kind. Should any
osopc, who have the Gagular felicity of being the
keepers Of their own liberties once iuEer their cai
onC, of civi, rulers 10 be Jailed a-ep houid they
once be rendered fnch mfcrsbie dupes as TO believe
That IN reference TO governmental concerns, what
ever is, is right" Aou!d s,cy ooce make far.ea
Ger OF their Sings to the civil ruler, and
take for the perfe aion Of wdcm, every thing ndil
fortunately wAich he in his caprice hall be
prompted to % or deciare, we may fafely adert
that the liertcs of fucha people cannot be OF long
| rasioa. Far diaaat be the lamentablc period
whsn the people Of the United States ihall be 70
wretc hsdiy deludcd as TO attach the attribute Of
infai,ibiii,y to their political guides. Our pro1m
! i,y however to this period may be greater than
(omc are aware Of. AS for our rulers ,hemfelves,
one would shipk they were impreaed with belief
! that the reiiod had actually arrived. How can we
ctherw(e account for the tbarns.es, prohigase and
aba odoncA career which THEY have nniior mIy pur-
lred /, What but an irsprefsicn Of the kind could
have pror,ct.d them TO the eomwiG,on OF iuch un-
paralieled ou,ra ages on the CooNau,ion, law, juf
| ,iee and reafon With unhaliowed hands they
have violated The fsnti,ty OF the judicial eice. RI
Ned the Judges OF thsir independence, and tfanPled
IN. indteiaf, fyilem under foot. With unbluihing
| impudenes they have repeatedly laviihei upon
cer,aIn ofhre,s Of axte thofe very high fslsries a.
sainN which ,h;y formerly RATED pnbounded ella.
| rnors. With unbrdled xudacity sheyhs again 4
again thruA to the doors Of the halls Of Congref,
and 70 far as in them lay, debarred the people from
an means of knowing how or in what way their
affairs were conducted. With unprecedented ptot
lhgacy they withheld and concealed the public re
leord, (which ought to be tree air, and open for
the inipeAion of ally aconfeqneuce whereof ju.
dici.l enquiry Of immenfe magnitude was totally
; defeated. With degree OF tyranny and injuNies
Eeqn aied only by the wor0 Of defpots and mott no
crious opp, eors Of mankind, 'heysook of The taxes
from the opportunities and laid them on tina necef
FAIRIES oflife Coaded on by tn. mon deadly NAL.
lice, and anticipating iavage delight from be-
holding virtue and merit ~rithing under agony
and torturcs, they opened the aooa gates Of moi
lbarbarous perieeution, and, on this hde and on
that fide, wherever an incumbent Of Office was
found who dared 70 maintain an independence ef
fentiment, no matter for his merits, no matter
whether worn out veteran or hoary counfeilor,
who by his heroic bravery in battle, or faye advice
lin the cabinet, had been the means Of the falvato,
of his country, they iingled him out, and preeipi-
rated upon his devoted head the thunderbots Of
their vengeance. This fpec'es Of oarbari,y has,
more Especially of late, been notably exsrciied
sgaintt fuch of the inhabitants OF Maine as contin.
ued to hold any public Office. II is not difheult,
to point out the krlkng author OF this LATE men,
toned procedure. Such has been the peculiar ca.
reer of the perion aaded to. that It is difficult to
fpeak or think of him With moderation. Defend
| ed of ancefors, of whom we ihall fpeak but half
the truth when we fay they were bafe and pebian,
he fpent his juvenile years among the dregs OF
mankind, and grew up. Granger to every liberal
accomplishment, and uplettered beyond the ordi
mary run of rultics. In the army, albeit he attain
ed 10 iome Of the lower grades OF Office, his militia
ry terviees were 70 rihing as 20 ecape the notice
| of the mott minute hiAoyian of our revolutionary
war. Even whe fate mads him member of
Congress. 70 dumb and fpeechlsls, ana zach mere
cypher was he in that body, that, were it not for
his recent elevation to department OF fate, it is
doubtful whether ten perfons out OF his own Dsf
tria would have remembered at this day that fuch
4 man was ever 10 exittence. Set beggar on
horiebaek, fays the PIoverb, and he will ride to
(, the Devil.
! This upRsrt tyrant. this llatefman Of ephemeral
growth. was icareelY fixed at his poa, before he
fwept away every dependent CLERK, and 6iled M