Jenks' Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1803-1805, 1804-03-24


| Fsya,ood and Intrigue The lime means are no"
attempted here but trua they viii not meet The
ann fuccefs. How far thefc ptetenders agree III
rof iiion and practice, let the people judge from
the following ampie. urcy,,,c
" They tthe jacobins) promifed that
all who joiaed them fhould find their il'u-
atoms bettered +; that party ihouid ceaie'
and no man fuffer for his honeit opinions.
There is no location to repeat all the
grievances, that were alledged, and all the
benefits which were promiied they were
innumerable.
But, have thefe things been realized |!
Let us not be content with ailertions and
boating, but look to the facts.
6 The TAXES were faid to be intoler-
able, and the poor particularly oppreiied.
Now, has fngle eenf, either under the
State or federal government, been RENTED
the poor /? On the contrary, has not annaal
millions RATED on coaches, and Injuries, and
paid by tie rich, been taken W....7obis THE
Mborer, The mechanic, and bonsa hu(5and-
man, yet pay the old taxes on THE neesgaries q
life.
!" SALARIES were loudly objected
to. But the preGdent ftill receives his
7,qoenty ,fve Tbogland dollars per annum,
with offended houie and furniture be)fdes !!
The vice prelident, iecretaries, public am
baaadors, members of congrefs, and eve
ry officer, civil and military, receives as
much and many Of them more than was paid
under the federal government.
They promifed that the pubic offices
lhould be filled with more capacity, hon
city and induitry. Is this the cafe You
are requened, fellow citizens. to look "a
round, and actually compare the officers
discharged with thole who are come in
their room, and you NUT allow this prom.
lie has been broken.
C They exclaimed againif the appoint
ment of Tories yet iome of the bigbsf gf-
fees bave been bsao70ed on the greafeR enc
mics q our Revolution.
:. They prom;fed more moderation in
power, and that differences of lentiment
ihould not effect the fcale of equal juitice.
Is this verified Or on the contrary
has mankind ever witnefed ferries of
more malignant psrlecuiion and injufiice.
There is fcarcely village in the United
States, where you may not behold fome
1vay-.oorn defender Of bis eonytry, fonie
honeif man, and faithful officer, or fome
helples family, deprived Of a/ubG4enee, be-
caufe they cxerciie opinions ct their own.
6 They promifed economy; yet millions
have been lavilhed on the mott infignif-
cant objects and the bank ltock fold at an
immenle lofs.
" They promiled to pay off the public
debt, pretending that national debt was
national curfe; yet they have made a
treaty, which adds to it fifteen millions
two hundred and fifty thouland dollars !;
and taxes every family in Newierfey at
leait tsusnty dollars, and all this to aflilt
Bonaparte and buy wilderness inhabited
by favages, and wholly ufelefs to New
jerfey.
"They alledged the trea/ayy was empty,
and that federal officers had embezzled
millions of dollars yet they found near
fow millions in the public chea, and not
Jingle proiecution has ever lain againf
a difmifled officer.
"They pretended the finances had been
badly managed, yet they found the reven-
ne fyitem 70 perfed and productive, as
not to alter letter of il, and even confeis
it Yields more than is wanted.
IS The poor received immenfe promiles.
We all remember the little bufy bodies,
who could fay nothing ene, whar prodi-