Jenks' Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1803-1805, 1804-09-17

HUME. No. XIII.

ilcreafe of population by migration, FIR
.'ctfcrfon in his notes on Virginia obietves, bu
6 are there no incorveniences to be thrown
:" lnto the icne agant the advantage, expect
q ed from a mutiniication Of nunrers Ivy the i'm
g porsation of foreigners Is it for the happi
ss nefs Of thoie in .ocie,y 70 harmonic as much
as poii;ble in matters, which they mutt OF
g ncceiLtv tranfaG together Civil government
being the iole object Of forming iooieties, it's
6 administration muil be conducted BY common
g. content. Every fpeeiss Of government has
6 its fpcciGc principles. Ours rhaps more
g peculiar, than thofe of any other in the UNI
IS veric. 1t is competition Of the freeft prlnei-
g pies Of the Engial contribution with others,
g derived from natural right and natural reaion.
6 To thefe nothing can be more oppoied, than
As the n,axins Of ab.oute Inonarchies. Yet
g from iuch we are to expect the greateh num-
e Der of migrants. They will bring with them
S the principles Of the government they have
6 imbbed in their early youth or if able TO
e throw them of, it viii be for unboundcd
&c Icentioufn cS, paHng, as is ufuai, from one
" extreme to another. 1t would be a miracle,
CT were they to flop precitelY at the point OF
" temperate liberty. 1hcie principles with
" their language they will trantnt to their
" children In proportion 70 their numoers
e they will flare with us the legation. -
& They will infufe into i, their ipr.t, warp and
" bias It's direction, ana render it hetcrogen
eous, incoherent, diltraAed MATS +" Thefe
are perhaps as correct ien,iments, as ever Came
from the pen OF viGonary dreaming philoio
pher They are far different from thote iyitcmS
and theories, founded on ia nced perfection OF
human nature, and produced By the French re-
yolut;on, which nearly unhinged the inteliectu-
al as well as moral world. They ibow that the
evils, reaulting from different education are iuih
Cert to exclude them from a participation OF the
privileges OF native citizens, wihou, taxing into
the account their depravel morals and VICIOUS IN
clins,;ons. Whence then haveni opinions been
70 itrickinely incon6ltent The antwer Is, he
wrote his Grlt, as man, intent on the drcove-
~ of truth /; his lalt, as Preiiient, determined
10 patroni7e the extreme lcentlouinels CT theie
imported patriots, rather than incur any danger
of ioGng his Office.
We have given thele fentiments of the Preil-
dent principally in fupport OF the character, we
Rated aliens generally to poiieis, though they
manifeit his fel6fhnefs and inconhit;ncy For
full evidence of it we now appeal to the httory
of the lives Of the principal leaders OF this tribe
Of ruuaways from ;aitic-, to whois care and ex-
ertion Mr. JcFcrfoo has committed his lame.
The fecretary Of the treaiury, after expultion
from, his own country for treaionab'e PRACTICES
asainf il, and the enjoyment OF an aiyium here
could not retain ais refeis tpirlt, but was the
chief initgator of an inturreeuon to oPPoie the
falutarv mcafures of the wife and vlrSuouS
Warrington Ii may be for this that the pre-
Esient has given him one OF the mott important
offices under the government, IN neglect OK ma
nv Of our countyyAlen, not interior III talents
IN reputation infinitely iuperior. Duane, high
in the confidence of Mr.. JetEerlon, and comic
cucnt.y fclf ftyled organ Of the public will, al
ter fuacrinc in the Ealt-Indies difgraceul pun
i.h,nent, wa. Obliged 20 fly to avoid It'll heav-
Ter Judgment of the law. Chcethan IS .trong
pillar, in the temple Of a.heilm and Illuminated
in6dety. Calender, though he repeated OF
the abandoned flanders, which Mr. Jetterion hir-
ed him to publiih againit his predictions, could
not according to the friends of the executive ana
they bst knew him, boait an unidentified Char
aeter. How many mobs of united ifdhmen IN
'oS and 100 alicnbed in the ftreets OF Philadel-
phia to petition and intimidate the government
Hrll later fcenes are in memory. Preceding
the congreili onal election in Delaware in So2,
numbers of aliens were 70 intoxicated, and ued
fuch impous language baiore the Judge VINO
WA. natura'izing them, that even democracy IT.
felf was ihocked, and threatened denial OF CIT
izeof,ip, anlefs they would at leaa aiiume the
app .arance of temperance. Below all. but at
dept of vice immeaiurably great, tands Thomas
Pain after abandoning the friend OF his bot
ON, and leaving his country; after being ctntu'
red for diicloling fecrets Of the continental con
eref: in breach OF confidence after returning 10
Enel and and confpring againeits government ;
after aying it to avoid the puniihmens of death
after being chofen member of that body oil
cur ',roats and ailaGins, the national conven-
ton, by diari6t, which boaited of having clec-
ted t vo representatives who were exceeded IN
infan y by himie,f alone; after viying, nit
repre- len,ing, and belying the conduct OF Waih-
insto and after denying his god and i4vioar,
uadu ing our holy religion, and attempting to