Jenks' Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1803-1805, 1804-10-08
SllboIe Dunsbcr, 337.

Is no man, he tat5, dep9ted OF the king u hedt
thee )" as much as TO fay, " the k'ng ne
elects you, and through his neglect you tuter
wrongs"
bialon,, then, with no naco,ss'2H rncacsty,
proceeded to recommend hin,i-f for oihce.
g @, iAid ne, that were nude judge in th;
land, that every man which hath any iuit OF
, caule might come unto me, and | would 10
himjuGice p-What patriotic with ana how
many a patriot heart has ievout ly uttered the
ike ejaculation. go shat might get myielf
inus into fon= Office of honor and profit"
s. pants the hunted bart to 99d,
I" 4esd TASTE TIE qeatsy t7ootJ." 4sg
Were a king, faid Abfa'om, 10 his
popular harransae, would do ju.ticc TO you
all; would tighten yolr burdens, and redreis
all your grievances" What charming talk
The people were all GERS, all eyes, all attention.
But what raptures of Joy mutt have fezed
their hearts, when. behle5 theie kind exprcl.
ions, he took them By the hanl one afier a.
mother, and Kid them. Il IS nothing ftrans.
that he aote thar beartJ," as til: fscred text
expreiles it.--Hov wonderfully has Abialom
altered of late! faid the people. He uted to
+! be 10 naughty, thar W: were not permitted 70
| fne * to him bat now he is as meekas thcp.
| herds lamb. He ufed 10 have hard i,eart, q
cruel nature; bat now his heart r:lelss with pr
! ~ and kudncfs toward US. We like hia
| thoufand times better than we do that con-
| ceited humdrum, Solomon, who never kifsi
| 70 much as one OF us in all his life" g Did
| you obrcrve, faid one, that though we be dirty
@: ragged, it makes no difference he kites as
! all Z" "Yes, cried another, came ,.;resHyt
out Of the field, covered with dat ara d;rs,s &
| he killed me -. And ne toe, replied bsck-9'
| fin;th--hc kifad me-, tho came fiton my
| FLOP without waih,ug, aud with my face all o.
! yer beimeared with fweat AMI coaIiuit "---ss
| What precious man Of the people! esclai1r,-i
ed a thoufacd tongues. Though he has fins
charriots, fine horfes, and fine cicrhcs. and ks
head is covered with the fweetea perfumes aud
his hands are as white as lilies, he loves Us, and
| even takes u by the hand and k:ass US Cod
| fave Abfllon, king Attalon,, live forev- 4 p
| Tn. deluied people fsencd in no ;reafurrc to
have been fhock-a at the horrid guilt Of ABA.
+, ION, in attempting ufurp the throne, at tbs
expenfr of his fathers life They were not
A,ocked even a. the uncquallcd impudence Of
his proaigacv, in debauching his fathers wo -
men upon the houertop in open day, and IN
| the public view. rhey did not conlid-r that !.
fuoh bloody, and vicious monitor, clothed
with power, would BE the WORT Of tyrants. No,
he had hattercd the n --l,e had told them that
he was their friend - he had sils9 them, and, I
by thcfe means, had H,!tu Their hearts! ai,,s. :
but fer The fortunate circanitancc of mis- death,
the nation of Itrael might have found in ABA
lom horrible tyrant as France di1 in Kober--g
pierre. So the world has gone on from age
to age the cretulous multitude have been
caught by the crafty fs1v, even as fiIhas as
caught in a Eet.
The great and all important experiment is
now trying, whether the people of eur nation be.
wcr taaa have been the people OF other nations
& former ages. God grant that the experiment
may prove fuccefstui, and itiIue in the die
ingaithed honoraad happinefs of this country. !
People of the United States Beware Of !
men, who aatter you, for they Aatter you !.
in order to aesee you.--Beware Of men
who lpeak TO you in the whining cant of I,
lover, and profefs unhounded aass hon fr Eou
=" 7bsir bewiS MAJ nat jo-Bewarv OF men, /,
who are ever proclaiming their pa,riotifm. eErv
is the S,to,He's trumpet, that theylouad. Ia
ware or men who ule Infamous iarigpess 20.
get thsmtelvcs into Offices. -, s. se,sv...,
Spanii1 Lpoiations g. meeting of the f.Isr-,
ers by Spaniih Aggrcfions, was held at Phila-.
delphia OF the 2oth ult, and Thomas Ftzi.
mons, William Davy, and Robert E. Griffith
were appointed to frame memorable Govern
n'ens tor the purpofe Of eitablii,ing redrsls.--
a me mortal was referred to the above copsmit-
tee wao IL was fuppofed would report ,with-
QUO ueiay. he iait paragraph of tbs memoria !,
reads thus - s. - 81. s.
That your mcmoria.ilts in common with their
government and teslow citizens feel the force.
and coniess the fact and iincerity OF The deela.
ration tnae "no nation can Zoo higtiy prize tbs,
value and prsiervaron of peace, bur that one
object ihould be itiI dearer to us :, o,ir Ma
rlONAL INDEPENDENCE" that heavily as
your msmoriai's have felt the hanl whici,,bass
invaded it, they rely on the vision. and 6r.n-.