Jenks' Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1803-1805, 1804-07-02
ulbois Ru'nosr, sss.

truifed affairs of the hishc!t confeqlence to
diinteTelted and rnagnsnimous patriot No in
| trigue, it would ieem, had exifted. His mod
city and virtue had never urged him from the
iliade OF retirement, unlefs the good people bad
intsri0nay demanded his frvices Ills own
words will beit illufratc the philosophical repitv
| of mind, and perfect indifference of public hon
| ors, of which he undoubtedly tefired the na-
| ton to believe him pone6sd "I receive, gen.
tlemen. with profound thankfulnefs, this srtti-
mony Of confidence from the great reprefenta-
tive council of our nation. 1t fills up the
mcasurc of that grateful fatisfadion which had
already been derived from the fuffrapes of nv
fellow citizens them1elves, designating me az
one of thoie. to whom they were willing to
comni; this charge, the mott imp 1rtant Of all
Others to them.-In deciding between the
: candidates. whom their equal vote prefented
TO your choice, l am len!iblc that age has
been relpe eted rather than more active and
ufeful qualifications. know the difficulties
of the itatont To which, am called, ard feel
and acknowledge my incompetence to them
But whatfoeyes Of understanding, whasfoever
of diligence, Whatsoever of iufice, or at.cc.
tionase concern for the happinefs of man, it
has pcafed providence to place within the
compass of my faculties, thall be GATED forth
for the dfcharge of the duies, cortidsd to me.
and for procuring to my fellow citizeus all the
benefits, which cpr contribution has placed
under the guardialanip of the general govern.
ment."
This election. confdercd with reference to the
means of obtaining it, 70 far from affording eaufe
of "profound thankfulneis, and filing up the
mesure of grateful! fatisfAction," ought to have
RATED blu!h of fhalne GIN his countenance. as il
has fixed mark of infamr on his chara eter.1
IT cannot be forgotten that the prefent ruling
party were enthuGa.tic admirers of the fyftshs
Of France, from the beginning to the clofe Of her
revolution. After unproyoked aggretiion en-
cur detencelefs commerce had been ma 4ic hy or.
der of her government, they fil arten.ly de.
fred to fall down and worihip the image of d.
reetorial nuitice, and TO furrender TO the ter
rible republic the rights Of an independent ma
rion. Mr.. Jeffcrfon wasthe real leader Of tb;.
party, though he had futiic;cnt wildom. ike
"a pnppet man who directs every motion Of
his ihow, to keep behind the curtain When
the country had drank the very drses Of the
cup of humiliation from the violent opno.;tion
OF the democratic party 70 esrn i6s APPEARANCE Of
warIikr preparation. and from the forbcararce oe
the FEDERAL admin;Rra penn tIion wa g'y-
onto our Citizens in 1877 to rope! force bv
4..-se. In l7n2 the mcaiurcs Of defence. adont.
ed by our governments. svrrr yse----r..:a.- Ii :
expenies, necenarily ariGng from the meafurss
TO alert our rights againt the laweis, pro ga.e,
and unprincipled conduct Of the Executive D..
reGcrs, who compelled our amba[astors OF peace
patiently to wait for months !" in the antchan,.
Der of resicide," and at lait opprobriou!y drove
them from the territory of France without adj
mi,tancc to their bloody pre.ence, we're made
theme OF continual falfehood, from which in
1907 Mr. Jeferfon was to gather the laurels Of
his glory. The prejudi-cs of the ignorant were
addrsasd. and their palIions infan,ed. War
was depicted by all the powers of a glowing
imagination. The powerful legions of France
we're Represented, as butcher:ng cur wives and
children, impelled only to fuch a,rocio,is atss
by our rsfaaore Of Der tyranny. The public a.
gents were faid to be increaGngthe rational dete
| that byits influence they might erect n,onarcnv
on the ruins of Republication. Every aban-
doned aud foreign renegade was emitted either
oy. Jetferion, or his friends, to overwbelm the
federal administration BY lilbels which teem to
( be the greatef effort Of human depravity. In
| the cloie CT the year Sci, when the tcs.atc sc
fenntylvania were determined not to rel;ncuiih
their voice in the choice of electors, they we're
denounced by the democrats, as traitors to their
country They were threatened with the .ro-
sea"cf q tie p<ipt, for imply eaereiGpg, accord
lr'g to confidence, their constitutional rights.
Here were 'iome of the 6rit acts Of the drama,
I'morslfying enough to thoie, who do not love 70
behold human deseneracy, which was to give
Mr.. JeHsrion thehrit Office of the un;on. Hence
alto arofe that whiriwind of opinion, which.
like the conflicts OF this element elevstipg on,v
the lighsr and mott WORTHLESS fub. .anccs. "a isd
him, siii ne had an obfcurs view OF the pretiden-
Icy.
With all thefe exer.ions, had not three si.ths
OF the aaves been repretensed the proficient mu.t
have been private cirizen The number of =