Jenks' Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1803-1805, 1804-12-10

(" Your humtIc Serv't.
81 HOS. IL. PRENTISy."
.Ces+*~ Ps.*'s, Elq,"
Ga much for this hopcful agent OF jacoh;nifin
Whole dcpsayi.y, AMI baa!fly CONDUCT have rem
dered him the ftosu ard dsfiiion Of f6ciety--
,ad who has publicly declared hiaief Liar
Ths letter declares that Mr.. ii. PreaiG IiAS
sEEN pEPUrED TO ASSIST The RE-
GpUeLICANS IN THAT PART OF THE
EOuNTY, &c. Now what was the authority
hhat DEPUrED this bantling of democracy,
,so 20 and ASSIST the +" Rspashmns ?" Ii is
't,r 'h,medno other than tie REVOLUTIONARY Sc.
NREr CAUCUSosS, held by the jacobins III
tshis town. THIS is the more readily believed, las
Z. weaetn Democratic paper lately aiIsred, thai
trAcre was /" a REVOLUTIONARY. Loiit sf poiifies
ssas,afivs IL A11;us." This ar,i fhal be more
sfuly noticed in my next.-ADd has it then
come to :his, that iuch character as the new
.poitn.aier, is to write circulars for DuFurED
AGENTS to carry rhrougl. the country, to aid
The work Of REVOLU1ION? 10 icsttsr the
feeds of difeord in lociety Felow-citizens,
think of sieie things, and in due time you thail
be furnilned with more facts by JUSTICE.
socss;s eyaGan--I, is indeed laughable to fee
With what protean cafe the jaeobinsevAde facts.
The Argus has undertaken to prove us guilty of
INTERPRETATIONS and incoaGftency refpesiipg
Linsiu A52,4t7, and in fupport of its caufc has
cited feveral paiIages from a" Kennebcc paper"
.publ;lhsd in i8o, Now fee how fimpse tate.
nient Of facts will let al! thefe tales Of deception
AIDE The unfortunate "kennebec paper"
which is now offered as proof, has ever been a
feather in the political air. guided by one
breath, and then by another.@ And at the time
Mr. Cook pa{ied hin,ieIf off as moderate fcder-
slif, and declared kisnfsif as luch ,l,amc on
Ms duplicity) the federal papers alto were rea
dy to fupport him. from the fa!le idea that he]
vas fuitab!e perion for the office he 70 eager
any particular man but mea!ures. Here word
Of apology fiould be introduced for any part fed
eal writers may be thought to have taken in fa-
vor Of Mr.. Gle s7a man OF Tome intrigue,
and plaulibiIiy iometincs writes, and we
underfand, often eleetioreers for hsnfelf i. is
prefumed therefore, he wrote mott Of the pie
tes attributed to federalilts, who certainly ato
or iosk qery ae7ipe to,f IL BIZ h6fsst--No great
er proof Of which is neceaarv than this one
faa -THEY mrcrsr AS EASILY HAVE cHosEN
HIM As Mr.. IHATcEER Already had Mr..
Cook been thsice tried, before his apoitacy was
dfcoyrred, and Mr.. Thatcher put up. At the
fourth trial Mr.. r. had 43s voses-Mr. G. az,
and Mr.. KisAey 1.-THE jacobin candidate) had $685.
aud the lcatsering votes deitroyed the election.
At the fifth trial, wlyen the frsngfh of the fed
eral, and antifcderal interctt came forward in
two candidate, on'y, Mr.. Tbafabey was chofen,
having 8 g votes, and Mr.. Kin4sy 600 -Thefe
Ratemcnts are from authentic documepts and
we challenge even dygSf, with his " hundred
eyes," to prove them falfe.-Let us no more
then hear Of the fedelaliits extolling Mr.. Cook
For. even If they bad, we might with as much
jalfice fay, the fathers of our independence once
ex,olied the notorious. BeMfaiH AyncM This
Aatement appears further neeeGary TO prove tina,
Mr. Ki.Qty .vei the only democratic candidate
opposed 70 the leslerelihs and probably his fup-
port at the sirf trials was 70 very fnal, as it is
laid Mr. Cook intrigued with loms influential
jacobins in the di2ri6a, and had unfolded his a
poitacy to them. They of eourie we're ready to
receive him with open arms. We will mark
his progrels.
That we may net be thought touching TOD clofe
On the Kenaebec paper it may be prop to that it
but very .ey took Deceive character and formerly pro-
fesd to ue Impartial The democrats took advantage of
that protection and crowded with 70 mach virulent ua-
ter as to digu ta federal supporters 1t then became like
the old man and the ais the fable lit could pleaie
cry and therefore adopted tone Of independence hus
il prefuued it had already INDUCED too much tie caprice
cf Others Akt,eso The Argus editor exuits highly At
The iMpenhon of the aforementioned paper which has
ly been vocational publication; and notices in his 1
~ abaa3" Such eAu!taton mnA indeed proceed frem
fnall mind; but let the rse.s~ rd;t0r" know, that
he cxcerce half the Independence Of the Kenne
bee paper, he would foon require more charity than he
has the liberaity 70 beftow on Others.
Lia,.s 7art, Some information reassve 20 the
dat of this new political feet and the proceedings Of tie
town of Woolwich will foon be laid before the public
feeble writer in the Argus has undertaken defend the
unto Blu, his decanaron unaccopsned with prccf and
his indecent inveeve aganfs us will 90 but little way IN
alewng the innocence Of that deGgAing combination.
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