Jenks' Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1803-1805, 1804-11-19

The whining, pulling thing, which they call
the editor Of the National Intelligcneer, has
given us column of his accullomed hYpocrit-
zeal cant upon the proceedings of the Connefei
Gu. legAa,rre, in the cafe OF the four juices
who publilhcd declaration, that there is no
contribution Of civil government in that fate /;
and that all authority there excerciied BY the
government is ufrrpation. Before we proceed
farther let US remind our readers that this edit
or is in all things the humble tool and eulosih
Of the prefcnt adminiaration Of the general gov
eminent that this administration has done lit
tie ellie, for four years. than to Ifcek OUT and
remove. from office al Iuch as held commillions
Of any kind under the government Of the Uni
ted States, who happened 10 differ, in political
fentimcnts, from thcte who no d the power Of
removal !; and that there now icareeiy remains
in the United States Jingle federalie in the
poRe zion of any Office worth holding How
have thefc removals been etfeSfed Have the
officers been fummoned to appear be fore COM
petent tribunal and allowed to thew caufe, if a
ny they had, why their commifions ihould not
be revoked Have they been allowed fair
and impartial trial. and has their removal been
the refult of conviction Of mifdemeanof in Of
fee No fueh thing. In by far the greater
number of infances no miidemeanor was even
alleged. The language Of the PRECEDENT has
been 4-.
Hoe 4o:o hcjubc II pro ra.iohe volun,ai.
Such is my good pleafure fuch my degree ;
let my will be taken as fufiicient reaion. Yet
ail this has been applauded by the cringing and
obfeeuious editor of the lntclligenccr, and By
all the other mercenary fa,erers Of shofe who
" feel power and forget right
Or the contrary when four petty juitices Of
the peace are fummonnd to appear before the
immediate representatives of the people. in a
Gate which has refufcd TO bow the knee 70 the
Baal of democracy to anfw'er for fictitious pub
lications againR the government tor dcclar-
ing that the very authority, under which they
hold theft commiilions, il ufurpation, the
whole pack Of court fycopiiants are ready to o.
pen in the cry of perfccution. Had thete juf-
tees been inftantly removed without hear
ing, ore would fuppofe that even democratic
impudenee would have been Rlent, after the
example fe' by the general government. So
far from it, that even the luminous to appear,
has called forth from the presidential paper, the
mott pitious lamentations over the fallen liber
ties Of Connecticut. Il is faid TO be ga cafe
of the mott extraordinary afpeet"--" an a.-
greffion of the mott dangerous nature on the
eRcnt;al rights Of the citizcn."---Ihc edi-
Tor declares THAT he" feels alarm for the CON.
iequcnces of this intolerant fpirit"--" that the
cafe Is unprecedented in the annals OF lesiia-
tionJs' &c. SC. ST e
Now, if fuch an outcry is faifed by the
democrats beeaufe one Legislature (which, pleais
to obferve, in that Rate poflcffes the fole pow
er Of appointing and removing oihccss) have
fummoncd certain delinquent officers to sp-
pear and give an account of their eonduet,
what WORLD have been faid by them, had the
federaliss pra6fiied fuch wan'on tyranny III
making removals as we have experienced from
a democratic administration