Jenks' Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1803-1805, 1804-10-15


a popularity which, he was confious, he had
obtained by deception. 1hefe may be eitecm med
ierions allegations To fuport them therefore
We ihlli conci,sly apsai to the faces, to which
the nel'ge has relation They can only be
tnsntio.,ed for full difcufion of them would
open wider field, than we have tine to flrvey,
nr. Jeir-,lon begins this falendia but faith
eis piece Of rhetoric with iaying, /" another
wear mas come round, and fads US fill blcitd
with peace and friendhip ab -oad law, order,
rsoy with our indian nei, i.bours, and btrthens
rigntcned." efcs+ sa s
Was it mark of frendn,ip for us. that
rrompsed the Fripolitans 70 attempt the oaptare
of our vehcls, and lead tte crews into cruel cap
,ivty! Vas II their coed affection toward us,
that canfed the PRECEDENT TO recommend to Con-
grefs inereals Of our naval force, to watch
their harbor ard refrain their dcpreda,ons
Were :. monopofzing determinations, which
had been adopted in fome parts of Europe, and
which tented effettually 10 prohibit carrying
thither our own produce in our own veEll," any
triking Ggn Of friendlhip Though. Mr. Jeffers
ioH mad declared US at peace with all the world,
he Teens to have forgotten bimf-le, FOR this is
the language Of the n, i1..e. Was It aproof Of
fri-ndhip tha; Spin had directly broken her
treaty by denying US the right of drpohr at
New-Crleaos The Preiid>n, aisnfe,f has fince
declared tiIis denial to be an infratfion both of
The letter and fpiiit Of her treaty. Was it
hiendihip IN Spain TO fell the tesritois OF Louii-
lana to France without our knowledge, aud
,hus give US powerful, retlefs, intriguing, and
dangerous neighbor without confent Was
it any particular dfplay of ffiendhip, or f5rit
of iuttsce, which excited Spain 20 plander our
delenceeis properly on the ocean, and imprifon
our f-amon in the damp and dreary dungeons
Of Buenos Ayres, Monte Video, and Valpsrai-
10: The agonzing cries Of captive citzens, lin
ering oat wretchcd cxi!sence with Spanifh
felons and mnrderers III the mott lothiome dun
sco,.s. could 1os touch the HUMANE BREAST of
the prsldens, becapfe the people might think
the nation not quite 70 pToiperous, nor held in
20 higl, confederation. as he deGsned thea, to
bc!icve. tie could not regard " the prifoner,
ssterded alnot naked GA the planks OF bis
priion, his body fcveri,h and waited, his arms
folded under MS head, his only pillow, bis fole
employment counting over the DINA DAYS aud
nights of captivity, and turning hofe.eis eye
on his counsry, which had abandoned him.
Popularity and philoiophiim! The one dearoys
tender feeling, the other moral principle.
Thefe are f,me of the facts, which evidence
the hiendlhip, refpe6e and iatice. 70 beautiful-
ly portrayed by the executive, in his ,meEage.
But they will DC viewed BY this country in far
different light. They will be imputed TO their
sroper caulc to mean and fpisislef, admin
lltratioD, which has acquired the contempt of
nations abroad, and which, we uuif in God,
will loon be detttutc of confidence at home.
The deltru9;on of the Judiciary was perhaps
the pyelervaton of law and order among our
'eycs Or in other words, the people are high
ly obligated to Mr.. jefferion, face he has an
initiated the main pillar OF the contribution.
the only eff-tfual check to arbitrary and fyran-
meal conduct, that ne has, except in few ia
frances, retrainej from any grots and notoriou.
violation Of thcir rights.
There could be no cau.e OF exuitaton at the
continuance of religion. unlefs.Mr. eEcrfon
can iend to other countries, and fad tome men
| OF more influence and chsraaer than Thomas
Paine, he will be again NEGOTIATED TO aa the
hypocrite, and. after making every effort for the
detiruttion of our hopes OF happy exilcnce
after death, congratulate on the prelsrvation
Of Chriaianity ~ i7 30
Burthens have been won 'erfully lightened
Faxes OH loaf fugar, whiiky, and pleafure car
riages, were repealed, while" the mouth of la
Dor mutt pay the accuaomed duty for the
gratficationof moaaes bohea tea, brown fagar
| and ialt. How charming an administration, TO
make poverty requiiite for taxation
Monopolizing determinations under the form,
of duties, which eie6tuaiy prohibited cur car
rying trade to the ports of France were to be
remedied by :. eAialng antilles aad lprir o.
iuaice" Thofc antilles and that juitice have
proved only denial Of right. Since that peri
Cd, nitcad of Americas receiving any particu-
lar favor in her harbors to have merely entered
am Engliih port is iuilicen, caufe of conGlcaton
in ;he courts Of thai unjul, and tyrannical ma
ton