Jenks' Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1803-1805, 1804-11-05
Nh. jerks,

AN' J|'e''
PERHAPS fomc apology j. necef1arv for again &c.
<uoying 4 portion Of your paper with a iubiee 10 iupreme-
" ~difgulting rs the . Ha. Wai1aa Wiagsyv. eEaai,e.n-Eut I
deemi ii ths bounder duty of every good citizen to convaSs
thoroughly, and expoie the characters ct thofe vino are
held up as candidates for public office. With this cony;c-
6oa notlced the character OF the man in queiion,--l con-
fined nsgieif to srub and iyfse-and have ftll more facts
IN referve if they tl,ould be found neceilary.
In reply 10 my production, the boaoaN. qenRmaa him.
Tell, as | have rea!on IL preiune, comes forward as his own
8 ThsS1sir" = but does he refute a Jingle circumstance adj
vancsd BY " iuft.cs. !" No-He vents MS race in the mott
vulgar manner and with diiguling bomhaG talks of hi,
. hyperion talents" OF bs " being in the convention which
ratified the contribution Of BIS " daring TO aeea Bis susu,5
ssaszs1fsw," OF bis "yaricus public aatious, of Bis "much pro-
perty,- and ofts /" ipeaking she Englith language with A
boidncfs and fuency ieidom i~urpaiIed' =! = Mott emphar-
icaly may reitcrate NTH him 81 Shame where is thy bluihf'
"Ths gaiid Jade winces and the fighteit alluion to
faas, thnis " itubborn things" enragcs the hero OF thefc
comments, as much as it docs a convict, to fpeak OF the
whipping poit, or p,liorv. Ii you tell the " Hen. Mn. MI
sny, 57' thar he rode about the country, and folicited
votes for himiclf, he Immediately reforts TO the pal,ry eva
Son thai III si more eaiiy aderted than proved."-Buti in
this he as correct, on the principle that il is eater to pit
The tal on paper, Than to isnd into the country Tor proof
which can be ~prodlced. Tell him OF a rprt Of principle, OF
beng a pasaborf, and a /7csHry, and he is 10 outrageous as 10
ahreaten the Printer with vioence.-But what fllall be iad
~ his acquiring "property and difinction 7" Rsaeyt XII ac-
1ulrcd property alto, and Stpbea Bu,ysagAs acquired diitinc-
uon Yet one thing is paiLng 0range"-wi1hout knowing
IN what : fiction" of the globe this man originated, it is
faid he WIS +" born .ofa woman - Ii is true, natural hiilo-
~ affords Tome intaaces Of nionftersi
! viii not, however, further condefcend to particularize
the performance of " Yndeaacr." Its iuiticicnt tha, the
" As~a&< HIN WIdgtrY, eff" is propelled as a candidate for
Congrefs The lueston arifes, is he entitled to our rapport
aad confidence For one, l ap(wer Nu-and I will not be-
hese ta.s ANY perioa, a6uat.d by correct motives, will give
his vo5e .e
AuLan who has con1antlv oppofed the Com fuhan OF HI,
Aman who has cppofed ,hofe administrations Of the pen-
esHs AMI Rate governments which have led our country to
caex1Iaplei prot erity -
"A MAJ Whole honor islucftooe1. and whrfe hnnanv :.
aou5,ed -
a man who is molly and troublelona in his nag e,borhood
aud to iocety ge.,eral
A man who has acquired property BY means fufpicious
aac vino mas been publicly arraignsd as a fuia&r, -
a man who rode about the countrv and folicited vote.
f- hiriclf and
a MAI who la, excrted himfelf to promote the views CT
a darng faction, winch ieeks its aggrandizemcrs on
sas r1Aus Oh the people. JUSTICE
'h is true the "Lsus,aue I'm. E,Ageyv, eG " wa. in the
Convention; and it IS equally true that lac OPPOSED the
ADOPTION OF the Contribution, with all the violence he poli-
osy could. Yes, FIR, ne was then an enemy TO the CON
siAiuiiCH and his eunity to il, we are conident has not
Va the ieais .oated-Whileo on this futiect, the following
extract from the lat Centncl may be applicable Ii was
written BY a mechanic - |
~in the Electoral Ticket, which contains the names OF /
JgHN G. JONES. DAyID CORR, 0LIPER WEM-
OhLL, 20. 5e. le. YOU will find Men, EVERY ONE of
"non were the advocates OF the Contribution, and aiilNd
~ shelr votes, their eoIuence and their influence, To OBJ
tAn It's honorable ratification and NOT ONE of them, |
~no ever oppoted 1t in Thought, word, or deed. Ihefe
Al TRUTHS winch may challenge denial
ous IN ieircting into and 'rying the ~antifederal Electoral.
Ticket, you Will lind, at, or near is head, the name IF
h.nSioeE GERRY Here I paufe.-tha, YOU may a
gam nnag back to recollection, the days of i7ss.--Have ,
you reca,lsd thoie days!- Then YOU know, that this perfon
.o'ka 'eas IN the Convention which aifembled Mt the Nee
sns-oouie N tederai-Street not by the choice of any
.oSaor plantation But on an invitation moved by
.~'ocssr Tor the avowed purpofe of %oppoiing the rat
'Scaaon OF the Federal Contribution; and OF afilins Widg- |
eey' layior, Naton, i~hompion, slocuni, and others, in de-
sowing II IN us ndancy-You will recoilect too, the let
'es ne wrote agaiult the Contribution both before and af-
y the mertsng of the Convention |
VI huiiar Description are all thofe who are united with |
'A" ON the c2aAoStatIr ticKct-r ne charge OF antifederaliin |
sn be brought home to the door of EVERY ONE of them.
= ney are, therefore, unworthy the confidence and viii |
NV receive the vote OF a hnsie Mechanic, wis is a resl
H'end 20 the Contribution" |