Jenks' Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1803-1805, 1804-05-28

laOOr ana tlSalufe---l IL was deltroyed by the
bands of barbarians as it were in moment.
That men ihould differ in fcntimenr about
the policy of meaEayet is to be expected in ev.
cry country this is not alarming it does
not flake the contribution of the government !;
but when this is only efesEble and the real OBJ
ecl is change of Men, for thofe Gnilter pur-
pofcs always principally in view on fuch occa-
ions, it then becomes dangerous. Who are the
men who lately cianored 10 loudly, and rung
the peal in the ears of the people againf high
lalaries and favouritifn ? III ofe very men
who (the change being efe6ted) now enjoy in
perfect content much greater ialaries for the
fame iervices, and feel fecure in the lurround
ing hof of fellow favoriteS brought into life
by the energetic rays of the preient adminitra
ton. But to make lure work, to preierve the
loaves and fines permanently in their own
hands, they found it necenary to unite their eff
forts againA that contribution which from the
beginning they hated. Their reiterated attacks
have at length fuceeeded- this once beautiful
fabricl. is violated, is defpoiled. Faction led
the way and conducted the enterprife. --This
is wholly the work of democracy Jet demo-
cracy then have all the glory of it The lille
band from Connecticut and the other little fed
eral States, like the handful of Grecians at the
t:eights of lhermopyla, bravely but inefe6tu-
ally oppoied themielves to the more numerous
enemies of the contribution. The die is cait |!
Csiar has palf the Rubicon. The lordIings
| Of Virginia and two or three other great itates
! with all their negroes at their heels, are III flu
ture to give PRECEDENT to the United States.
The poor little outandih States or provin
ces are no longer to have any part or lot in this
matter.
Should any of the felf-ailcd genuine repub-
| cans be difpoicd tofay" all this hasbeen brought
about by itruggle for Meaf4re5, and not for
! Men, and that fuch things are incident to re-
| publican government" let US turn our eyes for
| a moment to the eogffmt fate Of New ork,
and fee what degree of proof the genuine re-
publicans there are furnithng to our purpofe.
| Two great families, with their numerous parti-
zans, bindly devoted to their interelt, all genuine
,epHcH. ans, have employed every mean of which
faction is capable, in direl oppoiition to each
other. And for what purpofe ? Do they d.
vide about the meaiures either of the general
| government or their own No; for they are all
| in the majority with refpe6t to both Here they
are all fet upon the fame key, and found ,ogeth-
or in perfect union. The Earring is only about
MEN. The Burrtes fay of poor old Clinton,
eve will not have this man to reign over u.s.
| And the Clintonians in their turn with increaf-
ed virulence fay, Away with Burr and all his
party, "let no fuch men be trulted' Are
| the'e the doings of genuine republicans /?
Let us fuppofe (if the fuppoGtion be pardon
able in the pure eye Of democracy that two
iuch great families, equally potent in the num-
Der and zeal of their adherents, fhou,d rife up
| IN each itate in the union, contendlng with all
the ardour of "infurated man." not for meat
ureS, but for their ieveral Chiefs. dow long
lid the American government prefcrve a
Jingle feature of q Republic Arfocracy, the
ranl>eft kind of ariltocracy would Immediately
obtain, and next to that in quick fueceilion a
| complete military defpotifm. No gift OF pro-
phecy is neceAAry to foreiee that this fate of
things would unavoidably engender and bring
forth Cuillotiue and Bonaparte. The
Lordlings of our once happy country mutt then
loie their heads and the people their liberties !!
our filter republic France, and her revolutioniz-
ed neighbors have tried the experiment and
are now groaning under the yoke. 1t is de-
vcutly TO be wiihed that heaven NAV yet have
better things in fore for the people of this
country. CCom. Couram.
IOUfS xVlII-The following particulars relative to
bounap rites demand from the Pruian on the iub
dt OF Louis XVIII, taken fran late European per
GA nrivate letter from Berlin, dated March
10, fays, I" Citizen La Fareaf, the French
Mlritter at our court, received courier from
Paris, or the I'd. inf. and immediately went to
the hotel of the count Haugwtz, where he re-
manned for nearly three hours, and foon after
wards Haugwiz demanded and obtained an au
dance of the King, and when it was over in
formed the French miniiter of his return, who,
though late in the evening, called upon our
minltter again, and afterwards difpatched the
courier back to Paris The next day another
French courier arrived, and had another con-
ference with our mniter, who bad another
audiance of his Sovereign, and afterwards con-