Jenks' Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1803-1805, 1805-01-28
D.ortlans,

MsNp.E, il yaSl,, %. 1885,.

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RAY nsdsis.s .ieno .,i,,,;ss s.r worthy Cover
a,s's fpceches as Sc III mf epikea3 to the ta.,
;.,ayf, which are pu ,hcIy performed in New.
England 3 The hircng writer Of this ARTICLE.
x.loia El.i 10 BE- AZ Engfh runaway, rhSn pro-
eccls j tl,c atial train of democratic abui. a.
sainit eur "to,y' governor, and the acverno,.at
OF he comm,uweai'h- Now this is al ri hit
with the .semoc ats = they nay a;h innu IL
~ iuiulf chief magiftratc of the trat: who has
been elected Nv the vAt majnrifv Of Sereaktca
fs;gaad free 1'afss, ard denominate The meaiures
OF the legasure FIR. but if fcderal.its dare
give all opinion OF the Preiidrnts aas, they are
Immediately denounced as hclengiug TO a /" 10
~ ta,7ioa. "-Can any o2c vet remain {, khod-
cd as not 10 fee thro' the imfy veil that covers
tie views and the means OF tie democrats, 70
pqfsis themiclyes ofuneonuolcl power and
wcuId certainly end our iibSrsies is rhofr OF
France have ended.--iu an IAPsgIai.~RgpuBLtc |!
The New kng land Rates, and psftic ularly Maj
ftchufuts, now form rhe only barrier to this
fate of things Should they, throush fupine-
neis aud neglect, bend their necks TO dema.
gegues, and foothiaying democrats, they will
ioon bid adicu TO independence, and become the
humble vancls OF fomelaipiring tyrant.
As All antidote for the vulgar abuse of this
icrib5ier, W. are happy in repuplia,ing the fol-
lowing juit and e,,i'.t notice of tae governors
speech, from the CeDtinel /:
TIE CCVERNOR's SPEECH,
Which we this day lay before our readers,
m&y DC conidered as a lVmmary of all the pciit-
,iea experiments, which have been made in the
world, of the ability of mankindtc fupport re-
vfrblic2,, fnrn, f,f- T. n,a,en.e
with the fiaipe, melancholy re!ult, which no
man Can have the hssdihooi to deny that they
have all pcrilhsd, aud funk (uocelhyely into the
tomb Of tyranny. The cautes of this fearful and
inii.crininate ruin are alfo iheNn to have been
uniformly the ame.---Ihe ambition of deina-
4 gesucs, and the CORFU 1tion of public morals |;
gratitude tezoard5 old ant asprov.5 t,iendf, =
and dlipoGtion to inveit cainorous and fcliih
Aattercrs with power, aebit5 tby nrvev Jaa to a.
kaJs.
This fpeech, if any thing can, is calculated to
route MS from the golden dream, in which 70
many iecurely indulge, of Our Sc fairy land and
xsakastsd eaRfet (which bid defiance 10 the
approach of the vices and inhr.nities of the old
world. aud 70 lead US to form more ut and
natural climate of orr character and cur dan
gers. Such ien;,ments proceed with peculiar
rropricty frsm chilli MASIsTRArE, who re-
alizcs the truth OF many of them in bis own
rerton and political career Mild, beuehcsnt
aad timpe as ARIsrInEs, how many are ready
10 baniih him from place and honor, becaalehe
IS roo JUST - Wife, and patient as SOCRATES,
how may wonld delight to hear that the potion
of their alperhons had proved fatal to bis inGa-
enre, and If nor to hi. natural, TO his political
life What more de 5lorable iptance of the
proititution of public principles OF the corrup-
tion of morals--of the inaraiitude of the peo
ple-and, of the atccndancy of party iplrit,
could be exhibited, chan appears in ,hefe who
KNOWING rHE MAN, AMI compelled to love and
4eaccm hi:, have the ur bu!hlng front to la
bor TO iu,p!anr him in his Office, by candidate
whom they acknowledge they do not eiteem-
IN whom they have no confidence and wnoM
they FAY on tie earh1ngs they fupport merely be-
caufe circumstances give him the probability OF
more votes than any other candldate.-Van
de.uiou to prslun'e thar we have the widen
or the virtue TO feorre the lihcrtf, which Greses
and Rome aud Franc, ana all the republics OF
tae world both great and fnsaii. have thrown
Nay Is there a man who contributed towards
obtaining American liberty, and Indrpe ndencc,
from WasNtSGToN 10 STRONG, who has not
been the o5iea of rel roach and insratitude!
Where are the heroes of revelations! How
macy remain, WAC are nor rX,ied, murdered ar
nnnrached What is there i'crcd in our con-
iiituiion that is not violated with acclamarlon
every hour in the day? Has the country, or
the government, ever eAiifed, in which the lov.
srs Of intrigue were ever better msril'aicd
or its dapesslnore ohitsuiouss What thraldom or
deipoiiim can be more complete than that 10
which parr If the United Statcs.is now held
bya groure Of ordinary, juvenile ana da!ing
ne rs9pRs There is no end TO reflections
hsc thsic bur fill we are Pleaiei with the