Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1805-11-11

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the ihades of academic bowers. His
"Pnriuits have led him into the retirement
cot his clofet and not into the bufle Of
llte. Cut off from. all thofe little inter
" eits which agtate the mind and force
men into ooiiiion with each other, he
" has been fortunate enough to avoid the
(" dliguitlng iccnes of contention, and
" when thole ocoahons have rarely occur
red, his cool and philofophic temper has
"enabled him 70 fubdue his own FEELINGS
" or direa the pallions of others. Had
" you taken the trouble TO have extended
"your enquiries into Mr.. JeffeIfon's early
I" lie, you would have heard the compan
"lonS OF his youth aferting the intrepid
- OF his character you would have found
" that in tupprehing riot in Gloucefer,
occaGoned by the crew of vef1el, that he
" had Prefence of mind which would
" have been worthy Of a more dignifed
name. Had you viewed his public meat
"ures with impartiality, ,initead of liltening
" TO thouland" nameleis," witnencs," ;" YOU
!" would have found him employing every
" exerton which his Gtuation admitted
" for The good Of his country, and in the
"high Office which he at prefent fills, fur
/ " patilng even your mott favourite fat.f-
s. men in the Importance of his ieryiccs.
It, fir, you have found any better proof
=" OF the energy Of an officer than the tuc-
" ceis Of lis meafures, you would perhaps
"render GubRAntial itrvice to your friends
+" BY divuiging the dilcovery."
A "A .,,.A Ill -. IN 4 .I
Enquirer, could have told US that We fhouid
have erred in expecting from Mr.. Tetferlon
either g BRILLIANT feats Of chiyalry," or
+" pompous BOATS of courage He was
| never iufPe6tsd Of theie things. But
| fill the Enquirer feems 70 think, that IF
| Mr.. Je{f:rtoD early life had been referred
to, fon1ething Of ;n;repidity and prelence Of
mind night have seen dittO.ered. Il IS IN
deed a hare cafe, that this unequliIed VIM
dicator, who has had all the advantage Of
| fearching records and Documents, and Of
comforting with the great nan whoCo char
| a6fer b IL defending, hould nc cOmpcnCA
70 Iiip over the whole revolution, and over
all the other periods Of Mr.. Jefer(on's life,
when be has held high aud refPon6bIc Of
ices, which required courage, intTepiditt
and prelepcc of mind for. The proper diT,
charge Of thc;r dutiea. and, to 4ften on
fngIe tranla6tion Of his youthful days-hi8
afIiting to que dr@nken Jaior tioEc This
however is betfer than nothing But the
Enquirer hould have gratified Us with the
whole Of the itory. When the future hiI-
tor;an Come Allen 3. Magruder,* or fome
Jchn D. Burk+l fhall attempt to paint, II
glowing colors the " the brilliant feats Of
ehigalry," and the wondrous fpecimens Of
intrepidity, which have adorned the
life OF the Commander III Chief of cur AZ
mics and the Lord High Admiral Of our
Navy, this tory Of the C!oucencr riot,
NUT form tie front ground and the back
ground, the right and the lefe, the fhade
and the ight the outlines ard the coIourins
of the whole piaure. Ehis itory, then,
ought TO be carefully Preierved. ike
precious ltone in a mountain Of rubbiih ~
ike grain Of wheat in a bulhei of chaft'-
| It is uncommonly valuable. ......
This GlouceIter riot IS worthy Of no:ice
on another accoust. Who knows but Mr.
Iefarfon'5 prefent antiPathy to commerce
and every thing belonging 10 it, is to be az
ctbed 70 the inpreGions made upon him r.
His early lie g BY the crew Of veacll Y.
We have heard Of remarkable in0ahces Of
this kind. A cat, a moufe, fpider, The
fmalef infect in exiRence, has been known
to ftrike more dread upon lome men than
the whiting of bullets or the cafhing Of
fwords And all in conEequence Of fud-
den fright taken when young.
Oar anxiety to get through with this