Jenks' Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1803-1805, 1805-01-07

Revissu IF Mr.. JSftlxsov's Aamisiiaraast;;ss.'

itulafion al his nicAiurcs, and companion OF
his fifcal arrangements with thofe his. prcde.
cenors. This will cradle ps. 70 afccrsain. their
relative merit Thai every. particular act dur
ing Mr. IefferTans .dirsdion Of national aff.irs
has been, noticed is not pretended .Ths moff
important however, efficiently nurntrons 10 d,f-
play tas fprit Of his gossrhmrnt, have been do
Iineaed. 'DifFsrent indeed has This been from
The 10 "a created b. the. Inaugural fpeech. Tho
aperulal Of. this dehgned piece offplendid decep-
non niuit have caufcd belief, that the haevor1
days Of prirneyal fihplicity veto again 70 be rea
lized under his aufpicies; yet has his proficiency
zllnct terminated and ,nua end according 70 the
fate frec-nsly attending human affairs, IN r5ifef
able disappointment To tilc expectation Of good
men Infrad of the NIL and conciliatins man
ner CT governing which ehaexecutive portraved
at-his isangaratson, he has employed foreign
hrelings to Jingle out the victims Of his hatred,
and by the bittcref obloquy load them with pub
lie odinnia HchasfIf red envy to dart ,enpc-.
full look at hyperion msrit, ard mark it foruln.s
Indeed he has let loofe all the hateful pafIions
to defstey the G. Araders and ilappneis Of thoie,
who will nor fnbfcribr to the infa!libilsp Of his
opinions. For vindicat;yc ,hxf ed, TOW ard his
opponents had he made his own preecrts tl,e
rule his ptecfcc; for unrcIenling intolerance.
had Re exhibited dignifcd conduit above nar,
~ ipieit, conduct, which has 20 ea:;nently sic
tinguiihef the pys5sat ebikf Of Matfachuietts, he
had not driven from fqcicsy 81 the harmony of
focal intercourse" but ircreaftdd the number of
his friends, and extorted the efeesn of his great
sfeneanies, were it impoflible to gaintheir love.
lg He mas however choien different ccurie, as
# Providence funetimes deGgned to fhew, how
great may be the deception, which man may ufe
for pcslonal ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. Bnt to compare
the public debt under the prefent and 10 ner adj
Incur Iecond number we examined the ma
tonal debt al the termination Of the federal ad-
miniitration, which then amounted 70 frsc-
tion over 70 rniliien of dollars; dcs.ss6tIue ma
tional properly rranfmtted to their fuIceifors.
TO not more than hxty fix million Mr Gala
tin, however, in a report in rsoi, Rates it at a
fraction o--r eighty million. The incorre,tnefs
OF this report, undoubtedly defgned to deceive
and srilead the nation, may be flown from a.
mother of his reports, made during the laf fef-
ion of congrefs, and the amount of siebt paid,
as, fated by the pr s6dcnt in his Taft mesisae
Mr.. GaiIatin, in his laa report, declares the
debt TO be little more than 90 million Mr.
Jcfferfon informs us that eight and an half mill
lion have been paid. Tins FUN, added to the
amount of debt in The fecretsry's lat report,
makes littlemore than 20 million, the very fun
which the federaiits ffated was due from the
United States when they reigned the govern
ment. On what principles then we're predcat-
ed the two reports of the fecretary of the trea-
fury, that at the commencement of the prefent
administration the national debt houId amount
to eighty million, and now to fixtytwo, when
eight million and an half only have been paid
Here is evidence, which will convince the PEG
pie, ifthey examine. that they are governed by
demagogues dcftitute of honor and truth. But
what is the merit of the different administrations
relative to payment of the national debt The
federalits commenced their operations on the
afnmption of the debt, without any fyftem of
revenue, under newly organized and untried
form ofgovernment. They carried into effect
this government, formed and arranged, indeed
created the finances reitored public credit,
which had been annihila,ed and though they
had to aontend frf with the deprcdssions ef
England then with the piracies of France
with-two Intersections, excited by the very men
who now batren on the wealth of the nafien
and thou h the whole period of power was diff
tinguiihcd for war, devaiiation, diiorder, and
and decentralization. which threatened ruin to
every civil inititution; yet under all :hcfe dif-
eouragemen.s, without experience, and itrag |
Cling with faction, creating every pollible i'm
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