Jenks' Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1803-1805, 1805-01-28
ANSWER or The HOUSE.

e. Zion from the prcicnt meeting We reJoicc
in the exiting harmony, between the dtterent
branches OF th- government, when affords the
bet Garrett, that the buhneis OF 1t VIII be con
dust d with advantage 10 me pubic ana WITH
., T. and ce,aveu iencc to tho.c who are concern
cd in its characterization.
We aisarc your Excellency, that we VIII not
only attend win s.o:nptitsde aud diligence g
tlrc i-serai topicks Of Leslal;lon, which you
have particularly accommodated, but that we
vii. devote oar time, toths advancement OF the
vafous intereits ofihe Commonwealth, IN atten
diae,,o th. rcauelss If individuals, end reno
vi,Yg apy iu.t groaae!s of complaint, IN adordns
iu;racie encouragement, to eycs5 Species OF ute
fal ndritrv, and in iupplyiag, as lar as sn us
lies, whatever nav be found deficient IN our
prctcns frite.n Of jurifprudsnec. Andti BY an
upright and eonfcienrioxs ditcharse Of our duty
we iha!l merit, we will not doubt OF receiving
an ample reward. iii the APPRECIATION OF orr -
low citizens.
We cheriih belief that there are tew or
none Of the people Of this Commonwealth, who
would 10, coniider the feperation of the Uni
ted ,tates, as a meafarc greatly to be deprcca-
ted. The evils refnlting TO any portion or the
nation, from a cons inuanse OF the Union, mutt
not ONLY be manif59. but oppreEivc, before
.a:Iolution OF it ought TO be admitted, even IN
contemplation. Still more firmly do we truit,
that the great body our fellow citizens are
yet wife enough and will Continue 90 prefer q
X epu5lican form of government, in its -porty,
a. the faret prefervatiss efi'slisidual rights
Equally and deeply intereitcd as We all are to
Export thoic free and happy contributions, I'M
der which oarcountry has Aourilhedrin peace
and wealth far.fo confiicrable a period, it mutt
be duty we Owe no leis 10 ourie!yes than to our
POTTERY: TO obtervc with jealous eye, every APP
proach of danger; * TO Be equally iollcltions, TO
repel the encfoachnents of arotrarypowcr,w who
thcr proceeding from internal diioraer orforcign
ievalion. Ii is a melancholy truth, that OF all
other republican, governments, which have ever
sxiitsd-we can only FAY. they were. Not one
OF them is now to be found And notwith-
BANDING it is .iuit fubiea ef. exultation, that
our nation, forms an illuttrious thong foiita-
nv exception, to the general remark, YET it
highly concerns US, at,cntively to coniid-r the
c,uf-s. which have occahoned the iubvertou
OF. all former governments bearing any sefcm-
bfance 10 our own. We fureiy cannon indulge
hope, that if litnilar caufcs lhould operate
among ourielves, they would fail ofhnilar effect.
Differences Of era, climate or petition, have not
hitherto been known to produce any difference
in the atatophc Unlefs then the authority
OF hiAory be diicarded, OF the experience of our
own evenrful times be rejected, it mutt be al
n, tied that the lois OF Liberty, has always been
preceded by a eruption OF the public morals.
Where virtuous habits, finple manners, and
civil harmony have prevailed in communities,
civil liberty has been found TO fourth, and the
force oe mighty empires, has been unequal to
the fub;aga.ion even the imall States While
on rhe contrary, intefaai difcord, vice, and IL
eentioufnefs, a general iplrit of innovation, and
more Especially ditrutt Of the mott able and
.virtuous citizens, and diipolition to transfer
the public confidence, from thofe Whole fidelity,
and ability, have been teited by long and faith
fui ieryiccs. to thofc who with leis experience
and OF doubtful integrity are more clamorous
in their prose gions Of zeal for the public welfare,
have never failed 10 terminate in iubmiiEion to
,he authority OF domeitic ufurpur, unlcis in
vited by the prevailing diltrastions, that event
has been anticipated, by foreign invader.
If any or all the evils herein enumerated
f,ould be 10 actual operation among Us, and if
moreover il ihoud be found that we are falt
declining from that purity in matters Of religion,
which formed peculiar ornament in the char.
aaer, and was the luref fafeguard of the pol
itical nifitutiGns of our anceitors If fenti-
ment ihould prevail, that pub'ic virtue and pri-
vate vice are compatible qualities in the fame
character, that iccntoufneis and pronsacy
are no objections in candidates for the public
Offices if the ufual means of political infor-
nation fhould degenerate into vehlcs Of Ham
der, and abuie of characters ard inittriions en-
ti:led TO the higheA confidence and refped
if reitiefs and afpiring menfhould pracfite with
fuccefs thofs iniidious and deceptive arts to
which the wife ami good would didain 10 toop,
there would be TOO muohreaiop to fear that the
name OF our own country would feon be al