Jenks' Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1803-1805, 1805-02-04


THE fcneee pa.tci,a IN the pleafare ey
iprcfIed BY v,ur kscellen lin he proipeSt, thai
.trura continuance Of h rmony 10 the fcvera
branches Of governments the bailnets oft VII
be conducted with adva tage 10 The public arc
with cafe ndaonysnien-e 20 thoie who are eu'
e,oeed - d seaaai'.s4ron.
The @fab.eds ~hica were referred from the
.orn=r ss.1ns will al tArs time rec lie oar ma
'nfe-GeGberAion. A,aone theie voc conii-cr the
ju,lici.l department. of the governments, as Aieh-
y Important. Deeply iaapr>''cd with the ne
eeaiiy OF adopting il il, tie ftaaJlon, extent and
spopui3;on ot tais county, II order that there
may be an equal ard rrompt Giihihunon +
ju.,ice among us citl2cos, we hal! deTo'c oar
-earliea attrrr'ea to making fuch revjtion ard
-anlehdnent Of. rae exiting iylfenl, anl the a.
Talgcntn, of tie terms Of the Court, as viii
H. eur o2;.ien, DC rccshary for the attainment
'os q defrabie an Object
We Feel high deefcc Of fatisfa0ion in your
fxceiency's Communication With reipeet 20 the
ttale If or Militia IT that thev have made i'm
provcnlcn,s III all the efcnsial points. which
contribute well regulated militia force, thati
many of them have al their owa expcnie procu-
red god cloth Uniforms, aud that their arms
ard equipments are in beller order than at any
former period are ciEcp nlitances peculiarly mer
itafions in them an highly honorable to their
Country.
Il VII. be our endcavor to watch over and adj
'var.2 the various interetts Of the Common
wealth. to crafty the rea!ona6e expectations OF
4our fellow citizcns and to remove all JAZZ
grounds of complaint. While our time and
tarass are devoted to thcie important objects,
we may confidently hope for public appreciation
and fuPPort, bat fllouid this be icniad US thc
contcioafnes of having faithfully and mpartialY
difchafget our duty, will afford US ample fats
factio~. We are fully imprcficd with enie OF
the important benefits which have refulted from
the contribution OF the Unitta States, and be
licve thar few, or none, are dehrous Of wituei-
fng the confuion and dilcord which would
follow lis dIoluion
Under the Contribution of this State, are pai
fed mott of the laws and regulations which at
feet our perlons G. property, and although ira
med and adopted during the ardour OF 4 reVoiu
tiona war, iuch are the wiluom and htHeis Of
Ks princjp!cs 70 accurately are the powers OF the
different departments adjuited and balanced
and 10 able and faithful bls been the admnlI
iration Of the Government unter it, that the ex
perience Of more than twenty years, lnitead OF
loolng ITS value in the eitimaton of the peo-
pie has, il is believed, ncrcaitd and confirm
ed their attachment 20 it. But although our
country has aoriihed in peace and wealth, yet
when we fee the difgrncefnl fate Of lubfec
tion inlo which other republics are reduced, af-
ter much Tutoring and exertion TO obtain their
freedom, ii becomes Us TO reflect on tbs cauiet
of their nliterv, and 10 dilcoyer and adopt iuch
meaiures as may prcierve US from like wretch
ed iituatiou.
A general difiufon of knowledge, ard a ju1
fenfe of the obligations Of the Chriitian keli-
gion are eiIcntialIy aeceAAry TO prelrrye US from
the viciiRtudes, ciitreh> 5, and enormities whlth
have degraded other nations. HE literary and
religious, infituiions, efab iihed by the fr&
irttlers of this tate, ought therefore TO be
carefully maintained and Imported. Sen'ina-
res for the educ alton Of you h, where may be
taught tie principles Of evidence, the proofs Of
Revelation, lie mems of detecting and avoiding
The fubtlsties Of iophiitry, knowledge OF the
lultorY of ancient times which tends to inform
US, whae degree of rcfrant is required for the
curtv If ci il freedom, and ALTO TO open TO our
view the diiguiics under which tyranny may be
Introduced, are of the hrit importance 70 the
nabty and fafety of the State. An enighten
ea peope only, can diltngufh between the fac
tious afpiring demagogue and the upright and
virtuous magiltrate, they alone can diicern the
arts and refrain the paliions Of thoie who with
TO corrupt the pubic morals, and under the pre-
text of Altering the ights OF the people attempt
10 dcfros diem.
We are fully fenGble that the teachers of re-
ligon by their moral and religious initru6tions,
inthis Commonwealth, have been, and islll are,
eminently ufeFul in preferviag the belingS OF
good government, and upholding the order ct
iocitty. The principles OF tllatReiigion, which
confines the exertions of the human mind with
in The limits prelcribcd by IT'S great Cseator,
xhch teacheth reverence for the Deity, an
fenf. Of accountability to him, mutt ever be the