Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1805-11-11
From the Connecticut Courant.
TO tie be1tE of all b1l;t;raI81rt;;sr

f 10 TIE PelflF 9t al p1AtfcaL parties.
IHE two following petitions are unde-
nlable 1T, that free nations ordinarily rife
or fink according to the purity or corruption
Of their morals, and 2dly, that the fate Of
any peoples morals viii depend ultimately
upon the manner IN which they educate
their children.
Unlels in a qualified Tenfc, | do not ac-
cord to the 1entiments in the following lines
in Pope,
For forms Of government let fools contaa;
4" That which IS balt adminiller'd IS bea."
| believe that forms Of government are verv
important I; that fome forms are vaHIy pre-
terable to Others and that it bchoyes A
tree people TO be careful thar the ftru6ure
OF their government be founded upon the
principle Of equal rights, and that It be
framed II tuch manner as viii be mott
likely 70 iccure 70 the people theix privilec-
Is. Bur even the bef forms Of govern
mehf are ike cobwebs, whenever the peo-
PIE for whom they arr made degenerate
ana become generally dePrayed and vicious
in their icntimentS and manners. ...
me frnJtment. 70 often proclaimed IN
Fraace, namely thar u Is bur tzr a natter 70
7riH HLrLf trtc, and 1t teeames tree, is utter
y deluGve. The French people pledged
their Golen;n oaths, fcores Of times, that
ihey would live and die free. They de-
flroyet every veitiSe Of their royal govern
nent They facriGced almof millions Of
human victims upon the altar Of hysyty,
iaif,Iy 70 called. They vowed eternal ha-
tired to royalty. They fhouted, " zi1r Aa
rspp5Aqnr."' long. live republican liberty
They had republican contributions, one af-
ter. another. tpup from the brains of the
mott able thcorifs and the refut has
been, a horrible anarchy terminating in
hoUble delpdtifm. w.
All tbi, is caGly accounted for. The
great body of the French people never had
any corect idea, Of the nature Of rational
republican liberty, and they were, bsGdes,
too corrupt to rapport any kind Of free gov
ernment accordingly they have experien-
ced what every other nation, ii Gmilar cK-
cumltances muR experience, namely, that
" they whom morals and habits canno.
govern, mutt be governed BY force"
IN mott parts Of Nev-England there has,
during the luccelion of fevera ages, Been
as much real republicanit!n, as there has
probably been ever witnehtd ii any part Of
the world. The pcopIc attached to their re-
ligiou5, moral, and literary inltitutions,-
indufrion; and Io5er IN tLeir habits, sand
venerating law anI locia, or1sr-have had
the ability, as well as the inclination, to Be
free; they have known how to cherifh the
tacrcd fame upon freedom 'satar-but If We
greatly decline from the virtrous ways Of
our fathers, or i very corrupted genera
ton lhouEd fucceed us if the time ihould
come when religious and moral inhi.utions
are generally contemned-when the fab
bath IS openly and generally profaned--
when the great body Of the people fhaL
lears to fcoT at the doctrine Of a future RET
ribntion-when an oath lofes It's foIemni-
ty-when vice triumphs, and the wicked
bear rule-if fuch time ihouId come, All
that is dear and valuable will be loft and
ours will be buried in the fame tomb with
the other republics, which have fallen
to rife no more
The wife and the good. or every reii-
gious and Of every political denomination,
!hould unite their efforts 70 prevent fuch a
fatal catafropho and particularly to form
The minds Of tke riing generation 10 Gen;i-
mems and habits Of virtue. e.-lbe pyeient