Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1806-08-04

the greateit part Of their leaders pro-
fehcd to be converted TO the COM
monty prevailing creed in favor of
the Contribution and, like new
converts, they carried, or pretended
to carry, their zeal much farther
than rhole who had ever admired it.
Under this cover of zeal for the
Contribution (; they began regular
and fyfematic plan Of oppo6tioH.
While the Contribution was under
confederation, and before il was "a
tilted, they had propofcd to inter-
pref the fenfe of every claufe and ar
ticle In it 70 be very large and inca
pable Of any proper limitation. No
fooner was il adopted, than the fame
men faid the Contribution did not
authorize ii is law, nor that re(olve.
So thar their 6rit political faith was,
thar the Contribution fcarcely hinder
edthe Proficient or Congrefs from
doing any thing they choGe. This
was to aerrify the people. But when
Warrington had the powers of the
ExecutiveG Government to admihiaer,
then there was not one good thing
in ten that CsngrefS could conititu-
tionally legiaaic upon, or Waiting
ton carry into execution. This was
to obftrua and block the wheels of
government.
Every man, of forty years old,
NUT web remember this trIking
incohfftcncy Of parY;-and if he
can account for it in any way TO the
credit ofthe patriotifm and honefy
Of the antifederal party, he mutt be
good workman at the trade, and
ought to be brought forward by that
party to hide or to jufify other en-
ormities.
One Of the hrR .Reps Of the party
was to'feeure certain newspapers and
the newfpaPer Of one Bache, In Phi
laaelphia, Greenleaf, in New- Y ork
and rho Chronicle, in Bottom; never
niffcd week TO fcatter al the jeal-
oufies polible againf Warrington,
andthe Waihingtcn Policy, which
then prevailed il, Congrefs Fl was
not long before Mfr. Jefrrfon en-
pIoyed one Freneau, then Clerk in
bis Office Of Secretary Of State, to
publiih the National Gazette, which
every officer on the expedition to
fupprefs the .whilky rebellion well
knows had chief influence in ftir-
ring up that unhappy and exPenhve
broil.
What reafon thefc printers or
thefe whifky men had ON their iide,
we forbear to enquire in this place !;
we only fate facts. 1t alto faa
that the French Confuls and Minif-
ters unfortunately made NE eft5e fame
printv5 as qvsre employed By The anti
federal pa,tn and who fancy the
French employed them, but did not
pay them may be very hmple, good
people, but they know little of the
French diplomatic arts, or Of the We
nality Of the printers and patriots,
whom Fauchet Jays he found mar
ke;. Fauchet was aFrenchMinilters
whole famous letter was intercept
ted.
Having ftated thefe facts, we ak
our readers to attend TO fome plain
and important inferences from
them.
1T. Free Governments will breed
parties. or rather peryerfc human na-
turc will breed them where the gov
ernments are free Our own cafe
clearly proves this inference +; for, if
there could have been luch thing,
as liberty without party, we fhould
have efcapcd the curfe.
I'd. Parties will DO all they politely
can do to get uPPermoif. Since
I7Sg, they have ftuck at nothing {
fcize the reins of power. Their
complaints againlt the federal adj
miniffration have been many, long
and loud. This is not the place TO
fate or to confute thofe complaints.
Take the four cafes Of fhips, troops,
debts and taxes, and they compriie
the four principal concerns Of gov
eminent. Had we, in Wilmington
and Adams days, hiPs too many
Cnuld orr trade he nrofee1cd apainif