Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1809-01-09

the respect which General Washington
entertained for Mr.. s)n--and in
this, they ever over shoot their mark
but, on no occasion more, than in late
Monitor, the confidential paper of the
administration. 1t is there stated,
that
"Chief Justice Marshall, in his Life of
Gen. Washington, records circumstance
which gives peculiar pre- -em,nence 20 the
talents of Mr.. Jefferson. It was in the dark
and gloomy period Of our revolutionary war,
when the general seemed greatly embarIas-
sed in his mind, and all resources appareit-
|, were exhausted. In this state ofthins
1t was after several enumeraiions, he cries.
out where is Jefferson - The text viii
bear an ample comment, and it Is left Tor
every candid reader To reflect of what meal
eulable consequence the fomer deemed the
latter when from the very face VI the ex-
clama,ion it is evident that general WASH
ington considered Mr.. Jeiierson's superior
talents equal to the s<1sa,ion Of his country
even in the worst Of limeA''
Washington consider the superior
talents Of Jefferson equal, in the worst
oil times, 20 the salvation of his country .
Most infamous blasphemy lit is true
that Judge Marshall in his Life of
Washington, records circumstance,
but in manner no way 10 the honor OF
Mr.. Jefferson, that during one OF the
most gloomy periods Of the revolution,
when tho stoutest hearts were ready to
sink, and when the times required the
active presence of every patriot, pa,-ic-
alarly of those who were looked to as
giving tone to the spirit of the times
by their example--It was at period
like this, when Washington found him
self deserted by many, who under more
chesring prospects had pledged to be
constant, i" in season and out Of season."
in their devoirs to liberty, and when he
saw the destiny OF hiScountry shrouded
in sombre gloom--it was a, time like
this, that he enquired, in the accent Of
refiroach not Of confidence, !" where is
Jefferson 7" The fact is, the peril of
the times had frightened him to a" dig.
nitied retreat" in the bosom Of Carriers
mountain-or, to that OF his faithful
slave. And this is the man, who has
been our president near eight years.
who found the nation prosperous, res
pected abroad, happy at home and
who leaves US in fes months, plunged
in distress, the American character
abroad name for the finger Of scorn
to point at, and at home shook with
convultsons that portend dreadful dis
solution.
1t ought to be esteemed an indispen.
sible duty, whenever these minions OF
Mr.. Jefferson speak Of him as the com.
patriot of the immortal Washington, to
rsmind them and him of his patronage
to the infamous Calender and his twin
brother Duane, for defaming the illus
trious Washington land of his cnmi-
ty to the federal government from its
first start, in establishing under the ed
itorial care Of Philip Freneau, paper
for the express purpose of opposing the
government, even whe.. he was himself
one Of the first officers Of government.
We shall close this article with an
extract from the terse and pungent
Danvers, the anonymous author Of" a
Picture ola Republican Magistrate OF
the New School; )" who, speaking OF
Mr.. Jeiferson's patronage to Duane, for
libelling the virtuous Washington, says,
What but the most gnawing ambi-
,ion--what but the phrensy Of hien.
wrought jealousy, or the fell envy OF
the fend, who signs to bring down
the pune ethreal spirit to the level OF
his own darkness, eoutd have prompted
an american to abuse and Willy so ex
cellent hero, or to reward the foreign
hireing for service ofsuch prodigious
infamy !-If the pure spirit OF the
Fadions and Dfareeiins of Anne RIGA, him
selfboth sword and buckler of his coun-
try--eyer contemplates its fading g!o-
ries, how will it regret the blood that
was spilled in the glorious struggle for
that manly liberty and independence,
which in a few short years have given
place TO an ignoble * cowardly system
OF deception and Chicanery."