Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1810-02-26
The People 2nizzed, BY Political
.2Mzzers.t

annals Of any nation, In which the
people were thoroughly qmzzed by
their ,nlers, fuch is nozD the con-
dition Of our o7on country We read
; Of the golden, the FLYER, the brazen,
and the iron ages but, with us the
prefent may, with great propriety,
be denomiuated the qrizzing age.
II the affairs Of the Union, and
Of the individual States were con-
du9ed by nen of virtue and abili-
ties if the nation were prosperous
- its peace and independence fecu-
red, under the guidance of faithful
councillors and wife ha;efmen-and
the people by fuch means, rendered
contented and happy then, indeed. a
lit!e innocent gmzzing on the part of
our rulers, might not be amifs--it
could, At leaf, do no harm. But, in
a1yfui times, under mott alarming cir
cumeaaces--and while the citizens
of the u. States have good cauie to
Ec under very )fri1n5 approximations,
not only for their private welfare
but for the public fafety-there is
fomething too much like iAjlh to
the understanding of the American
people in the manner of their being
quizzeS.
JEFFERSON quizzed the people, by
frff gravely telling them" Ne are
al repubfcans--1Ue are al federaEfs !;
we have gained little, if we counte-
nance psAitical intolerance, as DEF
fotic as qvieked, and capable of bitter
and bloody PerJecutions = We are
I" brethren of the Eame p5ipapL'-
and, "every difference of opinion is
not a difference of principle And
Immediately after this. hyprocritical
fang, by turning men out of office,
krcautf they were /" federalits"---
and becazje they differed in opinion"
from bi5 republicans"
He gmzzed the nation, when he
fapported in bis book (his Notes on
VIginia J an independent Judiciary
the trial by jury--and the iacrcdneis
of the habeas corpus ; and after
wards, in bis administrator Of The 60
vernment. when he endeavoured to
proitrate all of them.
He quizzed the nation, when he
Reproduced lin the fame book) domef-
tic manufactures--the introduction
of myriads OF foreigners into our
country. painting out the dangers 10
be apprehended from them, when
transformed into naaulaI citSens =
and the keeping up Handing armies
and, when he afterwards, particu.
larly advocated the expectancy of al
Of them.
He gaizzed the nation, when he
fhed crocodile tears at the tomb O.
WAsHiNcToN while he fought out
s&I public itations, the enemies OF
that luxurious patriot-& employed
rewarded, and carehcd the mott bale
the mott malignant of his revilcrs.
He quizzed the Eation, when, a.
iecretary of fate, he fcouted the
principle OF free .j1ips mating Jrel
psd ard when, as pre6dent. he
Affected TO maintain that principle
With about as much fnceyify, too
as poNAPaRTE, wren he makes one
of his tools, CHAMPAGNY. Urite abou;
the liberty Of the feas = while his
piraticaI CRITTERS are Burning our lbi9J
and Tending fbeir eys1Us to French daE-
rs7ns-in conformity &c the doctrines
of ~ustber of his minions -Hzmi,
the compiler of his geanile maritime
code
He qnzzsi the Nation, when he
returned, unrati ,ed and without
even deigning T. conlult his corygnu-
tionsi aavifr5, the lenate the treaty
of amity and commerce with Great
Britain, made by miriiters os his own
appointment, duly authorized &c
make fuch a treaty thereby attemp
ting to prepare the way for drawing
us into " changing alliance" with
def9otic France and her miferablt
Wallis.
lie quizsel the nation, by tsilrg
about economy"-an I" overflow
Ing rreafury the prolpett of :
ncelg " ex.isStion Of the public
debt :" YET profufeiy expendins