The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1819-08-17

-. ,'''e 4 IS to be reme,pb..
3D. that they had not only the NJ 'Oe''
on' the materials. to make. The r.,a''
uon Was the whole round. The ,.,,'.
vas from one extreme 10 the o,b.n ,~'0a
a transition OF 'be most siaIen, Aind r.s
the lies Of provincial subiec,ion non
tighter under The usu,raiiOns Of i r I-
rial and parliamentary despo,i,n ,''pS'
utmost license and Insurance = liz
can liberty. r~p'i'
In 'his course however it is ee,,.,.,
Just 20 reflect, that they were assis,s
Instructed throughout the stormy ps,:s u
the revolution by the same spiri, &c
dom, which occasioned their or;g;n,,
niz ton. Il was this .pirit, Which .nns
ted thsir long resistance to ar5i,rory -
II their conflicts for the p-esetva.'o.
their charters and contests for their n,;,;,
ges with their governors and EaslIy Dave,
Inc way Ior i's eh'ire ProsEolion and to.l
extirpation Il was spirit straais1
strengthened and directed BY ii. arr.
principles morality, which thtyb.d
bibed with The primitive motives 80.
emigration, ADD BY the long hsbii. a..
which they had maintained f.r upward.
q oen'u'y.-ln this respect it may be lb,,..
Tore SID, That they fell Of like rip. "a,
from the branches /; and though the eh.nr.
WAS not accomplished without violence N
several communities We're snll holden, H.
gether and united In one common cue.
rs powerful affinity between th5i, ,;,,n..
md eheir duties the mutual relation, IL
sisting between their objects and theiro br
gaiions--and the all ,nimaiinq ipf1en,s "
the two master principles ofIberty and 49,,
iotism.t
The want Of this preparatory discipline
vas wha' the French ex2e fenced in ,b.;.
illomened revolution, & was tie unforian,,.
cause OF lis disastrous termination III.
emphaiically said, that he French are m,
III for liberty. They were not quR6dby
anv preliminary exertions Of political fee.
agency nor previous acquaintance wihths
practical importance Of popular rights, for
the exercise of the office, and ,noy msnt Of
the privilege, Of self government Itwas
therefore for the French 10 u
free. They were under fatal disqualii-
cation for it. They could only change
Some Of the new states of the union have
not enjoyed all the advantages Of ,he origin
al members Of The confederacy-They have
been carved ouI of a vacant territory, re-
deemed from the barren waste 1T lndian IL
les, and scarcely reclaimed from he heart
If the savage wilderness. heir poDuIa-
ion was composed ofa mott congregA.
ion of natives Of other states. with the allu
non Of foreign shores bringing wrh them
MO kind Of hodgvpndge al their diftr
mi notions of police and dscordsn, Irai-sof
.haracter. Nothing probably could Be
more unlike and inconsistent than their ~
'lous modes OF life and original hsbis Of
hinsing. Yet from all these heierogrn--
'us and apparently hopeless materials
political Intelligence was found capable Of |
,eing extracted sufficient 10 guide their
80 The adoption of useful and
beneficial establishments.
One reason in their favour in forming
these institutions, is that ifthey have Dot
acquired any positive individuality Is ps0-
Die, they are also free in the same cipacI'y' H
from any gross faint Of political corruPa0p'
They are. politically Speaking, in virgin
state. But the principal circumstance
which operates to their advantage, IS 'na
az being in the immediate neighbournooa
ofother well organized states, and ccnsu'
,utinr an integral part of certain genera
system. The Federal Constitution guaraa
tees TO every sta;e in the union srepuOllca"
form Of government but the sFrsrssn'n
Of the several states among themselves an
their relations TO each other, serve %
still stronger guarantee. The spirit o''"V II
system Is its principal security. u = I"
possible for il TO be perfectly dark os'0
the mountains, when the sun Is shining -