Jenks' Portland Gazette

APPROPRIATE EXTRACT.

The following observations, extracted from the Boston Gazette, are applicable to every part of the United States; and it is hoped they will make a deep impression in the minds of all who feel interested in the welfare of their country, and who wish to rescue it from the impending dangers of jacobin principles; which if not checked, by the good sense of the people, will assuredly end as they have in France in giving us an EMPEROR, or a PRESIDENT FOR LIFE! It therefore behoves all classes of upright citizens to awaken from their lethargy, and come forward in good earnest, to support the constitution, the laws and liberties of the union.

The Jacobins manage their political affairs, through wicked and malevolent, with an infinite degree of address and efficacy. What have the French revolutionists, says Mr. Burke, to supply their innumerable defects, and to make them terrible to the simplest minds? One thing only. But that one thing is worth a thousand--they have energy. So have the Jacobins of our country; and unless the capitalists will come forward with their patronage and influence, and the men of talents and erudition will devote a part of their time to the support of the press, Federalism must indeed sink to the tomb of all the Capulets, and with it, the independence, the freedom, and the happiness of our country. The Federal papers in New England, are mostly conducted by persons whose early years have been spent amidst the labours and hardships of professional servitude, and whose stinted fortunes, when arrived to manhood, have denied them the pursuit of any other duties than those which were immediately connected with their existence. Whereas the Jacobin press are not only fed by the bounty of the National government, but supported by private subscription; and aided, not only by the common stock of democratic talent and wit, (shallow and spurious as the latter is) but by the constant labours of some individuals, who, like parson Griffiths, is hired by the party to stand sentinel at the devil's ail. The federal printers also no pecuniary aid, no forced extortions; they feel the importance and sacredness of the cause, in which they are engaged, and regret that their slender means are not commensurate to the exigencies of the moment. Let then the ingenious and intelligent statesmen, the able and ready writers of our party, come forward with zeal in defence of their principles, and fill the Gazettes with bold and manly appeals to the hearts and understanding of their readers, and a better and nobler order of things may with certainty be expected. The dreadful paucity of talent, which for nearly three years past, has marked those Gazettes, that in the proud days of Washington and Adams, were supported by the warmest eloquence of our best writers, has afforded just grounds of complaint, and excited no inconsiderable alarm and apprehension. Success is alone the companion of exertion. It is therefore hoped, before the return of the next quartervial election, that a new and invigorating spirit will be infused into our political journals, that the people may be fully and feelingly apprized of the perilous situation in which they now stand, and warned to beware of approaching one step farther towards the brow of that dreadful precipice, whose utmost acclivity overlooks a 'sea,' athomless and immeasurable as eternity. If after the performance of these duties, success shall still be denied them, they can religiously exclaim, 'if Rome must fall, we are innocent.'

'Tis not in mortals to command success.

But they can do more--endeavour to deserve it.'