Portland gazette, and Maine advertiser — Portland, Me., 1810-03-26 00:00:00, page 2

r.ijlil me NOMINATIONS. «
HIS HXCF.LI.FNCY
f ! : ■* • ; !u r Gore, Fsq.
» C .v t K NO a — AND HI* HONOR
David Cobb, Esq.
fiJR LIEUT GOTT X K OR.
SENA TORS.
Jr York Dijlrin,
Hon. Joseph Leland,
of Faco—— and
Samuel A. Bradley, Esq.
of Fryekar*,
C VMSfRL A.VD Diftritl.
lion. Lothrop Lewis,
of Gnlam—and
Hon. Luther Cary,
*
of Turner.
Lincoln, Hancock and fVaJkingtcm Dtjl, til,
Hon. Mark L. Hill,
AND
William Crosby, Esqrs.
Kcnneketk and Somerset Dijhul,
Hon. Samuel S. Wilde.
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FREEDOM OF ELECEION.
That there is a party in the United State*,
who have hitherto ftiled themlelve* republi
can*, now endeavoring to change the confti
rution, there caa he no doubt. Look at the
Baltimore paper, warm in favor of Mr. Mad
ifon, opculv advocating the dotftrine of “ Pre
iident for life.’* But before this can be effec
ted, the State Governments muff be annihila
ted. To prepare the way for this event, thefe
governments mull become democratic. Hence
*he reifon of our great men at W'afhington
being lo anxious to fecurethe Election* which
hive, and are about to take place in the nor
ihern brates.
Hence we fee the reafon of their circula
ting their faUehoods in every part of the
country ; fuch a*, “ the British government
h ive condemned the conduct of, and recalled
Mr. Jacicfon, and that his fuccefibr is appoint
ed ’ Hus ftory ha? been fabricated for the
fo'e purpofe of impofiug ou the public, in
hopes to Secure the elections of fuch men as
would tlrow the deftinies of this couutry in
to :1k- hands of Bonaparte, and wage a wanton
and ruinous war with England. This change
in our tree Constitution, can eafily be effected
in time of war, and there is little doubt, but
that tliis is the object of the leading democrats
in the Southern States in wifhing for war. Thcv
alfo know it will be nodfficuk thing to Sind
par iaans for this roeafure among the leading
democrats of the north. The Freemen of
MaSTachureits owe ix to themfeives their coun
try and pofleriry, to Spurn at every attempt
in the officers of the General Government to
influence the election of their Itate officers,
ll they once Submit unwarrantable interfe
ron, j they will loon become the mere regis
ter* of the withe* and mandates of the ** balk
Oair«” gentry of Mr. Madifou * clofet.
The afTei tioosio the letters published iu the
democrat!, papers, purporting to contain in
formation from otir Minister Pinckney, are to
tally fall* a»d coiitradi,fted by accounts and
fcaqr- from Fngland, of the fame and later
slate. The letters are circulated throughout this
State, S>» ly w»th the view to obtain votes in
favor of the democratic candidates on Mon
day next. In confirmation of the above, we
fuitjoin the following Letter :
From the Bofton Gazette.
Jlfrfrs. printers»
Obferving in the Bofton Patriot, a
Certificate from Aartm Poft
M after, and another from James
Princet Elq. Manhal of this diftri£b,
communicating extrafU from Letters
receive J by them from Washington
—We deem it our duty te Certify,
that the following are true extra&s of
letters from Members of Copgrefs,
which we have feen and purufed,
and which are in our pofleflion.
(Signed) THOMAS H. PERKINS,
d \niel Sargent,
WILLIAM SULLIVAN.
1 jh)?, March i 7th, 18 io*
Ext raft from two letters, from different
gent It men of high character % and in
public fat ion S'
“ WASHINGTON, MARCH IO.
“ You will have heard before this,
of the news from Europe received at
New-York. The frienJs of admin
iilration circulated, with great tri
umph, a luromary of a letter from
Mr. Pinkney, in which it was faid,
the Marquis of Wellesley had told
Pinkney, that the adminiffration of
(ireat Britain difapproved of Jack
foil’s CunduEf, and would recal him,
and fend a gentleman of high rank
in his place. Circumltances render
ed the truth of that reported fumma
ry, fo far as related to the disappro
bation of J ickfon, feared, credible.
There is little doubt, that this fum
nvujr has been put in circulation to
i fluence the cl dens, for I myfelf
h vc fc A two letters, or.e from Mr
jfackfon himfelt, to a gem It man in
this neighbourhood, which lays, that
he had thu fa tisfadion to ftate, not
only thti* his own government have ex•
freffed the nrfk imqua d approbation
<p his (Oaditli, but that his conduit has
l. tn approved, and cheered by the people
cj Gre> t Bn*am - v ho have been
k night up to a pit, h of indignation a
£«in/t the count ny eg «/ to that which
e.vr g venvr.ent nttcmfte.3 to exi it* here,
a a:Lit hint. He add* however, M.:/
n thing intemperate wit! be done ; that
w will V recalled t hut that what oth
cr j p would he takcn$ was not refit
ved.
The other letter is from a gentle
man in Perwfylv.tnia, connedled with
the uppy thn in England, who alfo
hates, that Jack fin s ccnJitfl has been
approved.
bxtratd of a fecond letter, dated loth
I March,
“ Robert Smith lias been trying to
ret into circulation a Rory that Mr.
j Pinkney has written him, that the
! conduit of Mr. J ackfon is condem
ned by the Britilh Miniflry, and he
is to be recalled, in a way not to hurt
his feelings *, and that another Min
ilter will be lent out. But news the
revet fe of this is fo well authenticated,
he cannot make any one believe himf
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Communications.
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JETHRO.No. 4.
THE fecond thing which I proofed to
confider, under the general head of truth, is
fidelity_ There is no impropriety in exhibit
ing rulers, as has often been done, in the
light of fervauts to the people. Now it is
sef -ireJ s/J fieivarJj, OT fervants, that a mam he
fomnJ faithful. For the fake of diftin<5tnefs, jet
us here uotice two of the moft prominent cir
cumftances that occur. The firft is, that reg
ular othcial duties are to be confcientioufly
difch&rged This is every-day employment ;
and it ought to be regulated by fuch princi
ples as tend to promote, in the moft effe&ual
way, the great purpofes of adminiftraiion.—
Confider, that in the hands of the magiftrate,
from the loweft tc the higheft ftation, are de
pofited, in proportionable meafures, the lives
and property, the peace ana fecurity of thou
fands; Whence proceeded this important
truft ? Men, natnrally free and independent,
have relinquifhed a portion of their liberty
for the prefervation of the reft. How facred
then is the duty wt.icn Delongs to mote,
whom the people have made the refervoir of
their rights ? Let it be difcharged with im
partiality. Magiftrates, like the Great Gov
ernor of the world, fhould be no tefpe8er$
persons. The only favor which they are to
feek is that of Heaven ; the only evil they
ought to fear is the frowns of injured juftice.
Let the rich and honorable,by direCk attempts,
or by a fecret and almoft imperceptible in
fluence, never cloud your judgment, nor taint
your principles. Remember that, for every
abufe or negleCk of impartial rectitude you
are highly refponfible to your confcience,
your country, and your God.
Fidelity fuppofes, moreover, a vigilant at
tention to the ftate of fociety with refpeCk to
the operation of laws. Magiftrates are the
guardians of the conftitution, and of the flat
utes which iflue from it for public protection
and order. Nothing can be more anfnrd than
that the men, whofe hufinefs it is to make
and execute laws, fhould be the firft to difre
gard them. But it is a maxim in every body's
mouth, that “ the receiver is as bad as the
thief.” Hence a neglect to employ the prop
er means for preventing abufes, renders one
blameable, in the fame fenfe, if not in the
fame degree, with the firft offender. As ex
amples are very ufeful in illuftrating a fubjeCk,
I (hall now produce one, that the application
of thefe remarks may become the more fa
miliar and obvious. Violations of the Sab
bath, particularly by unnecefTary travelling,
are the ground of daily complaint. The due
obfervance of this Holy Day is enforced by
the triple power of the conftitution, and of
common and ftatute law. But, fince many
fober and religious perfons are far from being
fati«(ied on this point, it becomes an objeCk
of ferious inquiry, whether any thing more
can be done for protecting the public rights
in a cafe of fueh importance. This inquiry
does not belong merely to the immediate
guardians of the law relative to the Lord’s
Day ; but is incumbent upon all who are
concerned in the feveral departments of gov
ernment. RLCLUSE. |
* MR. GRAY,
Demoiratu Candidate for Lt. Governor.
DO AS YOU WOULD IE DONE IY.
1 Sometime lipce, William Gray purchafed
fo«t hundred fhares in the Penobfcot Bank,
obligating himfelf to pay for them either in
fpecie or hills of that bank—but it was gen
erally underftood that Mr. G. would pay the
money for the fhares. In that cafe the Di
rectors would have been able to manage their
loans fo that the people who held their bills
would have experienced no lofs. But Mr.
Gray knew the fituation of the bank, and of
courfe that the bills would foon be much be
low par. This has been the cafe—for they
have been at a difcount of 25 or 30 per cent,
and this has enabled Mr. G, to make hand
iome fperulation, as the bills are now near
ly at par. And from whom has this mon
ey been drawn ? From the Farmers, Me
chanics and Laborers of the DiftriCl of Maine.
Mr Gray, perhaps, had a legal right to this
advantage, hut was it acting as a man of his
circumftances ought to have done ? Had he
, been lefs avaricious, he would have paid the
money for the fhares. Fellow.citizens, do
you think a man who is governed by fuch a
miferly difpolition, ought to have the rule
over you ?
FALSEHQOM DETECTED.
The laft Argus is more full of bitternefs
than ever ; but u Jeceftkn were not ufed to
milLail and inflame, the bitternefs would be
left unnoticed. The very firlt columns are
devote*.! to the butinels of mifreprefentatiou
on the fubject of Loans, The Argus man?
whoever he is, there ftates that the Feferal Ad
minifitation actually borrowed while they were
in power, D. 25,775,795 56, We have no
evidence ot the truth of this romnd bui
jthe mere Jay Jo of that writer.—Congrefs au
j'hurtled the Prefldent from rime to time to
i make loans—in fome cafes he exercifed the
j power, in others he did not—md all the Imm
I that were actually made, were made for the
* parpoie of paying otF the tutexeft of the Debt
i
tfc—•
and p*rt of the debt itfelf, eontra.^d in our
l RrvJmtr nary ATjr, which was the price of our
i Independence, and the expenles of quelling
with an army the Infurrevdion in Penn fyi vania,
I in which Mr. GALLAT IN made fo diftin
! >miillied a figure, and for which Prefident
j Washington granted hint a paroon—beiule*,
1 thefe loan* were mod of them made when ihe
government firft went into operation—with*
, out any funds, and till then without crefit. But
the pohev of that government fit l tie Treasury
—paid public debit—cltabliflied eredit. and gave
us preferity and wealth. Now by the folly of
our democratic rulers, our profperity and
wealth are gone—our treasury is empty—
and a ioan of FOUR MILLIONS i* necef
fary to juppert government, even in time oj Ftat:,
fr" -■■■
i Scriclures on Mr. Gerry's /wlitifftl
character.
NO. I.
Mr. Pi infer,
I AM not used to writing newspaper es
says ; and I have so often witnessed the pro
pagation of falsehood through the medium
of the papers *-(I do not mean any reflection
upon you Sir, or the writers in the Gazette)
that although I have frequently been promp
ted to take up my pen, 1 have as often been
prevented by my reluctant feelings. 1 am a
plain man, and cannot pretend to critical
correctness of language or elegance of style.
I have no ambition as, certainly, I have no
pretensions to the character of a scholar—
A little plain common sense is all that I can
boast of, and to a few observations founded
in common sense, I solicit the attention of
my fellow-citizens, with whose political pros
perity and happiness, my own is inseparably
connected. As I am a private citizen, neith
er an office-holder, nor an office seeker, my
mind is not under the dominion of any private
or party prejudice. 1 am a republican, but
by no means an advocate for the new-fang
led notion of French liberty and equality,
w'hich from the days of Genet to the present,
have prevailed with so much mischievoMs
effect in our country'. These I consider as
dangerous to our political peace and welfare
as the blasphemous doctrines of the infamous
Paine are to the pious principles and correct
habits of our forefathers. No Sir, the re
publicanism which I profess is founded on
the principles of the constitution, and conso
nant to the political system of our departed
Washington, the principles which led him
through the fields of battle, to victory and
glory, and the same which he displayed in
our councils of State, to secure the blessings
which, under heaven his valor had won.
I have marked with deep regret, the pro
gress of the anti-federal party, which is the
same which falsely assumed the name of
Republicans, they have been uniformly the
same party which opposed Washington and
those good and great men who have trodden
in his steps, and from the adoption of the
constitution to the present day, our Legis
lative journals,have exhibited tbeir strength.
It is a fact, which examination will abun
dantly prove, that the party called federal
ists have ever been the friends of the Con
stitution, and that those who call themselves
republicans, almost to a man opposed it,
and employed all their arts and talents to
prevent its adoption, and they have uniform
ly opposed its principles to the present day.
But I will not waste the time and patience
of my fellow-citizens with any further pre
faratory remarks. Recent events, and the
alarming state of public affairs have called
my feeble efforts into action and overcome
my reluctant feelings. The facts I shall
state will bear the severest scrutiny of in
vestigation although my productions in the
sense of literary men may merit the animad
version of criticisms ; yet in the cause of
truth, 1 have no fears, and while conscious
of performing a duty, I believe that silence
would be a desertion of .lie principle, and in
activity treason.
When I discover an attempt to place at
the head of our state government a man,
who has uniformly opposed the constitution
from the time it was framed, and during the
whole period when it was under considera
tion by the delegates of the people, and even
to the present day, I cannot be satisfied with
| merely giving a silent vote against him, nor
| can I resist the impulse of duty, which dic
j tates a solemn warning to rny fellow-citizens.
1 I have been an observer of political events
from the turbulent reign of mobocracy under
Sha\ s to the government of law under the
I _i :_«i- „ _
vw..av»VMMVI.J ••••Vi M i^|#UUIILAII gUVCKIIlIlUll
I believe that the only security of the peo
ple is a constitution which opposes a barrier
against arbitrary power while it secures in
dividual rights and provides for the public
welfare. Such a barrier was our constitu
tion, when administered by its friends, and
surely to preserve it from further violation
ought to be among the first wishes of Amer
icans. Is Mr. Gerry the friend of the Con
stitution ? Would to heaven he were, but
truth compels me to say he is not, and that
he is, and ever has been its decided enemy.
I suspect that many of my fellow-citizens,
are not apprised of these, and I ask their at
tention to a few facts, which I challenge Mr
Gerry or his friends to deny, if they should,
I will prove them beyond the possibility of
doubt. With Mr. Gerry’s private character,
I will not meddle, as I utterly disapprove of
newspaper abuse, bat his political character
and opinions the whole public ought to know
l might introduce many particular fa:ts to
establish my assertion that Mr. Gerry is, and
always has been opposed to the Constitution,
but at present, I will confine myself to such
as admit of public and irrefragable proof—
W ben the constitution was under considera
tion by the delegates of the several towns
in the State, Mr. Gerry at the request of
some ami-federalists, was admitted on vari
ous occasions into convention for the avowed
purpose ot answering questions as to matters
ot tact, but for the real object of opposing its
ratification. And every effort of Mr. Gerry
was employed (thank heaven without suc
cess) to excite the jealousies of the delegates
against it, and this at a time too, when an
archy threatened the annihilation of every
sound political p. o• iple bidding defiance to
the laws, and endangering the cause of pub
lic justice, and threatening ruin and desola
tion unuer the worst ot tyranny, that of a
licentious mob Mr. Gerry’s friends cannot
« e i v his avowed hostility to the Constitution
at Ims perilous period of our political liislo
r>» '-Cause there are thousands of living
witnesses who can attest the fact. He uot
only publicly declared his abhorrence of the
constitution when it was before tiie delegates
ot the people,but he secretly sought its de
j * l uclion “»d the head of the antifed
era! party in the state, when its ufidtfrlsf'gs,
it- Nasdhs, it* Witlgrn , its km*leys, &.c.
&.iic. his obedient tools, like soldiers un
der drill, were prompt in the execution of
his hostile project But a host ot won lues a*
mong whom we find his excellency Christo
pher Gore, H«n. Chief Justice Parsons,
Hon. Judge Sedgwi k, Hon Ruins King,
Hon. Kistier Ames, and our late governor
Hancock, and Sumner, and Strong, the first
of whom was president of the convention all
the zealous advocates of the Constitution ;
&. to their dignified ami enlighten* d supfoit
our country is indebted, for the defeat of
Mr. Gerry’s exer«.'wms, and the ratification
of that constitution to which we owe all oui
j national prosperity, and which when honest
ly administered, secured our national honor,
* and our private and indn ulual happiness as
citizens.'
This Constitution Mr. Gerry would have
had the people of Massachusetts re ject—and
for what—Judge fellow citizens for your
selves call to mind facts which 1 do not
wish to mention, and which are not yet be
yond the memory of thousands now living,
and you will be compelled to acquiesce in
the assertion that Mr. Gerry is opposed to
the first principle of our national compact
Since the times I have been speaking of,
has Mr. Gerry’s political opinions undergone
any change » When the constitution was rat
ified, did Mr. Gerry, like many others, con
vinced bv the superior intelligence,and po
litical knowledge of the friends of the Con
stitution, acknowlege that his opinions were
founded on wrong principles, and pledge
himself to support the constitution ratified
by a majority of the people ? I have heard it
asserted that Mr. Gerry did this, but I know
the assertion to be untrue, or at least I knew
that Mr. Gerry continued still to be opposed
to the constitution,—nay more, it is well
known by Mr. Gerry’s private friends that
his deep rooted hostility to the constitution,
has not abated. But to prove that his op
position to the constitution existed after its
ratification, let the following statement of
votes, for a few towns, in 1788, from official
documents be considered.
Votes on the ratijic*
j Towns. Hancock. Ge y. tionoj the constitution.
VV.Springfield,43 103 nay by 3 delegates.
Westfield, 44 78 yea.
Townsend, 15 44 nay,
Tawksbury, 16 33 nay.
Warwick, 42 59 nay.
Bernad&town, 20 23 nay.
Ludlow, 6 38 nay.
Leyden, 8 18 no delegate.
Rehoboth 102 262 nay by 3 delegates.
Swansey, 24 128 nay by 2 delegates.
Easton, 8 35 nay.
Mendon, 27 50 nay.
Grafton, 26 53 nay.
Pitsfield, 39 57 nay.
Tyringham, 21 57 nay.
Loudon, 1 23 nay.
Sandisiield, 29 58 nay.
Many other towns might be enumerated
all of whose delegates, gave votes against
the constitution, which gave move votes for
Mr. Gerry than for Mr. Hancock, at their
meetings, for the choice of Governor.
It is susceptible of the clearest proof that
Mr. Gerry continued to be the head of the
anti-federal party, even to the year 1800—
I have not the documents at hand, but will
endeavor to look them up for my neat num
ber—but the following statement of votes
through the state for 4 successive years tak
en from official documents will shew that
Mr. Gerry is still the favorite of anti-federal
ism, still opposed to our constitution.
Strong. Gerry.
1800 19630 16953
1801 25452 20169
1802 29982 19584
1803 29199 11656
Governor Strong voted for the adoption of
the Constitution, so did Governor Hancock,
Sumner, and Gore who are all members of
the convention Mr. Gerry has been set up
as the opposite candidate against them all.
Who are his advocates, look around you fel
low-citizens, and enquire if the leaders of
Mr. Gerry’s party, and his warmest support
ers are not to be found among those who
have uniformly been at enmity with the
constitution—are not the same (party who
were then called anti-federalists, and l ave
since falsely assumed the name of republi
cans, many of whom, and particularly the
leaders, pretend a hypocritical devotion to
the constitution, while they secretly bear to
wards it the most bitter enmity.
A YEOMAN.
Mr. Printer,
I am glad to see again the nomination of
Hon. Lothrop Lewis, and
Hon. Luther Cary,
as candidates for Senators for this district.
These men, are well known to their
fellow citizens, have for .many years fit
led important offices, the duties of which
they have uniformly discharged with integ
rity, ability candor, and moderation. They
are not polititical partizans, but men gover
ned by the constitution and those principles
which will promote the happiness and pros
perity of their constituents.
They are friends and advocates for Peace
and Free Trade, and enemies of War,
Embargoes and Non-Intercourse. No man
in the State is better acquainted with the
Commonwealth’s p operty in lands, than
Col. Lewis—fiom this knowledge, the state
have been frequently benefited and it is
much for the interest of every citizen of the
Commonwealth, that this gentleman should
have a seat in the Senate. Judge Carv, for
many years, has filled the office cf Just ice ol
the Court of Common Pleas in Oxford to
the approbation of all parties, is well quulfi.
ed for the office of Senator.
1 he friends of Col Lewis and Judge
Cary can challenge any to bring aught
against them in either their private or public
characters.
They are distinguished for talents, for
mild and amiable manners, and for their at
tachmenv to the rights and liberties of the
people. CvMBtRLA.NO ANuOxrORO.
Buxtoti% AUr$b S3J, 1810.
Afu. Shialbt,
Si*-—I H AVF for fome time been thinking
to write to you, but 'til now I touldn’t make up
my mind to it, a» l have done little at it fince
1 kept fchool, about thirty years a go. I waa
formerly what was called a good democrat
and an a&ive man at town meetings. Bui
latterly the times have pinched me lo hard,
that 1 ha\ s been led to make fome inquiry
into the came* of the evil A* ‘ i;
back town where we do not hear tr.J? ® 4
I an forced to pick up my ftt|fe ft„ck Pt*S I
ond hand. I once ufed to thmk |}«. * ^ I
I read in the Argus; but after thewr#./ ^
I heii.ated a little before I believed ]
hard names that was called in it. j * T
of the Jury in bartlett’* cafe, aud th0’ b *
bad enongh, yet they tried to ]
worfe thau he was—and I faid to
.they will lie about fuch a man as thu '•? I
'they not lie alfo about good men who a’ * J
up m oppofition <o their o„„ ctodkbJ
j I In* convinced me I ought to take fc- e J
er paper befides the Argus, fo that 4 I
fee what both fides would fay. Our *S •
recommended your paper, which I go?i ^
.to fend for.
j Since then I have read a great deal »W
the Embargo ; one fay* it was owiugtoFrZI
influence, and the other lay* it a|[ t0 ?
Engliili Orders. The republican* fay it Wc,
have been off long ago if the Fed* had J,
broke it ; and the Feds, fay it would nev£
have been put on if Bouaparte had not wifj.
ed it.—Now which is right I cannot t*».
all I know is, it kart, me. Rum i* hiirhJ
molaffes is higher, and all fort* of merchant
goods are higher—all. as they fay, 0wiBf 1
the Embargo. Well, board* are lower,*
hay i* lower, and (lock is lower ; and th»
they alfo fay is owing to the Embargo. Well
then the Embargo -wat • very bad W ^
the Nonintercourle is not much better. Now
i your paper lays, put the federalift* intonfo,
and they will lake it off—aud the Arg*f fiT*
, Gore is a tory, and bought by Britift g0j<|
, and want* us to make war with France, *a|
1 that the Embargo was all owing to the fed
' eralifts.
) Now as Marflia! T-n told me the oth.
er day, when he fqoeezed my hand, and look
ed gracious, that I was a man of fome iBj}u.
ence in my town, and that I might bring out
all the folks in my neighbourhood to town
J meeting, l think I ought to exert it to help
make better times, La ft year i was muck
. cooler than I ufed to be, and Judge W— a
I came to me aud told me it would never do
* to nincn in tne nour oi danger; that the Eip.
I lift fociety to which I belonged, would he
: dcflroyed if Gore got in; that the federaiift*
wanted an eftablifhed religion, and that
there was a fcheme on foot to fet the Diftrid
of Maine off to Canada, and that fome lucto
folks had been up to fee the Governor. Our
Judge looked fo grave and talked fo feriow
that I thought theru was fomething in it, and
fo 1 did all 1 could for Lincoln ; for as he
was a farmer 1 thought he muft have fome
experience of their diftreffes. But there wai
one thing that troubled me a little. I went
over to Alfred one day to be bondlmau fort
neighbor of mine that was embargoed iu jail,
and I went into Judge K-e’s (lore and
there I heard him telling a number of peo
pie that Lincoln was the old General that
fought during the war when Gore wit
along with Mowet, and therefore all mull
vote for Lincoln if we meant to lave oar lib*
erties. I did not believe this myfelf~*but u
I had often heard among folks that the end
jellified the means, 1 did not coutradidl him;
but laid to mylelf, as he has the good of th*
country at heart why lhould I quarrel with
him for telling a (lory that could do no bara
to any body. Town meeting came aud 1
voted for Farmer Lincoln and platter-faced
Varnum, as the Dracut folks ufed to call bin.
But it all would not do, Gore got in and the
Legifiature was federal. Then we expe&id
to lee Kings and Biihops, and Canada folks
coming to take us and our farms and mill*
and fell us to England. But inflead of this
we had a fpeech from Governor Gore, is
which he faid, that it would be his pleafure
as well as his duty to proted eur liberties and
1 lives and property to the extent of his abili*
ty ; and that he would do all in his power
I to rellore commerce and trade, and to relieve
the poor Farmers. I was fo pleafed with it
that I read it to my neighbors, and wc dl
thought that Lincoln could not have writte.1
a better one. But we were told that the
veil foot would foon peep out. NotwithlUo*
! ding this, for aught I could fee the General
Court went on and did as well as any General
Court could, and they broke up the neft of
vermine in the county which was called th*
Little Court of Seffions ; aud they chofe ai
honed man for the Treaiurer. In lhort, I
found nothing in them to complain of but
raifingthe Judges falaries and making a new
Eleiftson Law- But when I went to Port*
laud Court and faw Judge Parlous and
{ Judge Parker, and was told that they mud
| have refigned if their falaries had not beta
railed ; aud when 1 found upon calculatios
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more than three cents, I thought it was pay*
, ing cheap enough for fuch good men. And
1 then I had the late Ele&ion Law explained
to me, about which we have heard fo many
ftories of its taking away our right of voting;
and it letms all that was meant by it was this,
that no man lltould vote in tcxan afiaim who
had not paid a pole tax, and two thirds s»
much more, at leaA once in two years. Far
j my part 1 thought it a very good law, for
why Atould a man come into meeting and
vote away my money for taxes which he is
unwilling to pay himfelf.
After this came on the rupture with Jack*
" fon, at»d my blood began to l>oil again ts
’ think how he had infulted the adminiftration*
And our Reprelentative C-ts fent me a
whole budget of Documents (he called them)
ail the way from Waihington, and diretftf'k
them to me as ’Squire—a title by the way* f
i have no more pretenGon to than roy wde—
and he told me how government had been in*
(uited, and how we rauft all rally round it»
aud ck ve all vote for men that would ft**^
| by the adminiAtauon. So l took out *ny
• Ipedlacles, and read them all through m th*
\ courl'e of a rainy afternoon and evening ;
| afterwards I read them out loud to my cc^®*
bors, who ail came in to fee a letter A0®
Waihiugion with a great red fell oo it
after hunting once or twice for the inln i
and not tindirg it, wc fuppofed it was f‘,fl#e
art of the letter winch we did not un<-ef*
Uand, and theu we reAed ealy till we
fee it in the pjper. But after our Legiflatu
patted their Resolutions, and ve found tbs
they could n«»i difeover the in full any •n4,re
than we could j and that Smith, was u*A *
whit better than Jackfon, we concluded *c
there was lome milchief a brewing at
ingtnu too deep for us to find out. bo
we law that England had lent out a
on pur pole to make a trea*y wn;h u», *r'
, they would not treat with him ; that t 7
kept cn the non intercourfe ; that lb*)
1 pc at all the money in the treafmy ; and t
Mr. Gallatin had n sale report '.hat they sVl