Portland gazette, and Maine advertiser — Portland, Me., 1810-08-20 00:00:00, page 2

it i-» not of 1 'V at w/»a«5 f ivoitrs of
ot\f democratic brethren, tut uc cm
no; forbear requesting them to accent
pmv us for h h v moments, whilst w«.
p-) luck noon their truck, and look fo*
o
•t|»<s « d'ud% ^jU'Mfed, and missing” of
r tit* party, sio.c the cciiunenct ment
of ifc K‘Verson ian warfare in 1801.
At that period, two sun* lightened
our hemisphere--! fferson and Burr.
It was dill';**011 to determine which the
party delighted the most to honour.
Both vyc* worshipped, like Baal and
Ashtcrotb of old—hut Burr stood in
tlie wav oi Kherson, and he was cut
down os a cumberer of the ground, and
he now is called a villain by such men
as Kfferson, Wilkinson, and Duane—
and that in all conscience *s disgrace
enough. Not far from the commence
ment of the same blessed era, old Gov.
M’Kean, was set up as the democratic
head of Pennsylvania. In order to get
him in, he was extolled as the paragon
of republican perfection. Scarcely bad
be run through bis first three years,
ere he was attacked as a traitor to de
mocracy, a tory, a quid, and nobody
Knows what. The old man, however,
was tough, and stood it through a se
cond heat, but he carried out oi oihce
with his honours, democratic curses e
Jlough to load an East lydiaman.
M’Kean was succeeded dy Simon
Snyder, he being the only true repre-l
sentativ© of the majesty of the people
which that State could set up. Simon,
had a majority of about 30,000 votes.;
Before one yev had passed over his
head, he proclaimed war with the Mar-;
shall of the United States for that Dis
trict, and Duane and Leib, and all the'
troops of their squadron, beipg the
Staunch fiieuds of good order, pro
claimed war \vi.h him, and the whole
vocabulary of Billingsgate is pouring!
on hi.n frdm week to week, ami day to
day—and JSiuvm’s downfal is resolutely .
deteinlined on, the moment his period
Ins expired. I
Morgan Lewis was once Governor
cf New-York. De Witt Clinton put
him up—and De Witt Clinton pulled
him down, to make way forkt the ex
crileni” Daniel I). Tompkins. Nothing
could be more disgraceful than the
manner in which Lewis was thrown
cut of office. He was buffeted and re
viled, as a poor, contemptible creature,
a quid, a federalist, See. frc. Out he
went, and Tompkins took bis place.
At the cml of three year;, when it was
that Tompkins was also in danger, the
C admans had the meanness to cuddle
with this same Morgan Lewis, to join
the’ in securing the re-election of this
same master Tompkins, who three
years before had put him cut;—and
wha • more remarkable, Lewis had
the buyable meanness to be drawn in
to tlifir purpose, and did support Tom
Livts’s election w' h all bis might.
During the Presidency of G^n.Wash
ington, James Monroe, of Virginia,
was ambassador from this country tQ
France, in the course ofl.is residence
in that country, having shewn a strong
inclination to bind us pretty closely to
i> "»ce, and having proposed a mode
in which, without a formal stipulation
to that effect, we might bqcome tribu
tary to her, he hccame the idol of de
mocracy, and his recul was made the
source of touch abuse to the Adminis
tration. r\ his gentleman retained his
popularity until he negotiated a treaty
with Great-Britain. From that mo
ment his sun begun to decline towards
the western horizon ; and when it was
found that l»i> friends had their eye wpJ
on him : th Suieessor to ^lr. Jef
ferson, it -vet in total darkness, 'i bis
Audacity on the putt of Lis friends will
Hot readily be forgi\en, and Mr. Mon
roc must be contented to lie by among
the d:*abUd cor*.s ot politicians, until
the rtign ot Jeiiersonism iams passed
away.
A lew years since, Mr. John Ran
dolph, of Virginia, was the pride of the
democratic party, i hty boasted o!
bis talents as a statesman, as an orator]
tec. and c iarmed unrivalred honours foi
this their favourite. Among that party
ivfr. Handoiph was highly distinguish
ed, and the y had good reason to bi
proud of a man who bad some lalents
^r.er a white, however, .Air. Randolph
*•» *vctvd that Mr. Jefferson ^ensnot
jutte so immaculrle as the Angels are,
ind having some portion of that which
>1 all things else Jeffersonians abhor,
viz. integrity, he publicly disclosed his
discovery. From that moment to the
present, lie has been assailed by the
party with the rancour of fiends : and
unless their power ere long vanish, they
will place him by the side of the other
broken down functionaries of democra
cy.
We have not room to go through
the whole catalogue of victims to Jef
j fersonian malice and vengeance. It
I will not do, however, to omit such a
distinguished object as Gallatin. Who
has forgotten the mighty blasts from
the trumpet of fame, which were soun
ded in his favour, when In* was enga
ged in marshalling the wisky-myrmi
dons against the laws of the nation ?
On whom did tire party rdy for the
strength of their exertions for many
years during the federal Administra
tions, in opposition to their measures,
even to stopping the wheels of govern
( ment, but Gallatin ? And the moment
the Jeffersonian dynasty took the reins
of government into their hands, this fo
reigner, unacquainted with our laws
and institutions, ami even with our
language—a stranger to the nature
a free government, and conversant on
ly with despotism, or anarchy, was sin
gled out as the fittest character of tbe
party, 40 superintend the monied con
cerns of the nation. Virtues like his,
and such services as he had performed
before entering into his present place,
secured him the good graces of the par
ly for a longer time than many of hi*
fellows could boast of. At length, it
became necessary for him, in perform
ing his ofti< ;al duty, to reveal some
truth* which-they wished to conceal
from the public eye. The disclosure
of the solemn fact, the Jeffersonian em
bargo policy had destroyed the trade,
and, of course, the revenue of the na
tion—had emptied the public chest, and
reduced us to the condition of a bank- ;
rupt—that is—»to live by beivowing—
at on* stroke destroyed iris long es
tablished fame with his party, and sub
jected kiin to ihtii deep-toned anathc
l mas It is quite apparent, that his
; doom is fixed, as far as it can be fixed,
out of the cabinet. The mysteiies of
that hallowed place, w?e pretend not to
penetrate, apd therefore wait the re
sult.
One would iqtagine-, that when the
conduct of the Jeffersonians towaids
| their own friends is impartially consid
| ered and examined, the reflecting a
mong them would learn,—that self-ag
grandizement, and not the fiublic good,
has been their governing firincifile of ac
tion ; and that more talents, more integ
rity, and more disinterestedness than they
jiossess, are necessary to manage the con
cerns of the nation.—Conn. Mirror.
Su/t/iorjers of Government_Shew
me a real democrat, and I will shew
you ;.n enemy to law, order and gov
ernment. When I speak of real'
democrats, I have no reference to the
general mass uf people w ho are classed
i *^e partisan* of the present adrum
i i st ration, but only to a portion of them.
I ^ Par*y composed of a few mon
archists, and as lew true republicans—
many aristocrats and still more braw
jling, restless, factious creatures, called,
i very properly democrats. These yrt
' > our 1 ri*e-blue liberty and equality
boys, who would arm ju. ice with a
bludgeon and a mick-bat, and use the
freedom of knocking you down with as
iutle ceremony as a highwayman or
,common assassin—who would set \tn
tlKir own will for law, and break the
head ol every man who would not sub
mit to it—and who delight so much in
uproar and anarchy, that they would
jti-jiy vtciy outrage against the
wholesome rules of law, or decorum,
from mere instinct.
Jt was this class of beings that burnt
the effigy m front of the Eagle 1 avern
in Albany knocked down Mr. Gie-o
ry—and now justify the outrage.
But these are the very men who
jSK;e With the administration—who call
I themselves the supporters of gorern
| ment—and who sometimes pretend to
be the trier.ds of law an*! order, Eel
us then, see how their conduct accord*
wuh their professions. Mr. Jackson is
now under the express protection of
t le government ; and the honour and
£00(1 Li; U ol tlie administration arc
j^edged for |,is safety ; Besides tt idch,
; ne is, in common with every other
|stianger, Thigh and low,) in the coun
try, protected by the laws, in impel
• _ _
son and ih hra prop rty. To abuse,
insult and threaten Mr. Jackson, there
fore, is to contemn the govern mem—
insult the administration—and set the
laws n» defence. But, we shall be told,
that Mr. Jackson has grossly insulted
the nation, and therefore deserves in
b; mobbed. Without stopping to
question the correctness of this posi
tion, we beg leave to ask, when, and
how, and by what instrument, the hon
1 dr of the nation was put under the guar
dianship and protection of an Albany
inob ? The idea is too absurd for seri
ous refutation. The truth is, these
‘k honest” incendiaries, who have found
such stout advocates in this country,
were acting in open hostility to the go
vernment, the administration, and the
laws ; and they were probably actuated
by the same spit it that inspired Du
ane's “ honest” Clonmel friend, who,
stepping ashore at Philadelphia, swore
he had come over on purpose to o/i/iose
government. But, replied Duane, our
party is in power now.—“ No matter,
^exclaimed the hero) by J-s I'll o/i
fioae government !**
Let the People Judge.
EROXf THE PATRIOT OF MARCR 10th,
1810.
“The only reason the Atorne?
' General and every republican Sheriff
have not been removed, is that Govern
ouT Gore has not dared to do it,
“ At the commencement of his most
inauspicious reign,fthe Repertory made
a shameful attack on the personal and
professional character of Mr Bid Well,
tlx* present Attorney* General ; but
the STERLING IATeGIUTY of
that meritorious and indefatigable
officer, biumed the arrows of Calumny,
yvhich fell harmless at his feet, lie
has been suffered to retain his station,
because it was known tlx people would
not submit to his being removed.**
“Mr. Gerry’s election w ill etfcure us
u an union of all honest men”
FfcorM THE HAMPSHIRE GAZETTE OF
LAST WEDNESDAY.
Another instance op Democratic
Villiany, Fraud9 Forgery and
Perjury ! ! !
BARA ABAS BIDlVELL, who,
I under the former democratic adininis*
' tration of Massachusetts, was appoin
| ted to the office of Atoruey General, to
prosecute on behalf of the Common
wealth, felonies and all other crimes
committed against the laws—to be the
Guardian of the morals and defender
•f the lights of the people—the same
BARNABAS BIDlVELL, after hav
ing for sixteen years last past, been em
bezzling the property of the county of
Berkshire, in the office of County Trea
surer, and committing forgery to con
ceal the fraud, has been detected, and
has actually fled, like a felon, to escape
the punishment merited by his atro
cious and unprecedented villainy. A
Complaint for forgery has been made,
a warrant issued against him, and deli
i-gent search made but without suc
1 cess. lie is not to be found. We
have not yet learnt the amount of his
Defalcation in the small office of Coun
j ly 1 reasurer, but it is several thous
ands of dollars. It has also been dis
covered, by some gentlemen in Berk
shire, that he has not only defrauded
the County as Treasurer, but the
Commonwealth as Atorney General
by taking to himself the avails of for
feited recognizances, instead of paying
over the money to the Treasurer of the
State.
Indeed this same BARNABAS
BID WELL, was guilty of crimes,
neaily twenty yeais ago, which ruined
his reputation with ail honest men, who
had a knowledge of the facts. Such
men ha\e unilormly made great efforts
| to exclude him from office, upon that
| ground ever since,—But he had only
to complain oi federal persecution, and
to shed profusely his crocodile tears,
to excite tlx* compassion of tender hear
ted democrats, and get himself elected
and appointed to high and important
offices. He has been the idol of Berk
s-.iiic ccmociacy, and the smallest whis
per against the purity of his character
has been rescued with warmth, and
considered a species of blasphemy.
Such are thy Idols, O Democra
cy :
1 here has lately been a fracas toe
I'Veen Bin us, editor of the Democratic
Press, in Philadelphia, and Duane, ed
itor ot the Aurora; and as they are
otli Irishmen, the story is thought
worthy of Publication. Binns told Du
ane he was a poltroon, and lie says he
did it v:ith Jirvme»9% Duane with all
tne rage of a “ Brigadier General/’ sei
zed a candlestick with each hand, with
each a lighted candle in it, and dashed
hern et Binns, but such was hits tremor
t lat instead oi hitting Binns, he hit
somebody else. In making this effort,
the General overturned a third candle
and candlestick, and there being hm
one candle remaining in the rim, \
by-stander seize* that to secure tb.
-o »'• By this soluat;y candle, Binns
fr
s Duane w as seen to be busy, end a
j vouring to draw a dagger, w hich he is
accustomed to wear, asd adds—w hire
j the light* been all extinguished, it is high
' ly firobable the dagger would have glea
med before our eyes, if it had not been
buried in our bourns.” We think no
{dagger but an Irish one, would have
* gleamed in the dark. It is prob* ble that
j both these bullies had been swaggering
1 in favour of the rights of man, and A
metican liberty, one for Simon Sny*
der, and the other for Mieheal Lcib,
until they had so completely frightened
each other, that they could see daggers,
and any thing else in the most profound
darkness.— Any other country but this,
w ould feel itself disgraced by the con
sideration, that such worthless vaga
bonds could be admitted to the friend
ship and confidence of Presidents and
Governours; but unfortunately the
marks of public punishment worn by a
foreigner, have become passports to
office, and emolument, in the United
States.—Con. Mirror.
t
, [ -- —
Celebra/rcn of the 4th of July at Hub
bardstown Massachusetts—By the
democrats !
We have a humorous account of the
celebrat on of the 4th of July at Hub
bardstown, Massachusetts, given in the
Worcester paper. It seems the demo
crats of that place determined to have
a parade and procession. The meet
ing house was obtained for the purpose
1 of the?r readings and oration ; but as
they had been loud in their denuncia
tion of the clergy for interfering in
politicks, they considered it rather i.-i
consistent to esk the asistunc# of any
one of them in rending lessons from the
bible suited to the occasion. Two of
i their leaders w*fcre selected to read
chapters from the bible, as they consid
ered it would he thought too heathen
ish to go into the meeting house with
out paying some attention to religious
exercises.—Squire WhhebusU and col
onel Brcwntush were selected for read
i ers and as misfortune would have it
they took no care to select particular
parts of the Scripture for tlic occasion.
—The squire first began his reading
» after the whole body of the democrats
had collected and were in gaping ex
pectation-According to Aeighbonr
Frizz el*s recollection* it was from Isaiah
and in these words:—.
i “ Judgment is far from us, neither doth
justice otenakc us ; -we wait f«tr light but
behold obscurity ; fur brighgiess but we
walk in darkness. We grope tor the wall
like the biiwsd, and we grope as if we h»d
no eyes ; we stumble at noon day as in the
night ; we are in desolate places as dead
men. e roar all like bears, and mourn
like doves ; we look for judgment but there
is none ; for salvation, but it is far from
us. h or cur transgressions are multiplied
aal our sins testified against us.’*
The squire paused—the wlu)le body
of the democrats were thunderstruck
he could go no further and he sat down. J
After a solemn pause, colonel Brown
tush arose—all ey'es were fixed upon
him, and every countenance seemed to
beg relief. They at least hoped he
had more comforting words to deliver ;
hut alas, he proceeded and the follow-1
ing from Jeremiah was all he could
give to their longing ears
rims saith the lord of hosts— Amend
your ways and your doings. For, behold,’
ye trust in lying words that cannot profit.
Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery
and swear falsly, and burn incense unto Ba
a\ and walk after other gods whom ye know
not, and come and stand before me in this
house which is called by mv name, and
say, we are delivered to do a*i these abom
inations ? Is this house v liich is called by
my name, become a dm of Robbers ? Be
hold even 1 have seen it saith die Lord.’*
It would be impossible to give any
ict.a ot the effect which this had upon
the assembly. Neighbour Frizzle
wept as he repeated the words of the
prophet. He told me how the whole
multitude were throw.1 in spasms and
convulsions-The females*
schreamed and fainted, old i* ,n and*
young gioaned fivm the bottom of(
then breasts; the veteran soldier and j
uniformed officer stood pale, and their
trembling knees smote one against the
other. Death and dismay were to be
seen on every countenance. An awful1
silence ensued, as ii the last dreadful(
i summons was next tp be read, and
they cm off in the very act cj' political j
chicanery and hypocricy. i
[ 1 lie correctness of this account is
stoutly denied by some of the demo-1
n uts but as they are generally men
Ci loose veracity, and could not well
have selected texts more descriptive of
themselves, they might as well hold i
lheir peace.] — Y Yen ton Fed.
from the boston* gazette.
Observations ufion tha District qfASuine.
THE value and importance ofthis part of
the Union, appear to be very liule km.wn or
attended lo* ll sce™ * a^Uer of sni p, ;.,e,
that emigrant* should go to tbe westward
ana purchase lands at the rate of fre J te*
to twenty dollars per acre, while lands e
good in point of soil, a(lil possessed
•1 many advantages of winch the western
country w wholly destitute, are selling a.
mm ihre * to ten dollars. The onh, sT>lu
uon to this enigma is, that a mistaken opin
ion or prejudice has prevailed through if.,- |
country, whereby a false estimate is pi iced!
ulwn tut uud* and tiuuaic yj both . . ••
* ‘ i
«* « *e?rs'-*l») fl.,, ,v, .K
nate to the west ward i. much ir. *re \ '
s»nt, and conserucn ly Ivdtkkr t\Un
•Ftlie eastern country. H ,w is \ht f4. ,
He teaieil ? If the appearance of the itt! \
iiints is taken for the criterion, the cut *' "
sioo must be in favour of the cast . 'U*
shouM imagim* (as is the fact)that t!,c . ‘Vt
ale enjoy the most perfect health wit!, wut
*ny country was e* er blessed. Th, i, i
dy countenances and robust bodies give
very different idea, from what must natJJ
rally be conceived from ihe sallow com-,lex
ion and emaciated limps of th - (imagmeUt
fortunate inhabitant of the ’maim mild ^
tern climate. It may be Very well for nivj
lids to go to such a climate hut accord.^
to the laws of nature, “ which do
change,” it appears poorly adapted to pr3
(luce a vigroous healthy people. I. is *
posed that the western inhabitants can pry*
cure the necessaries of life with less labour
This remains to he proved, but for arfrii’
nient sake we will grant it—that is, llitw
can raise more bus he ns of corn upon an acre
than they can at the eastward ; arn, p,„v,;’
bly more of wheat Hm w!ut arc these no
tides worth to a tnan, after having enough
fur his family’s use ? Indian Corn from ly
to 20 cents, and wheat from 11 to 25, ars
said to be the customary prices It |«
true that whiskey in abundance may be dis
tilled ; and the indolent voluptuary endea
vours to find consolation for the loss cf
health, and the shortness of life, in th.
tinual exhilaration with this high flavoured
cordial. The cause of the Lw price 0f
these articles, is evidently the expense cf
transporting them to market. Herein the
people of the District of Maine have an un
deniable advantage. The whole country is
so interspersed with navigable rivers and
streams, and abounds with th_* most sue
ami commodious harbours, that not an ar.
tide they have to spare, but what can find
•* ready market ; even the wood upon their
i lands, used either for lumber or fuel—the
aslwes from the trees consumed to clear «*,
r the lands, are valuable, and command the
i cash ; and no country possesses within it.
self so great advantages and supply of mg.
i tcriais for ship budding. The production*
of the soil are similar to the re^t oi New
, England, and the fertility is as great *s of
any part, and superior to moot—ind what
j in particular they excel in, is the raising of
: excellent wheat The culture of hemp has
’ not been much attended to, but judges be
j lieve the soil (winch in many places is very
■ deep and rich) is well adapted to the grow*
| ir.g of this valuable article. Near the sea
coast the soil is not very inviting, and the
country in general has a forbidding aspect*
hut a little way back, the appearance isrm>st
delightful. The rapid progress made in
the settlement of the country within ten
years, is truly astonishing ; where was then
a howling wilderness, the traveller is nor
delighted with the view of beautifuU field*
oi grass, wheat, Indian com, peas, flax, kc.
and convenient buildings.
The embargo is acknowledged to have
hern peculiar!) injurious to this country, but
a tree commerce will again give vigour to
the husbandmen * and should not die de
mon of discord too much scourge them with
jacobinism, and fanaticism in religion, this
country will become the wealthiest «nd
most important part of the Union. The
people lately have shewn great public spir
it in making roads ; and stages row run
with great case and expedition to Camdtn,
on the Penobscot, and to Norridgewock,
upon the Kennebeck. Ten years ago, no
person acquainted with the country would
have believed this would have taken place in
double (perhaps treble) the number of} ear*.
And the thing would then have been
thought as improbable an event, as it *p*.
pears now to be that a stage should be run
from linger, or Norrklge wr ck, to Quebec,
in the course of en years — And should the
i legislature a fiord sufficient encouragement
| (and no doubt they will j towards making
the roads now looking out, the writer of
this entertains not the least doubt, that in
le»s than ten years stages will be run from
those places to Quebec, with the same fa
cility they now run to Camden, cr Not*
ridge wot k.
“ Hie lulot, ho£ rtius est.**
This would be a woik worthy of the_L*
gislature.
—*"""1 ^395■ ■ -■
Duane denounces the British Gov
ernnrent in the most bitter opprobri
ous terms as squandering the people’s
money in pensions, &c. In this coun
try, among the democrats, sonic steps,
have been taken in the same march.
, Aurora’s favourite General, Wilkinson,
in a letter to Gen. Adair, saysu I did
[not answer vour letter by Taylor,but
‘ I did better, I PROCURED HIM A
(PENSION OF T WENTY DOL
LARS PER MONTH *
A GOOD STORY.
Co.MMK.ncy, may 11.—There lift*
just arrived at the military depot estab
lished in this city, a person, attached
to the 2d battalion of this army, in
quality of blacksmith and farrier, who
bong born in 1728,1s now 82 years
old.—•Misname is JVter Vincent,and
he belongs to Rennes, or rather Wil
liam Vincent, his father, aged i R> years
lives there and follows the trade of
smith and farrier.—This military me
chanic, is only of a middle stature, but
robust.—lie is of a gay disposition and
* . s no; labour under any infirmity.—■
He is just ar-ived with his corps from
(Romany, where he performed the
last campaigns.—the battle of W **'*
ram, as heKvas proceeding with gi t *
alacrity to repair some aininuBtrh r*
waggons, which had been damaged \'v
the fire of artillery, his forge was over
turned up >n him and he siuTrred con
siderable ; but always jovial, he an
swered those persons, who enquired
after his health, with good hun.ouraud
vivacity—It is 5J years since ’
Vincent first entered the public sen me
at «1 he never thin!;* of rt.ti» mg, «
when ckirvous of obeying id* * u.r '
who i>,co4iVi pally r p