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Thr following publication appeared la'e'v
L . flfitimtr* l^-w»tafer, h gh tu the eftima*
• 0f ^s fel* ^iied K rpublican*. The ptin
[f |e, and defi jiw therein avowed aie tu'v
[li£rnv'«v; *"'» ,h"w 5,1 v? * 3 PeriW fitu"
• we are placed- f<H ago Inch a
„*,n openlv dddofed a* tint i», wj» d have |
,|w count' V *n » Hame: It Amu d now j
u- from our fecur ty a-.d cau e us to I
fl'lr round our Constitution, which is j
|hn; |,o o v ailUded U the people read J
fl* following aad then lay, if cl ey ran, that
[ n ht«4 iu!e< not m our Councils—and
i, battening us to ru.a
fj in the Baltimore Whig.
«t £ gangrene has feized the na- !
i tional body politic. It i- inf.ded, |
• it is morbid from bead ro foot. It
•has pafT.rl away- It is mere milli
< 1^ has no nerve, no efficiency,
- «and is in the lafk agonizing fpafms
•of a departing fpirit ”
«« The great fir ft fiurce of all our
• fables is an elective preficLncy* It
• was the downfall of Pcland% and if
< per fifed much longer in, will he the
• fcimfnll of America."
«• If the American people are to
• have s change in their government,
• would they not wtfh it upon the
‘principles already cji&blifhed? and if
* an hereditary prejidcnt, genera! and!
1 copmander in chief is at the clofe of ,
4 the prefent admin itlrat ion to be af- j
4 fented to, would they not wifh it
•from gratitude, from the name and
«the image of the faviour of their
4 country ; from the fpirit of him
4 who was the prime and efficient
‘principal inflrument, under God,
4 to obtain their independence, and
4 to rank them among tlie nations of
4 the earth ? Certainly, I think they
4 would ; and add alfo to his aid one
4 member from each State, rf the
4 mod fuitable charafter, renowned
4 for wifdom, patriotifn and refpec
4 tabtfiry of (landing. This with two
•competent fecretarie* for the for
4 rigr» and domeflic departments,
* would form the grand and efficient
4 council of the nation.”
** ihe time has found us, when a t
4 change feems necefary, which, upon j
4 the plan propoftd, will be done
4 with the lead poffible alteration of
* things, fo as to make our govern*
* meat efficient and refpePlab'.e, and to
* continue for ages to come, one
4 great and undivided republic ; the
4 fair eft fabric of hum mi wifLrrt, the
4 hzppinefs of man, an l the praife and
4 admiration of the world at large.”
i
From'the Palladium.
Chronicle Con'ittenef.
The writers in the Chronicle, or
father the writer (for there is but one
man in the State hafe enough to man.
fcfa&ure fuch electioneering para
graphs as have lately appeared in that
paper,) hefitate not ti/ foheit, in aid
°( his finking caufe the meaneft paf
fions that degrade the human mind.
Believing there may be a few nig
gardly people in this commonwealth,
who repine at feeing men decently
provided for, whofe lives are devo
id to the public fervices, they accufe
Gov Gore of having figned the a£l
f* eUab.Uhing the lalary of the
Judges of the Supreme Judicial
Court ; anil in the very fame paper
they have the impudence to recommend
(or the fuffrages of the people, the
Hon. Meffirs. Dana,Bridge and Cufli
t^an, who voted for this aft in the Se
vote ! t t Surely if the Governor has
done wrong in not withholding his
(^nature to the after it had paf
d Sot.i branches of the Legiflaturc,
tliegentlemen murfl have been e
Sudlv wrong in prefetning it to the
^*av“,nor, tor had they refuted their
v°trs, the Governor would have
"ad n > Oj port unity 10 pafs upon the
(ubjee>,
But the pecplc will not be decei*
vcd by a mean &pn*al to their parfi
n/* Bh.y fee tha: t ie Judges
I are condantly engaged in the mod
arduous and imp rtant duties, and
! that uni f: the public,for whom they
work, fupports them, their affairs
mult exceedingly perplex them.
That the fum uow given will not go
beyond defraying the expence of
their joumies and fupporting them
and their families decently, was de
m«*ndr;:ted to many of the mod e
conomical members of the Legilla
ture, and among them were fome
of the mod decided Democrats.
To make this provifion by a per
manent a<T, in dead of obliging the
Judges to foltcit at the end of every
year for money enough to pay their
debts, is what the dignity of the
Commonwealth, asd the exprefs
words of the Conditution, require.
Whar but a conviftion cf the necef
fit r.f this meafure, could have pre
vail d upon the Senators before na
med, and upon Deacon Goodwin,
Mr Story, and other daunch Demo
cra*s, to fupport it ? A It ho’ the
C hronicle would now digmatize it as
extravagant.
But even the writer of that paper
has never ventured to fay the fum is
too large. He knows it is not one
fourth, (in proportion to fervices,)
that which he has from the United
States. — Why does he not tell the
people to vote aeaind MefTrs. Dana,
Cufhman, Bridge and others, of the
Senate, and Mr. Story, Deacon Good
uin an 1 others, of the Houfe, who
rote above parry feelings, and gave
their famflion to an 2ct which is
merely complying with the requifi
tions of the Conltitution ? The truth
is, he himfelf doe^ not believe the
meafure a wrong one. or that the
JLegilhmire has been extravagant, but
he hopes to drum into his fervipce the
mean fpirited and parfimonious, and
thus lecurc the election of a demo
cratic Governor, the confequence of
which might be another Skinner tor
the Trcafury, who in one year would
walle more money than will pay the
falary of the Judges during their
lives, NO NIGGARD.
Iu addition to the above, tis but proper to
Rate that the Rev. Mr. Cuthman, the Senator
from Kennebec Diftrict, was one of the com
mittee on the fubject of the Judges falaries—
that he wa* at tirft oppofed to raifing them :
But thv after confuting with the Judges,
and afeertaining the amount of their expences
at home and abroad, which they could not
retrench in iuftice to their wives and children,
Mr, Culhroan and the rrft of the Committee,
tetumeti t-mplttely tutnjiti, and honorably vo
ted the Salaries as they are now eRablilhed.
Aud lis uow fu! y known, thar if the ialaries
had not been raded, Chief Juftice Par»ons
and Judge Parker would both have refigned.
Thofe who have attended our Courts may
eafily judge vviiata >ois the Commonwealth
would have lultained by their reiignation.
Couimumratton*.
Citijens of Maine,
Ab ilie day i f • kctim approach;® for the
choice of Uate i.iBien; for <l»e euiuing year,
it become* you to bo on your guard agninft
the w e- ot ihofe wh > are employed to mif
lertd you. Every artifice is employed by
; 11of*' who (a" ihemlelvea Republicans to
gain y ur vote® They make you pronsfes of
favour and londnes* which they have never
performed : They have declared to you a*
fjfit thing* which n^vor ended, and which
they knew never exifted Be uot deceived
again You fhall not be by me. Perfons are
employed and are now traverftng the hick
towns, circulating Amies neditute of all foun
dation ; and ma: y ot them too contemptible
for notice I.ad year you were told that
Governor Gore wa« born in England—then
in Canada—.hen he was eiucatel in England.
Thefe dories I prefume are laid aiide this
vear, fince the Governor has travelled the
country and tiie people have feen him ; of
courfe it becomes neceflary to circulate other
I reports, equally deftitute of truth. Were
y >u not deceived laft year ?--are you not
now cetiain you were Reived i Then be
j more cautious nt-tv ; nor lilteo to every idle
tale, profeflVdlv told tiiher to miflead your
judgment or inflame ymr pafflons. A favor
. |(c tfory is now indudnoufly circulated in the
| country — V *. “ That cur Cr merriment bus jof}
' received deiflatcbei from err minifler ut Lemdm’fla
' trg tint tie Biitfjb matin ditaftntte of ivbjt
\ Mr. Jaektom bad Jone. and -were ab.ut rending
out a rrtu minifler to tbit court-y ' Nothing
can be more ta fe thau this account. In the
firft place no d.fpa«ches have been received—
nothing but a private letter from Mr. Pmk
ney ; fo fays the Prefident’s paper But let me
| alk you. do you believe, cam you believe that
i fuch important intelligence as this, fliould be in
the pofleffion of the Prelident. and he not
cooununica e the intelligence to Congrefs ?—
! Would not the adminiftraiion be delighted
with fuch new* and proclaim it ir. the gov
ernment paper ? Certainly . Vet nothing ol
this kind u done. No perfon appears as the
author of the news. It ts deligued to fly
1
abroad—deceive for a time, and then give
place the truth. Again, if we are going to
have a * tjier Eovoy frcm England, why are
our Cong ref* p-eparing the thunder bMt of
I War again!! her ? But the laft papers from
Wafliir.g on contain the Refolutious of Dr
Leib, a Senator ; and the moment they are
pa fed, War is certain as fate Indeed Our poor,
deluded and difgraced country is in too awful
a (i uation to render fuch trifling as this bear
able. Tis no time to play worh the feelings
and hopes and fears of an unfufpe&ing com
munity, while the fhadows of political night
are faft crouding around us—when our peace
and prqfperity are fufpended by a thread, and
that thread will molt certainly be broken, ua
>efs the goad sense, the e mmtrcial spirit, the
lrvt of liberty and order, the (ouud principles
and the fober habits of New England, are ail
united . o p eferve it. In other words, unlefs
New England difplays its ancient and veuer
able character, and rifes in its ftrecgth to
fave our liberties and lives On the day of
Election, the queftion is not merely whether
GORE or Gerr<t (had be Governor the enfuiug
year: but whether peace and returning
prosperity iliall be our envied portion: or
war, poverty and ruin.
TRUTH.
To the Electors of Lincoln, Hancock and
Washington.
Fellow' Citizens,
WE are about to exercise one of our most
important rights, and we are bound in dutv,
calmly to reflect upon the qualifications of
; the candidates presented to us for Senators,
and having decided, to act with the spirrToi'
freemen. It is no ordinary occasion—Ii
may be ours to decide the political character
of the Senate, and it may be the proud dis
tinction of Massachusetts to induce the
General Government to suspend, perhaps
abandon, a course of policy tending directly
to the ruin of the country. Maine has al
reauv teit the errects or this policy to an ex
tent, that ran hardly be described—Look at
your neighbours, behold men heretofore
prosperous and happy, unable now to pay
their taxes, and perhaps sued and distressed
fur »n inconaider; tile sum—see the same
men in possession ot large quantities of lum
ber, which, with a fit* nude, would not on
ly have returned them t'om debt, but would
have made them prosperous.
Take for example the article of ton tim
ber, with which Maine abounds. During
the short revival < t commerce, this article
was *old in England for a dollar per foot,
now it is nearly useless. For what reason ?
Because a democratic administration must
support its popularity with its partizans.
W ith those men, who, by their votes and
resolutions, approve embargoes, and fan the
flame of hostility to England.—Among
these men, are William King and Francis
Carr- W hat but the troubled state of the
times, could have made either of these men
a Senator ? The interest of our country de
mands freedom of speech, and ol the press.
They would neither of them have rose above
their fellows, bad ihev not swam in troubled
wak r*. W hat else could have made \Vm.
King a Senator ? He mg le the attempt as
a pretended fede alist, but was soon com
pelled to abandon that ground. What else
, could have matte a Major-General of a man,
} who never wielded a musket or a sword,
j and who held the militia in contempt before
| his election ? What satisfaction can iiuftoid
i the numerous respectable officers over
whom he was placed, that he has discover
ed himself very incompetent to the station ?
Would Francis Cart, in any, but times ot
violent party contention, have been selected
lor a Senator ? Will the electors enquire of
those who knew him in the county of Es
sex ? But, l forbear—Tlie democrats, them
selves acknowledge, that his character
would not bear the least scrutiny, and
tor once they divided, and gave part of their
votes for W'm. Vinal. But Mr. Carr lias
since become pure, and by a very small ma
jority, obtained last yeai, a seat in the Sen
ate. Fellow-Citizens, what have these
men done for you * Have they endeavored
to relieve your distresses ? Directly the
reverse. Have they lalenis or eloquence,
which would free you. They are among
tiic most ordinal y of their party in the Sen
ate.
Great ana important questions,mte^sting
particularly to the District of Maine are con
tinually arising in the Legislature. You
want men ot talents and integrity in the
Senate. You want men, who are not under
a strong bias ot private interest, or party
prejudice. During die next political year,
the fcreat question respecting the State
Banks, and the renewal of the charters, is
to be considered. Can a man who is most
deeply interested, in at least two banks,and
whose friends are also deeply in the same,
be a proper jieraon to set as a Sen tor aiui
decide on these subjects ? I sb uld not lay
»o much stress upon this objection, if he had
but a small concern, but fie has a deep and
preponderating inteiest.
Fdlovi-Ciiize n$—The friends to commerce
and the prosperity of the country, have f»e
lec *.d and propose to you as candidates, the
lion. Mark L. Hill, and
W illiam Crosby, Esq.
Mr. Hill has long been a member of the
House of Representatives, also at.Senator.
In these stations, he has al wavs been re
s ected — His morals me unblemished, his
a<id e»s s good, and his manners would be
mine die s>ati *n. Mr. Crosby has been se
lected oecause he possesses respectable Gl
en *, and is universally considered as a m,\u
>t strict integrity. His abilities enable him.
and bis habii of industry, will induce him t >
become active and distinguished in your
service. Fellow-Citizens, ad weask, is, that
y»m will compare the characters, and that
you krill decide as hu!y, as patriotism, and
your detuesi interest* shall dictate.
AN LLLCTOR.
Betterment Law.
*TIS certain note, the settlors of Main;
have no reason to complain of the federal
administration of Massachusetts—they once
considered them as unfriendly to their intei
ests, and unwilling to grant thr m any indul
gence. Facts prove otherwise. Last
summer our excellent Governor Gore tra.
elled to Kenebec river—he visited the towns
or several of them, where the settlers live.
He saw how they had cleared up the woods,
made the wilderness smile, given value to
the lands of proprietors, and he saw also,
that they had done all this by tlie " sweat
of their brow.** The people have seen Gov.
Gore, they have seen Iris manners and the
interest he took in their welfare. What
did he do on his return to Boston, where so
many of the rich proprietors live ? He did
not consult their wishes or feelings alone—
No, he looked at the justice of the case, and
in his cool and sound speech at the opening
of the General Court, in January last, he
gave it as his opinion, that the Betterment
Law could be altered to good advantage—
that the settler might have three years in
stead of one to pay for his land. Many of the
rich proprietors did notlike this,but the Gov.
ern.nr did his duty, and so did the general
court do theirs—The law that he recom
mended, was passed, and is now in force—
and 1 am glad of it with all roy heart, though
I am no settler ; but I like to see justice,
as well as any man. I w as in Boston, while
the law was before the General court. Gen.
King, and Co). Lewis, of Gotham, and Col.
Thatcher, had the business committed to
them, with some others—but Gen. King
was all for keeping off such a Law—he de
layed and delayed, day after day (for he was
chairman)—and the others on the committee
were obliged to beg and plead and urge
him on, for ten days before they could get
I him to act with them—and when he did act,
he did it very unwillingly. This is s« lemn
truth j l appeal to Col. Lewis and Col.
Thacher—besides all this, not onsoi ihe de
1 mocrats would more in the business after
the governor had recommended it. The
federalists set u x going & Col. Lewis was
the man. I hope the settlers will give praise
where praise is due—justice it done to the
settlers m this business, and they may thank
the Governor and the federalists for it—-for
without them, it would not have been done,
nor any tiling like it These are the words
of truth and soberness from an
OLD MAN.
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Brunfwick Meeting.
THE Argus of the 15th inflant contains a
bafe mifreprefentation of the proceedings of
the late town meeting in Btumjtusci^ In this
! truth telling paper, it is aflerted, that on the 5th
inltant “ the republican ticket, tvstb exception f the
Treafurer, in tvbom both parties unit*J, tuas carried
by a handsome majority
Now the fact is, tut one Democrat (or
as the Argus would have it, republic an) was e
le&ed to any office in Brunfwick, at the late
election :—viz. one of the Selectmen ; and his
ele&ion was fecured by the votes of decided
Federalifts, who live in his immediate neigh
borhood. True it is, the prefeat Town Clerk
ha* been confidered a democrat; but this
; Gentleman has often publicly declared, he has
1 voted for the Federal candidate for Governor
for two years paft. The little change that was
effected, was owing entirely to local circum
fiance*—politics was not made a queftion —
The Argus man may reft aflured, notwithfland
ing the infamous falfliood;' with which his pa
! per is filled, and the terrible bugbear ltories of
democratic runners, not a Federal voter of
i Brunfwick, is yet difpofed to defert the caule
of truth and hisc^untrt. The flatement
he ba»4nade, is about as near the truth, as the
famous democratic addrefs to the Prefident of
. the United States, from Brunfwick, approving
j the blejfed Embargo; which laft year appeared
1 in the Argu*. laid to have been figned by 150
! legal voters—but unfortunately for their verac
i **>’ a great portion of them were proved to be
illegal voters; luch as minors and inhabitants
of other towas, who, in lendiug their names
to thi* inftrument, were no doubt actuated by
all the patriotifm (hat Rum and a heated ima
gination could infpire
A BRUNSWICK VOTER.
From the Freeman’s Friend.
To the People called Friends.
THE principles you profefs are
pure and pacific, and in unifon wbh
the bdl feelings of the heart. ! hey
ile id immediately and naturally to
the performance of thofe duties, and
the practice of thofe virtues which
the gcfpel requ res. In this view of
I them they deferve our highetl rel
petl ; and his but jutlice to fay that
the laws of our land, and the fee
lings of the people in general, are
all in favour of our peculi .r i ati
ments and withes, f’othing ic de
manded of you which you are not
conlcientioufly willing to perform :—
and all this is done becaule his one
of your articles of faith, that his un
lawful to go to “war or veir armi this
1 being your fincere belief—tl. ie be
ing your feelings, his certain!v y,yr
duty as gooi chtijiians — as peace ma
kers—as followers of the I.AMBt to
1 do all in vi ur Dower to pTevnt the
/ *
Calamities of war, and the unnum
bered faffe rings which your t iinw
| creatures mutt be doomed to beat
amidll its ravages. As we protect
you in all your rights and ctiw* y
permit us,.who this k cuff rrm y from
y >u on thofe fubjecls, to request you
to assist us in purfuing our own igbts
a^d enjo, merits as wel1 as yours : —
permit us to urge you to aid us in
preventing -eedr and all its horrors—a
war which will certainly be brought
i upon us, unltfs the fiber and red. i&us
habits of New England can prevent it.
—Your duty calls on you to (land
! foith and flay the hand of the ae»
draying angcL—*A'e-M-England is for
Peace.—The fjuthern jiates are hr
'tear / —and the ru.ing parry i:t C.n
grefs are now taking measures which
will certainly bring it upon us, un
lefs we deft men , ;o office who are
the friends of pea?£, and the lovers
of good order and facred principles*
~Congrefs are endeavouring to pro
voke Great Britain to Vv ar he
has fent three ambaffadors of Peace to
this country—but cur government'
would not make peace witlj them.—
[ Great Britain has alked cur pardon
: and offered to make us amends—■
i but our government, in an unchrif
| tian like manner has refufed tc for
, give them, and be on good terms with
! them—Do you my relpefled friends,
j approve of thefe principles ? Would .
you as a body, refute to for give "an
. offending brother, if he ffiould con
i fess his fault and entreat your forgiv
ness ? No ; you would give him your
hand and your heart, and receive him
in peace and love, and the fyirit of
mecknefs ; 1 beleech you to apply
thefe principles at the prefent mo
ment, & if we mud entertain reJent
ment, which heaven forbid, let ws
entertain it against that nation whkk
is continually infulting and abusing
us—but I am for peace with all*—I
I believe in the excellency of the ferip
ture injunction *, “ If thy brother ef
| fend thee, forgive him.”
Your brethren in the county of
Bristol, men cfpeciaily m Daitmouth
and Ncw-Bedford,are acting on thefe
principles at the present crisis— with
the amiable and refpected Roche and
Rodman at their head. I he whole
fdciety of Friends have exerted tbem
felvcs to preserve peace and p'entv in
our land—they have feen the folly
and the wickednefs of bringing war
on our country --1 hey h»ve ufed
. their utmolt exertions to fupprefc the
fpirir of vengeance and war are winch
has been displayed by the violent par
ty in congress. 1 hey voted lor Gov.
Gore and his federal associates the
lafl year---1 hey believed that th* ir
pacific principles demanded it. Let
me conjure you to read these rer^rlcs
with candor and attemion >-l feel
what I write, and I fear that the
judgments of Heaven are coming \ p
on us—-may tire God ol cur bathers
preferve us and our children
a father.
POOR DEBTORS.
In confequence of the recommen
dation of Governor Gore, in his
Speech to the Legiflature, a c rni
mittee was appointed the laft feflion
to take into confuleration the fnua
tion of poor and infofoent Debtors ;
i and to report fome provifions for
their relief. One of the laws-inttn*
i ded to be pafied in their favor, Wnll
•EXEMPT THE BODY OF A DF3T0R
j FROM IMPRISONMENT OR ARREST
for debt. This is the idea and in
tention } and it will be a law as wife
as humane. Gaols were made for
criminalsy or thoie uccifed of crimes
not for the confinement and punijbment
of thole who are unfortunate ami in.
, nocenf No doubt is enterr tin *1
that fuch a law will be pafcd next
June fellion \ which will m it. prin
ciplcs comport w th the * cv«»i:nt
wifhes and defies of governor
Gore.
We frequently he;.r Bauk Direc^ '*’* .V
by Democrat#; and y« Democr*r#
the moT wrong* when they have the direc
tion of Bank#. The fa^r.e i>crfo<H often con
demn lawyers, yet they arw* defied to pr n »
:hAt democratic lawyers are fairer protii.n.
al men than their political aurng nifU.