Jenks' Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1803-1805, 1804-10-15
FOR TIT GAZETTE.

FOR TIL. GAZETTE
A contemplate writer in The lait Argus, who
has ltolen tire Gguature of ga folder Of '7s,"
has With itupidity wliici, diigrace. his party.
attempted to diminilli the re.peetability Of thoe
of the ELECTORAL candidates in the federal liis,
who rcGie in ri,e Di.tsitt Of Maine. y.
He fays, "On The liz you will find DAvir
" CoBs, man who lives i'll remote corner of
!" The county Of Hancock, who neither knows
/" nor is known BY the people"
If this vulgar writer really does not know more
than he pretends, abest Genera Cobb, how
ought the people to deilpife his initruttions.
If he does not know, the people do, that Ce-
nrrai Cobb was Jealous and diilinguiihed off.
Ger IN the glorious war which terminated in the
independence Of our country That during that
war he was one Of the mott confidential friends
of the blcf}ed Warrington That when retired
to private life, he was called BY the legislature
of the Commonwealth to the rank of Major Ge-
neral of ,hc militia in the county Of Brito!, in
which high Office he exerted his talents and
influence in fupprei!;ns dangerous rebellion
which exilted in the fate.
This fame unknown candidate, was about
the fame time appointed Firft Julfice CT the
Court Of Common Pleas for til. cou,r of Drif-
tol He has been elected by the whole people
of the fate, Repre- tentative i'll Conyrefs.-ttc
has for feveral years been member of the Sc
nate, and is now PRECEDENT of thar honorable
body his election to the Senate has been uni.
:orn,ly by the People of the three eattern coun-
.ics.-He is now Chief Jutiicc Of the Court of
common Pleas for the county OF Hancock.
Fellow citizens This is the man, whom the
writer before alluded to, iome flfip'ing who nay
mver have heard Of General Cobb, Isprefents
70 YOU as an ob,eurs individual.
Icannot avoid noticing fcveral grofs and un-
pardonabsc fa.fhoods itarrd By the fame writer.
He endeaybars to excite belief that Judge Rice.
the gentleman propofee as an elcetor of the Lin
coin diftrict, is 70 debiitascd BY age and inrni-
ty, that he cannot reafonably be expe stcd to at.
tend at Bottom, fhould he be chofen; and alto
infinuates shat he entertains political not ons,
unfriendly to the liberties Of our country Ev-
cry word of this is frandalouAy falie, and
the writer, if he knows any thing, cannot BE
ignorant CT it.
| 1t is true-shat Judge Rice is advancing to old
age but the writer Of this is pcylonaly know
ing to his being nthc enjoyment OF as much
health as can be expected at his years; and that
there is not the leaf doubs of his being as able
and willing to travel to Bottom in the ierviee of
his country, as he was at the lait election Of Pre-
ident, when he was chofen to the fame Office
lie is now candidate for. With refpett to his
politics, let his neighbours. who have eholen
him to various important Offices, iets!e that
point if he is tory, 20 then are the inhabit-
ants Of all the lower counties, for they have
uniformly loved and honoured him.
! Until this malignant icribbler threw down the
! gauntlet, nothing has been faid by either party
refpeamg the individuals, on either lift Of can
didates = But in return for his wretched inqui-
rics, let me ak who knows the democratic can
Ididates for the dsritt of Maine
| Can this writer make the people know, who
| 7abn Woodman, 7ho,aas FiYttyoqVn and jain
Farley, eiq'rs. are If he can, the citizens OF
!! the county of Cumberland will thank him to 70
on further, and fay whether the honourable
Lkoylss Turner, is alive or dead, and if living,
whether he in faGt lives in this county or the
old colonyy where it is faid fach man oace
lived. REloNE