Jenks' Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1803-1805, 1804-08-06

NO. 81 'e~1:t sss ,f's - ~. 49,
Is Like nan, * yoa,abe lovysa private iilFe,1,
ana left il With. ssgret. ~ Heleft il, deternlln.
ed to retire from the Geld, with tie necefEty |
that called him to It, 7'ansncs till then-not til
the enemies Of Ills country, the haves of power,
and the hirelngs Of inIGit;ce, were compelled
10 abandon their fchemes, and acknowledge A.
merioa as terrible in arms as he had been hum-
bic in remoptrafce.- With this objsd in view,
he has long fsared in your tolls. and nlingied
in your dangers: He has felt the cold hand OF
poverty without a rnurmur, and has .feen the
growing infolence Of wealth without .iigh.r-
BIT, too much under the direction Of his with
es, and LONELINESS weak enough to take defre
tor opinion, he has till lately, vefy1atey, beev-
cd in the jultice Of lis country. lie hoped
that as the clouds Of adyetlty fcattefed, and as
the funArne Of peace and better fortune, broke
in upon Us, the coldnefs AID ieverisy of govern
ment would relax, and shat, more than juifice,
that gratitude, wonid blaze forth HPon thofc
kasIsis, which, had upheld her IN the dafkeit
ftascs of her paiiage, from impending feryitude
to acknowledged independence. Bur faith has
its limits as veil is temper, and there are points
beyond which neither can be aretohed, without
hnking into cowardse, or plunging into credu.
!; ity. This, M friends, conceive to be your
| Gtuatio,i. Hurried to the very verge Of. both.
another ftcp wouId ruin you for eyer. To be
! tame and unproyoked when injuries prefs hard
upon you, is more than weakness; but to look
up for kinder uiage, without one manly effort of
your own, would fix your character, and fnew
the world how richly you de.erye ,hofe chains
You broke. To guard sgainlt this evil, let US
take view Of the ground upon which we now
SIS
!! for moment, into the unexplored field Of ex-
| pedichf. s s
"Afser p,irfuit Of fcven years the oh3ea for
which you ict OUT is at length brought within
your reach. Yes, my friends, that Tutoring
courage Of yours, was active once, it has con-s
Quoted the United Sta,esof America through a
doubtful and bloody war. Il has placed her in
the chair Of independently, and peace returns a
gain to ble>s--whom I! a country counting your
return ~ private life, with tears Of gratitude.
and tmiles Of admiration. Longing to divide
with you that independently which your gallan-
| try has given, and thofe riches which your
wounds have preferved is this the cafe! or
is il rather, country that tramples upon your
rights. diidains your cries, and iniults your DIFF
tfeises have you not, more than once, fuggeft-
ed your whites, and made known your wants to
/ -
and policy ihould have anticipated, rather than
evaded. And have you not lately in the meek
language Of intreating memorials, begged from
their juitice, what you could no logger expect
ed let the ctter which you You are called 70 sS.
hder TO- morrow make the reply. Il
!" If this then be your reatment. while The
fwords you wear are necrAary for The defence
Of America, what have you TO expeA from, peace
when your voice thall fink, and your ffrenath
dhlipate by diyiaons when thofe vcrv fwords.
the inifruments and companions Of your plory
HAL be taken from your 6des, aud no remain.
ing marx OF military ditintiions be left. bur
your marks, infirmities, and fears can you then
content to be the only fufcrers BY this revolu.
ton, and, retiring from the field, grow old il,
I poverty, wretchedneis, and contempt can Won
content to wade through the vilencis Of depend.
ency, and owe the milcsable remains Of life 10
charity. which has hitherto tcen fpent in hon.
lror lit you can --go and carry with you the
jeff OF tories, and the fcorn of wings the IL
dlcule, and what is worls, the pity Of the world.
Go, ttarvc, and Be forgotten but if your ipirit
thould revolt at this; # you have fcnfc enough
to dicover. and fpirit fufRcicnt to oppofe tyran-
ny, whatever garb it may ailumc whether i
be the plain coat of rcpublicanifm, or the folen-
did robe Of royalty; if you have yet learned
20 d'icr'minate between a people and caufe
between men and principles-awake attend to
Jour ktuaticn, and rcdrefs yourfclves. If the
Pretent moment be loft, every future effort IS
In vain; and your threats then will be =, emp
~ as your cntrcaties now.
81 would adyife you, therefore, to core to
Tome final opinion, upon what you can bear,
and what you can fuffer. If your determine
ton be IN any proportion to your wrongs, tar
~ your appeal from the jultice to the fears of
governments. Change the milk and water itvle
of your memorials afiime holder tone de-
cent, but lively, fpitited, and determined and
iutpeti the man who would adxife n more