Jenks' Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1803-1805, 1804-05-05
From the CsNIISsL.
To THE Federal Republican ELECTORS Of
MagaebE/eHs.
FEI.IoW.crT.ZENs |.

FELlOW.CTTiZENS
THE times Cali loudly for exertion. The in
nigues of your enemies a'e in powerful though ie.
crsr operation Throughout, ,h- commonwealth. To
defeat them i. is necelIAry they ihoui be expois
IIonea men, who love their coun,ry-who de
fpife tick aud intrigue, and who are as oper and
ngepuou 10 their politics, as in their private deal
ings; ar. f,perior fnip'cioa and .s,i,rla...and
are therefore liable to the mpodtons of political
fsind!ers. The peaoeAbe, 'ndufrous citizens Of
the Commonwealth, bad contemplated the official
conduit OF Governor STRONG. and the Me;ai
'ss Of Federal K,pot.icans. ia the Senate aud
H'af Of Rtbaysssatuss. with iaisfatsion. They
had found him and them, administering the gov
efnmenS with fidelity, with moderation and With
prsemnen, fuccef, they f.w that the affairs of
MAssacsussrrs Aonri!hed that her ,rsafa,y was
.ull and overlooking that The Gate debt was year.
" diminliiag; that the rni.iia was in the ben
aaie of difcpoe, and co implicitly organized !;
that public Improvements OF eve,y Description were
he efea Of general aud individual p,ofper,y !;
that numero US acts had pailed for the encourage
men, and eaaAliihneat of bridge, turnpike roads,
canals accaicnics, banks, and various commsr-
ciai Add agricultural natutions that public bu
lineis was dfpa'chcd with unprecedentej facility ;
chat Economy was introduced into every Depart
pent OF the State that important political quef
tons had besn iifiuaed with candor and mod.
GRAFTON thar The right of the minority in every
ina.nce had been refpeaed; and the oaths Of
Governor, and Legislators to Gupport the conai.
tu,ons of this State and of the Unted States, had
been ipv;olAbly obierved They Jaw and felt all
this, aad more and they Iepoied in lecurity, that
the general knowledge and effect Of this wife aad
prudent admiuitratios, were certain pledges Of 'e
election of men, whole conduit had been thus prafe
worthy and beneficial The bet compensation
for heir lators ard patriotirm. In this periuafon
the FAsMAR attended to bis hufbandry,Sthe MsR.
CHANT to his commerce, and the MecAAxIc to
his work fh'p, fecu'e and uniofpeaing But they
DOW 6nd their error. The experience Of the lals
election has convinced them, that virtues, however
ipotlefs aud commanding talents however emf
nent fervices however faithful and .aborious Of
hcal department, however impartial and conoilia.
tory, form barrier to the reltlels fpirit Of
party no ihield againa the ring Of ing attitude !;
no impeachment to the mach of demagogues TO
their purpoies. This experience has opened the
eyes of.he people and feeling their danger they
will avert it.
To fopport sheie premifss, my fellow citizens, a
few faas lh4ll be prelented to your examina
ton. Nearly at the ciole Of the lall FELTON, Of
The Legislature, upwards Of Fifty perions, many Of
them members OF the Ceneral Court, who had
been eye aod ear "itneaes of the PROPERTY of
State. under the naturalization Of Gov. STRONG /;
and the ability, honeRy and pa,ristiim, which d'f
tinguihed the meaiures of the Legislature aGem.
Died in fycret, midnight caucus tor the foIe pur.
poie Of concerning meafures, to remove tina, Gov.
eruos, and thole MsjoIi.iss and Houle Of Repee.