Portland gazette., 1805-07-02
From the Vermont Herald.
1lR. ELLIOTt9 bis Constitaenti.
LETTER X.

14R. ELLIOTt3 bis Cor5fitasntI.
LETTER K.
l AM accufed Of abandoning the prin-
ci2lea of liberty, and of joining in a plot
for the divifon Of he Union. The char
ges are falfc. and the authors of them know
them to be falfe.
Who are the real friends cf liberty, of
genuine, regulated liberty Is the frantic
revolutionitt m re rational friend of fre-
dom than 1ulen monarchf /? Is the man
who advocates peace and Union to be con-
tidered as dilorganizer Bur it is faid
thar the feleraits are al n,onaIchiits, and
that the principles Of republication and
monarchy can nc more DC united, than oil
and water can be mingltd, or than the glare
OF day and the gloom of night can be ANAL
gamated. A few years Guce my conititu-
ents were almot all profeT1d federats !:
was n1yfelf member of the little band
who oppofed, in this difri6t, the ad-
mIniitration Of MIR. Adams. Should dare
TO cfk my conftitucnts, were you, in r7o8,
when you iupPOIted fs1eral candiaates and
federal mealures, enemies 10 the rights Of
man,enemies to your own rights ? They
would intantly anfwer with indignation
Move have always been republicans. -
Is it then more than common charity TO con
olude that the iInnlence majority Of thofe
who It'll profelS the principles OF fcdcrailm
are alto republicans among the many thou
iands who have left the federal iandard
how may nave told us that they had been
concerned i'll a plot for the dearut(ion Of
liberty Not one. Monarchical principles
are confined to a few in ividuas III cur
country and among thoie individuals may
be placed fome Of cur moh ardent republi-
cans
1t is faid that the idea Of 4 union Of the
people of the northern States in one great
political nteref muf produce divilon Of
the union and thofe who fay this look
with perfect Co.nplac5ncy upon the gigant
tic mafs of Influence which imilar union
il the fouthtrn ftates has already created -
In other w.rds, to prefcrve The unioa. The
fouthern itates n.ui be united as one man,
and the northern xlult be divided and d;f-
tra6ed. AIilcrabIe loPhilm Ablurd, foeI-
in dogma! Let me here repeat thar perfea
union among Ourlelves would induce Us 10
demand no more than our due ihare or
political weight, which would then be yiel
ded 10 Us, and tie union would Be prelcrv-
ed, and even rendered more ltcure.
Various are the opiDions Of men or re-
hettlon in relation TO the probable effects
Of the aequiftion Of LcuiGana Upon no
lubjea have found it more difficult to form
an opinion for myfeif, some believe that a
commercial connexion will take place be-
tween the eafern and wcfern fates ihat
the people Of New Eagland will carry to
thole Of the MiiiiGppi, the produ6cn Of all
other parts Of the world, and export for
them their own productions and that this
commercial connection will produce pc
litical one, favourable to Us, and unfavora.
Tie to the fouthern itates-Others argue
that the inhabitants Of the welt will be a
fhip-building and agricultural people that
their vicinity TO tie Wet India markets
will enable them TO fuperce e Us in fonne OF
the moE profitable branches of our com
mercc, and that the idea of political con-
ncction wi h them, though fplendid, is per-
fe6ly deluhvc. The proipea indeed is
rather gloomy. But putting Louiflsna OCT
Of the qucEion, the number of reptefenta-
tives il conercfs to which the iouthern
dates are entitled, on &C count Of their flaves
mef forever iecure them majority in the
councils Of the union The nayes are not
repreiented, but three fifths Of them are ad-
ded to the number of free perfons, and this
determines the number of Representatives
from the tate. Were the 1avcs made free,
We cculd nct r-fa(e, upon oug own prin-