Portland gazette., 1805-07-02


aad conildered merely as properly, il would
be as juh that the Vermont farmer flould
Dc entitled to approximation for his cattle,
| as the Virginia planter for his negroes -
NO northern man who has caught hnglc
iparli OF freedoms fame from the altar "
patEiotlim. but mutt win that thefe things
were not 10. such, however, is the con
f'itntion Of on country, that facred inlfru-
rnerit, which hope never TO fee violated in
any OF ITS e!lential principles and as Il IS
not 70 be expected that the people of the
fouthcrn ftates will ever agree % an altera
. non traught with ruin to their interef, il is
70 be hoped that the fubjed will not again
be asitssed,
We are con inually told that there i no
dithmularitY Of. intereas between the Peep c
OF the northern and thoie Of the (outhcrn
itates. When we prove that clathihg inter
eitS 10 exit, we are lued 70 leep by fy
ren fongs, and meodicns eulogies upon
ioutheln magnanimity. We are told that
our ioathcrn brethren Will take better care
OF Us 'than we could of ourlelves. On this
lu5ject, the contempt with which Northern
representatives are treated, the attention
paid to any mealures which they propofe,
the attempts TO e&tinguilh the fate balan-
ces, 70 abolilh the loan Offices, and Il re.
Jett the Georgia claims. the additional dit
ties upon commerce, the lare alteration Of
the contribution, and the other alterations
VIII are ntchplated, fpeak language
more expretlive than all rhe thundeEs of
eioquencc. rs dcrnier refort Of the a.
larmitts, we are told that the im,norta!
Warrington cautioned the people againit
thoie who fhould attempt to create geo.
graphical parties. he did 70. He had in
view the great and general intereas Of the
nation, the contribution itfelf, and not thofe
minor inttrcits which exit in the very ma
ture Of things /; for in the high character
OF pFeiid mt Tor the national convention, he
had before told us that i" the contribution
is the reiut Of fpirit Of amitY, and Of that
mutual difference and concei1ion which the
popularity Of our political Gtu2tion rendered
irditpenGble" If, however, the fagacious
mind Of Wafhinpton did not anticipate the
prelent fate of things that circumtsnce can
form no argument againf our accommoda
ting our conduct TO he events and prolpeEts
Of the times.
1t cannot be too often repeated that
''man is man " Did the northern Rates pof-
tcfs power, their political iytem would
probably be analogous 10 that which now
governs he fouthern. But power is depar-
ted from US; and hope thar we fhall nev-
er at'enpt TO regain it by any other than
honeit means. The editor Of the principal
paper publifhed Al the feat of govern mtnt,
an honeft and candid man has not been able
10 conceal his exultation at the profpea Of
northerh humiliation. Admitting that the
northern ftatcs no longer poGefs political
weight, he afRs, with an air Of triumph,
" and why does the iouth rule The north
Becaufe the fouth is united and the north
is divided" have juf laid the fame my
iejf. TIE N9,rb glres tip AMI TIE Sontb zecbJ
net }ack. 1hGre are men who are leis hon
cf on this fubjed than the editor Of the
National Int elhgenoer. | am ahured, from
unquraionahle authority that it is part of
The iyltem of lome young and ambitious
politicians Of the fouth, 10 add fuel to the
fame Of party fpirit ID the north, thar they
may divide and govern Us as the Romans
divided and governed the Greeks.
It may be.arrogant in me to declare that
the opinions which now ayow viii one
day command the uoivcrfal afieDt OF the
people in The northern quarter Of The un-
ion. Bat as | always make it q point to
fay what | think, lall hazard the afcr-
ton.
# at future day rev paties hould a.
rife in our country, and we fhould be di
vided into northern men and fou.hern men,
initead of Fsderalihs and Democrats, would
any one doubF ths proPriety and patriotlm
OF iupportlng the northern interelt in al its
contitutional and reafonable rights- Should
we be divided in,o large na;e and frnaIl fate
parties, would il be oontehded that the peo-
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