Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1805-1805, 1805-04-01


A. ,oe frv and attv Displayed III tile following extract
from, new ,arnph-ct entitled An 7ntvTcr 10 the que-
. lions. VIII. are YOU Federait and why Do you
" v,.a +,r Ci,y SrRoNG I've regret that our c".unns
will not admit the aniwer 70 both queiteA5 an nuh
oonfne cure,ves TO the anlSer 20 the i~t'e'-
Wdy baH you cote for Coz. STR0NG "
Firf-Becaufe Re Aas been long il the char,
has approved himiclf faithful 10 the true inter
eits Of the prooie and under his admin itIauon
great PROPERTY has been attained by Us. lhoic
who would induce US 70 turn out tried magii
trate, al old fcrvant, Oh III to produce found
yeafons for Il. Remotal from office IS the
puniihment Of bad rulers. A people therefore
who meet this meafufe 70 the good, delfvoy
ghe inducements to virtuou5 conduit, by with
holding from ii. their countenance, and encour-
age the vicious and ambitious, by thus confoun-
ding the nature Of reward and making the fame
event re(ult 70 the wicked and 60 the worthy.
Now what reafons are given tor this
change, which men, calling ;hemle'yes fepub-
lcans, recommend. 10 they lay any crime 70
his Change No. It has not been IN The pow
er Of the mott virulent party tpirlt, with all IT'S
malignity, to invent an offence. They do not
pretend to imagine one What then Has
he been guilty Of an orerhght,o or any fmalfaul
which, lcls than crime yet indicates, ncii-
cretion, or inattention 70 your IntcTettS No
thing Of this has been fuggetted. On the con-
trary, it is fubie6t Of open complaint, with
his political enemies, that he is " armed 70
frong in honety,' thar their attempts TO ca
illuminate and decry him aTc vain and trultleis,
not finding ground TO ref upon IN ierYice
of FIVE years, they can find nothing to peek
at nothing, which will bear the fimiy texture
Of revipaper aande1. Is he then denied Ia
tents His WORT enemies allow him th6tt. Is
he defitute Of moderation in his political te-
nets On the contrary, moderation is one Of
his distinguishing charaderittcs. in vain have
his adverfuies flied his private character, or
his public conduct thev find but one fin At his
door. This is, indeed, in their eitmatOn,
great one. 1t is the I'm of-Federalm. The
i'm of-having been the friend of Washington
his "a porte, and advocate agaiDft the very
men, who now call thcmfeiyes Republicans,
who were once diftinguihed as Antl-Federal-
IFS :, who were,in IS < %, not elS violent IN
the claraours againt Arlington. than they
aTe. Al this day, againft Strong let any man
read over the preceding pages, IN aniwer 10 the
qI5fiCn, why are you a Fedcraiit and 1t
on this account Governor Strong is dil entitled,
20 tie fupport of true lovers OF their country,
lei hisa be eic4ed from the high office he holds
But the l5cret Of the annOhty Of his political
adventures is not, Ia truth, 70 much MS ancient
federation, as MS preient conhtency. IF strong
could turn and twif after popularity; il bow
the wind Of favor blows from the Virginia
thore he could fpread his fail, and Forgetting
the interehs Of New-England, give fuch d.
re1ion to our fate as Mr.. Jeflrion fancies,
then al, in the efin1ation Of our executive pat
Riots, would BE- well. his is il fact his crime
this hi; offence. That charming ,erfatility,
which diGiaguilhes MIR Sullivan, his rival is
none of his. Like him, he cannot be federalt,
or democrat or i4cobin OF republican, acccr-
ding to he ever VARYING breath Of popular hu-
mOur Strong has always been the fame, firm,
conllltent federal repu5 lean, and iuch viii
forever remain, whatever the miitaken opiD-
IONS OF the moment may dictate whatever
fate, the minimizing, the drCOntented, and the
ambitious, may, on this account. award HIM.
Ii Is not thus with Mr.. Sullivan. His want Of
conllency is prOycTbial. In 788, half feder
zlilt, half anti-federalin, with lenlr enough not
70 offend either lTde, with cunning enough not
TO commit hmlelf or either. - III TO-, !acobin
for a week, and as luch Joining their icclety !;
then Grating his name from their records, and
for(wearing their conrexion Always a,weath-
er-cook, in politics, turning with every cur
rent, ard yeerrng after the OPTIONS Of every
man, with whom he happened TO fall in comPa-
NY AK his fupPorters if they coRfde in him.
If honea, they viii confels their d:aruR, and
plead fifty in their execute. He is the only
man they will flv, who can command a ma
jonty IN the diHric Of Milne This is his IL
tie He alone can effect revolution il the
{ Commonwealth. This IS his merit. For this
reafon they forego their enmity. For tits, many
of his own party, who hold hum in great con-
ten t, not tofay detedaton, are dragged on,
rsulefAntly to vote for him. Do you want,
frilov-citizens, any ev dsnce Of this fad ,. IN
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