Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1805-11-25
Poittcai.
From the STAR
MR WILLARD

BEING accuied bv TOM ALLEN Of Pitts
held,ard Others of having acted inconGGent
with my ProfetlIons, | undertook defence
and forwarded it TO the editor of the Sun,
for publication but Tom finding that he
thould not be able TO maintain his after
tion, and being afhamed to have the circum-
ttance whieA produced this unprincipicd d
and unmanly attack appear before the
public, has refuied to give it iniertion. If
there remains flnge particle Of pride or
ambition, in Tom 10 be ConIidered a man
Of honor,t think the idea ofbeing, himlelf,
the acculer, and then hirlef declaring ne
the privilege of making my defence mutt
be truly notifying. he has obliged me to
come and folicit iuch favors of you, fir, as /
have little right TO expect to receive While
| had, on the other hand, the higheR claim
on him for It. IF it iheuld NOT Be incom-
patiable with your feeling, to give this and
the following letters to Tom allen, infer
ton IN your paper, you will oblige cne who
intends 70 commence reading your paper,
from this tine, initead of . Tom / thumbs
folio"
Never, till lately, was I 70 thoroughly
convinced that an undertaking, intentional
rectitude and propnety Of condua, form
no indemnify againf the attacks of the vul-
gar, the unPrincipled and the bafe. The
rage and vioeHcc Of party fpirit which
reigns IN Our country, threatening all thofe
caiamities and fatal corfequences, which
have uluai!y been the attendants Of fuch
tpirit IN thole generations which have pre-
ceded us, had long Gnce determined ne,
for one, to adopt moderation and cartor,
and 70 tubititute reaion il the place of mad
rage ard Exclamation and To this refrlu-
non have ttri6fly adhered for feveral years.
ind when my tellOw.CitizenS of Weit-
S'ockbrldge wete pleo(ed to depute me as
their ReFeientative in the General Court,
vlhtei that honorable body, at the lait
May iehicn, with determination TO know
no Y1rtles, but to be governed at AL times
by the proPriety and improperly Of the meat
ures to BE acted upon. In the purfuit of
this reiolution all remained tranquil, until
the queitlon WAS taken whether the houfe
would accept the an1wer to the Governors
addrels, as reported by the Committee,
which was as it .tands in the Star Of June
II. Two clau;es of which being objected
to by Perez Morton, Efq. leading cbara4-
cr on the republican fdc, foon led me %
underltand that was 70 he tried whether l
would adhere 70 men in cxcluiion Of prine-
pies, or whether wsuld adhere TO princi-
pies IN exClufisn, even Of the men Of my par
ty. But in this cafe had not the leait he[-
itat;on fo- did conGder The Ianghagc Of
the aniwer to be founded on true republic
an principles, and at this time, under exit
ing circumstances, mott proper and necef-
fary TO Be adopted not only BY the members
of the Houle, but by every individual
throughout the tnion. For we evidently
fee Virginia, with Randolph at her head,
ambitious and afpiring at dominion and pow
er 20 dictate laws TO her filter tates. See
Randolph At the head of the Virginia fact
ion, quarreling with al, without reference 10
politics, who itand in the way of his ambi-
tion, frequently calling the Speaker Of the
Houle to order, &c. &C. The two clauf-
es objected 10 BY Mr.. Morton, were in the
fro cafe the words under the dominion
Of fingle ftatc," and in the fccond, the
words +" by afpiring men, Mr.. Morton ob-
je6ed 70 thoGe claules on the ground that
the frf would give unbrace TO fome fate,
and the other to lome individual
Now, Mr.. Allen, would ak il as Ia
vor Of you, that yoa would direa your prn-
er | underRand YOU controhl the prei.) to
pubih the arfwtr Of the houie 70 the Gov
erUol's addreis, that the people may read
and fee how thofc t'7s claufes were couch
ed, that they may Judge for then felves.
But fhall proceed TO irIert fuch parts Of
the aniwsr as fha'l contain tH- two clauies
70 e-ceptiohable to Mr. Mortsn, and Of ccurfe
by you Gt being my intention to publiih this
letter. LEFT you fhouli refule to publiih faid
arfweT, as you have rcfuied 70 pnbliih my
anfweF, well knowing that the anfwer of
itGelf, without comment, is fufIicient to ex-
tort yerd'a in my favor for voting with
the federaliits TO acceptit, even from my
enemies and your friends for mankird