Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1805-12-02
From the Star.
70 25onia5 Allen, jim. 9f PittgfeA
no. ~.

SIX,
AS you have commenced an attack on
me for adhering to principles in excluGon Of
men, think it my right, in my turn. TO COM
mence iimilar attack on you for adhering
to men in excluhOn of principles and do
therefore now, tax both you and yoar lead
ers of having changed your projections, par
ticularly with refped to the falaries Of the
fecretarics, and certain other officers Of the
general government II is incontrovcrt>
ible fact thar the whole people, claiming
themfelvcs to be republicans, both in and
out OF congreis, rulers and ruled, were all
profeaediy diilatisfed with the federal act
paned under Adams administration, rafting
the falarics Of the fecretaries and certain 9TH
er officers Of the general government, and
we did all Of US avail ourIelves, Of this cir
cumttance and il was of all Others tie
moH availing argument in turning the peo-
pie over to the republican intereR for in
this they felt that their purfes were concer-
ned. The people were eally led 10 believe
and fee that five thoufand dollars given to
tecretary barely for his attendance and fer
vices for one year was UNREASONABLE and ex-
travagant, no capital being employed and
required in the bulinelS while on the 9TH
er hand they well knew thar farmer with
a capital Of fifteen thoufand dollar. employ-
Cd; together with his unremitted application
through all the inclemcncies Of The feafon.
through heat and cold, through. wet and
dry, returning every night TO his habitation,
weary from the laborious field could not
make quarter that fun. They therefore
viewed :he meafure TO be both uneenerous
and unequal, tending to make lords of. the
rulers, and tenants Of the ruled. .Thefe
were the pleas made ufe Of by the Leading
republicans. And thofc pleas and arcu-
ments 70 made ule Of were tantamount 70
an e~Prefs engagements on their part, in the
even; OF change Of men to rsdrefs this
grievance. And it was from an exprefs ex-
pectatioD Of fuch redrefs that the farmers
and laboriDg part Of the tommunitv, who
always have the money to pay infead of
having II 70 receive, did exert themCelves.
and did in fact effect 4 change of men. Let
me ak YOU, Mr.. Alen,wh was the rc(ult
No man needs at this time to be Informed
that no fooner than our leaders lad efe4-
ed their de6gn Of difplaeing others and EFT
abiithIng themselves, than they With brazen
front turred upon their heel, deferiing their
late pretenGons and projections, and did in
tact, IN this cafe enhance the burden Of their
credulous friends, the farmers and mechan-
icS who rad juf saifed them to place and
powe-, Tor iniead of diminilhinq the i3l-
ares as was expected, they revived the ted
cal act which railed them for a hort peri
, OIL, while things were bearing war prices,
| and riiredly modelled the thing again, and
in f-vcral in!tances raiied the fziaries fill
higher, and this has been continued, ever
fnce. So that IT Is A FACT, not 10 be
denied, that republican. have from year to
wear taken MORE WAGES from tha
FARMER and MECHANIC il times
when things bear peace pIices than the fed.
eralitts ever had HAkDIHCOD 70 do
while things bore war prices. call on YOU
now to reconcile your projections with ' tur
practise. IN this particular cSt5 al-lI have
10 e4Ts = hear vou IA. ia c;4=- r+nc,e and