Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1806-08-04

endured when they are very unequal
a.Fcr-e ard influence, and though it
may be true, that ar luch times a
fmall parry may location better ex-
ananation q. public neafures tnaA it
all mcn were of one MAD, yet II IS
equalIgcertain, thar the even balance
Of parties viii ieon bring on dan
gercss and perhaps fata! convulilons
in the State. We have ieen that
;he democratic party, with the eEceP-
TON OF Deacon Goodwin, Mr.. Prince,
aud twenty or thirty other men of
fone .hcnei1y, would fooner have
deitroycd the Contribution than not
have 1efroyed their adverlary party.
They would have fct aide the votes
of 3-,coo electors, and have made
z Gpveyncr, +oifboat majority d vOtes
10 zvarraat Tie DEED. The conlc-
quences would have been dePlorable.
a GoverneT, crowded in by intrigue
and without law, would have bsen
rejected by $4,000 Electors as an
Jfnrper, and Ufurpn he would
have been
Stn. Iris il fach cafes the duty
'of tho people, and il is Prodigious
shappinefs 20 them if il fhould be in
their power, 70 prevent this criEs by
-leaningto tie hds Of toe more hon
eft and upright Of the two parties.
If the people viii nor fupPort the
sfspportcrs of the Contribution, they
and The Contribution mutt fall.
9Th. But to prevent fuch Ialutary
and necdfuI interPoGtion Of The
people, party viii ule It's rtmoit
means, and < podeaes very great
means, 90 deceive and enfame the
people. 1t viii fay, thele twenty
Senators and the Representatives
who adhered to the party to the latt,
NUT BE fupported by the party
TO this end a Caucus, will be hol-
den in every country perhaps IN
every town--and will recommend
theie offenders for a REBELLION
And VINO will 60 to the Caucus (!
Will the fold farmers ? Will the
mott indutfrious tradeimen No,
They will mind their ordinary bu-
Enefs. Bet the men with the emp
tieif and hottelt heads, and not the
fulleit parties, the lcekers after votes,
will go, and after being warmed
with Zip and mob5i9a harangues,
they viii recommend one another
as candidates. About March next,
this very fcene will be acted over a.
gain in the General Cosrt, as it has
been yearly for feveral years pait-
The very men who ought TO dread
the peoples diiplealure for their au-
dicious attempt to crozd an anflst7sd
candidate into TIE Go0erAcr'5 c5air,
will convene together, and call them
felves, lbe nesting Of fbe |" RspQ5h-
enns' from curious parts Of tbs fate p
.They will appoint committee 70
new vamp one of their long-ago-oon-
futed pamphlets, aud call upon the
Voters from Maine to Berkfhire to
turn out and vote for the mifcalled
Republican Ticket, meaning tbe0-
Islvs5, who meet ia Caucus and re-
commend that ticket.
Now will not the fold farmers
and principal tradefnen turn out to
defeat that attempt in April next ?
Viii they not fay the respectable
yeomanry, the fober fatished people
of the State, are borne down, be-
eaufe they fufer thele light headed,
felhfh, noify feekers to take the lead
and dictate to the people. Let luch
iteady men begin to conhder our pub
lie condition as deeply alarming and
that il will be worfe unlefs they come
forward and fupport the hcneR zen
who in June Taft fuPported the Con-
ititution. Let the trickifh leaders,
who fet afle or fet up votes at
pleafure at that time, fee in April
next that the people viii thew their
difpleafure againh the viofators oil
the Contribution, by leaving them
out of the General Court. Then
the people will be refpeaed more
and party regarded lefs. The lovers
of popularity will be afraid to offend,
and the political conyulfons, to
which we arc hafeniug, may be de-