Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1806-08-11

WhlCn lIduS IL lIiCu IInPOLADIC "
have any legal return from the town
Of Shaplcigh-" IF faid he we ihculd
require any thing upon this occafion,
IT would be the recoSd, and not the
exemplifcation. BuAsve want nei-
ther-it would be now uncoDftitu-
tional to receive the one or the 9TH
er.-His obfervations appeared to
carry conviction home to the minds
of all prefent-and no attempt was
made 20 Eeply to them.-Yer thefe
and fimilar proceedings Of the feder-
aliits,. all perfe aly fair, clear and
conl2itutionaI, have been repeatedly
mentioned by the democrats in public
and private, as precedent which gave
a fanction to the unprecedented con-
duct Of the committee and mGjori-
tyof their friend, at the lat felton,
of the General Court. Whenever
fuch erroneous falements have been
made in the General Court they
have been contradieteo and refuted--
but this has not prevented their re-
petition. Many Il might fay mott
Of the democrats have heard their
leaders make ahertions, zUhicb 1vsre
nat ceryra, 70 often-that they verify
believe them to be true, and it feenfs
almoit impoGble to convince them
eftbe Truth. | have been furprifed
Mefrs. Editors, thar the public have
not received from fome able pen, a
full and complete account of all the
tranfaetions of the democrats relative
to the coice of Governor for the
prefent year. The extraordinary ex-
ertiOns which they made to effect the
choice Of their candidate in the hrt
intaDce and the more extraordiua-
ry-the mon extraordinary meafrre
which they purified to QUIT from the
chair a mott excellent chief Magif-
trate, cbgIea By tie Pe2pls and to thrua
into his place mot favourite) bur
man whom they had feleded becaufe
it was thought he would anlwer their
purpofe better -beranJs it rvaJ far thar
intsyef that be Gsuld be Geveynor J.!
ought to be, and hope hottly will
be fully and fairly ftated to the pub,
lic-that they may know what fluff
Democracy is made of.-Let il be
remembered that after choice BY
the people had been afcertained and
publifhed in many of the newspapers,
the Chronicle obleryed " there zvaJ
no kHozving zvbo zV0Dld be Govsynsy til
after Ele7ion.' Let it not be for
gotten that the democratic members
of the Legislature, afiaed by fome
of the executive patriots of Bottom
mot of the Legiaature) had a grand
Caucus here ar Jan ar p9Gbk t(ome
time before the Court metz in
which it is nioa highly pro5abie, not 10
fay certain-that il was agreed that
Mr.. Sullivan ihould be Governor az
any yats.-The public pllre was tried
the morning after theCaucus BY fon1s
Of its members offering 10 bet that
Mr.. Sullivan would be Governor
it focn after leaked out that the Cau.
Gus was of opiHisn there was no
choice by the people, ard that Mr..
Sullivan could be fairly put into the
Chair BofoaiGaf zpeyc asked 7vbsfber
fza5 a mature 7uouH Be Ekely 10 pro
dHce any dJjfurhance ~ Bafonf All
,heie things paved the way to the
famous report Of the Committee. =
The majority Of the Senate trained
and dIfcipIined ike folders. follow
ed their dndaci0pS leaders through
thick and thin--and he Chronicle
focn Informed us thatit qOG5 brotaEk
Mr.. Sullivan would be Governor
Ibis year in The (qws may that Afr.
Rob6InS qVaS made Lfe1f. Gu. let
Jszy.
Thanks to the noble fand made
by the minority in the Senate
Thanks to the confciehces and IN
dependence and sirtue of fome of
the honelt men on the democratic
Ede Of the Houfc Of Representatives
Thanks 70 God thcfc wicked
would be ufurpsrs were defeated in
their accurfed northumberland
the true Governor OF MaAachuletts
fill pre6des over US.
ONE OF. TIE IFGIOLATIIpP I