Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1806-05-19
[Uzole No. Al.

where the fountain is corrupt all the
ftreams iGuing from il contain waters
equally poifonous.
Bnt as my intention is to place the
mifreprefentation to which | aIlude
before an impartial public, | viii
leave the propagators of this deIuiion
ard atteno to. the fact itfelf.
Almot the hrf thing which ia
lutcs our eyes in the Argus Of the 9Th
May, IS paragraph taken from the
Newyork Watch lower, fraughtwiJh
contradictions tie mott abfurd and
foolith, tucked into the Argus Is The
choice mix on which il decends for
nourilhment and iubfltsuce. II IS
there vauntingiy ftated, . that what
/" has long been anticipated BY the
& republicans has at length unh7ppiy
occurred: from iniuIt bis naieity's
hlps at the Hook, within o1r very
" waters, have proceeded to murder.
I" The, Britiih government Britifl
"jnftice I! and BFitifh msgnanlnlitY
7" have been the eternal themes of
T" federal eulogy." It IS true, that
The federalifts have always admired
\ jultice and magninimiry, whether
found in France or in England but
lnjuitice, rapacity and piracy have
been held in equal aeteit4tion and
rence-Fedefalifts have called
tor efficient meafures to protea them
from fuch infuirs and aggreflions--
like true dilciplss of liberty, they
have knocked at the door Of iultice
6 until their locks have been wer
with the dew"-bGt they have nor
been heard as,idit the Illuminating
yelIs OF democracy They have beea
ever ready to afIils heart and hand IN
n.ealurcs which would have lecurcd
them agaiuf the attacks Of pirates
! and freebooters.
| But again hear the wifdom Of the
v Natch- over. He exultingly af1s.
!" What has been the more recent
conduct of the federaiiRs ? How
6 long is it fince the Leanaer was
"here before that very Brltidi fhp
Leander Whole officers have now
committed the horri3 murder p
My readers. will recollca that the
Leander, the Driver foop Of war,
I" &c. were at the HOOK in June, Ju-
Y" ly and Auguh of 1904, and thar
I" then, in our own waters, they in
|" fulted oar independence violated
I" the laws Of the United States-re-
"t tited the authority Of the Martial
N ierving Procefs, and heaPed con
tempt upon contempt" The
tederahfts are accrfed of ali this
I" Thou fool, our Of thy own mouth
will condemn thee"
Let the candid man look a. the
aboVs extract and behold tbs genuine
features Of democracy behold the.
atrempt Of democrats to PAIN thar
uPon, the federalifts which their own
sefsrlous meaiures have produced.
lsnot infnlts and falfchood like this,
enough TO break the natural diff
dence and taciturni:y which is char
a6terlitic ofgthe honrft federaliit I?
Who, We. would ak, was pre6dent
| Of the United States when all rhis
haPpened ? Was it not Mr. 1eE1r-
fon,; the idol of ieh-ifiIcd rrpublf-
cans 7 who, when perfonal danger
nienaced, tecured for himfclf re-
treat in the lafe and rural cave of
Carers mountain. Yes, it was the
fame man who, when inveifed with
| the presidency, and furrounded BY a
will7lerying congrefs, could calmly
look on, with a countenancc truly
Philofophieab \ and fee Our "com-
merce rpirated upon !" 4 our inde-
pendepce -infultsd !" +" the laws Of
the Unit=d States. violated ]" = and
an officer fimpeded in the execution
Of his legal authority eThefs, fel-
low-ciHzens, are cot the Complaints
OF caPtious federalift, but the uni
ted purmurs of every elaLs Of oiti-
zens yet the narrow foul Of dem
eerat wiihes it in his power toex-
cite belief, thar thefs diitreiIcs a.
roie from federal meafurcs. fhefe
infults and injuries have been fulisiu-
ed for Yeas, yet not one foiitary
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