Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1806-03-31
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F1r TIE P9rtLand Gazette.

ATeHrs, Adams lC jerks.
The democratic papers are 70
bountful 10 their abufe Of Governor
Strong, charging him as an old f7,y,
Especially on account of his hav-
ing fEned, with many others an ad-
drefs 10 Governor Gage: it will be
a publlck benent again 70 publith the
ictter of the Hon Judge Paine this
letter was written to corrc8 fUme er-
roneous Gatem2n,s with refpect to
hiEiclf which had before appeared in
the H1mpfhjre Gazette but it con-
,aius luch henelt eu,cgium--luch de-
ciGve proof of the fterling worth and
early pairiori(m Cf our prcfent Chief
Magifrate, that even if We did not
know Lis virtues, we hould be con-
vinceu by the opinions and deClara-
tions Of the venerable Judge who ha:
grown gray i'll the caufe Of his coun-
uy.-He on the authority of the psf
ri9t Ha7vty, has pronounced MIR.
Strong Son OF LIBERTY IN I774.
JUDGE P4INES LETTER.
To the Editor Of the Cenunel.
Mr.. RESELL,
Ioblerved in the Ceatinel Of tie 5th init
an extract from the HamPlhre Gazette, re-
fpecung the addrels Of the BarraterI and At
torRies at law in The Province Of MaLachu-
ietts-Bay, TO Gov. Gage, on his fTif arrival
where the name OF Gov. Strong is found a
hgner and it Is there aIcrted, as a sualihca-
tion Of this cordut. tn. the addrefs was pen
ned and h-led by the lubler5er hereto. As
conhder newspapers invalube inHrumeHts
when thev are the vehicles of the true intor-
nation; ! hope The writer OF the Hamplhire
paragraph. will not take ID amils If correct
his anltatemelJ.-l did not pen that address
70 Gov. Gage, and # lever knew VINO did
have forFott n neither did ! ign X. did
uOt approve of that aodreis but oppOled the
the hgning und pretentisg it among other
realOns becsulc il was let on foot AID urged
~ tho lawyers who eyer ed themielves in
opPohtion 70 our mestures which circum-
itance x IS not probable was known 70 young
lawyers in the county ; but It afterwards
was Igned, | preiume inadvertently as from
tAeONary eom5Hzraf, by Tome perfOns who new
er oppoled cur me4fures, but iuppOrted theni
IS ioSu = ;hey were iet agoing.
At the Common Pleas and Se1ions il
BriltOl county however, on ;he I4th June
l77s, vas with two other o the l-liOus, ap-
pointed Committee to draught an addrels
70 Gen. Gage, which | Penned.-The Court
accepted :, and appointed he fame commit
tee 10 Prefent it-At this time Iiuppoled Twas
appointed Mem CT 10 the intended Congrels
which knew 10 have been planned and let-
tied before left the General Court on the
lIth. On the 50th. 7 proceeded with the
Committee % Danvers, and P~elented the ad-
dreis, which appears to have 5een the day BE-
fore the other addreis was Prelented. Upon
good coulutstion It was then thought, that
if by fuch eufczsry aaaye1.I Gen. Gage could
be kept eary until the Cogrels had met and
Confulted together on meaiu-es Of general
conduct, that Il would be doing iervice to the
public cauls.
was iorry 10 fee nv name and conduit
brought forward in apology for that uf Gov
Strong; As though i aeedcd a1y luch fH1-
port. Inever heard his POI ,ical chara cter
Oppoled until 6nc- he was brought forward a.
a candidate for the chair My6ra knowledge
ofhin was from Major Howsy (of Immortal
memory il the records of the revolutioul who
mentiSned him e. me r, a promhug jsa u
Lr5.ffv, and hoped To have him IS colleague
ut the General Court. Upon understanding
thar he had hudied under Col WOrthiagtCn,
whole political principles were oppofed to
ours, made Gome objsction. The Major re-
Dlied : That 7, UzaeB ~ BE- ffvsHr 6y & ge.s
Hs e,rsr II fbsss eriqSiptsI, GH5 @e4as % osps'e
fbs1."
The laborel manner in which the obiec-
ron againlt Gov. Strong u Irged, appears to