Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1806-05-26
For the Portland Gazette.

- = ~ ~ ANOs
THE "Little Argus" faid, 6 on
Saturday evening federal caucus
was held" Was it /" federal" eau
Gus why then did the democrats ar
teod 7 Tber anfpeewiH be feen by
and by Il was indeed called by the.
fedcraiiits, and who that has a fenfe
uf' decency and prcpriety could have
expected that any Perfon who was
not invited would have intrudcd
tbemfclves iuto their sfIcmbly but
this is fad, and the Sc LITTLE Ar
gus" has proclaimed il. Some Of
yoHr friends attended," The "-Lit1
ie Argus" was addreGed 10 g REPUB-
LlcANs," and it is well known. that
they have ahumed this term as cx.
ciuhvely applicable, totheir tsd, al
thcugh the term may.with. (at leait)
as much propriety be applied to fed
efaiiifs but the democrats having
converted it to their own ufe, aud
many federaliifs inconGdcratciy uGng
ii when fpeaking ofavhen, they claim
it for themfelves, sifcard that of
feder alif, notwithstanding the great
man Jefferlon has 1aid, :. we are all
fcderalilts, we are all republicans.
and have induced the trae republi-
cans to diitinguifll themfeIYes from
the democrats by preGxing the word
federal. The invitation to tke, eau
Gus was direated:to the. tfatral. re-
Pubiieans and although fome Of the
printed notices felFinto the handsSef,
democrats, they could not mittake
the meaning of it-mcre' Especially
as thofe only who were " friends to
the administration of Warrington
and Adams land TO that Of governor
Strong" were requeted 10 attend
but to proceed to the account Of the
caucus.
"Some of your friends" fays he,
attended, expecting, Os 6aJ bstSye.
been The coe, yoar governHfsnt, y6ur
principles and your cendud would
have been mlf,epyejented and ealamnia-
Ted, and if they had been, thofe afper-
fivns would not have gone unapfwer-
cd" However luminous the evidence.
of the numerous facts that have been
alledged againft the beloved perfon
who is at the head Of tkeir govern
tnen,, or agsinft his officers and
friends, ,it has now eight in.the minds Of
thole who take the lead in fupporting
his meaiures, or ik.is has, they pretend.
it has not and they make the peo-
pie, as far as theiriaAuence extends,
believe that thofe facts are federal:
lies. Thus is truth .peryerted-thns
are the miiinformed people preiudi-
ced againif federal men and federal
meafures -and thus isfupported an
administration that has brought dif-
grace upon the country, and exp oled
il to the evils which are impending, in.
dark clouds over our political horizon.
"But," the Argus goes on, "your
NuMBERs INTIMIDATED your enc
mics. They DARE NOT give chal-
iengc but rather BEoGEp sosv e
lsnrs." How dare you fcderalifs
fiand-how dare you vote in pref
ence of thefe mighty men-why did
you not preciPitately retreat from
the danger you weTe'expefed TO when
you faw them afembled ready to
oppofe you : Was -itNnot ralh to
venture upon the bufinefs you were
called to tranfatf while they were
herccly giaring youin the face & But
You accomplished the bufneiS with
out being attacked land you found
that tby had net courage to prevent
you-they had not courage, (altho'
they attempted it before you ali az
tended to choofc a moderator) -thcy
patiently perMifted you to make the
choice and differed you, when you
had done what you lwithed TO do, to
come off unhurt.. a n :: 3. ps..>
Whar next follows IS a repeated
boat Of their majority |, -bu!. i is 70
naufeous / fear. | ihould want. an
emetic, if | was to examine it. |
haiten therefore to the following ex.
preaion, viz. that they" had no i
dea of .epyGioasor djfHt5Gnof, uniefs
it was provoked by federal Gaadfr." !"
(Here il is evident. they intsnded an
.hhnAtian and difurkanne. If the ruin