Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1806-11-24


PERSECUTION.
THE Enemies Of Republicsnisr
far accomplished their object, III the
t'oa o. the ARGUS, as to cause tie En,e-
T. be sr1tPe4 Of his Pvotzy- Hainv NC
! prosecuted for what has been termed . -.
! On the 21q0faaeR .Tosebh Bartlett, M 49,. "a
I ton has issued against me, for ne-aly
thousand dollars in Consequence NJ ,,,.4
my Office aud my Dwelling House M
vested OF their contents-amd It is me-
by the Indulgence Of my Creditors. mi,
make use OF their y pes, and By tie gres,.'
e1erton am enabled to issue this irHnere..
paper.
| Republicans ~ have used nv uf-no..
| bIIty ~ support your cause-I have -
| ell and exposed the secret enemy erd
postate-and by the enmitv which " sb@.
me, am proud TO think have been u Il
staclc II the way Of Federalism-for j. ..'
| alfsan y At the bottom, whatever ,,oy.',
be made use of-ILey NAV striD me of ~
mp emeLts. they NAV distress Inv tsrnih
Lhey may fulfill their threats Of t;,rtey .,e.,''-
'"|oHS' t17'o-~-.ll I4-4-ls
One Of our furious democrats, u
reading the above to a.neighbor, fwho,
by tie by, does not profess to belong W
any party imprecated the most bitter
/ curses on those wicked oIks, the Fed.
eralist, IS the authors q ill.,. " Perse-
cHticR" which his dear friend Willis
IS the subject of. Decla ag that he
was 7ycH informed, that Bartlett was
+. nothing more thar tool IN e hands
| of the purse proud alistocrats and
would be Nabobs," to work The ruin Of
| the democratic cause. Only think
/ says the democrat, what train of in
iquity is now broughtto light. Iwor.
der it was not headkd twenty Cats
ont of tie Bag" Our Office il attach
eG----the Printers family distressed
% Lord D Lcrd here lor the
first time, he experienced such an over
flowing Of the milk of human Kibd-
ness" that he lost the power Of speech,
ill a food of tears afforded relief.
When, looking has neighbor in tie
face, he found his affecting narrative
had Eeen attended to without producing
single sympathetic emotion. This
excited tie establishment of Mr.. De-
mocrat, and he wished tn know how
person could remain a calm and indii-
fcrent spectator OF such scenes. NFbv,
friend, replies the other, your quere
reminds me of similar question I
was once asked at the Theatre on Sec
ing the representation Of a very tragi-
cal scene, the person who set next 10
me expressed lis surprise that should
take SO little interest in an exhibition
which he was sure was very affecting.
As there was nothing unciyil in tie
question, could do no less than return
a civil answcr-which was this, that I
could laugh AZ fictitious folly, but never
weep at .fctics0us trouble.
Here their conversation ended and
| have been induced to inquire into the
real situation Of The Argus estabiisal
ment and the truth Of this " woeful dit
ty," told II whining tone to Els hume
rous subscribers and / End that there
is not the least colour of truth IN the
insinr2tio that the attachments were
made by MIR. Bartlett on the other
hand, this prosecuting and distress
ing" business is the work Of the 4 great
ones" Of this town and Saro, and i 100
Jarcicai to gull even the simple ones OF
the dominant party, tale told BY "a
idiot" Is it possible that the nost
credhlOus among the disciples If party
can believe that those who are enerred
heart and hand in the cause, would Be-
the first to embarrass their printer.
The quarrels between democrats
and democrats, should lei pass BY nu
as the 6 idle wind," bot for the attempt
which is made to deceive the public by
holding up an ideA that the federaIists
have hAd an agency in this trial Jo-
H5eling. This charge is direct falls
hood and made for the purpose of
promoting the spirit Of party animosr
ty--but | believe the dSorganizers in
this District viii not gain much w
these sham nanOeuvres. The leaAers
OF the democrats in this part Of the
state have arrived at point,thei7 lahols
and conduct have fairly led them to.
The Argus was established in this
town Tor the express purpose Of revo-
lutionizing the politics Of Maine BIZ
which few ambitious and unprinci-
pied individuals might obtain Offices of
power and trust. In order to effect
this, II was necessary to have a press
under their conroul, with publisher,
who would comply With the m<ndstes of
these individuals with the same sersiity
the SlaNs- does tnOCa re he ,,,,,+a,, Irr