Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1806-11-03
FOR THE PORTLAND GAZETTE.
ARGUS LIES.
A WOMAN.

! MR.. ADAMS,
HAVING au1ufed myfelf few minutes O.
| yer the Little Argus of the 3Oth inf, drew
4. my pen acrols few of the faIfehoods, re(pect.
| ing the former administration, contained il
! that paper which certainly has full claim to
Interpretation of A,gA Extra m! A re-
] publication may politely lead lome honeh men
/ TO an enquiry, and cxtricate then from the
/ grols deluhon and error into which they are
gulled BY the artful and i'll deiignin5 leaders
Of party
clafed them snder the heads Plump Lies,
silly Ljs,, Roundabout Lies, and Pfifnt EyaJfoa5.
| In the pie-e addreiled To the electors Of
Cumberland county," after naming the candi-
dates, Ezekiel Whitman, Elq and Daniel IT.
ley, Efq the writer adds,
PLUMP LIss)
7. You Uhe people, are now to decide
whether YOU will encourage rebellion againfl
your country" (by frpportmg' Mr.. Whitman.
2 The light of Heaven" (under lhe form
er adminiltrations) lhone not trough your
windows without tax to government for
its enjoyment
/ s. The freedom of politica! difcu1iou was
reRrained."
4. You were forbidden 70 murnur."
5. You have leeE the doors Of the pri-
ion clofed on the daring citizen, who had the
ipirit to complain of the abufes Of power !"
6. " a lauding army the blind inRrumert
Of uiurping anbitionhas been ftationed among
you to enforce fubminion to lis unconihtution-
al requ6tions" and " Tor the purpofes Of cor
rupting and fubjecting you
7. =" BY the prelent administration, America
was relcued from impending navery and re
leafed from the tolls Of her inGdiou, enemies 2
8. Our fractures" (by the Prcfent admin
iitralion)s'' were reclaimed froa tie rapacify
Of her former faithlela guardians, and he"
(Americal was reitored 70 ;he PoGe1ien AMI
enjoyment If her Liberties -
9. The acqAiGtion Of all important territory
are to be attributed TO the zt5a.a, and ,, u4eas
poijey OF our Preleng rules"
in piece over tie Ggnature Cumberland"
we find not & few sIttT lies, two or three Of
which ought to be detected.
J. y" MIR. Hey j, ca led a r9e,staef"
Perhaps the rss@l@ Argus mriter hoped to
gull few with thi, fuppcfed qualification OF
the democratic c. didate Il il certainly the
fra time,at leaf within twenty years, that Mr.
l. has been called zsrebast. Ii is well known
thar he S deltiIIer Of Rum, and is, WITHOUT
queltioh well acquainted with that buiineis.
Mr.. J. himiclf, mum have fmiled at the AlaIIow
arti6ce Of holding him up to view as a mr.
camille character.
2 A" Mr.. Dsy bI, beer acquainted Nth nsviga-
Hoa al Bis hfe."-This is even more ridiculous
than the preceding True it is, that Mr. il
man ofingenuity in forming models Of 1hips,
and has, it is believed luggelled fome improve
ments in the ihape of vetlels bulls but AS 10
rigging, &c. &C. Mr.. !. has never been fup-
polcd 70 know more than bis neighbours. And
llnce he Is not a mariner, il is perfectly clear,
that Mr.. Is pretenhons tho it is believed he
never made any himlelf) to an aeqpaiatauee 4vitJ
HoVgation qA Bis life, can amount to nothing.
more or leis, than this, that in tie eonrc or Biy
kye lie has actually SEM more GiBs than Mr.
Whitman; aad there really is more fhippihq
IN Portland, than at New-Glouceler
8. The itatement relative 10 the votes for
governor, is only an ovation Of the fold Oh
jeclion againlt Mr.. hey for triling with 'the
peoples rights OF iuErage,and ranks among the
ply les It is altogether unnecehary 70 trans
cribe it. Let thoie, who doubt, read the oA-
Gil deeH'Te"tf publiihed in the /e54yal pcpT,t,
oor the demos'af5 baOr HFDer Gayea 10 pp5i6 the
Proiett in the ienate,) and no one can be duped
by the wilful miltatement in the Argus.
1t IS remarkable that the Argus writer, who
does not flick at trifes, fiould acknowIed gs
Mr. Iheys uniform and conftant oppoGton 10
the contribution but, unfortunately, Mr.. |.
has 10 often, and 70 lately avowed it, that cur
democratic fcibbler, after calling the conni-
tutionaliits zvlJtriag fais5ea,ei5 y" becaufc
this objection againn MIR. !. is made public in
the papers, IS compelled to platter over the
detect with courle daubing Thus, they
patch up political characters, and political
contributions, Is COOLERS mend old fhoes.
DETECTOR.
Er A prefs Of matter compels us TO pelt
pone the Round about Lies, and pitif.l eoa-