Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1806-12-01
GHhoie No. 449.


of our country been called forth and
fuitably direciea and improved-had4
the meatures of the former adminlf-
tratlon been purified by our plclcnt
rulers, we might at this moment,
have food firm and Gnfhaken amidlt
the tumult Of contending nations...we
might az this momenthaye bid defiance
to the combined powers Of the earth.
But unfortunately for the p5efent
and facceeding generations, the ar
dent fiTsnds .ff5e pr2ple, they who Lad
promi1ed a p9Atcai mileriun to their
countrymen, have bartercd the rights,
neglected, and abufcd, the drareit
interefS of the community. They
have waited and impoverished our
treafury, dryed up many of the four
ces of our revenue and txhauled our
tifcal lrength. They have defroy-
ed our navy, thrown our commerce
upon the mercy Of free hooters and
pirates, and left our harbours unpro-
tected, ana our cities expoicd to the
inluIts and outrage Of the mott con-
temptible frigate that floats on the o.
cean. They have iubmitted TO the
iniults Of Foreign Minifers, impair
ed our national character, and bro-
ken down the energy and the fpir-
it of the country. Their milguided
and enfeebling mealures have had
the inevitable tendency to court ag-
grefions to invite hofiity Soon
then, mutt /" the confufed noife of
the battle Of the warrior" be heard
within our territory. Soon, muik
the " garments" Of Our countrrmen
be feep "rolled IN blood" Soon
mutt the din of arms route our fun
boring people already the clarion
of war, founding in our wefern 69r-
Geys, proclaims the approaching FOOT
tteps Of devattation and havoc
thus have we drawn in dark bat,
it is apprehendcd, in its true colors,
the outlines Of the real Jftunt.on Of
ga, c5sl,1f,-y. We hzre given the de-
lineation, not from choice, but from.
conviction Of duty When difeafe
has feated itftlf in the human fran
it is enential thar the caulc and the
lymptoms be correctly afcertained to
induce a prudent and efIicatious pre-
fcription. Let the people, then,
who are to prefcribe for our difeafed
republic, read, enquire, and ponder.
Let them examine men, and lcrutin-
ize meafures. Let them probe the
evils to the bottom, and thus prepare
10 Apply falutary and fcvereign re-
medy
While the view we have given
ihoAld awaken the aPPf-henGons oe
every citizen Of America, il ought
no: TO excite, il any, Ipirir ot def
pondancy. Our falutation is, indeed
critical and alarming yet il Is MT
hbelsf-talents and power well d.
reaed, can remove oar difficulties,
and fecure our fafety. No nation
can boat Of more Gitinguilhed tall
ents than our own: and our re-
fource, if fuitaby employed, are f4f-
ficient to rePel aggreAion, to vindi-
cate our rights, to enforce juttice,
and command reipeGt.
Fellow. citizens devote your de-
iiberate and ferrous reflections to
fubje6 20 equally and highly impor-
tant to all. You have common
intcref at hazard. Your property
and your lives, your families, and
kindred, and country, are in danger.
Let, then, the prejudice, ard acri-
mony of party be laid aide, let politi-
cal diltin6tion be relinqulihed ard
forgotten; let the Prolcribed wifd6m
Of the country be again put in re-
quiGtion }" and let the exertious Of
all be combined for the general good
If you It'll cloie your eyes to the
danger, which approach from around
If you fill encourage aud cultivate
diilentions, and rancor, anu hatred.
at home, the freedom, which WIS
purchafed with the blood of o,.g
countrymen, viii foon b. wreAed
from your hands. Awake from
vour Plumbers and unite your exc, 5.
and that tycedom, with all is attend
ant blelTngs, may YET be trlnfmitted