Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1807-02-16

Mr.. BLolN, [,fags. i o"Ff mt st.5fcf
/ with the bin I'm its present form was not
| cad, To &c ect 1t. Il comes troL thc otL-r
( branch " Tx legislature, aad sit ~ take
| .b.us,,aj course The constitution reOu.! "
! Two circumstances to warrant VI Suspension
y, tile La5e1g c1ytns 1st, rebellion DIG,
| fine public safety must require III. There IA
| ven, clearly rebellion II is not ne-ca>4-
that battle should rs fought, ora sun
| fred L. constitute a rebellion. ItrOU,s ale
levied for the purpose, It n suihctut lie
PRECEDENT has communicated the facts III
his message 1t appears TO he a re6cll-dR
of TIE most want0n and profit cate KIND, tAe
result of mere desperation ai ambition.
Mr. J Randolph LVWJ ME vote will be
very different from that Ot tbs gentleman
who has Just Sat down. was harry 10
witness tie prompt and decided uPE,Cn
hat was made 10 This b.ll, especially from
the quarter whence u proceeded.
j am not surprj ed that the senate shU-
their doors while celebrating on tins bli
for if ] had introduced such Dll INTO this
house, / should have bcen ycrt lad t0 have
the doors shut, tli2t my name might not he
entered on the public journal ~ ne author
" such measure. I Should L2Nc Been
ashamed ~ own myself to ,Le nation Ely Tie
author or advocate 0t such q bill.
A gentlemon from Massachusetts Mr
V4rnum7 has SAID that thC org anizatlon and
administration Of The govcInnc II tOrlCs tie
apprehension THAT any imp, oItr use vii bs
E.auc wv TINS power. Sui-jy VIC gentleman
from M ssacLu9eJts must suppose t.JJ tlis
is uot ng new Surely the gentleman from
Massachusetts, must know, i he has load
Lstory, and presume he has, that IN case
IS Z Alug * jazz E maJontJ n li- pariia-
meut :Tt siNyavs ready 4" say there no DAN
ger WI increasing executive power We
Ire 4Il honorable MI q, and tie to whom We
propose NJ enuusr Power ~ above All -uspI-
rioL. his A. HOT a t4lr argument ! take
man ;.s lc j. and III b.s Lesl safe, and Il
thc best tiTuIs, lis j. prone to abuse, prove
u corruption. Every single law IN Lasss
but }r CI.ims the fact.
II you pass tHIs law, IL viii form q nc W
cIa TN the history OF tie country. IlemlH-
Jcrlt al when was a 10y, ara used u rJ al
such sl-.ll Chronological ahlls as / could
procure, / was ;lwdys nlu,h delighted IN
CTcek and Roman s,Olt, NEeeNt 1 Ield
tl&t I'll such Z year moI--tcAy WAS abJi.si-
ed. But Z soon found IaJ N runy " Is Etl
erallv restored III 4 short TIME, 10 der he
same OF "A different form. After the atln-
ton of monarchy ir Rome, i'm a few .tls
succeeded dictators possessed Of still great
CT power, and the hbeIues Of the people
did not survive the third petite Al apUplcZy.
50 IL will " here Ifyou pass this BIZ
you lay every man as has been well express
cd W Mr.. Elliot not at tile mercy " The
chief executive merely, but Of every pultty
Justice, ans Of every subalteIn officer ia
the army and navy.
1t Is sand no nan becomes base at once
and Il may be said with ike truth that no ma
uun ever became ensltNeu al OnCe.-ILtIe
are PIP both cases, initiative and progressive
stances, which must bc passed through. be-
fore the man arrives at complete depla,It,.
or the nation Is enchanted III hopeless sla-
very.
Let us take a case. Suppose tie durs-
ton Of the executive power were r. long
cd from four to five years. The ncNt step
would bc TO eight, then for life, ness wiA
the liberty Of nominating successor, and
finally i would become hercdr4y. These
are the stages, and in this way mankind ale
brought to agree w desPOti- government.
II ID an old remark llat UIL birds a.e nct
caught with ch4f but the TaAr3 of mat-
kind has never teen cJmp0-tl oil ola BIRDS
One other law from tie SAME mint and
with the same stamp, Lhc twin bother n
this, and ! would quit Tie country. IIelcr
Ia a law pas ed IN the British parialaent
IN l7y4, 10 prevent solutions sssvIAl lils,
and which forbid in cel.r..l. ,as..s trL assem-
bhug Of more ulan i've pes. nz, under tLc
several penalties Oppression uadtr the
sanction ~ laW I " us moe, aJi.us and Ia
toicrablc AiAd. Was XIX tiai.nl " Metres