Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1807-01-26

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courage such faaGress. IN heFr fgflS-ffst
fLf cia;h;7ats w tle saR VI tte 8igsf efasl a4-
oaorcssrlve, i4trtErel ty thr tol.tst ana taaaa'
III yly5izes, constantly eHGeavarD5 ~ rgtfe oral
distress you .ch clHrtysatisg has btea re
genera. and goar children have Hgtelca ~ " 80
~ the tales NJ ne ftrccioAs srvages iifs
name of proprietor has raised ti most 1w-
fil IMAGES IN their imaginatIuns, Icing crn-
nected with almost every ting painful ard
distressing. Your children have nCv af-
rived to maTtlo0J, and tho some, who have
had the means Of information, and wioae
prciudiccs were rot to- strong 70 Ec g
come Nv reason, alc ready tO acknowledges
that what thew heard was greatly cXaEE'r-
ated, or wholly gIOUnfleSs, yct this : IA
w means universally tie case, there are
those whose preiudices nothing can wcaEc",
who viii nay no attention tn a statement ui
facts. and whose mveteracv Of tcmfer
against those who claim their ToSsessloTs,
il obstinate and unyit lding fem SUCH W.
Ahear the most awful denurciaticLs OF evil
the most malicious imprecNiors, with r'-
rect AZ wal, fiat thsv win inhiue thtir
hands IN The blood If THOSE who claim, y u
by Legal means enJesyor 10 posses what
they clsim.
It IS painfl !, fellow citizens, to make
statement Of this kind, and The moIc painful,
Is a multitude of considerations and FACTS
demonstrate i TO Is true
ask those CT YOU who vii. consider. and
with whom should feel D'yEH perfectly
safe, in person and property, what - tic
cause Of the present state Of things among
ycu And whether YOU, yourselves haye
not been III some degree instrumental, mad
yeItantiy pelh4ps, OF producing this alarln-
ing disurderl If those Of sOsi n whose
breasts moral principles still hold a resi-
dcnce-if YOU find that Your mggarded
conversation has CmbOldcned others t.
threaten death and ruin 10 any, Hhoare pur-
SURG a legal course g. acquire possession *
that which is their own ii year conyersa-
ton has warranted them, 10 represent YOU
az combined with them, to oppose, those
who come ..mong you @ discharge anl d.
y, cnjoined on them by governmcnt-iiyo You
fiHd that others possess this idea Qt youT
character, which they do uot hesitate and
avOw in the strongest language, Il IS cer-
tainly time for on setioRsly To attend 70 tEe
subject, and 10 DO something in earnest to
retrieve your character, from tie misreprc-
sentaiiuls Of Your own party, and 70 give
evidence to your friends, that their partially
for YOU was not unreasonablc-that they hstl
Q just foundation for their confidence, wlich
they have placed in you, and for the repre-
seRtation which they have gwen q your
general character to others.
Your affairs viii sooH come 70 a crisis.
A settlement in some way or other cannC-
bc far distant. Let not the ineonsiderste
among YOU, involve the w hole IN one sceEe
at veXaton, distress ard probable ram.
Your fellow citizens in Other parts a tie
state md those who wish you well, ere
alarmed at the doctrines YOU advance, * tie
bold threats which YOU give, and at II G ac-
tual attempts you have made to take Tic
lives Of c;her3-They are sensible civil gov
eminent cnds when men ~ force OF arms
resist its operations. You have rcsortcd To
arms-vou low stand in the attitGda OF OPP
posi- on 10 the la$rs Of the Commonwealth
and remaining rs YOU now are, know not
why you should not be opposed by AIMS,
and il opposed you viii be subdued
! acknowledge the critical situation of
those who Wish for peaceable, Just, and
equitable scttlement-You have, inadyer-
family gone too far--your language has been
construed to imply more than you really In
tended: IL. ,his IL lie case retrsct il season
-e1plain ysur t+hs9ag- If sou. can, and
make i consistent with tbs rIeral principles
which YOU StiA respcct-----if you can
not acknowledge your error and publicly
avow your conviction, remember that to w
knowledge an error is only saving in other
words, " an wiser y day than was yes-
terday"
would advise those Of you who arc can
did and considerable, to meet together and
concer< measures for fciir own security
dlsayow every hostile intention, and let il b
known. that you are friends to reace arA
righteousness. Your example would have
great weight, and your number would in
crease :--Ayow your purpose to purchase
title to the lands you possess, and To hold
them IS others hold theirs there IL still "
chance for YOU, seize it with avidiiy, aGI
resolve rather to be poor with Innoccnc,
than, hyou could. to hc rich " the tiu.s o1
rapine and inifuity.
EQUITY.
Lincoln, JarnG,y %, 1907.
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