Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1807-02-09
FELLOW CITIZENS ,

PILLOW CITIZENS,
II Won are not disposed 70 fcHow the adj.
wee Of your real friends, and 20 seize the
present opportunity fer fair and equitable
adjustment ot your disputed clsins ifvou
are not convinced that you ought ID settle. on
the principles and BY the rules Of civil and
social law; but are determined To hold nos
session. at the point Of the bavonet--
VIII ende&vor, m the performance Of the
last act OF sincere, public ard ind sguiscd
friendship, 10 bring to your view some OF INC
prooaoie circumstances and consequences of
this desperate alternative.
Have YOU any reasonable expectation Of
opposing with success, the strong hand of
Government! and, if not with success. have
YOU, as becomes prudent men, deliberately
considered the situation to which Won would
then be reduced
Though you have resorted ~ arm. .r3
now stand in hostile, menacinp attitude
Won certainly cannot be mad enough IN tb;rt
YOU would finally prevail, over body of men
lawfully called forth and organized, for The
especial purpose ofgiving effect to the laws
You have, in repeated instances fred I'M
on few rmarmed, unoffendinr men ,vbo
had not the inclination or ability IN rs.,,,-, ~
insult, ~ the same violent way but in these
instances you gave no evidence Of principle.
or courage. 10" were perfectly safe in YOUR
o7cH persons, though, in late instance. no.
thlng less than the mterposing hand of Pro-
violence, saved the life Of q respectable
and valuable Citizen, from the effect Of i
musket lcveled directly at him, and deeplv
loaded with powder and lead, and DISCHARGED
within the distance of thirty feet.-WRen
the patience, the long-tried patience of Gov
eminent, shall DC exhausted, your opposition
VIM be against men, able and prepared to
defend themselves, and as you are the agrees
Sors, who will have brought the nhappv
controversy to this bloody issue. what lenity
can you then expect II will BE- too late N
retract, when you have once cIimsoned the
hostile field, you must then submit "a sucb
terms as government shall impose, or leave
your habItations, possessions, ard country
know that resolution, in good cause
would sITmotmt many difficulties of +b;s
KIND and supply all maginary, and the place
OF many real wants But, alas, your cause
IS bad, and q conviction Of this will max J
your bands trcniblc and your hearts palpitate
vita fear.
Ncw England husbandmen are not Ike
the trained butchers of foreign despotic
powers, they examine the cause for thcn-
selves' and IN righteous cause, their reso-
luton IS rntIncible, and has effected the
most splendid achievements. Let me. he
seech you, in the language of the poet to
pause ponder and AUST" before il is too
,ue-to provide shelter from the storm
Deicre II burst upon You, and involve YOU and
YOUR ismiiies m one general scene Of un.
known calamitics You are now amused
WIN many confident declarations of your
power and prowess but believe me. on the
testimony OF general experience, that nois,
Salkers when there is nothing to fear. are
feeble acto in times OF real danger-and
tnat your Preside plans will be found deLl.
sre' when you seriously attempt to carr,
mem INTO execution-that your fireside mol;
uoiahs and heroes, viii be the first to abap-
oon YOU when the crisis of your fate an
proaches. al'-
mus Fellow-citizens, I have venturcd 4,
oher YOU my advice, in the present gloom
state OF your affairs Some will probabl.
charge me with being ofcicus, and censur,