Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1807-06-15

VA The manner in which these bloody, Or
-@a'her sandy fellows fight ii is the only
mode allowable in loSoraey or government
OF words. / would also observe that their
civil wars have a thousand qualifications.
While the furyof the battle rages in the
metropolis, every little towG and village has
. distintt hfoil, growing IKE e&trescehocS
out Of the grand national alteration, Or
rather agitatihg within It, IKE those COM
plcatca pieces Of mechanism where there
4 is :" wheel within wheel"
But II netting Is the verbose nature OF
thi, government more evident, than IN It's
grand national diyaR, or congress, where the
Laws are trained this is clustering WINDY
assembly where every thing is carried By
noise, tuTnult and debate; for thou must
know, that the members Of this assembly
do not mt.t together to ind out wAlOm In
the multitude Of caunscliors, but to ranglc,
call each other hare, names, aud hear them
Eeires '1't When the Congress opens, the
bashaw frs sends them long message
Il. e q huge mass Of WORKSHOP 70 bTetc2eL
nihiI1 all meaning nothing, because it only
tells item what they perfectly know alrea dy.
Then the l,hoie assembly are thrown into
fermtnt, and have a long talk, about the
quantity Ut words that arc 30 be returned IA
answer to this message and here arises
MANY disputes about tbs correction and alter
atOnS Of = iFgo 6eY" and ''hYly 80 eUerS."
month, perhaps is spent IN thus determining
the precise number Of words the answer
shall contain, AMI hen another most prOba
bin, IN concluding whether it shall be car
IicI to the bashAw On foot, on horseback, or
" coaches Having settled tins wcighty
matter ,tnc,ncyt fall 10 work nDDn the mes
sage itscTt ard hold as much ChatterIrg o.
YER If ~ SO many magpies over an added
-rr This done they divide tine message IN
"a srnaii poit;ans, and deliver them INTO the
naurls of little itntJS Of fGiterS, called COM
rni.tecs these iuntoS have = world OF talk
irl.r :.i,9rt their respective paragraphs, AMI
r~tarn the results 70 the grand divan, which
forthwith falls to and ,efllt3 the matter ovcr
more catuc.tlvthan ever. NV otter all il
IL an even chance that the subject OF TIL
rrrljrrnus arguing. luarreiling, and tai sing
,can atf;ur bill importance. and ends entire
.r smoke M., it uy then III said, that the
whole nation have been talking to 10 pur-
pose the Dropic, in fact seem I'D be some
What conscious 1T this propensity to talk, bA
which they arc characterized, and have
4 cav3rt-, Dr,,-clD IN the subject, viz. " ali
talk ana no cider \" this Is particularly ar
nhei wncn their congress or assembly Of
All the sare chattcrCrS of tie uatIUnl have
chartered through a whole session. in a
time q. rrcat peril and MON ntOus event,
and have done nothing but exhibit tn
len.rth ofthcirtongues and the emptiness 81
their heads This has been the case more
TIM once. ny friend and 10 let thee into q
secret. I have bcca ;0li n confidence, that
that there have been absolutely several ON
,v,r7 ~ sim slrlcd into congress from differ
ct ra~ts NJ tho ernn; 2, who having once got
~ the brct chcs. Is thou R:ly'st well imagine
have taken the lead in debate and over
wbclrncd the whole assembly with their
r-3rrulitv fJ7 NV part, As times 60, Do
not sec ~-hv oli y mon should not be as cl-
jr.hle Ia public COUNCILS As old men, who
possess their diSpOsition-thcv certainly arc
eminentlv possessed of tic qualifications r.
uuiSite to govern IN a ln9Ocracy.
N-Ythinr, as | have repeatedly insisted,
can be done in this country without talking,
but they take So long 20 talk over measure,
that hv the time they have determined upon
adopting It, the period has elapsed, which
was Droncr for CARRYING II into effect. I'm
hapnv nation-thus torn 20 pieces BY mites
zinc talks mover. fear, will IT be restored
e. tranquility and silence Words are bit
hrcat'.-brcath is but air and Air put in
in motion i nothing but wind. This vast
ernni-c. therefore, NAV be compared to no.
thinr rnu~c or less THAR a mighty windmill,
and TIL. orators, ard the chatterers. and the
Slang- yvl,ancrcrs. arc the brcczes that put i
IN -nptinn uniuokiiv however they arc apt
-obl1.v de rent WINS, and their blasts C0un.
f.r-4rt each Other-thc mill is DerplcXcd,
IT,. wheels stand still-thc grist is ungrounu
md the mAcr and his family starved
Every tirng part:,keS Of the windy nature
ofthe government. In case Of any domestic
grievance, or az Insult from foreign foe,
the neonlr are all in buzz-town meetings
are Immediately held, where the quid-nuncS
ofthe city repair, each like an Atlas, with
the cares Of the whole nation u.On ms
shoulders, each rcsoutcly bentu0on saving
his country, and each swelling am strlttin.c
ike TURKEY. cock, pulled M with words,
and wind. and nonsense. After busting,
AMI buzzinE, and bawling for some time, l.
after each man has shown himself TO be In
dubtablv the greatest parsonage IN the
meeting. they pass 4 string Of resolutions
hi e. zs5ris) which were preuioiSiy byebdrc{
FIR the purpose these resolutions are
whims;calk dcnoniinatcd the sense Of the
meeting, and arc sent off for the instruction
ofthe raj -ninr bashaw, who receives them
rrarilnsl,, puts then into Ills red , ccchcS
pockrt, rorgets to read them-and 50 the
matter ends.
As to his high1css, the present hashaw,
who IS, at the very ID? Of the l0c ngracy, nev-
e. was a dignitary better qualified for his
cation. He is a man Of sunerlativc vcnto3-
itv. and comparable TO nothing but huge
bladder OF wind. He talks of vanqu' shing
Note. BY WILLIAM WIZARD, Eso.
The sage JTugtaoha, zphel he 70rote tie
ab97e b1yazra3h, hal probably in kis eve thr