Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1808-05-09

A
cation IF the senators of Massachusetts,
when they happen 70 be in a minority ~
| Congress, can appeal to their state, why
cannot Rhode Island, Connecticut, New
| Hampshire, and those of the other states do
I the same And where will this end but n
! an overthrow Of the national government
/ This dissolution YOU win deny to be an OBJ
| Ject with you but yet you viii not deny
! that there is IN existence such character
/ IS Aaron Burr. You viii not deny Miriam
I da'S expedition, or Burr'S plot You will
! not hesitate to own that several millions Of
| dollars have been by them expended, or
| t'iis more than half OF 1t was expended BY
Burr, WHO had no money Of his own. do
! not call on YOU 20 say where this money was
| obtained YOU do not know. But this YOU
! know, that success in that plot would have
! been the destruction of the United States,
| and that his plan would have divided the
! nation, and placed the northern part OF il
under the dominion Of foreign power. You
| certainly know, Sir, that the first principle
in the social compact Of a repubhck is, thst
| he voice of a constitutional majority shall
| govern the moment you depart from tins
| practice, that moment you dissolve your
| government, at least as far as you depart
| from it. What then is the sum Of oil your
| labourS, but ar attempt 10 excite uneaSmess,
| discomfort, and divisions in the nation, be-
cause the minority OF whom YOU happen t.
| be one, cannot govern the majority in a
great national question If there ever was
an attempt in It's nature and consequences
| tending To rebellion and sedition, this Is one
| | write freely, Sir, the situation Of the coun.
| try demands IT,
If the Legislature Of Massachusetts, could,
| on the communication of ever bO,h its sena-
tors, jointly made, BY the govenour, As
| their Involuntary organ, control the natl nal
councils in regard to our concerns with for
eign powers, why should not the legisla-
lures Of each Of thc other states do tie
same And does rot this completely dis
solve the national compact Is this what
YOU and YOUR party are after lit il, come
forward and avOw it opeHl,, and we shall
know where to meet YOU
request that this may close our cores
/ pOndence. have nOt time TO waste in this
way. / can gain the CuG Of my political
year as gover"our without your AID and IS
private citizen / want no information from
YOU. / have already assured YOU that ! will
not De the organ Of your communication
and now assure you that will not be the
object Of your address IN matters evidently
tcadiRap 40 tree s-aasi.sss 40 f1s5 -
The United States.
Your letters are evidently intended for
the press. That Of tie 9Th | apprehend
was under the type before it reached me
and will be published before you have this
Why ID YOU not send them Immediately to
the printer, and let me rest in quiet
We are wrong ii we quarrel with our po-
liticai existence. We are a nation and tho'
there were nor 6 fe5O qgko ggsys FED daily 81
The PubLek ratioas thar from ttntIrty OF syrne
other ccHse, doubted he P7qprley " ths aectar-
ali9H If i7dcbeEIsare, vet we shall now be
wretched beyond description OF example, If
We divide ourselves among the European
nations. We shalt IN that case fght their
battles, and pay the eXpences Of taeir wars.
We shall I'D each state have one " more ty-
rants iot leaders, in cruel wars amongst our
setC3. Look at Poland and other nations
who hare trusted ~ foreign protection ~
deed, SIR, let our national government be
bad or ruOI, we have nothing but that un-
der God 10 save w. from aggravated ruin
and yet yonr Nertious appear to me 20 tend
dIteCly 70 its sub1eIglon. Instead Of tie in
-Iitnus iealuusies tOur letters ~ calculated
To sprcad, 1Ou ought as a senator 10 express
yo4r mind frccA or measures and when
there IL majority against YOU, YOU ought 70
submit until the strength If Your calm rea-
solfns shall bring tiiem over M circuln-
stGncrz and etalHe shall point t0 your supc-
rIGr wisdom ! lila dicta'1fIaI temper can
not be induiS, Z 10 ln, nan IL is opposed
to tie frs PRINCIPLES of the social compact
do not 90 INTO The question, whether TIE
embargo act, which YOU make; or would
| make the apple Of discord To set ths com
| mynwe0lth III an upruar against the federal
government, is right o. wron-; It's enough
tOr me that IL is q constitutional act Of Tic
supreme pawrr olIhe nation Tit proves %
be wrong ON experience, the same power
can repeal i'll
Mr. Adams, your colleague, Is quite op-
posed TO you in his opinion of the embargo.
He voted for il, and still considers Il ~
wise measure, and as necessary one.
have his letters before me upon it. know
nothing peculiar in YOU, that ought % make
your opinion the standard Of nv Judgment,
or the rule Of tins state more especially
when i appears 70 be intcmperalely set a.
galnst the whole government Of the United
States.-I am,
Your very humble servant,
JAMES SULLIVAN.
Tile hon. TIMOTHY PIcKERINo, Esq
Senator in Congress, United States.
--=u ~ So
Col. PrCKERGNG 10 Coz. SULLIVAN.