Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1808-01-11

DARK, mysterious ard fatal, that no one can
be surprised that ii wants supporters The
effect Of midnight Legislation has been too
kecnly felt, even ~ the friends OF the pres
cnt order, to pass with appreciation. AlthO'
it has been an old doctrine +" that the means
are sanctioned by tie end" it seems now to
admit Of a doubt, whether the end will
sanction the means. The bubble has burst,
& all the prom ses which have beenmade Ola
golden age, have proved on empty sound.
Our citizens are not permitted IN these
alarming times to know whence all tins
public agitation arises w hen The enquiry
is made why an Embargo IS laid why
Commerce Il suspended why trade IS III.
med and why they must be driven from
their occupations and reduced to Indulgence
they are told Nv the government, that these
measures are recommended by the eNccu-
tive, who having tile best view Ut foreign
relations is the best qualified, and only quail
fled, to Judge Of their operations Such
ans wers must be deemed IN outrage on the
public fcEngs and an insult to the under
standingsof American freemeh
The language in England is, "rlie king
can do no wrong" < this maxim, in its most
alarming extent, is adophel BY American
Legislators "a this eventfui momcEt,-1he
diction of the executive IS taken for the de-
monstratOn of truth and what il asserts
needs no further evidence Reader didst
thou ever hear Of standing armies Didst
thou ever hear ct reign Of terror Didst
thou ever hear virtuOus mCn pronounced
monarchists and sristocrrts And didst thou
ever hear that Mr., Jefferson and his adher-
ants were in the full tide Of auccesstul
experiment ;" If thou dOst remember
these things, be assured that the expert
ment has been fully and fairly tried and bas
proved BY wOiul experience and sad rev erse
Of Prosperity and happiness.
The lovers Of Mr.. Jeilcrson's measures
say, that lie secret Journal las becnpub-
iIshed ara that The public know the " whole
t.uth."-Is this the fact Where are tic
letters communicated 70 Congress from Mr..
Armstrong 7 How shall We procure lie de-
bate il Congress upon the kr'bargo which
would she'd some light On "tue bold mea.
sures If go.enment'-Slrily, these a.r
secrets, tl.Igs which fear Tie light, and
uCsc too, are secrets worth know ug.
Fellow citizens "t TIE strong measures of
government" have already done wonders
Thcv have already made bankrupt ot about
one fourth ofoUr mcrcharts-rcduccd them
from Estate Of afFiuance toa state Of Indulgence
thousands Of poor citizens who depend on
their honest industry for support, have been
forced from their occupations and "turned
abandoned On the worlds wide stage" in
misery to beg their brcad-Fumers who
in the hopeful secd'imc Of democracy were
promised a plentiful harvest Of IL thing,
now reap n bitterness, sorrow and dissp-
pomtment-Produce viii hardly pay for
bringing % market-morcy grows scarcc,
b. means ~ which debts already cCntracteC,
with the expectation IT easy payment, viii
not be discharged, ard suits must b. nal
tPl.ed-1 he price Of AL tile necessarics and
Con,rnitnccS VI life, from foreign markets,
are greatly enhanced The staguatjJn 81
trade ob5tructs the channels throull which
the 1cV enut las flowed, and consequently
must bring with il internal taxes without
furnishing any means whereby the, may be
discharged
lJr what purpose are We 70 submit to all !
these pivations Only IN Screen from. JUS
tce tl- outcasts If Crest Britain, whose
lives N This country bar wines, that tAcy !
arc z .sccur6e Ala curse T. Ill parties Oh !
earth
T';is;s only \ flint ricrre " ourp-esert
Condition, ard f4rf Shes tie ready answer
vly ne advocates IF such measures cannot
hnd suP9oitcrs
ONE OF TIE PEOPLE.