Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1808-10-31

irnihrry measures were concerted m,
! eleventh OF This r'ntl they had .cn.
meeting At New Gloucester Atfb.s
/ nB their plans were detailed and r,.,,,-.I
and, II successful, they will efec, ~
subversinn Of your liberties, esnecisrIy
your elective franchise. in each nf Nj
towns they have appointed select corr, !oef
tee and have divided each town into s,-is
districts, over which a n,nittes-,,,. " -
Placed-to watch YOU to fll your 49,
with falshoods ito endeavor NJ $50
means that ingenuity, stimulated bv MI
keenest acrlmonY can invent, 10 brine vcr
over 20 their party. Yes, my fellow,
zeNs, these self-styled republicans have nm.
you under guardianship These nretendsI
dear lovers Of the people have shewn M,
all their professions are hollow THAI m,
have no confidence in that same people 10.
have 50 long pretended to worship ".
watchtul over their motives be not decey.
ed by their articles, nor intimidated NJ
their threats
If you recollect the history of their n...
attempts, you cannot fail to see how shsl
low were the acts, and how bold were he
imposItions they have practised On the neo.
pie. Every passion and propensity IL the
human heart has been pressed into their W..
vice. To Meth2dists they have said thai
tederalists advocate standing order az cler.
gy, % order to deprive others of liberty of
conscience. They have endeavoured "a
make Baptists believe that Federalism vss
inimical to their religion. TO UaiUersalia,.
they have preached up the literally Of Mr..
Jefferson and his followers and To crown
their abominabIe frauds, they have told the
society of Friends or 9aakers that they ought
to vote for Mr.. Jefferson, because he ana
his followers We're wonderfully teaceabl.
men : How long, my countrymen, will YOU
permit such practices with impunitv
III addition to this, we have seen in their
filthy prints, Chose vehicles ofp0llution and
falshood), whole columns Of trumpery hea.
ded In staring capitals, Politcs fer fl57nes;
in which it has been attempted To make
the yeomsnry believe that Federalism and
Commerce are hostile tD Agriculture and
that Mr.. Jefferson < Co. being the evciusiye
friends Of Agriculture, (and herein they are
admitted to be the eEeanteI of commerce ~ it
IS said 70 be the interest Of farmers to. sup
port them.
These talshoods oftheirs are thereby no.
ticed.-They have the marks Of consumate
folly and unblushing impudence. Just be-
fore every late election they have told YOU
some frightful or delusiye tale, to influence
your suffrage s-We have not forgotten their
clamours against governor Strong nor the
promises Of a blessed 1llizeni,nn on the ac-
cessiOn Of Mr.. Sullivan TO the chair-We
have not forgotten their bold assertions st
the last spring election that the enbaqa
would positively be OF in thirty days Many
ofthem went so far as to stake the little re- J
PutatiOn they had, on the truth OF this asser-
hon-They are now closely engaged in
coming foreign and domestic Hezvs, to assist in
the execution Of their plots. Beware fell
low-cItlzens, how YOU bestow credit or con-
fidence on Gesperadoes, who are strivingto
save an expiring faction Be not decei.
ved."
They tell you that al your grievances
will soon be removed / trust in God the
manifold evils we endure viii soon, in part
be done away mot, however, in conse-
quence Of particle Of honesty or mercy in
the dommeering chiefs of democracy but In
consequence OF The loud and unceRsing com
plants, and vigorous exertions Of 4 brave
and powerful people, who grasp, "with the
AAAANA
and vino will not be oppressed.
Mr.. WHITMAN is already known TO YOU
There are few Of you who have not heard
persuasive eloquence ana the soundest ar
gument flow from his lips 80 few who have
not Witnessed the integrity, frnaess, the
promptitude, the decision, the indepen-
dence OF the man. VIII the friends Of Mr..
llsiey point our a single particular in which
MIR. Whitman has not the most clear and
unqualified preference
Fellow-citizens, let me again exhort YOU
not to suffer your elective franchise to be
taken away-Let me request you, one and
all, not to be directed from the cause u
truth and correct principles mot to let tri.
vial considerations, nor indifference keen
you at home on the day ofelection. Attend
.unctually at the poll /; and tho the demon
| Of discord should again triumph, yet YOU
viii have the solid consolation that YOU have
stood your ground ike men and boldly dis,
charged sacred duty.
"A YANKEE.