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

Many of the people Of America have been
TOO iupinc, too Indifferent to national con-
Germs We have hrunk from the talk of in
Veiugation; and have admitted bold after
TONS, rather than fearch after arguments and
facts 10 refute them. We have been too apt
TO commit our liberties to the guardianfhip of
thoie who were moh clamorous about them,
without taking the trouble to inquire wheth-
er fuch were right or wrong The High
Priefts Of iacobinifm have feen and profted BY
this Indifference this pronenefs to take opn-
ions upon the credit of others; and have 70
organized and marihaed their numbers, that
we have hardly village without its opSREe.
Every apofle has his facilities and UNDER
itraPPers, who faithfully echo the fang dealt
our by their matters. Look around you my
fellow citizens, and fee if thsfe things be 70.
Who breaches democracy at all places at the
door Of he ianetuary, in the counting room,
and at the grog fhop Who is he that feizes
aud reads las newspaper, with more eager
neis aud attention than he reads the conllitu-
tlons of his country, or the revelations of his
God ! Who is he that perpetualIy afrails your
ears with all the bilFngfgate of party poll
tics Who is he thar perfecutes, even to
death, all who refule 70 bow the knee TO Baai,
bur have the fpirit of Americans, to think and
act for themfelves ? WHO'S he that thrulls
votes into the poor debtors hands, on the day
Of election, and hints that in cafe of refufa,
be ihall Immediately demand payment Of his
debt! Who is he that carries political DIFF
tinetions into all the ordinary concerns of
life and would build up bis ea,fy, even at the
exPenie Of bis ossHsyy' Let thele queltions
be afked loudly, and anfwered with the bold
neis Of freenen. Have no communication
with the wretches TO whom tbefe qucAions APP
ply, but nand forth like men; adume once
more the exercife o. your conlitutional lib
critics, and they will be no longer in danger.
We have been eight wears IN t6e fuR tide
IF JEAsffd esPerineaf,' bur il has brought us
near fhipwreck on the flloAls OF poverty and
diigraee By way Of experiment, we have dry
dSsis4 our ihiPs OF war, and put in their Pla-
ces miferabIe eeeE baat,i la confequen.e Of
this, we have loit all refpea on the ocean, and
our nation and citizens are infulted and abu-
fed. Under prstence Of purch4fng bound
leis wilderness, we have paid tribute to Bon
aparte. Yet this cxSe,i1scHf has failed for he
wan.s more money. and Mr.. Madilon Jays, Be
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exfa insafI hut the folly OF defroying our
commerce, that faithful fource Of national
wealth, furpaaes them all. | need not ak the
consequences. Our diltreles fpeak them loud
y. Will the authors of theGe miferies con-
TENT 70 live year without their falaries, JUN
by way Of e.perimeztf
Fellow citizens, will not trife with your
iuiferings. Let US Try one more exbe, insnt, as
our brethren Of w-H4mpihire, Rhode vi
and and Vermont, have done let US with
draw our confidence from thole who have a.
baied it. We are not to los fhort at a tenn
porary or partial fuccels; nor to exult, and
think our work is done. Erercife no indif
criminate vengeance, but rather convince 9th.
ers, by the magnaniniity of your department,
that your caufe is juft and true. Go on as you
have begun, with manly, temperate refoIu-
ton, and AL your public offices will foon Sc
purgod oftheir drof --AriGe, my countrynen,
IN the majeiiy of your nrength, and fave your
liberties from the hand: Of the fpoiIer.
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