Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1808-03-28


SfE--TFIIS evering received your Excel
ieney's letter Of the Sd init acknowledging
The receipt ~ Minis 10 yca ~ surEan.v w sr
fleets, dated lbe 10th tnot the 7th,) OF Feb-
rSlry, which you were pieztch N return.wlth
an eapreiIion # lurptiEe" At what on cali
q nay novel and extraordinary claim open yoI
Is Governor Of the Commonwealth" 10 com
rRunielte rty letter to the Leg aMrre. Indeed.
Sir, I did think, thar in {" prelenting 10 sen and
r5s~. fnch view of our National Affairs Az
my Official Situation had placed in my power
was nor committing at error in addreEing
il 70 you a. the proper organ of communication
70 the LegfiEafHis" And huEwyhlaading your
Excellency's adnioRit.on, ana ltin 70 unforta-
nate a. not to Tee wherein have erred. Had
the lpngnsge or lenlinents Of my letter, thus
sddreled TO YOU and the Legislature, been
wanting in deeornm and reipect TO eiihers
your lurPnse ard reProof would have been.
iuit But you are pleaied 70 tell me, tbs
9 before you had gone through the Gro page,
you, were furprized az my novel aud extraor-
binary clam that s YOU folded my letter in
family in order to reflect upon its principles.s
and that you have NOT uufolded II 6nce.'
YOn ultimate, however, thst # ] had requelted
you, " as fa~orr 10 wYie5f'' 20 communicate.
my letter % the Legislature, and YOU had Az.
proved Of ITS contents YOU might have grant
ed the requeR. Reilly, Sir, when was psf-
forming what I conceived To be ferIons and
important daty TO my native aafe. which /
had the honour, III part, 10 repressnt i'm The
Senate Of the United States, it was imnoffible
that the idea 81. aiking any thing a. u favour
10 nyielf," lhohld have occurred 10 me. The
iuhject Of the letter was mentioned w the irH
page" A View of our National AFFAIRS
And amidR tie thouiaud perpleziuF and Az
arning sInaours and reports ipread abroad
among the people, hoped THAI tha informa-
ton contained IN my letter might he acce-fa-
bic ~ your Excellency, ~ the Lfrilaturc ana
C the Citizens Of Msdachuletts. Yes. sir, (
did believe u ~ be extremely Important NJ
the CITHENs, that a,y ihauld know what
was to be known If the veFy novel aud ex-
traordinarv' Ltu4tion of 0ur public AFFAIRS
And am YET 10 learn, rhAt X would have de-
rogated from he dignity ot your Eaee'iencv
10 have made the COMMUNICATION. u was nor
neceilary for your Eseilency 10 bid me re-
collect that the Senate and HouIe OF Eepre-
ientatives Of the Commonwealth Of Maila-
chuietts were tiiibie, organic bodies tha$
the former has 4 PRECEDENT, and the after aas
Speaker" Il was hecaufe believed t'iem
70 be both vifble and ienfb bod e.. that
throsgh you | addreGed them. Bur until
your Exceency was pleafed 20 iRfor m me,
did az know their Clerks" and The Secre-
tary' of the CoMnionwealtif, were the proper
Officers to whom letters g. memorials 10 bs
laid before the two Houies, were 10 be addren-
ed The Secretary" knew, was, by long
ulage, the zf i4i bearer Of the Geysyaoy's lfs6a-
gsr TO the L.cgEatzs
While have no difpolitioh to 4uelion the
"equal claims OF the Mahachaletts men,
bers Of the national Houfe Of Repreieuta-
tives, to atdreis to your Exec lency any pa
pers they may deem important 20 be cnmnln-
sicated to the State Legislature; l confess
there feemed 20 be peculiar htneis in sena-
tors addreihng the Legislature from whom he
Immediately derives his appointment and a
the preient cafe, feeling my letter embraced
rhe higheit concerns Of Our country, IN winch
Mahachuietrs hoiasio large flake, eipeciaIly
"a comme rcia point of view coua NO g..
agi1e tsat ( was Offending h.r Chief l4agsf