Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1808-10-31

AiiShAoi 'iS ABOVE tDltFuCtiOns OF our DetOVeu
Ipel6iggtas, keeping them clearly and perpetu-
ally IN view, would invite your attention, one
moment, to the fituatiou Of our country with
Mr.. A6a~f left the helm Of government What
was then the condition or ilate of our foreign
and domeihc concernsl Yon yourfeIf, read.
err can recole6t how things exiiled at that
tme'h you will only" fey your f5iaEr,s 10 vuorE. .
DO nor be too idle, IN this inquiry into the af-
fairs OF your country. In political concerns,
as in others, he thar att from the impuIle Of
the moment, without confulting his future
good, his character, and the circumstances and
things connected with whatever he aets upon,
is as liable to render himfeIf and all concern
ed, an injury as benefit Do reflect upon
the important duty which you are to dilcharge
BY your voting for 2 Representative TO Con-
greis. You fhoud coniider an empire de-
pending on your vote, and as you value your
own country, inform yourfelf thar you may
diichaFge that duty with correctness and f.
deity.
What reverle eight years have made!
When Mr. Jefferion took the presidential
feat he, hinfeif, declared 20 US, 5ai zoe 4pr,s at
peace zOitb az re zys,!s that our connections
with almOf every foreign power food good /;
that our flag zvss rgPe5ss IN every port IN he
known world 20 which il failed that every
fea bore our veffels unmolefed Should YOU
not recollect, reader, that Mr.. Jeferion roId
US iuch fine fforIes az thele, you may ak thoie
who LaozO what he did tell US !; or YOU may
turn 70 hi, fra inaugural fpeech and there
you have them in full. , is dangerous being
IN the dark, where the light is 70 eaiily OBJ
tanned. Do look eight years back. We had
then good treaty with England fuch a. Gen.
" Wilmington fad was good one, Zee his fare
well address,. That treaty has been fufFered
10 expire. We have made, 6nce that time. a
treaty with france that exits now, as fkeI-
eton only. BeaaP4rte violated il, difregarded
II, as he does ait other contracts, and il is now
uieleis We have moro no treaty with Eng
. land, as to commerce. And why are we, the
JsesTd commercial people 10 the world fuffered
70 remain without treaty with the f,F 'Tis
hrange, bur true We had fbes cou6derable
navy, iuch an one as would aOrV, if it had been
gradually augmented, csuie our Deutrali.y 10
De " fcrupuiou1y refpetaed," But we have
"ezO, nc HHyy. Warrington was called to leave
this human icene of action, and confuGon
from the opponents Of his policy has brought
his country alinoa into irretrievabie ruin
Our domeitic concerns, when Mr. Jeferfon
came into power, were in Aourining Gate
Peace, on our borders, ealt and wen, north <
iouth. Our tteaiury was tbea full, and was
every day increaGng. In fact, we were then as
happy people as could reaionably exit
Peace with all the world, and tranquility at
home Money enough bu6nel. lively ev-
cry body inning thai they were 70 happy, and
boating the name of Azerieaas PUT Fede-
ralifts in power, and iuch times will again
cheer our dropping fpirits
What ihall we fay of our fituation nszv
The reader knows what it is, as well as can
tell him. OSr connections of friendlhp and
trade, with aImOR every nation, are infringed,
and with fome entirely broken, or will, tbs
probable ioon be forgotten. "A BAD Reward
always break. friendG,ip with his neighbors,
and then lives in a quarrel
OF our Commerce--wh what can fav )
- Have yen any thing to fay If you
| nave, FAY il. that our WAsRINeToN fill
lived, 20 frown our prelent dalard, treacher-
Gus ruling party iRto contenp, and inaclion
Our affairs, both at home and abroad, are morn
in confuiion, running diTorderly to ruin Our
treaiury Is a.moR drained-quite emptied
we are HoTU almo(t as wretched people as
could reaionably eriit, under 70 good gov
eminent as ours. We have no money buff
nei' dead every body no7V wears wry or
melancholy face, and no body BOATS of the
name Of AmaieaA o miferable change !
who are thy authors
Call to your mind, reader, the fine promifes
made 70 US by the P@ty Row in power how
our taxes would be lightened how our com.
merce would fourth, when MIR. Jefferfon
ihouid have the management of our foreign
concerns; how the people hould be equaIi-
zed, and not be, as it was laid they were get
ting 10 be, under Mr.. AiamS' administration,
n 'ordihiPs and in poverty; but all hould
be equal, nobody poor, and nobody rich How
men IA office ihould ferve their country for al
mot nothing, and other fine thugs, uielefs
here to mention. Now, have any of thele
promiles been fulfilled Look around Won
reader, and fee what proofs You can find to ef-
tahliih the hncerity, honeity, and faithfuInefs
of fuch men. How have your taxes been light
ened How do you pay your taxes eaiier now,
than YOU did eight years arc /. Could Won