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


FflLow CITIZENS,
ADDRESS you once more before you Of
fer your votes for Representative = Con-
gsis. To how you the general policy OF
our national administration, and iuggeft Whist
you might expect from the policy of thoie
who are row their advocates, hou'd they iuc
csed in our next elections, have been my OBJ
iscRs in my addreffes 10 you, AID are now my
objects in offering YOU foHe remarks on our
neutral ituat.on, and what ought 10 be our
psicy in that Gtuation.
AS a neutral nation, we ought to pur(ue
one undertaking, impartial and moi digniti.
ed coErie. The moment we leave Iuch
oourle, we abandoR our claim TO neutrality.
What faid orr great WAsHINcroN on this
inbjecf Look az his farewell address. He
there fpeaks thus -" Oblerve good faith and
jufhce towards all nations, cultivate peace and
harmony with ALI In the execution of iuCh
plan, nothing is more efential than that per-
maEenf, i1Oeterafs azsPatbisI agaigs particular
boar, and pg5FOnafs athasbmsnfs for otbers, soHdbs
lrrLH1sd." Now, reader, ak yourlelf, if you
feel any antipathy, or any attachment to any
foreign nation if you do, you ought TO eradi-
cate it ought to rid yourfelf of fush a poi-
f0n Again, our immortal Wilmington fseaks
=" As avenues to FOREIGN INFLUENCE,
ia isAEmssa5is zvays, fuch attachments are pa--
ticularly ALARMING to the truly enlight-
sned and independent patriot" allure you,
reader, am moa reIigiouAy oIa,mei at the at
tachment Of our prefent rulers to the caufe Of
the great man. hater and murderer, ROHaparte.
Two of the FRI men in our national councils,
Mr.. Je9s.jon and Mr.. A1sd5eH, are laid to be
members of BOnaparte's Legion IF Homer, a title
of diitnetion given to his great and good
friends. Again, hear our Political Saviour
Europe has fet Of primary interells, which
20 LIS have none, or remote relation. Hence
fhe mutt be engaged in frequent coatrover-
Ges, the caules of which are efentizlIy foreign
TO our concerns. Hence, therefore, it mul he
unwife in US to implicate onrielves BY a,f5f-
siai fiss L!!I!ll in tie ordinary OieiCli4des Of
br Palitiei, Or TIE ordinary co1s6iaatons o. eafsas
sfbsr frica5eipS or ermities." beGeech the rea-
der to give thefe quotations thorough peruGsl,
and then, telling our ruling party by the
principles of WARRINGTON, inquire if there be
any thing out of joint.
cannot yet dilmifs the slnlonitiOns Of the
wileit of itatelmen hear him once more
Our detached and dilant Gtuation invite. &
enables US to purdue different courfe. five
remain one people, under an efficient govern
ment' fbs period e not ia, If 1p5ea 7vs may DEFY
AATERIAL INJURY FROM EKTEREAL ANNOY
AScE when may take fuch an attitude a.
1Oi4 eagfe t6e HeEfraiity, we may at any time re-
bive upon, to be 5avpELgqy rsjPeS7ed when
heliigerent nations, under the imPolibility Of
making regulations upon us, will not lightly
hazard the giving Us provocatDns when we
may chooie peace or war, as our interel, gui-
ded by jultice, (hall council"
Alas how fallen are we from our once no.
bic P2triotilm, that faw no other Object to con-
centrate our affections, our e1ertions, our
love and wiihes, but our country's welfare
Have Mr.. 5e6eIioa, and thole of his party,
obeyed the injun6hons, or followed the exam
pie Of WgiBiHgtoH, who founded our liberties
and e0abiiihed our national fabric of free.
dom and Independence, and left us many vaIu.
able political legacies Have they followed
on in the road pointed out by WaBaggfoa /?
Are we now, as a neutral nation, in that pre-
eminent, bold attitude, which he contempla-
Ted Are we in petition now, to cagJs oHy
H-E:,Glity r. b. rsPet7ei-to be I" fcrupulouny
relpe1rd ?" Have we not Withdrawn from
the field on which this refpea was 10 Be ac-
CURED wherein only it could be ufeful! Is
cur Prelent fi;uation the one Weygisgtoa had
IN view, when he fpoke Of our being rerpect-
ed in our choice between eeace and zear
Could he mean that an abandonment of our
rights upon the ocean, would caule thole
F;ghts 10 lie refpe4ed entreat you, candid
reader, TO anfwer thefe queflions Cd your pill
low, Examine, runiinate, and do not lay them
satirey aide, I'LL you have completely folved
them. am leriouily aaoni(hed that fuch in
aairies do not awaken in you lively fenfe of
tie evils at preient ms cfed upon US. Can you
trace lhste evils 10 their fource and can you
fay you know of futlicient caules to rsnder
our prelent fuiterings unavoidable Indeed
20 you know Of any canle why the country
ihoud iuffer in this way, or do you know Of
The perlon who d-1' tAOzV If YOU FAY our
rulers know what is for the beit, and therefore
rem contenied, without any inquiry Of your
own, ! can only FAY, you are fit for Gave, aud
wsg.a .azke BgsgsaSf' az obedieni luAjea.