Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1808-07-18
[Uzole No. 5a4.

ported-It is easy to perceive the mo-
lives for their zeal. Without talents
and without integrity, their hopes of
distinction are placed in the reversion
Of barbarism--1hey admire MIR. III. for
virtues which find resemblance in
ti'oir own bosoms .
But you are told that Mr.. Madi-
son must be and shall be your President.
My countIymen, have You ever said
so Mark those men who attribute
language 10 you which you never used
- hey aim ar your destruction, and
hope to palm the infamy which will
follow II on your own heads-They
acknowledge to you that Gen. Clinton
Is qualified for the Presidency-that
| you have rendered almost ar unanimous
testimony 10 his worth--that his politi-
cal sentiments remain unchanFed-but
that they are obliged to oppose his elec-
ton and prejudice you against him,
because they must adhere to trlncttles.
| will allow the objection all its force.
It's the common cant of those who
wish no good Of their country-But
what are these hrlncihIes ? They are,
first, that Virginia alone Of all this great
coniederacy, shall be entitled to the
privilege Of afFording this nation
President: secondly, that the work az
death must be unrelentingy carried on
! against the Eastern and middle states,
TO prevent treeme'l from having as much
influence in the management Of our
i national concerns as slaUca: thirdly,
that the will of the Enheri1E Jaco5in
must BE- as implicitly followed in this
country as it is among the wrerched
remnants OF the once illustrious Swiss
and fourthly, that the decision of an
inconsldera5le number OF individuals,
when that decision is formed under
Fekgious observance of the three pre-
ceding requisites, shall be coaciu5tve on
the whole body Of the American peo-
pie.--This text needs no illustration
There is not 2 dispassionate man in the
community who does not perceive in
every winding Of the political labyrinth
through which the Madisonian abettovs
have pursued their purpose, 81 ample,
al irrefragable commcFt"
I 'K.at aerf 2-H-iil it BE- believed
that the .fi5any Registr,!, the leading
democratic paper in the Northern part
Of this state, has come out Faiair, ylain-
". roundly, against tie Embargo Hear
him Is they say in the House Of Com
mons.
Let US give to Cesar what belongs
to Cesar. The embargo Is the undis-
puted property ola few southern sys-
tcmaic politicians" n" who contemplate
to divide very soon, in two departments,
our respectable states 10 diminisl our
Importance, and to give the govern.
ment Of our severed member to some
Ct their devoted en;graats !" and as
in the full sincerity Of heart, which
has never ceased to beat for the cause
of liberty, / consider the late measure
as ruinous, inefIicacious, incon paubic
with the organization Of this country,
and highly alarming for the permanent
cy OF the union and the duration of the
republican and constitutional interests.
n i shall, without any further prelude,
offer 10 the community, in my ner.
communication, the small tribute of
light which an humble and hidden
glow-worm can throw on state ques-
tons, mysterious schemes, and secret
Vaccinations.
This II az alasioa 70 Tie Givisioz ef his
statc z9Asch last -cck myHoHea ggtirh N
contemplated BIZ same southcn orateaiea "a
maintain md per,letaatc s2ntiert fgFacEc-. ana
Plan Of v9htch is .'lo7r in the Possession y Dr.
MADISON.
[cialen.
To compleat the readers surprise and
amusement, he is informed that this
article IS republished ID the American
Citizen Of this morning without re-
mark that is to SAT-, with the apPro-
baton Of the edjtor--the same e,itor
who at the last election declared he
stood forth as the champion Of the
Embargo; and very hravely challenged
the whole host Of fedcralists to meet
him ii the Geld Of argument. No, 20.
| gentlemen pray keep yonr own side.
We have preoceupied the ground too
long. You are to late, believe me.
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