Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1808-10-10
Communications.
FOR THE GAZETTE.
II the Free and Independent, Electors
gf Name.
rELLow cITIzENs,

THE fufferings of America ought NOT 70
be charged upon the whole MATS Of demos
Gratis without Determination. The people
have oeen deIuded, bur the chiefs Of democ-
racg are the authors Of the deiu6on.
It is truth, that the great body Of indie
pendent yeomanry are lovers Of liberty, and
mon zealouay engaged in watching over rs
fafety. HuneR men of both parties feek the
fame Object, but have taken different roads 70
attain il IF we look into the hiftory IF pait
republics, we find that men of tranlceadent
talents, unprincipled hafenels, and boundlefs
ambition, have never been wanting. They
have courted the favor Of the populace; cri-
ed aloud for reform, W hen none was required /;
excited jealouiy ag2ina the veteran friends <
fervants If the nation tapped the founda'
zion Of liberty, and at length raifed them
felves. with defpodc fway, upon its ruins.
The Federaiif fears that fuch will be the fate
of our country, unlefs the virtue and difcern-
mens of the people ihouId return in feafon to
avert it.
Frenchi6ed democratic principles are root
ed in many worthy but deluded citizens, who
once fought bravey for liberty. They fear
that we are in greater danger from TOO esssb,
than from TOO little regulation. They hate
Britain, for her ancient encroschment on our
liberties, Here they do right. They love
France, for the aid fre afforded US but in
this they are blind. For the world knows.
thar French fuPpIiss were furnifhed Us with
view to weaken her enemy, hence never
wifhed well TO our independence. She only
wifhed thar we might exchange matters. Dr.
vide and conquer" has ever been the corner
ftone OF Ter detsfi4hIe policy
Haired Of one nation, ought not TO threw
US and our liberties at the feet of another
Neither fhould we countenance blind par
tiality for any nation. The fri Rruggles Of
the French patriots were magnanimcus, and
excited lfreng fympathy on this fde the O.
cean Bat France has proved herfeIfncaPa-
bic Of felf.govemment. Her liberties are Ion
forever
The miferies under which France groans
nav be traced 10 her lacobinic clubs and fra
ternal focieties. Ar.l it is we'll known that
our iacobinic clubs of 7ss were their legiti-
mate off, riug From this the deitroying an
gel Of party fPirit, who has rent Afunder al
mott ali The bands of civil fociety among US,
received his commiilion. Thougt: naany Of
our citizens who once favored thofe clubs
have Gnce left them with dfgua, yet the
chiefs remain, inveterate in their monltrous
errors Citizens Of America, band of thoie
ViPers is yer among you They began by en-
deavoriug TO fhake your faith in the viriuous
tavicur Of your country. They excited re-
beIlion againft his laws. They threatened to
fecede from the Union, uhlefs he conformed
10 their relolutions. They told YOU that he
was the author Of all the miferies Of TIE coul-
try, and thar you ought to hail. as a jubilee,
the day of his departure from public office.
Yet, itrange TO tell they fhed crocodile tears
over hrs grave, and now have the unbluihing
eironterY 20 attempt 10 hide, with The fpot-
lels mantle of his name, the hideous defoi NIFTY
Of their own denominations Men whole prin-
siples and conduct were irreproaohahle, these
pens Of the nation have branded with the
name II fo,ies. They well know the abhor-
renee Of Americans for that hated name. The
wrongs we iuEered from Britain aud her hol-
low hearted traitorous sdheTents IN this coua-
try are yet frefh IN cur memories. When a.
mericaa jacobins were detected in their nefa-
Fious plsns, they raised The cry Of ID fo,y a
CAN'T their acculsrs, and in too many inhan-
ees deiuded the people. Adams, Hamilton,
Jay, and hon Of indexibe patriots, have
been thus infulted. And even if an angel
from heaven were to expofe their revolution
sry plois. we might expect to hear the cry Of
Egsr iuut, and oii scsy RATED lgainlt him.
Would 10 God that o6s half Of the pains
they haze taken to deceive the PsoP'e' had
tesn taken 10 inform them, The real merits
Ct public men anG public meafures would not
then ba flied by The magic Of name No
,acobin would then dare 70 pronounce that
gag Flaw which injured liberty OF Pnhlilh-
Ing the fyEt5. The deeds Of our rulers would
net have been inveloped N thaE (" backnels Ct
~ darkness" which now furrouuds them. The
hatioa, inaead of being Paliied in all il men,
oers; and degraded, inlulied, and derided by
The world, would have been where il ought %
o. on The ground Of irong, refPeazbie. com
naa4ing neussz.ny.