Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1808-07-04
Prom the Providence Gazet,.

from the providence Gazetta
Politics for Farmers.-WeN. T.
mers! you have had the Wasb;pa,-.
Coniurer employed more than se ss'
years, in the full tide Of exn..,
ment !" and you have often found ,t
he hath clapped a counter On non Y.
groat. II has often been asked nv.
good has he ever done 2 This, W. ro,,.
own, Is most puzzIing and ejfB,r,,
queslion--but let us consider for No
nent and enquire 20 I! ne tfcklea,ra
by taking off the direct taxes, andisv
ing the amount of them upon your ~.
ported articles, which are become ~.
essary TO the comfort and conyeni.nrv
Ollie this was one of his hocus Aoc,',
trlcks--and as you did not feel VII,
you paid ont by retail--(cr if YOU dia
feel the rise in the price of goods. ran
charged that rise 10 the merchants,o,.r
Washington Conlnrer found he COMA
practise his sleishts Of hand, in that
quarter, withoutany fear of detection--
he therefore laid another million On
trade, which was called the Nedgt.y-
raneaD Jr'ad And so much have cur
burdens been Ighfened By the present
administration, that our taxes have n,
creased from ten or twelve millions.
which we paid under the federal admin.
istrations, 10 fourteen CT sixteen mil.
lions per annum This enor1nnus sum
e0e flay, though in manner impercep.
tlbly--and Mr.. J. would persuade "
he has done great things By receiviag
~
tie has further enbroiled Us. with
the two great powers Of Europe, "
such a degree, as to make il doubtful
whether we shall rot have war with
one or bath of them This dilemma ~
has brought us into by continually a.
suLfing one power, and cya9ging to the
other. On examination, he found he
had neither talents or courage fo~ the
management of war-thcrefore, bv
touch Of his wand, he pops us, like a
turtle, plump into our shells. This he
calls a dignifed retirement with;r
ourselves =! BY a most unwarrantable
stretch of arbitrary power--a power
unknown in any other age or nation
a power unknown and contrary TO our
laws and consttution-he has contri-
we'd to shut us up by, in principle, 1
PERPETUAL EMBARco! He has even
outdone the Embargo laws themselves.
by assuming power to direct who
shall or shall not ship or receive -four
This the courts of Justice have decIal-
ed to be contrary to law---and il Is wen
they have done so---Eor there il great
reason to believe, that if Mr.. Jefferson
had not been stopped, he would soon
have given orders about who should
and who should not ear flour
Now, farmers, what has this /" dicDi.
he'd retirement within ourselves"-thi.
embargo, done for you 2 1t has redu-
ced the value of your corn, potatoes,
rye, tiax-seed, butter, cheese, and 9th.
CT articles, about one half-and nearly
annlhilated the demand for them-and
II the embargo continues through next
winter, your produce will be worth ht-
tie or nothing ! 1t is question if there
Will be any demand for even the skins Of
your tat cattle. IF the President rais-
es great army, the skins Of your hogs
may indeed be wanted to make saddles
Tor the cavalry. But we viii not anti
clpate the rniseries which farmers and
iaoourers must feel--they already have
sufficient stice Of them, in common
win the merchandising we cannot
help expressing our admiration Of the
lmPudence OF those who call On YOU To
elect James Madison President, BE-
cause he zgouid .follG7y or III 1ae stc1s BY
Mr.. y If you are 80 fond Of trouble
and misery as to take this advice, If you
are determined to cut off your noses To
be revenged on your faces, do so.--But
~ that case who viii help excIaiming,
A mas haf.he'led Hnto them accsrsilng ID
ne true fr0yer6, The dog is 14y7led 10
as cam Uoniil again and me ss4v ma;
'0Gs E'Gshed 20 he. 4Oaliszying in mr
naire?!--s Peter, ii. %.
THE CRISIS.
Y, ny tuFning 70 the foreign news published
-iils day, It Will be seen, that the crisis has
4 length arrived, when the American PEG
pie must determine whether thev,s,a on