Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1808-07-11

| was held the I7th inst when the following
! Resolutions were adopted -
Resolved. That the situation Of this Brig
I ade requires an Address To the Public, sta
/ ting the abuses and ndignities hich the,
have received from untoundcd charges OF
! insure elton, bribery, sc. and from recen
military measures, by which the officers
and soldiers OF this Brigade have been
| publicly denounced as unworthy OF public
confidence, or public employment.
Resolved, That Col. B1-kgzu, Major NIL ",
| Major Hlckok, Capt Morton, and 1t. .1osr5h
\ BecRan, Jun. be a committee 10 draft sucn
Address,
The Convention then adjourned for one
hour, az the expiration of which time, the
/ Committee made the following report,
VIZ -
TO TIE PEOPLE.
| THIS address is dictated neither bv polit
| ical nor party motives, nor b. disposition
l 20 increase the popular jealousy, which, al
| the present alarming crisis, is SO generally
! felt but, by a sincere desire to manifest
20 the world, that we and our soldiers ever
| have been, now are, and will continue TO be
prompt in obedicrce to the laws Of our
country, faithful in its service, and proud OF
/ standing in front of its defence That such
are our sentiments, and such our dctermin-
atoms, we trust IS sufficiently evident from
our past csnduct and we now, as men,
ciizess, as Soldiers, bold ourselves in rea6i-
! ness for the public service Yet for al this
! our reward is indiscriminate abuse and un-
| qualified reprDach
| Ii appears that or the First Of Abrii last,
I the Collector If the port Of Al5lHgh officially
received the N1n-intercourse law, passed
by Congress on the 18TH Of March last
that on the same day lie addressed letter
TO Mr.. Sec'ry GIiafin, stating. that having
consulted certain law characters on tie
subject, it was thought impossible 70 exc
cute that law, without a military force
OUT Of this Letter, ii seems, grew Tire Pre-
sldents Proclamation, by which ihe pea
ceable and quiet citizens ct this fronueF
section of tire Union, were transformed into
conspirators, insurgents, and rebels, against
the laws of their country.
IN consequence Of tins proclamation, or-
ders were Immediately issued BY the Capt.
General of this State, for detachment Of
militia from the first regiment IN this brig
-de. r. he-ctafiancd r. Eiadrff ft-Fdi''f, ~ 4
the ostsHsibie purpose Of reducing 70 law and I
order, our misrepresented and degraded
cidzens.-These orders were executed
without a moments delay, and our detach-
ment acquitted themselves with honor.
Bug, Notwithstanding their ability and fdel
ity, as soldiers, they could not command
the wind and waves, aud consequently could
not prevent the passage q RATS and potash
into Canada. 1t WAS there ore concluded,
that more troops must be raised but, SAID
the movers OF these extraordinary measures,
the militia in this part of the state cannot
be trusted they are two easily bnbed ;
they arc two much Interested, and Will ~
kill - -ir neighbOrs and friends, ~ order t1
enforce the law And after further consul
tation, in which military gentlemen weie
I stadiousiy neglected, IT was resolved thai
the public safety required the presence o.
! troops from the southwark these TRAITS,
/ WIS said, would Kill when ordered, and
| could n be brbcd
Pu.s,i ,nt to tins policy, | detachment Of
one lllnuied and fifty men, from the county
| of Rstk1nd, were ordered 10 military STA
| rion, wlhIn the limits OF this insdited brig
ade. and are row scattered among us IN
! htde Standing armies, SUBJECT To the orders
/ ofthe Collector of the Revenue.
This Is brief statement Of facts and such
| are tie sin rrisr indignites which have been
Aeaned Oh the mei itcrious soldicry Of this
| brigade.
Thus situated, our characters as men, and
s soIdie y, being thJs wantonly traduced
our silence. at such time, and urder
| such circumstances, would be deservedly
construed into an acquiescence IN the justice
Of these aspefsio0s.
At home, and where we arc known, we
fear not the consequences as they respect
US personally; but abroad, and with stran-
gers, these vile fabrications are received as
truths. We are therefore compelled, BY
every manly and ingenncls sentiment, and
in Justice TO ourselves, our soldiers and our
country, thus publicly 70 declare, that we
know the foregoing charges OF instruction,
bribery, SC TO be wholly dntounded, and
that we consider them as the legitimate
productions Of contemplate, YET dangerous
policy, adopted AMI pursued by those, whose
governing object is not the good OF their
country. Such are our feelings, and such
are our opinions and sentiments Yet we
| ask not our countrymen TO adopt our feel
ings. or our opinions we ask them 70 M
quire, to reflect, and 20 act for themselves I
} ~ conceive ourselves abused and nsul!ed
: beyond example
IN The FIRST Mace unfounded reports OF
cor,h;rat;ons. conspiracies and instructions
: o,oono ne we're fabricated and industriously
spread /; and then, 1T great expense 70 the
7. public, troops were raised, and marched
from distance of hundred and twenty
miles thus the soldiery Of this frontier
: brigade were treated not only with con
temptuous neglect, bat with open, direct,
and most degrading insult
An this has been done, and that too, with
! out cause /; but an object there must have
} been. This mighty maze is not without
nlan'' What this object was, We pretend
not TO say, only thar we have TOO much rea
son 10 fear, that private Speculation al the
expense OF the public good, and under h'