Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1808-09-05

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Embargo.
These adlressers, bodr not KNOWN
law, assume tlp insulting Elcrtv ,G ros.
bate the petition oforgauiled. Legal c.ar.ts
tons. This conduct, were ~ tie vesI- ~
fusion at the zeal Of tlose gddrrsscre r-
the honor Of then. idol, and confined t.t.a
democrats Of Portland, would excite M,
other notice, than that Of lidiculc. gut +.
~ the language ofalI democrats throupho,.
the Union. When they are in Nle 1niray;.r
they are ,Tacobirg, and Insult the ,l7ri,y1
when they are in the nfaoYiT, they Uni
formly disregard the rilktg Of the 17;7or,.,
and become tyrants. But the woIstis Vet
10 come. Mark, I say, these friends crtbe
eqHal rights Of the people, tie acveyeiqr neo-
pie. a slave has right to suppicate hig
masters favor, and ask humbly an anev,a,
ton Of his burdens. But humble petitions
to the Executive Of the United States. BAN
frcemcn, for removal Of q calamity. ycbi~b
all are suffering, are, by these ahect souls
pronounced murmurings'' ME
man, Of whatever party or sect In roIjffcs.
who can hear this language without emo.
ton, ought to wear the livery, W Ivy r6s
sesses the heart of a slave, ed W IicL IN
dust Of a tyrant's foot The simple ouae-
ton, which | wish to put ~ nv countrTner
for their earQest consideration, Is this. w.
this language grateful ~ your ears Ifno+
democracy must be odious. It's tyranny wv
the worst kind. The addressers sav. thar
the petitions, called by them " 7nu,77,.r-
in8s" " tend to excite in the people 2 spirit
Of repining and distrust, 10 DESTROY their
merited confidence in their rulers. ," Here
is palpable violation Of the truth These
petitions, instead Of exciting a spirit m dis
trust, are the most uneOuivoc9I Drocfs al
the eXistanCe Of such 4 spirit. otLerv;ee
what ground would there By for netitiors3
The people have long since BEGUN ~ die.
trust their rulers, and 10 lose their conf
dence in them, and to fear, that the govern
ment Is under a torei0n influence unfrIendlu
TO their happiness and independence. Tbi,
fear has been openly expressed on the Hoor
OF Congress, AND, lei al be zueH yl1np,1bpre9
BY democratic members But WHY do these
addressers discover their anxiety and nam.
full apprehensiOns, lest the peoyle shUnld
be led to suspect or djstrust ,heir rulers
Have not democrats always insisted an n,e
competency Of the sovereign people TO gov
ern themselves Have not these aGdress-
ers declared their centre confidence III the
wisdom ofthe Executive" And are they
their compliments 70 the sovereign Deonie
Notwithstanding, secretly afraid, that after
all, the people are not quite as ouick-siobt-
ed as themselves, and want little Of their
eye-salve 10 open and sharpen their ewes ID .
the profound views and patriotic plans NJ
the administration But the doctrine
which this last quoted sentence. exhibits
is the principal subject Of animadversion
1t IS this, no man, no t0zgE, no STATE. has 4
right, according to the language and mean
ing Of this paragraph, TO petition, however
respectfully, the Executive of the United
States for a redress Of any real or supposed
grievances, for fear such petition should
excite suspicion OF the government. \ spirit
of repining, and a dlsobedience ofthe laws
That is to say, in language 4 little more ez.
plicit, no body Of men in our country has q
right even to imagine, our Executive can
90 wrong either wilfully or ignorantlv: tbat
all evils resulting from any measure VI row
eminent whatever, are absolutely nectssa-
~, and must be borne patiently the RIGHT
OF petitionlng, guaranteed by our Coast.tuG
ton must be abandoned the Constitutes
itself subjugated to the paramount will IF
the Executive, and thus the whole fabric
Of Eepublicanism, reared by the wisdom of
our fathers, at a stroke Laid level with the
dust If such be the language " tie
democrats ofOur country if the measures NV
our government be in unison with this lam
guage, and, if such measures be not often
siye 20 the spirit of the nation then arc
we ripe for an irOn-hearted desDotism.
which Will bind Us in CHAINS If slavery too
strong to be broken. But trust, there ~
yet 2 spirit Of liberty in my countrvnen.
which at the approaching elections will ir-
reslstIbly prevail, to the exclusion from oar
government OF every man, who ad.
vocates the base doctrine Of an unlimited.
blind confidence in rulers, and " ,e1y0batey'1
the petitions Of his counuymen as "7,,ur-
" tending to excite spirit of re-
PInIn6 among the people," and .hus would
deprive them OF an inviOlable right. which
no true republican without the aid of vio-
lence will ever relinquish. now take NV
leave Of these addressers, and the object Of
their address; for whom, as the chief mag
istrate OF my country, must entertain
suitable respect, although il cannot rise ~
that " reverential love-" with which this
singular production SO tenderly concludes,
Uatchman, zyhat Of fhe night 2
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