Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1809-03-06
Spirit Of tbs ZINES.
BeiaR 7own lfeetiRg.

rnary, 1909 tie following Receives were re.
ported by Committee, and accepted by a
majority of % 10 s.
Rssfvel, That, IN times Of iminent danger
it IS nor only he right, but the irdfpeslabie
duly vi the people, peaeeably TO ahemble and
nprels their opinions ON the meafures OF gov
ernmsHt and the fate of Public affairs, 10 in
seilIsa;e The csufe of the calamites they fuffer,
aad To ule all lawful mesus in their power TO
remove them.
RelygV.f, That, under the administrations of
Waibnglon and Adams, the people CT the u.
States by fucccisfu puriuis of commerce
and the conlequent ieurlihng ffate of agri-
culture and manufactures, arole, with alton
filing rapidly, TO an anexamped height Of
proiperily aud happiness, rom which, by the
de.truct,ve IneafuFes of the preieni sdminiflra-
ton, they have been as fuddenly plunged into
an abyfs Of wretchedne.s and miiery.
R1ioivsi, 'rha, the primary caufe of the po-
litca' evils we iuffer may be traced to an error
OF the people, in linening to the vile ca!umnies
uttered by ambitious aud ds6gung dema-
goguS, againlt the former administrations, and
in eleSating. by their fuffrages, to the national
government, men, unworthy their confidence
men, who have evinced their attachment to
the coaiiifution by violating its facred provi-
lons; their affection for the people, by rcdu.
cling them 10 poverty and ruin their love of
iultce, by efabilhi iniqnity by law; their
love of liberty, by wanion acts Of tyranny and
oppretiion; and their pa,rio,ifn aud magma.
nimiy by proltrating our national rights and
Independence At the feet of foreign depot.
Rs,0isei, That the acts of Congre(s laying a
perpetual embargo. and the act Of the 9th of
January lalt, for enforcing the fame, are uncon-
0tutional, oppreiLye, and tyrannical, and
therefore no, binding on the people and
thar every citizen OF folder, who ihall volun-
sarily aid or aiil in carrying them into effect,
10 an enemy to the conlltution and to the lib.
critics of his country, aad ought to be treated
A. fuch.
Rsso!vej, That we view with horror, bur
without dfmay,' the confcrip;ion" of an
hundred thouiand militia. and the rafting in
time Of peace BANDING army of fifty thou.
fand men, dsIu6vsly called volunteers, to over
awe The community, and enforce, at the point
Of the bayonet one Of the moft prepoferous,
oppreilve, and deIpotic acts that ever diff
graced civilized nation.
Rejoiori, Tbs, the hofility of the prefent ad-
ninltration TO an independent judiciary,
viii h is he ihield Of liberty and the attempt
TO place the executive above the Judicial, aud
the military above the civil power; and to
unite, in one man, Legislative, Judicial and ex-
eculive powers, Indicate dsfgs againfl public
liber.y, and is laying foundation for 4 mill
tary defpotiln.
R1sfvsf, That, in our opinion, no Jun csufe
of war exits aganit Great Britain, and that
all difficulties with that nation might, ing
Gnce, have been hpnoraoly and amicably zd.
iuAed, had the negotiation, on the part of the
preieni administration, been conducted with
DE fame ability. fairnrfs and fincerity, which
characterized the former administrations -
Bu., from careful review of the conduct of
France, we are fully convinced that the United
States have had jna caufe of war with that
power ever fioce 'hc PRONUNCIATION of the Ber-
hn decree of November %, which was not
only grols violation of our neutral rights
and the acknowledged laws of nations but a
direct infraaion of an exiting treaty between
the United States aud the Frcnch government;
we cannot, therefore, but view with ailoHiih-
msnl, an apparent difpoG,ion in our govern
ment to AID, initead OF adopting iui,abIe neai-
ures to eo1stca7, the ambitious projects of the
tyrsnt of Europe, by providing war with
Crea, Britain. which IN all probability, would
terminate in the fu5verion of our republican
form of government and national ndepend.
ence--as it would lead to a clofe connection
whole alliance is navery, and whole embraces
are death"
Rs(Iped, That the fu1erings inflicted on rs
through the medium of weak, pulianimous
or trescjerous administration, by " the invi.i-
bile hand" Of foreign depot, excite in US the
moi lively fympathy for The brave Spanifll
Pa riots, whole ,llultrious example is worthy
the imitation of every opprened people on
earth.
Rsjolves That the mouth of labor" cannot
fed upon lumber aioses aud as government
have deprived rs Of trsss, we hehtste not &C
declare eur preference of iudden and honor
able leah. 10 one that is lingering and in.
glorious.
Ksiaiv.i. That II I" refilence to ,yrants wa.
obedience to God" in i775, under the reign
of George the Third, Eniiar obedience ha,
become a mere Indispensable duty in 1909
under the reign Of Terror.
Rejsivsi, ! Lat we view with the u,moff de.
feilziion and adherence, bur not with fur
PRISE, Gas detpoii.is, amcng cfsSins rcpubli
cans, is the order of the day. The anti repub.
lican, monarehicai, far. chamber doctrine, 70,
the fri time advanced in Manarhufetn Gnc,
the days of Governors Hnichinfon and Gage
by his Honor the I.ieu,e nanf Governor, IL
his adtref. to tie Legislature, which we are
happy 70 fee repealed by the honorable Senate
and Houfc Of Representative, iu msnnei
that Incomes the public guardians OF our right,
and liberties.
R5sivc5, That it is our fx.i and srsitero5.
5sie,miaa,ien to maintain, at al bazsv1, and
rra-ima TO psfs,i5, the Iss,ef right and Lbeyt.es
purchaied with the blood aed foreli.,e of our
ase3qsss, and by them begseatbei to ia at the
iane time we coniler it our duty, earne lily
10 recommend 70 our fellow. citizens. to re-
ala from a6ts cf violence and forcible re-