Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1809-01-02
Communication.

FOR THE GAZETTE.
To the Militia Of AYqssachu,efts.

To be 1Iihffa Of 1iaSsQchusefts.
SoLnrgps--The mandate has been issued.
You are now called on to assume your arms
10 brighten the swords of your flrefatbers.
The implements OF your husbandry must be
lad aside-your pruning hooks must be
,rr1uglt into spc ars. Arc you ready for such
change Can you, with eheerfiliness and
alaerltv, assume the habiimcnts of war
Can you qai; Your social, happy fresides,
Your wives, your smiling infants, to point
the baypnet and level the muskct at t,c
''Tessts of your !eiiow -beag,9 In the de-
fence OF your country, your rights AID liber.
ties, You can. your rights are the rift of
the sod OF nature--and. though to the A.
iaeeican heart, il may be painful to destroy
LIE IN their defence, it is your duty to guard
them. Whoever makes infractions on these
sacred and undienable gifts, dvests him.
sell OF all claims 10 your mercy and pro,ec.
fion, while he has the power of continuing
these intraotions. This is 4 position which
needs no labor.d argument to support it. It's
truth is impressed on the heart of every A.
merican.-You, soldiers, are then ready 10
arm IN defence Of your country, whenever its
rg,ts, in which your own are involved.
shall be invaded. Whether by French or
English, you will lay aside every party dis
tinc,'on, and cheerfully press othe standard
ofyour country. Like your ancestors, who
transmitted IT TO you, you will rally round
your liberty and. if it be wrested from
you, your enemies must march over YOUR
Nfeless bodies 10 make the fatal grasp -
But, soldiers, is thus the important object for
which you are now to be armed Are YOU
IN danger from foreign invasion Are you 10
oppose the ssnguinary courage Of the sol.
dlers OF Bonaparte, or the steady, desperate
saio- OF a British armyl On this important
question II becomes you to pause French
myrmidons are not in your country-npr is
the tyran, Of Europe in situation to fert,lze
your fields with blood, or pollute your man.
sions with the debaucherics of his cordons.
10 mercenary Murat is here to levy contri.
buttons. Frenchmen, indeed, have plunder.
cd your property. burnt YOUR vessels and
numbered your fellow citizens on the higu-
way of nations. They have incurred your
Just resentment, ana reused your sleeping
vengeance. They have, no doubt, marked
YOU for prescription, and had they power.
would long since, have enrolled your coun-
try in the bloody catalogue of Switzerland
aad Holland. But you cannot wade the At
lantic, and thank Cop the French have
no possessions on this continent by which
they can be attacked. Nor Soldiers, gloomy
as the times are, have you reason to believe
that those who now call ON you 10 stand
forth, would direct you against the common
enemy of libes,y and man. The proofs, that
through fear or corruption, your rulers have
been made snbseryient Ia the views oil the
Tllach Emperor, are too strong not 20 ex-
siie Just alarm. You cannot then be de-
signed to n rch g.inst the armies OF Bon
apa,te.
Are you then dc tined 10 fght the Eng
lish ! AIS suppositlaa is preposterous as
the f,rmer Admitting that the alministra-
uon woaId rejoice TO see YOU engaged in a
war with England, and this will no. be de-
MED even let it be granted that britain
has given just cause OF war, and refuses 90
make separation (which is contrary TO fac; }
still is she accessible to your efforts SO,
whefe are tie grand points of attack On
the ocean you cannot assail her-You cannot
s.ep across the Atlantic To attack the isola-
ted band, who liav, hitherto stood the only
inpassiblo barrier against gallo ambition.
The onl, admissible supposition then is,
thu you ia. wound England through the
medium q her American provinces
Soldiers, Is this your destination Are
yoa TO be marched to tbe barren regions of
Nova scotia. ~ pushed into the provinces
Of Canada OF what importance would be
tie c,nques 5, uf these places Like tic gor-
,ed sei,,uaiisg, are We NO, slfeady giu'ted
viii ,e,ritafy DO we need any more Lou-
isiaaas 10 oamylcle our ruinl l. sas grs -ser
d....m.lsgifg m babits, manners. climate,
al snl ss may add motives, Necessary %
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