Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1809-01-16


We obierve in the Chronicle of the 5tl,
tas. that Hone has thought proper 20 FAY for.e
onsru,ls about our late embargo proceedings
in this rown. Your Gazette. of Monday lait,
IN which ,hofe proceedings are at5.ia,1y pub
l.ihed. will give the LIE TO the CAT part of Ia,
itatener.t abou, 8ssaf sssrting aud fear Of ref.
fenjibii,ty, 8cc--and as TO the ref OF IL, about
94aso and B aJjS i.se1e<, SC. it Is kind of
fang, which he ha, dealt out heretofore 10
bountifuy and 10 equally mal.appropos on
other locations that he public will well know
low to appreciate il en- this.
As fair aatemen,, however, of thefs pro-
eeedings will CRAFTY many Of your readers in
This quarter, and as it is pofible you may be
reqnened hereafter TO publiih fomething in
son'nua;ion of them, you may, IL you ,,Ieafe,
give the following account place IN your
next Gazette, and rely on its being correct.
On "Wednesday evening, the 2lft of Dec. a
meeting of large number Of the people was
holden at Capt stockbridges tavern for the
purpoie of patiing fome Revolutions relative TO
the next day, which they were delirous of zig
naIiiag as the anniversary of the Embargo
Laws-Doct. Ssmmf Asams, was chofcu Mod
orator, and Mr.. E. Jcses, Clerk Of the meet
ing; committee was appointed, and certain
refolutions relative to toliing the bells. hoift-
ing colors half maii, firing minu'e guns, &c.
were reported and adopted; bu, from fome
itrange within of the moment, motion was
then made and prevailed to (end for Mr.. king !,
for what purpofes this vas done no one feen,s
TO underftand but 70 il was, and he came O.
yer to the place of meeting and made feverzl
fpeeches TO them-he told them how much be
fuifsred by thefe laws and how defirous he was
of having them repealed, but thar he feared
sbsf meaiures would produce diford-r and
would bring reproach upon the town thar
he fiould himfeif, however, be in favor Of a
systs, 'szus meeii~g on the fubjeet, when the
buGnefs could be done with order & frsf,;sty
and he concluded with motion to reconlider
their votes, which after repeated srials, and
after moR of the people had gone off enraged
or dIguited, did Actually prevail, sud the
meeting was difrolvee
This was very fall meeting, when the ref
olusions were paiIed and, although it does
not 1Ppear to have been conducted will much
concert and arrangement, it has ftiil had
good effect in the town, a, it has given fair
opportunity to try the iineerity and difcover
the views Of fome men, whole real len,imcnts
and intentions ii was, perhaps. highly impos.
tan, n,ould be developed and made known
A day or TWO after this, sous meeting was
regularly warned, called at the rcquefl Of few
eral gentlemen who were At Stockhridge's on
Wednesday night; and on Tuedsy las yon
have already publiihed) the meeting vas o.
pened according to tho warrant. MIR. caf-
,ddrefed the Moderator, and aftsr making
feveral general remark * on the iituation of the
country and the purpofe. of the meeting, he
faid he had motion 10 fnbmit on the occa-
fon, which,, as he had reduced il to writing
in the fern Of Reflection, he afked leave to
read and lay before the town. Mr. K;.g OPP
pored this mode of proceeding. and faid, a.
n,ong other things, ,ha, he conndered il dh
,geeesfd and irpvep<, but after comfortable
conversation, in which il appeared thar no
other Rs.iufio~ were prepared to be Offered
they were read aud feconded, when Mr.. Krg
!. in very long fpeech addreiIed the Town and
oppofed the paiIine Of them, but Offered none
a, iub0itutcs; he however advifsd and moved
for an adjournment of the meeting to fosne
future time, when, he faid. other Refo'usions
nigh, be made BY committee Of ofhrr men
md reported to the town, in which they
could all unite. -
MenIrs Sssvsn, WAfer, CLIP and 57a.A each
Of ,them made obisrv4tions in favor of the
Revolutions, and Mr.. Kirg made as many an
ySrers in oppo6iion feveral psopofas were
made by ,hele gentlemen for n,ort adjourn
.r,enss of the meeting in order to infped and
,s-amins thefe refolution', and arike out any
,hing olfenkvc, with view to eeasiiiste Mr..
x. but he replied thar they could not be a.
uended ID AZ there nun be an entire new
.lraft--hc again moved to adj burn till Saturday
Mr.. c. then addreaed the town, and after
eating the origin and purpoies of the meeting
and the propriety Of aching with dsfjf'' as
well a. moderation, aud flowing that there
could be no nees!Iiry Tor an adjournment un'
lefs she ien,mcu's expected in the refoutions
then before them were incorrect. Mr.. x.
after this, made few hort and ra'hsr lima
rured obfervs,ions when the queaion OF ad-
;ourpn,ent wa, taken, and decided IN the neg
alive. The queihon on Adopting the Reiolu-
;ons was then pu. aud decided IN The afh'ma'