Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1809-02-27

ready Hu,iidteu ny Jul 'u'Sio s~y
have trampled them under foot ; we
are now governed BY men, not BY the
contribution and Fanding h1us Of the
land, as we ought to be The peo-
pie, the very fame you denounce,
are now calling meetings, pailing rel
olulions aud petitions, for the pur-
pofe of fayiag the contribution and
government but not to iupport laws
to fubvcrt them.
Their Vthe New England peo-
ple's) character is not marked with
propen6ries to outrage, diiorder and
blood" YOU know, Governor, the
ps2ple, emphatically ipeaking, partic-
ularly of the New-cngland itates,
are oprofed 70 III, policy of the pref
ent me afures of our national govern.
msnr to that policy that ihnts their
harbors, rots their produce, & itrikes
damp upon all indultry. You, on
reflection, know that you were, in
your twiiiicai language, addrciling
yourief to body who were oppof-
ed to the exiting anti. hopeit fyitem.
You ought 10 lit the example, Gov
ernor, OF moderation and accoomo-
dation as well as preach the doctrine.
6. Will not the advocates for
town meetings. the authors Of refo-
lutions, be induced calmly to weigh
the fpirit and principles # the oppo-
fition and 10 reflect further OH the
tendency Of their meafures ! Are
they prepared to pull down the fplen-
did edifice erected by the wifdom and
va,or of their fathers &c.
You, yourfelf Governor, ough,
to have weighed the fpirit and prin-
ciples of your oppoGiion 10 thele
meafureS, and ought to reflect on
the tendency of your official conduct.
Look a, Bottom, wbsre liberty fprout-
ed, look ar the county of HamPfhire,
look at Newburyport, look at Port
land (aod look at your inmate Boz
fom KING. whefe patched up char
aeter makes a confpicuous appear
anoe on the lin of flnpid demagogaes
who attempted thing of this
kind bur crswled out at the little eud
of the horn, becaufe he could not be
altogether king Look at the vete-
rams, heroes-who fought and bled
for liberty, to whom you are unwor-
thy to be a valet and againit whom
you dare not, high as you are feat
ed, ifp a defamatory word They
oppofe the prelent AMI republican
fystem. Tier TOO, "advocste," town
meetings, and are "authors of refo-
buttons They, too, advocated them
in IS, when you and lcould fcarce-
ly blow bellows. Yes, even look
at your native county of WorceIter
See who are the men who advocate
town reetings. Your t" Farmers
Letters" aniited democracy much, in
that county, perhaps; but could not
eradicate the genuine principles OF
liberty from the bolom OF freemen.
and after all the ref, look at your
own feet, your hivering party, mfg
ni6can: in numbers, aud fear, In
names alto. How dare you talk to
Freemen, from your gubernatorial
feat, in fuch newspaper, ele6tioneer-
ing gibbcrifh /? Talk to Freemen,
of the nonexecution of arbitrary and
defpotic laws Remember. my good
governor, the fririt of rs has not
flown, though it may have ilept
BE not frightened, governor af-
ter a form, there comes calm
and there is Mount Tom, and a
Wacbufetts, in the interior of the
State of Manachusetts, as well as
Carriers Mountain in the interior of
Virginia Examples of great men
are impo6ng.
am almolt weary of handling
fuch traih When you talk Of spar
entail fympathy and painful fenfibili.
ty" YOU make the very "fpirit of
iods' TO rife. Congreis yield to the
I" neceHity" of depreliing the people
thus much with parental fympa
thy % How have they treated the
memorials from New-England p
With contempt and deriiion.
You lpeak Of large majority OF
the people being in favour of the
exiting rnealures, thinking them
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