Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1809-11-20
HliPD TINES.

WINE Tire supporters OF lacobib.sn were
striving to gain thc ascen dancy in the na-
,ion.l Government, no fraud was too vile, no
ftlsehood too glaring, no deception too base
to be employed as instruments for the pro-
motion Of their cause. In order to prose
lyte those who could not be wrought upon
by other means, they were assured that ,ln-
der the guidance and direction Of that won
drous sage, L. ]. of ,rioun:ais memory, our
country would become the abod. Of unrival
LED prosperity. That li''.rty and equality.
IN all their purity, WOULD be tae portion 81
every Individual That the tvpicai prac-
iice of taxing the people for the support #
government would he immediately abolish
ed. That such asis,em Of .ecnony weuid
be established. as would render all expense
OF money unne essay. That the necessa-
ries ard even the luynries of life would A.
bound in every corner. That the Farmer,
the Mechanic, and the Tradesman, would
speedily become rich, prosperous and nap
py. In short, that our beloved county, ike
Canaan OF old, would +" sve.ao,v with MAJ
and honey"
, Let US now examine whether these by
pocrilical promises and pretended prophe-
cies have in any one instance been verified.
Instead Of holding that exalted rank a.
morg the nations Of the earth which once
we maintained, we are sunk to tic lowest
pitch of degradation, and become the OBJ
yect Of contempt and ridicule for every pet-
ty tyrant Our national flag, which VS.
once proudly waved before the walls of Tri-
poll, is subjected to the degradation Of b.
E, ing chained to pai,ry gun boat, machine
as little calculated to protect sur rights on
the ocean, as u windmill would be, To de-
i fend our frontiers. Instead Of that hoasted
prosperity which we once epjo,ed, behold
our country clad in mourning--our property
become the sport of every vsga5ond, our
ships burnt and destroyed on the high seas,
and eur countrymen sent in chains to the
prisons Of a foreign dcspot while the au-
thor. ard adhe.ents OF this strange policy
look silently on, unruffied as summers
, sea, WI not b cath of air stirs ON its sur
face" Instead OF liberty md equslit, =
hat liberty. in support of which. the best
blood Of our fathers wss shcd---behold
our constitution mutilated, our commerce
y nterdicted, and our port. AID harbora lock
sd up by arbitrary, oppre ssi,e. and aneon-
: .ttu,ional laws. Our country, instead Of
; sbounding in wealth, luxury, or even the
neccsssries of life, is impoverished and wes.
I kened Our farmers, mechanics. and n,es-
chants, straitened, distressed, and ruined .
(, while the cries OF the once fortunate laborer
are, "where withal shall be clothed, or
who will supply me with bread 20
To complete this farcicsl scheme Of de-
7 mocratic economy and prosperity, our cof.
: fers are draised Of their contents, FOR the
purpose of supplying secret service money,
building dry-dScks, or purchasing salt
/ mountains and lakes of horned toads and al
ligators. Under these circumstances, who
can wonder at the complaint So often re
peated, d" The times are hard ?" Wei may
; the hoary-hesded patriot exclsin. alas the
i. golden days OF The beloved Washington are
| passed and gone No longerdo hear the
l sweet voice of prosperity in our villages
: no longer the songs Of contentment iri our
! cottages. How long shall integrity be dpiv-
en- from our rulers How long shall wis
dom iJrsake our councils