Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1809-10-09
FOR THE GAZETTE
DE SENECruTE.-No. ".


| ignant rancor by the hero of thai party,
which since has become predominant
throughout the y. States, but which
appears at the present day 10 be losing
ground-N Nothing but power aud Office
can saliate their thirst, which nothing
that human art can invent will be left
untii-d 10 gain. We we're told in 1888
aud 1899 that our constitution would
introduce aris,ocracy into cur govern
ment, consequently il was our policy
10 retain those powers at home which
the constitution delegated to Congress.
In 1909 we are told by the same men
that we Cannot place 100 much reliance
on the President that congress never
has land il So they never can nor wil)
place TOO much power in his hands. An
Inconsistency unknown to reason, un-
heard of in history A person ques-
tioI.ing the policy of government is de-
nounced a British partizan by those We
ny men whom he SO lately heard ex-
press an entire disavowal OF the whole
United States Constitution. They tell
u. too that the New-England States for
the sake oil British friendship will dis
solve the great political chain conn
pretending so many governments in
one, and become allied parizans with
England. 10 induce belief that this
absurd and Inconsistent tale is entitled
to credit they have availed themselves
OF the debilllies Of John Adams and
drawn from him the following sentence
in his letter OF June 5tli, which they
mean shall be OF service to their polili-
Cal projects.
" 4 majority of all the states to the
southwark oil Hudson river united with
nearly half of New-EnglAnd, would
have raised an army under Aaron Burr;
majority Of New England might have
raised another under Hamilton--B Burr
would have beat Hamilton to pieces
and what would have followed next let
the prophets forctell."
Ii Adams, when he wrote this sem
tence had been endowed with very
moderate share OF penetration, his pen
would have remained i'm the standish
and he would no, have exposed SO vul-
gar an opinion to the world. That a
majority of the Southern States, or
nearly half Of New-Ensland were ever
ready to rise in domestic war under
Aaron Burr, or that majority OF New
England would have joined Hamilton
IN an insurgency is an impeachment on
the understanding and patriotism of
the people of the u. Slates--and for
prophets TO fore,ell" the consequent
ces OF what never was nor can be,makes
the sentence altogether an inconsistent
! cy,and aycrts all the attention expected
I or desired TO be paid thereto by the par
ty for whose service II was probably
! written. 1t is equally absurd to sup
pose tat the federal party would wish
to destroy an instrument which they
! had adsocated with all the flucncy of
rhetoric and eogency of argument
OF (as Giles expresses it) that those
/ who were the frsl TO press the consti-
tuition on the u States should now
be ready 10 absolve themselves from
its sacred obligations" Search the
various petitions to President jefferson,
Inconsistencies, memorials and town.
meeting resolves, against which de-
clamation has been so enthusiastically
raised, and YOU viii not find a single
syllable having the most distant alIu-
sion or bearing 10 such an event as a
division of the Union, which is a falla-
cious tale gendcred in democratic CHI
meia, brought forth in deception and
nurtured for party purposes only.
That Adams had perplexities to en-
counter during his administration can
not admit OF Q doubt in the mind Of any
one, who has the smallest idea of the
nature of so important an ofIice-But
whether the unprecedented RESPONSE.
bilities, which he took on himself and
which gave such umbrage to the heads
of department, either increased his
own happiness or added dignity to the
United States government is ques-
ton OF great magnitude. He says that
lie knew what the result would have
been il he had submitted those subjects
to them, which he decided himself
in doing thus he seems to have disre-
garded the precepts Of his illustrious
predecessor who "applied himself I'M
to wisdom" and said that in the null
iiludc OF counselors there is safely"
In letter OF Nsy 18th, he says,
Washington know was nearly as
much tortured and vexed by these
things as was and resigned his Office