Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1810-09-03

Ne lived II pAi'ads.p,ia-l.e dti rst then
pretend o awe any poIitics, land a neu raj
IN politics IS always Jacobn IN princ,ple ]
bot that ai,er hc went 10 Ncw-O leans tie
became violent jetiersonIan-fr auduleEtly
took pos session If $50 600 dollars ofthe PEG.
pies money and lua oil. Every democrat
in the Commonwealth, IA tao least aoqu4in-
ted with the leading characters OF tie par
". knows, that Bidwcll has beera princi
Da one-.hat lie did more bv Ills A bsa!on.
hypOcricy and insinu ,i)ns, 10 democratlze
the government, than any mau ~ It. And
the moment this look place lie was reward
ed with one OF the FIRST Offices III the State
Il II well known that tie Office IT Attorney
General WAS rot has first visible Was de
sirous Of obtaining seat en- the bench Of
tie Supreme Court, IS beng tie most di-
rect means Of becoming candidate for the
| Office Of Governor. But tie principal evils
which have resulted from tie triumphs OF
democracy, are not TO oe found IN the de
faicauons and yillany Of Brown, Skinner,
Bidwel, Livingston, Clark, and many oth-
ers, bul consists IN strange infatuation
which the spirit of democracy has wrought
IN the minds of great proportion GIFTS ed
! htrents. If man will proclaim himself q
democrat, an admirer VI Jefferson, and talk
Of liberty and equality, ne will he a favorIte
with his party and be - pure IS an Angel
| and WISE as solomon. In this way tie hon
est and unsuspecting part Of the democratic
party, are imposed upon. They are led III
to the JEALOUS support Of bad men and bad
measures, bythose who use artilh insinua-
tons against their opponents, and pi omise
to the people that if they will elect them 10
office they will Go nothing that Will not pro-
mote the peoples vceJ,e a. .oyospe'ig Let
this man OF the people get INTO Oficc, such
is the influence Of party feelings. ms friends
will think he can do no wrong II he Is
| guilty OF malconduc:, aud lis crimes should
be pointed out by The ttderalists, his parry
pronounces them, without making the least
examination into the facts, . federal hes"
and federal perse cutions" THIS has been
| the case with Skinner, BidwCli and others.
The leaders Of the party would hear moth
| ing against them, because the tederaIlsts
exposed their conduct, and the public have
been detrauded and pluudered by political
Villains, who have not only been shielded
from punishment, ;it continued IN Offices
of honor and prCf,.' have been led 10
make these remarks BY noticing the endea
vors made in the democratic papers 70 shift
the odlum which has been thrown upon ma
ny Of the party BY the conduct of the late
Attorney General Not that | rejoice,
, when a r'an becomes a knave, though eve
| ~ friend ID society cught To rejoice when
VILLAIN is detected--tor 1t Is q circumstance
Nuch 10 be regretted to see man prossess-
inS talents ior very useful purposes make
bad use otthem as Mr.. 6idwell mas But
some honest democrat may ask nuM lie i 20
. avoid beng imposed upon in these cases,
having to depend solely on the declarations
, OF the Argus ond such like papers TO gu
/ late ilis opinion of the characters OF those
\ hc must sup.urt "a quarrel wiJh his party
I. Tine answer u lhrh--beUtr quarrel WIN
. .odr party thsn support Z bad candidate.
before YOU resolve TO support th,s man or
/ tt,s measure ask Yourself thus simple q'Iea-
I tiOn-ls tnis msu such character A.
\ would support II there were no party t. y
/ inSs o. party pseiti~lCes ~ tb-, case Is nc
man whose b4s5 coHuact VII warrant uie
( ia ueciSrI"s that ~. lu.iic Euod, AID 70,
\ sell interest, "a Al IntSt t-r crest uf few,
| has MOI been The ul- Ut nis past conduct
} DO | ind a disposition Ip huH "a I'D 10 otn-
J krS ne vCuld Oc d,ne b,--I5 ',e = sup
/ porter a!.d hit nd u r,i .r,u; ~ short, IS
! ht C4ps bic, H. n- 'i,Y.--., 4ul has IKE been
I ANA ~ he .A.,A.li TX thr constitution J !.
! you can answer u.-se 4ues,"ns ii tne at.
/ ii.matNe, give him yo;ir snte-but not 9th
/ trwise.-H every mtf Would rex uia;e his
4 conduct ~ these c0nsiutratiuns, SINNERS,
\ 3iLwell5 AMI Browns v ollid not obtain Off
! Ccs-paty politics would cease, and We
/ should DC happy and prosperous people.
No OFFICE SEEKER.