Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1810-04-23
[Wzolr No. $40

any example in history. BIT these ',' mo-
Gratis, ike serpents in the way, were all
this time watching an opportunity to bite
and devour the unwary traveller till JET
ferson rose up, like Absalom, and cried.
9 oh, that were made president-I would
do every man justice ~ Bur, dear cousin,
only follow these fair speeches, and take q
full survey Of ths sequel, and ask yourself
how many faithful officers has lie removed
from office How many new-fangled citl-
zens, how many bankrupts, and others, who
were never faithful in any business, has he
appointed 10 Offices of trust and profit In
their places And how many of these have
spent the public money and cannot account
therefor, or run off with all they could grasp
and abandon the country a number OF
this description are notorious Wilkinson,
Brown, Livingston, Skinner, and Clark.
Many others might be enumerated of less
consideration.
This electioneering business reminds me
Of the old book again "The leaders Of this
people cause them to err, and they who are
| led of them are destroyed" al am against
them that propbesy false dreams, and do
; tell them, and cause my people to go out of
the way, by their lies, and by their light
| ness therefore they shall not profit this
! people at all"
The federalists saved this country in the
| days Of Shays, and trust they viii always
save it from this untoward generation Of de-
| mocrats. Look here--Mr. Jefferson began
his reign with some pleasing tales, partcu-
larly about economy, and 50 repealed the
Judiciary Law, which saved, as he called
| it, the salaries Of number Of Circuit JUDI
/ ces told the people how their Treasury
was crouded with money. Then he repeal
ed the Excise Law, which took off the du-
ties on Carriages, Licenses, New England
Rum, Whiskey, and Stills, and sold off the
| NAVY. which the former administration
were encouraging, and set up the gun-boat
system, which swept off million s half
of dollars out of The Treasury besides it
spread a table for goodly number of ga
ping partizans. This was matter OF great
exultation with his party, and having estab-
lished his character as an Economist, he
! went to iAventing schemes TO get rid of the
money which so troubled him while in the
chest So he purchased Louisiana, which
added fifteen millions of dollars to the ma
tional debt, and also opened a door for feed
ing great number more Of his greedy de-
| pendants This scheme not being sufficient
to supply every dependant with loaf, and
empty the chest totally, he laid the Enbar-
| 60, to prevent any more being brought into
it, and authorised his officers TO appoint -
many hungry assistants as they pleased, pro-
| vided they were all good Demo's--call out
the militia to aid in the .go0d cause, set as
many sentinels around suspected stores as they
thought fit, and, to round Of, ordered his at
tornies to prosecute every person, whom
they, or their dupes, pleased to suspect, and
charge all expenses, where the prosecution
failed, (Which by the bye was almost every
CASEY to the government. This last scheme
finally cleared the chest. He then called
on his Secretary Gallatin, to know If it was
all gone, who reported that it was all gone,
and more too and that he must borrow
Four Millions Of Dollars to pay the Civil
List. Thus he finished this ludicrous farce,
or rather tragedy Of Public Economy.
tell you, cousin, words are wind, facts
are stubborn things. Let any man compare
the Washington administration with the
present, and If he is not wilfully blind, he
will be Federalist in spite of prejudice it
self When things go on well, the people
naturally think they have good rulers and
when times 60 troublesome and hard, then
they as naturally lay the blame to their u-
ters When foreign ship insulted Wash
| ington, he ordered that ship 70 depart his
| waters, and represented her conduct to her
nation, and demanded satisfaction, but
| showed no resentment or inciFiity to any
other ship Of the same nation. Compare this
| conduct with Jefierson's, and mark the diff
| ferent consequences,-I fear I shall tire
| your patience, therefore shall conclude at
present, and subscribe myself your loving
/ Cousin, JOSEPH BUNKER.
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