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


. this service, those, who haze no
conscience, or whose conscience is
scared To this, they all agreed but
they said, silt il seemeth not right,
that they should " spend their strength
IN yain," and aeH their souis for nouglt.
). So they opened their treasures
and contributed, each accoi ding to his
abilities, and his fiery zeal.
6. And, in the land Of Peguawkeu,
they appointed one ?nELlP, Grand
OehHv, (who had lived il that land
: fronl the first Of simes," and had in
creaadd in stupidity as he had increas-
I'd IN years, and his heart WAS harden
cd even as the neither mil-stoMe) with
directions that he should PAGE over the
lands Of the north, ard the hilI-coun-
try Of Bethel and the towns lying
round about.
7. Nov this PHILIP was not that
Philip Of Macedonia, The father Of the
great warrior ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
was it King Philip, SO famous among
tue native heathens of America, tho
he somewhat resembled him in his
camhicai0n, ms manners, and his rem
per u mind
s. Now, therefore, being furnished
with the money and plentiful supply
Of the pamphlets, he saddled his ass,
and drove furiousiy towards the north,
distributing the books and spreading
rumors abroad yea, he proclaimed
aloud and said, " Hear me We people
and attend unto my sayings, for | am
your friend, your brother and deliver
er" M
9. Ye know, FOR the year past, we
have been borne down under the OPP
pressions OF GORE and his task-masters
and behold again they are stri, ing. to-
make him ruler over US and if, per-
adventure they be successful, our bur-
thens will be increased-we shall Save
to make brick without straw-must
toll III the heat, till We faint for lack Of
sustenance, aud our wives and our
little ones will cry aloud for bread :"
10 Now heerken unto me-let us
choose our friends 10 govern US, who
love us better than themselves,-who
will relieve our distresses and cause
oppression TO fee away"
III. He would have proceeded far
Their, (for his tongue was, as it were,
mill-clack, and his lungs of Iron) bur
the Bethelites, and the Kumfordites,
and the East Andoyerians, Tho they
were mostly Of his own kidney III poll
tics, yet being honest, aAI not for 7vyrn,
deceived, but not corrnhted] with one
accord began to murmur and said
IL. Who is this, that stunneth Us,
with his hoarse voice, S crieth against
oppression +? Is he not the SELF same
man, that taketh violent hold of our
persons and shuteth us up in prison.
who seileth our OreH, our mules and
our sheep at the Post, as our neighbors
Bartlett, Marbte, and otheis can testi-
iy-who empIoyeth bye bidders, and
entereth into dishonorable leagues, Tor
filthy luCre's sake--wno stlipeth our
iood from our tables, our beds from I'M
der Us, and drlyeth away The last COW
from The stall -
10. " How now doth he pirate Of OPP
preston, aud boast himself the cham
picn of liberty ?--lelily this is insutfor-
able. And they ran upon him-and
some would have sglOte han with The
hsl, and others would have gnashed Oh
. him with their teeth--buL the more
F., considerable 9mongst them restrained
The multitude, and said, OF truth We
know he is d Dad man, but as he Is So
Journer among Us, let him Do trcatad
F, wiJG all due hospitality"
IL. Bul 10 the u putty was wroth !;
SO that he iOamed ike "a wild boar OF
the dosert--~nd he uttered clustering
! add mighv Wolts-and, I" hitting up
his voice." re cursed them in the name
Of Demncracy, and ne blasphemtd lis
Maker IN tI.clr presence and in the
ID escncc 81 their children
IS. And they said verify, shall he
teach our offspring these accountable
things? And one Of their magistrates
sent MS officer 10 take him and bring
him before him, to answer for his bias
phemy and his abomlDsble sayings.
10. Howbeit the officer, upon his
humble entreaty, suffered him 10 re-
turn TO bis own home, on his promis-
ing to return and surrender himself 10
the magistrate on day appointed.
IL. But b-ing departed he returned
no more, leaving the officer 70 regret,