Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1810-10-29


rulers, and the preposterous and over
reaching strides Of Benaparte, the ocean
has sbecors mere, scene of robbery,
and instead of free ships making free
goods, Bonaparte reads the text thus
4" free ships make the ships and goods
free plumber :" Contrast the situation
Of our cona.r erce now with its situation
ten years ago, and then satisfy yourself
of the sincerity s. honesty of our rulers.
They promised a full treasury at aii
times, and they have boosted that it was
fun and running over Mr.. Us. last
message Informed Us that there was i'm
the treasury more money than the gov
eminent had use for.
Our treasury is now empty, and all
ready several millions have been bor-
rowcd 10 drfray the current expenses
of government How can the people
suffer such management Let us quit
such republican mockery, and bring
honest consistent republicans into Of
nee, and see iftkeir practise will not be
more for the interest and honor and
safety OF the. country.
j beseech You To cast your eyes back
10 the time when Mr.. Jefferson and
his party came into full power. Bring
to your mind the complaints they con-
tinually uttered against the federal adj
ministraIons. Recotlect- their boast
ings and pulled professions. Turn the
pages slowly over to the present day
View the whole ground at this hour, "a
IL is. Build no fiction make no bug
bear, and say how can it be = ssible
that such men should still receive the
support of a majority of our citizens,
while their weakness, their madness
and their wickedness are rising up in
our eyes wherever we turn ourselves.
| There is something rotten in every
important step they have. taken. This
is not conjecture 1T is fact. BY their
fruits they are known, Their abilities,
their honesty and their repubIicanism
have always been doubted BY the best.
men In our country, and now, sir,
please to give them the test. As to
their abilities they have said them
selves, for these four years, that the
wisest OF them knew not what to do
Here is condemnation out OF their own
mouths. They continually are split
ting, quarreling and fighting among
! themselves. AS to their honesty, look
at the defaIcations of their first men.
/ they have. taken heavy sums from The
| pockets Of the people, by DISHONESTY
rewarding scoundrels FOR supporting
them. They have all ofthem POLITICAL
! ly condemned themselves, by promising
| that which they never meant TO fulfill,
and by stating things officially as facts,
which they knew were not; Mr.. J.
himself step'd from the presidency with
something very much like lie in his
mouth. As 10 their repubIicanism, if
prescribing every one who dares 10
speak sentiments in opposition to the
powers that be--if proselyl.sm and fa-
! yoritism, and building a ladder for the
military TO march over the civil author
ity-if aiding the universal domination
l VI ch1d NhJoAbSo Al Win ti1S
! I,lilical creeds, because : he i0UeS Ihe
Americans IF these are true traits OF
rePublicapism, our rulers possess sui
fciency Of il.
The facts here stated, are known TO
every man of any observation the re-
marks are reyelent, clear, and such as
the facts authorize. In following me
over this ground thus far, you..must x
think, reader, be. pretty well convinced
why have determined not to vote for
men Of the party who now rule the ma
tons They have been gnawing upoh
| the yitals OF the state already TOO long
and ii they are no. soon removed Ironl
their present births, the n..t.on will
Inevitably re compelled 10 wallow
through scenes which ! am 10th to an
uciPate. ROLAND.