Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1810-01-15
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The source Of orr Difficulties
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For, H. experience yous'd, shall man, at iergth,
Dash dogpn Mcr Moloch idols, Sanson-Hte,
md bnyst lis frtters-onL2 ST. ong, 5shiLst stroAg
BrHeU'd then IA The b2nonAess abyss
Oppression shall Be Awl'd."
THE crisis is now almost arrived The
long dreaded and expected period is fast
approaching, when we are to endure the
full contamination Of the evils, which have
so long been lowering over us. or 10 ward
them oil by strenuous and legal resist
ance. Our administration, and the people
at large, must either stand or fall by their
conduct We now confidently lsre, that
this administration are determined agatn-t
the voice Of great majority Of the people,
and Of many OF their constituents, 70 plunge
us into war with England, and to rush IN
prepared, unwittingiy, ard desperately up-
on "the thick bosses Of their mighty buck
Ter" And we feel 40 hesitation in declar-
Ing 10 the people, that it IS at the instigaton
Of the Emperor OF France, and Of bis adhe
rents in thIs country, that they have taken
this rash resolution. This has been often
asserted, and therefore has been treated
with little attention bat the event will
lr0ve, that the frI quency Gifts assertion has
not diminished its truth. That it is as
True as the dial to the su7,
although il is NOT shane nPor-"
The hard Of Napoleon is as evident in their
del berat;ons, as the writing upon the wall
of b az rs PAIGE.
They ought to be sensible that they are
proceeding IL opposition o the voice of the
neol.le that they are pricking them in their
II .,,rlntp Il II,
cries For they have got, in the publick,
a zvolf b. the ear, and If ne Dies not bite
them, will tuo,ry them into justice. The
two points, whether OF war with England or
France, have been long fuctuating in the
dance together but the greater provoca-
r ms and insults from France have infinitely
uutweighed the indignitles whic- we have
,utfered from England But our govern
ment. regardless Of The independence which
they had sworn 10 preserve, have thrown
he affections Of B naparte and lis high
bches,' into the opposite scale And an
mindful Of the endeavors % Eng land Tor al
recommendation, are now determined 10 set
full ooen' the 1ood-gates Of theic wrath, &
70 let loose upon them the overwhelming
tbunderbolts of their mIShy poser. We wish
our f.IIow citizens to consider The SltiI-tIQn
the country is now in, and BY whose means
we are brought lnto this deplOrable condi-
ton. For,
III was no, BY ideas, BY henuen .
Our rights are put IN jeoparay By actions
We hope they will look with fcrtitude to
the rapid torrent which IS no" rolling un-
der their feet. and which has already, by the
novirg pover Of Bnnaparte, whom our ru-
iers implicitly obey, deluged in its destruc-
tive course, the rights, the liberties, the
constitutions and laws Of 50 many nations,
kingdoms and republics. And this con.
duct leaves sno hinge to hang doubt on
hat + we do not stop or divert it by some
eGectuai orpOsition-that if we do not raise
some potent barrier to the Unsuitable and
all-deyouring ambition Of the Corsican ty
r nt-our own dear country will ere long
suffer the like fate, and be buried IN the
same undistinguished ruin
We .oniure our fellow citizens to mark
we'll the characters of the persons who have