Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1810-03-12

,,f.ftrati9n: but, Tor reAsOls Ocst hhoAYf
l"s.,n.rlf vas refused place "a his pa
n j. resumed that this circumstance
Pu ~ deemed a sufficient apology fo,'
,.nt;no- i L, YOU, after being advised Of
mde,ey-nination not to admit any thing
n tLs subject of insolvent debtors into
- columns for the present-It is from
-, ,,f sincere and strenuous advo-
- CIR an /" iaso1veaf act," and one who is
civ ocgaainfea with the notices " the Le-
':.j,,re !, and is published only for the
5s,,rnose of couneractIng certain false i'm
rr-ss;ons which the illibecal publica-
ii:ans n q late number of the Freeman's
Fr;end were calculated to make.
observed communication in your
,,st Paper, relative to lnsolvent Debtors
ubicb. not only excited my surprise,
but indignation Itcontains many false
.nd infamous suggestions That the
proole have right, in an orderly and
p.aceable manner, to petition the Le-
r;.lature, and give instructions to their
Renresentatives, is cheerlully admitted
-put this right may be abused. 1t
o,ybt rot to be resorted to only in ne
cessaIy cases.
The writer states that repeated appli-
cor;ons have been made % the Legisla-
,ure 10 pass law for the relief of lnsol-
vent Debtors--this is correct. But in
the next paragraph he says " suffice it
N say tha. our addresses, and petitions
have been totally disregarded, or zvhat is
syorse fhey hare been tiTfed with" This
i gross and palpable falsehood. II
will be recollected that Gov. GoRE re-
commended an insolvent law in his in
aururaI Speech. A committee was APP
pointed at the June session to prepare *
report bill for the relief of Insolvent
Debtors-Judge Parsons was chairman
of that committee. The reason why
that committee did not report, at the
winter session, | have understood to
be. because the Hon. MIR. Dana, the
famous democratic Senator, member
of the Committee, would not attend at
any of their meetings.
A committee was appointed at the
late Session, consisting of Mr.. Sullivan,
Mr.. Story, and Mr.. Jackson, to consid-
er this subject, and report at the next
Session.-To make law which shall,
ON the one hand, afford effectual relief
to Insolvent Debtors, and on the other,
10 guard and protect the rights of the
Community, viii require time, atten-
1ion, and deep reflection. Such law
ought not to be the work of day. This
is the principal reason why a law at
fording relief to this unfortunate class
OF men, in some form or other, has not
as yet been passed. Have the petitions
on this subject, then been totally disre-
garded Are not the assertions Of the
writer manifestly false and ungenerous
He further asks, what ought 10 be
done And recommends that Town
Meetings should be called, to remon-
strate against the rising oil the Leglsla-
ture, and be insinuates that they ought
TO be comhetied to pass an iDsolvent law
To hear such language from the lips O
Nc Farland, or Shays, would not be
surprising. But to find such princi
pies, openly and boldly advocated, by
one who Processes to be a Federalist
is certainly astonishing. The writel
cannot be federalist--he is WOLF il
sleeps clothing"
In the concluding sentence, the VII
ter saws he beheves that he Legislator
as ruled and directed By rich and fo7v
eJM tarty secretly ohf'osed 10 such {
iazy, and zvhich is comuo1ilu kaezvn By a.
name ofihe ESSEX Unto" The charg,
that the Legislature is ruled and direc
ted by rich and powerful party,i know
to be false. 1t is charge which NJ
man of honor would have dared L
make. What is ma iority OF the lie
gislature guilty of receiving brides, ant
blackened with the foul crime of PERU
ry? The slang about the EsSer lint
will not avail. This bug-bear is Away
conjured up by democratic writers
when they have exhausted their stor
Of facts and arguments Hence thu
Essen Junto stares you in the face at tn
beginning of almost every democratic
essay.
| would here ask, what relief coul
be afforded 10 Insolyent Debtors it De
mocracy should triumph in this Com
monwealth. Tbs democratic party i
known 10 be decidedly opposed to al
lnsolyent Law. No relief can be ex
Dected but from the federalists. l trus