Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1810-10-15
+" Ho1-LANnEss

I" HoILANDEas
:. Remember your.anceifers': ex-
ert all your energies in fappoFt Of
thofe principles for which they con-
tended. aud the rights which they
have bequeathed to YOU You are
reminded BY your tyrant at lromP
and Kuvter. Let the names and the
memory OF thoie heroes inipire you
~sth equal zeal in aiierting the digni-
ry and the freedom of your country
Wodid they have ftooPed to fore.
ign tyrant Would they have re-
nounced the principles OF true Re-
publicans but you ihould alto re-
member rhc Nafaus and De Wits
With what horror mu4 the yeneJa-
bic ihadcs of thcfe auguf characters,
if they are ecnGble Of what is pafling
on each behold the degraded condi-
tion OF their country, now the fcorn
and the victim of baibarous ruff.
an. who tramples upon every thing
held iacred arsong mankind. 1t IS
laid that your opprefIor is about to
Witt your country, in order to en-
Joy a Gght of the people whom he
has enllvei, and the land which he
has brought to difgrace and ruin.
Ecur tyrant will then be in your
power, and by one bold effort Of ma
nonal energy, you may rcleaie your
felves, and the Tutoring world, from
the monitor, who has abuied power
more than any depot that hiftOry
has recorded. Iris true, chat he has
tent a powerful army into your
Country, in order TO confirm your
bondage, and prevent all rehitancc.
But powerful as that army is, 1t would
Gnk before the energy of a wfele ma
tional exertion /; l. hdes, that army
cannot be 70 ieaable to all human
obligationsas the tyrant whe directs
them. They know how iaviih he is
Of human blood, and how many of
their cohntrv-@o he has TENT to IN
esilable defru6tion in Spain, and
that as macy more mutt fall-vieims
10 bis ambition, before he can fuc-
coed in iubduing IL, even II his OUT
rageous and wicked attack upon IFS
Independence houtd at laa DC rium--
plant.
Appeal TO the army who have
been tent to rivct your chains. Re-
mind them of their efforts IN pur-
fuit Of what they deemed liberty.
Remind them of their lawful mon
arch, who rs now a fugitive and a
dependent on the genero6ty ef anoth-
or tate.--Endeavor TO imprrls them
with fenie of the difgrace which
they will eternally entail upon item
felves, if they continue to fight r3ere-
ly 10 crafty rhe cruel ambition of a
wretch who is the enemy of human
nature. injured as they are 10 fpo-
liation and to flaughter, they cannot
be 10 utterly callous to every ienie of
juitice, and every feeling of human
ity. as the tyranz who drives them TO
acts OF defolaroD, from the impulfe
of the mott favage ambition and I'M
releDting ferocity. Though rhe de-
graded folders of a tyrant. they fill
are men. and may be routed into a
conviction of what is due 10 an unof-
tending and independents nation.
The Tyranr has fhewn by his
treatment to his brother, whom he
forced you, in violation Of all your
hereditary principles asRepublicans,
TO acknowledge as your King, how
little mercy you have reafon to ex-
pe6 at his hands. Yetyou endured
thar phantom Of King. becaufe he
feemed difpoled to rule over you
with uiildnefs, and to regard the IN
tereits of your Country. This mild
neis, and lhts regard for your wei.
fare, were crimes not 20 be expiated
IN the eyes Of hrs unnatural brother,
and Louis was obliged 20 abandon a
throns which he was compelled to
adopt, and which Vas only feat of
ihsrns to him while he pca. fed il
Hence you may infer whar Iamen-
table fortune awaits you i you calm
iy iu5ni;t TO the dominion OF the "
Iaat. Re viii ipfiet ten field ven
geance on YOU. and you viii hereaf-
scr sainiy wrishe in the pangs OF mifc-
w and ltetr,air Recal ~, unr,r MID