Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1810-03-19
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x;lent spectator Of the political world asks leave
70 address you. Believing, that at the present
s,isis g silence is cowardce, and neutrality, trea-
SON." he is constrained to raise his feeble voice in
the cause OF his country.
You will soon be called once more from your
,abours to exercise the important right OF choos-
mr yeur public rulers At this period il is high
" incumbent on you TO pause before your suffra-
pes arc cast; 10 consider we'll the situation OF
your country; to enquire seriously what are the
causes of YOUR present caIainitjes, and who can
best lead you again to glory and safety. You
ought also to take careful view Of the articles Of
the enemies of our peace 10 msle2d the public
mind, and exert yourselves to counterfeit their
aefarious designs.
For what cause mr. sterious Heaven has seen
fit TO lead US 10 all that ambitious and grow ing
empire can desire and then 10 commit our desti-
MES to the hands of visionary, drydock, gun boat
and salt-mountain rulers, must forever to be In
scrutable unless to teach us the high value of
what we once so lightly esteemed.
In the short space OF nine years you have fallen
from wealth and respectable standing among
nations, to the depths of poverty and humiliation
You once had most abundant commerce YOUR
purses were filled you could meet Your pecuni-
airy engagements the produce of your farms
and your workshops found ready cash market !;
your national councils were filed 18th the wise
and he good the helm Of state WAS guided BY
strong and steady hand; you were RESPECTED
abroad and happy at home. But now, alas ! how
changed win not embiter your recollection by
repeating the niiseries of your present situation.
lonly ask YOU to look at the causes that have pro
duced il.
It's worthy Of remark that those who are now
generally at the head of national affairs, a
mong the early opposers of your constitution.
Washington cautioned you against the secret at
tacks of its enemies, which, he said, would come
under the spe cious form of amendment and ex-
pertinent. What then have been the endeavors
OF your national rulers to preserve the integrity of
the constitution Has not innovation of every
kind been attempted for eight years Look at
the proposals in the aurora to abolish the " petty
state sovereignties." Look at the infamous pub
lication in late number Of the Baltimore Whig,
execraiing the frequency of your elections as the
curse OF the nation, and proposing 10 render the
Office Of President hereditary transnlissibIe from
father to son like monarchy Recollect, by the
way, that those newspapers are patronized by your
rulers. The transition from Consul for life to
Emperour ofthe French, you have seen was'easy
and just SO easy would be the change from their
contemplated President for life, to Frenchified
Emperor Of the two Americas ~ Are you
ready, my fellow cizens, 70 entail slavery your
children?
II was another solemn caution of your political
father to avoid entangling alliances or ofhcious
intermeddling with European politics. He adj
vised to nourish and foster your commerce to-
dlause gently its streams, but to folce nothing.
Why then is Mr.. Adams sent, at the charge OF
nine thousand dollars outfits, and nine thousand
dollars salary minister to Russia What possible
.I,a
as has been asserted and not denied, to pledge the
United States to become members of the " North
ern ConIederacy," tof which Bo1aparte is the
father and head,) to destroy commerce Is not
this an entangling alliance Z" Is it not an Off
Sious intermeddsing with European policy
The Spanish patriots, struggling you did,
Tor liberty, have sent ambassador TO this coun-
try, you die TO other nations in the revolution
airy war. 1t is said with confidence that he is au-
thorlsed to pay you eight millions of dollars for
former spoliaiions committed by Spain Oh your
commerce. Mr. Madison has refused to receive
him. Not because he would avoid an entang-
ling alliance" for he haS.ince proposed to send
minister to Joseph Bonaparte, the would-be ty
rant of Spain. Is not the hand of Napoleon Sc
crety In this thing
Again it has been asserted that overtures of an
"entangng alliance" have recently been made by
ue french Emperor 10 your government. nat
The form OF new treaty has been sent over /; that
IN consequence of this the British minister was
dismissed but that the od-fashioned spirit of the
nation not being yet completely quelled, Mr.
Madison dares not lay this treaty before the Sen
ate This, say,has been asserted and the state
oil our relations with France the repeated de-
clarations of Napoleon that he would have nc neu-
trails his letter of October 10th, 1909, 10 the
Emperor OF Russia, expressing his appreciation OF
olEanu-commercIal system, all force the beli5i
On our minds that something lie this IS the fact.
we are far gone Ia the mazss Of French diploma
ey' and are near being plunged into that fatal yor