Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1810-05-14


ANS, whrie President, he was justly accus-
Ell II aspiring to royalty, and The fcderalists
did we'll 10 supporting for pfesideui. Gen
| Charles c Pnckney. They v aid also 10
we'll 10 avoid he poison presented vs. t!eir
palates, less Daane's acrostie should l.fo,e
10 be READ.
That the democrats are not Con;snlcd
with our pgc>cnt CunS.ituiion, is evidt Ut
from the contempt win which they treat il
That they ann at higher power. is evident
from their aitenbt 10 gain Il ~ altering,
mutIlsiing, and running over car constitu-
ion. That they are friends To nobility, j.
evident from the measures pursued ~ lie
last administration TO thrust us into the yor.
te Of slavery. Thst Adams, (o1 rather the
court.ers Of Atlans) approves Of their
French fasnioned' project, is evident from
the assent given oft in his late letters
which may he plainly perceived by careful
IL a:lA,onizing them And lastly, thai yot-
are in the same slippery path cannot be
doubted ky those VINO have read the politi
cal ESSAYS which you have published
Another Of Adams anti-republcan byno-
theses, was 70 diminish tue power Of the
Senate. This our southern democratic bTe
thren have long desired TO establish, thai
the equality which tie small states. have
with the large ones in one branch Of oui le-
gislature might be overturned. This shows
a rottenness IN the party advocating it. Ne
YER would truly honest man wish 10 filch
Tie only susie nance his neighbor possessed
nor truly patriotic politician desire TO an
initiate the liberties Of small state III ne
time Of our revolution, when the spirit NJ III
berty was ,he predominant passion, of such
importance was the interests Of the small
| states considered, that the articles Of con.
federation allowed each state but one voice
in the national congress. a like regard was
! paid to their interests by providing in our
present Constitution for The Choice Of Pres
i,lpnt When division happening smong
the Electors shall prevent them from ma
king choice Of President or Vice Presi,
dent, the House Of Representatives mast G.
lect them, each state having bat one vote.
Thus having made few structures on the
multiplicity Of letters which Adams wrote,
shall at present add no more than give
you few hints, and ask few questions,
which / -gish TO have solved. When Adj
ans was resident, and the Congress fed
ersl, the more political venom your party e.
mitted, the better. Their cry was, "Cov-
eminent is corrupted, the laws are tyranni-
cal, and we are approximating to slavery"
| No sooner had Jefferson mounted our shout
ders. than the tune was turEed Govern
Bent must be supported fright or wrong ].
and the nationsl system must be strengthen
| ed Passive obedience and non -resistance
were INC song Of the day. Jefferson, Mad
! isoa, and Embargo, were as sgantiy
! adored ~ 1865, as Adams, Hamilton, and
I the ScdiIion Law were in 1900. Their pre-
tended love for the people had changed, like
| Ammon's for his sister. The political pen
| duinm had veercd from the freedom OF
speech to the opposite. Silence was the
I, chief democratic argument, and the ipse
I dixit lthe say sol of the President Was q
| substitute FOR all argument. The Gissen, Ut
AZ individual from the Embargo system was
! sure to procure to his name the epi,her
"Tory." Such is the portrxi, Of democratic
{ consistency such the conduct Of the party
! whose cause YOU esPouse.
| The means by which your party raised
themselves to Office may be comprised III the
| following assertions, which you have ever
| failed to prove
l. That the federslists are advocates for
English policy.
9, That they are for monarchy or aristoc-
! rscy.
/ 3 That they would establish religious
! test to which all religious sects must bow.
a. That federal votes are bought with
British gold, And
S. That they wish to divide the Union.
To these charges answer in order
| That the federalists are advocates for
| English policy is false, is obvious from their
demonstrating against cutting off our COM
merce from every part of the world as the
J patriots Of i775 did, and from their firm at
| tachment TO our constitution.
( 9. If the federalists weIe for monarchy or
| aristocracy, they would not have advocated
! republican constitution, nor would the
names Of Hamilton, and other tederallsts
have been signed to that instrument
| 8. The constitution, which the federalists
| framed, guarantees to every person the free
! enjoyment OF his religion no law infringing
| that privilege would be valid unless the con-
| st,ution were altered, which the federalists
| by NO means desire Or if the constitution
| were altered, it would be altogether i'm
| practicable The different sects which have
| acknowledgement would not be willing to
| surrender their tenets to different denom-
/ instioD. The NeW-England democrats say
if The federalists should get into Office. the
congregational religion would be establish
ed This will do well enough for the unin-
formed in these parts, who know not that
| the southern ST ates have scarcely single in
| dividual Of that denomination Ia Virginia
| the democrats cry out against the prospect
of paving tythes to the episcopal church,
who are entirely at variance with the con
gregatoRalists. IL Mar,isnds the Roman
Catholics, and in New Jersey, the Presby-
terians, are dcnominAtgd TO be at the heart
Of federalism, and whom they say federal
Congress would pat NJ, by putting all other