Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1810-02-12
JEREMIAH SMITH.


THE following dialogue between esoa re-
PUBLICAN and his young friend was overheard a
fhort time 6nce and taken down verbatim
YOU may depend on its correctness.
Dsnoraf. Well Tyro, what have YOU
thought of our laf converfation
7yyo. Why if i could reconcile my con.
fcience, lhoud think your methods might
promote our caule.
DEN am forty TO find you entertaining
any fcruples about conieieace-fuch things
will do for children and bigots to talk Of; but
really they have nothing 10 do with poll
tics
~ Well klua try to learn. But do you
fhink we fhall help the eIeaien If we endeav :
our 10 deceive Ihr people by sHerting things,
which we know are not true, aud by projecting
We do every thing for bsir goss, when it is all
for err ozUa
Der. Yes. We muR do all that and much
more. We made the people believe the fed
eraIifts were thar sasmier, and we their f;isuds
1.-The confsqUenee was they turned the fsser-
0i5R5 oar Of office and put 70 in and there
we ilsId fate and EaEg till q curfed noife a.
bout The embargo pus us Out. But we can
and will recover ourfelves, we NUT reltore
oarlelves 70 the confidence Of the peo-
ple--that indeed will require labor, indullry,
aud all the arts aud aytifs which we are maj
ter Of We mutt be as cunning as our worthy
pattern. the famous John Wilkes, who made
the people Leieve that he was THAR friend and
f-~s7or But when he had got hinfelf fate in
I9a fit fife, he kicked down the ladder, er-
c'aimirg with contempt The people
sre geefc and thole are fooIs, whs don't
puek them
~ But how lllIl we manage the cleo
ton' | cannot fse what objections you can
make 70 Gov SMITHS sdmniitraiion--it APP
pears 10 me to be wife and impartial. What
sfgrmenjs can we -briQg before the public d
gaiaf y4-b A GovsrHsy
Don Arguments Arguments am fur
Prted ~ your hOuef tupi1Ity ArpHiag il
n, or budnel. IF we were not % be ab till
we argue our antagonilts dszs4, We had better
he content as we Are--we have nothing 10
90 with frch paltry weapons, they would ne
yer arlwer orr pgPF BL3 eg:,fio75. i1fqaa
ii'T dst aioT, defamation and GI7ir.gf cbargsS,
iheie are OUR WEAPONS, and we have learned
70 ute them 70 dexieroly, they do more than
al the asH a,gnscqts ever ufed by The Feds
AS to Smith he has conducted wei, and no
doubt always will as long as he keeps in ofice
we mutt therefore aiail him with The more
ingenuity 1--WE mu(t JerystEy circu a'e iorie, a.
CAN'T hun, calculated TO alarm the iealouGy OF
the people and to lower the e4imarIon of his
North--we muf throw out i4f 7naiisn5 zsaina
ms honeity--we mutt aflign wrong motives 70
all his actions, that are of popular tendency :
we mutt alcribe to him and his friends BriG6
'pAease and call them TOTES or any o; her names
thaI luz the prejudices of the peopIe--and a
Dove all we mutt boldly attack him with ridi-
cue 10 tear down the b,g6 yepes with which he
public has been acculiomed TO view him for his
taents and virtues. We have happily (ligma-
uzed hfm with the epither {" yta,Iinr"--ths
name Teens to have fort Of mean vulgar
wiz, which takes
~. But are you not afraid the Feds will
TAKE us ia cray and retaliate
Den None. How full of fcruples YOU
are | f,ar YOU II never be politician. I
sell You again you mutt be bold and blizzard
your icrupies. The Feds have fort of fool
On pride, that prevents their defcending 70
I-tb zrsapOas. To be fure they fometimes
iaih US with iatire, but when they come near
phobia
~ But cannot help confderiug confe-
quences--l mutt take the liberty TO fuggeft
s-e oaHgefs which we expofe ourlelves 10.
saFeiy our candidate is not lels vulnerable
ivan thersin any s0ist of view. As to talents
We mutt nos pretend TO compare him with
.aaeh leis nan than SMIra-as 10 character
4 VIII De happy for US If Jt1,syo! Paint, pals as
-"n's'csd. As they have hitherto fgyfzsate5 ef-
ssAPea-what has he TO compare with the Ia
o'ious Indrltfy and eminent ufefunels OF
sAiFH lite, bu: = GINNING tongue and sru,atb a.
sH' which made the peope believe he was
g'fsi f'is74 to f.@, while Ia facl he cared
~ NOBODY but HrnskLtl And now While
sss Sre ksJ9.lnz 10 trnu1oef the nr-;fas of -