Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1811-06-03
ConinIulIiCallou8.
WisCasset INDICATED.


70 ne Ed.tor oflAe Gazette.
SIa-To expose falshood, to trace
the footsteps Of vice, to deyelope in
trigue and hunt villainy through all her
coverts are painful tasks but at times
duty commands and principle enforces
it.
Not being in the habit Of reading q
newspaper SO contemplate as the Eas-
tern -4rgHs printed at Portland, was
lately Informed that writer in that
paper had made an attack on the con-
duct OF the Selectmen Of Wiscasset,
charging them at the election OF Rep
rescntatlyes to have acted arbitrarily,
illegally and tarHoHy, and that they re-
fused to admit Republicans to the right
OF suffrage who had evidence Of their
being worth four or FIVE hundred dol
lars. The whole is denied.
Why did not this writer state the
circumstances of this arbitrary, illegal
and Partial conduct? Why did he not
point out the particular instances and
facts and wave the decision to the pub
llc. lie burst not do it. Like a dark
designing assassin he means to int1ict
a deadly blow and hopes that surmise
and vague insinuation will shield and
protect him. Why did he not tell,
tnat these Partial Selectmen at the re-
quest OF the Democrats, placed on the
Isl Of voters ten oftheir party, two of
which were exceedingly doubtful /?
why did he not mention that they
struck OF the list federalist who had
tor more than two years made Wiscas.
set his principal place Of residence, and
who wanted but six days of an uninter-
rupted years inhabitancy, and why did
the Democrats respectable ones) ex.
press their opinion Of his right to
vote
Why was it, that the democratic
Selectinen refused in April democrat
TO vote tor Governor who by his own
confession, was worth only one hun
dred and ninety three dollars f? Was it
not very Partial to the federal cause
that the federal Selectmen in May, ar
bftrari!y supposed that the same Demo.
Graf had earned money enough u
make UP the deficiency, aud allowed
him 10 vote
But who were the persons deprived
Of their elective franchise, worth four
or i've hundred dollars Was it Mr..
Allsservey Ask any honest Democrat
1t he viii torture truth and say he Is
worth ten dollars Was Mr.. Ghdden,
a man who was born in neighborine
town, who was never taxed in Wiscas-
set, and who as a sailor only sailed in
The employ Of a merchant I'D Wiscas-
set, the person alluded To Or was the
ILnerant hir. Taylor, without family,
who owned real estate on the kennc.
bee or It's vicinity, where he claimed |
The privilege Of voting, and who some
lines lived in WoOIlwich, Wiscasset
and other places, aS labour was wanted
was he aggrieved f?
dIdates Oh the democratic ticket had
knowledge ofthe insertion OF the para
grapl ID the Argus, cannot W btlirv-
cd ; regard to their dignity and char
acter would not suffer i. But it is ve- |
ry possible that some veteran in vice, |
ssme lorsaken demagogue, some ex-
Pectan', painting for Office, or some I'M
Prlnciplcd Pander in politics, may have
done 1t, 10 crafty lis malignant feel |
lngs OF TO aid some nearious design.
It IS SAID N che Argus that the con-
duct OF The Ssicctmen Of Wiocasset is
to be the subject Of litigation before the |
general Couft--Be it so-And | will !
predict with confidence, that If democ- |
Tacy has not blisn,ed every germ Of |
moral recutuds, virtue and Justice, the |
inhabitants Of Wiscasset will not blush !
for the fate of their oeltcymen.
Had the SelecLm1n Ut \Niscasset \
deigned 10 notice tbs anonymous pub /
llcauon IN the Argus, :he writer Of this Z
had never intrudcd himself on the
public; but he conceives, that it is
duty ne OWs hiinssDas belonging TO the
own OF WIscasset, to notice falshood |
which in degree may be disgrace TO !
every cIuzen. WISCASSET.
u The following communication was re.
'eiYed through Ine ni-dlum OF The Post.
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