Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1811-06-17

t,vr dellroyed The germ Of every nope g
fever the United States. OF late years
8. the difmemberment Of our Union hss
! been an avowed Object ia The miull'efi II
Dapers Of Great Britain, and 70 aftcl ~
war has been urged againit thcie rates
How notifying would It be, fer any @
our frllow-citizens, to find that Their pro-
credipts, uninieutionsIy, had promoted
De. nefarious deGgns and bad thus en-
taifg4 on them and on their poterity, an
indslible tain? it is feldom admitted as
an apology, that individuals, 70 the adoP-
ton Of fuCh dangerous means, had lauad-
Die and honett VIEWS or that they polened
fair reDutatioos for thefc circumstances
ferving 10 increafe aud extend the evii, eX'
cite 4 proportionate degree Of public re-
icntment. Ia
Numerous inltances, Of this kind, EXIT
ed at the commencement of our revoiu-
tionary war, and compelled our feiiow e.
tizens to exile themielves and to tpeud me
refidue Of their mournful days in foreign
chimes. It's remarkable liSewiie, that tuch
Of late wears have been the politics OF al
mott every commercial metropolis OF our
Gfter Rates, as to have driven from Il, the
fate legislature. The reatons aligned
have been, the innnx of foreigners, and
collection in great feaports, Of the declared
maecontents ofthe National and fate gov
ernments; individuals, who with The uni
form of Warrington, have combatted the
Fundamental principles of our revolution,
as delineated by that Tevered Patriot
May our Metropolis, by regalnlng the high
ground which fhe once held, when An'eri-
cans thro'out Europe were denominated
BoRonian5, and BosTON was conhdered
as " the Cradle Of Liberty" ianetlfy thefe
walls as the permanent feat OF the Legiila-
ture and firmly fupport our National
and State Governments, our Union, and
independence. But altho' the great body
Of the people, will always be careful to
prefcrve internal peace, they mutt BE- pre-
pared to meet incefant plots to divide
and conquer them. And let me, gentle
men, addrefs your reafon,not your feelings
on this important fubje6f.Who can contem
plate, without chiIls Of horror, the diimem-
berrnent of our Union, and civil war ?
What is to be expected from theie con.
comitant evils We are now blefed by
Divine Providence above any other nation.
We have National and State Contributions,
which, by fecuriug the freedom and fire.
quency of elections by the ihort tenure
of Legislative and executive Offices by the
requilite qualifications Of thofe in Office
by the numerous checks required in free
governments and above all by the entire
dependence of thofe fyltems, on the FOYER
eighty Of the people, are rendered incapa-
bic of fudden change 10 an arbitrary
iyttem of government. We are bleded
with the free exerciie Of our civil and re-
igious rights, with the prompt and due
administration of iultice--with a country
capable of fupplying all our wants and
wifhes-with flou.ifhing Rate Of univer.
ilties, and other feminaries oflitciature and
at iclence IN general--with a local fitua-
ton, diftaut from the terrific lcenes Of IN.
precedented caTnage-with an efficient
national defence, by patriotic and power
tul militia; rendering unneceGary thofe
eXpenhve military Establishments, which
are opprefiive and dangerous to liberty
with the extenion, over the globe, of a u-
crative commerce fubje6t indeed at pre-
ient, to great and inevitable embarran-
ments-and with innumtrable other heue-
fits. And is it pohbe for us, By ingra,i-
tude of the deepeit dye, TO that OmnipO-
tent Being who has 70 favored ue, to vio-
late every moral, religious and political Oh.
legation ? by defroying the greateft Of 70.
cial enJCyments, our i1terEa! peaCs and
tranquility; by placing in military array.
relatives, friends and fellow-citizens,againf
each other ; by exciting them TO ungovern-
able fury by urging them to profane orr
temples, TO Jack and burn our towns. 70
ravage our country, TO lay waite our cult.
waited and beautiful fields, to frew them
with the bodies Of our mott valuable citi-
zens, to embrue their hands in the blood ~
our innocent women and children, and TO
purdue ferocious warfare, which would
extend through the land, plague, prftilence.
& famine. This is but faint picture If i
civil war. Ten foreign wars are luxnrv.
when compared with one civil confliS.-
AT all events, let us Preierve peace at home.
and wage war, if Indispensable, with any
nation, however powerful.
My objects, on this occaGon are TO brine
conviction TO the minds of my fellow citizens.
who may be in an error not to wound Vi
rutlie their feelings. To recommend Cen
tlemen, by every mean 10 your power, The fe.
curlty of the blehings We cnjoy--to fuOoen
the necefhty of revifon of our laws rcenI..
ting elections; as well 10 prevent turbnltn,
proceedings in our primary afembies. ~ n
eniuTe the right of ballot, which is a mode
iecret IN Its nature for rearaining an undue
infnenc'--to invite you to reprcfent tfulv
70 our fellow citizens the nature and renden.
cy OF our national and fate proceedings, and
20 e1hort them to fupport as the Temple y
our Liberty and Independence, the govcrn.
ment of the United States.