Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1811-10-28

QualHlGu viii TIC hliLOiy vi pau
line, TO need be told of the evils
which will inevitably refult from the
arbitrary and ebpreGi0e conduct Of
the men now in power in this com :
monwsalth. Their mealures tend
directly to excite ali the angry paf-
Gons; 10 invigorate and reward PAR
~ efforts; to fet one portion OF the
citizens in array againlt another, and
to organise 1iotenre and anarcby. 1t
feems, the enquiry is not now to be
made, whether man be b5nsh
whether he be capable, or attached TO
The c0nfittfin J" but whether he be
a violent partizan, for then his re-
ward is ctrtain, whatever may be the
other attributes of his character.
Does It not occur to your Eacellency,
tllat by this courfc OF condu6e, befdes
deitroying all confidence in the ru-
lcrs of republic (if of the above de-
fcription,) the very contentious you
afe6f to fear, are increaled and per-
petuated?
The favor of fuch men, you have
for the prelent fecured But fuffer
me to predict, thar you will thus for
felt the appreciation of all the bonef
and moderate democrats in the State
1t was your reputation for oandor
and mlldne(s, that induced thoufands
to give you their votes, and many
who lait AprI gave you their futfra-
ges, under the belief of your modsra-
tin and imbartiality, are greatly dit
fatis6ed with the late meaiures which
you have recommended and Eanfii0ned !;
and they will, in no way, counten-
ance fuch arbitrary proceedings"
But the ruling party in the State FAY, it is
necelIary that all the Offices fhould be held by
the friends of government !" meaning there
by, the authors and advocates of Jeflerionan
meaiures and policy. Though il may be well
ChOukn " tiAlo 0SIhai AVN W AiN fAO
lie, It'll il is not true. The real and principal
cauie for making the late revolution in the
Commonwealth was in order that number
Of hungry and ambitious demagogues, who
under pretence of regard for the public
PROPERTY, had refolved to get pofeihon of
the Offices in the hands of their political oppo
nents. But grant that the public good was
the motive for making the recent removals, is
is tree that the federaIilts are not the friends
Of government !" or can they be jullly chsrg
ed with oppoiing meafures, which have not
proved ruiReus 10 public PROPERTY, and IA
ti0pal honor and independence
Gu this fahjeet, let any unprecedented man
rad the following extract from MIR. Brad
bra's address, and then Judge.
/" But the FsderaEfs, we are told +,
have dared 70 difapprove and cenfure
the temporizing and ruinous policy
Of the general government /; and
therefore your ExceLJency would pre-
tend, that you are no longer under
obligations to treat them as citizens,
or to fecure to them the privileges
they have hitherto enjoyed. Is this
then the opinion you publicly avow,
as the chief nlagJfrate Of this great
and respectable republic ? Do you
deny to your fellow citizens the lib
erty Of forming an opinion on public
men and meafures Or of exprefs-
ing that opinion when once formed ?
Y our ExcelLency has often taken &C
cation to eulogize the conduct of the
administration Of thefe States. Ard
you had an undoubted rigbt 70 TO do,
if you could do it conjcientioA9y.
GoDcrn2y Hmcbinf5n had the fame
right TO approve The arbitrary, urjaf
meaiures Of the Britjjb miniltry in
1878 and IA, when thefe States were
a part of the kisgdom of Enghnf.
But, truly Sir, you will not contend,
that thoic patyi2tic men were in the
wrong who differed in opinion from
Ga. Hmcbm6a, and who boldly
declared their oppoGtion to his fen
timents, and to the obbre5fue con-
dust of the Britib cabinet, which he
70 Lawfully commended. You viii
not contend that the citizens Of a
| free government, are bound to ap-
| prove Of 4vbatever nled/ues their RI
i>r5 may adopt. Such doctrine
was juttly odious in I77s: And
is it jutt and reafonable now Your
| ExceA'ency knows, that even in En-
| gland, fuch opinions would be fcout.
ed with indignation and arc endrr-
ed only IN France under the reign of
Napoleon, {" that prodigy Of human
nature"
| DO you and your advifers boat Of
your love of liberty and republican
i'm, and yet reprobate as traitors and
| -7Tr5sfr thofe of your feliow-citizens,
vino would give the people warning
| of the evils which impend before