Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1811-04-01
CITIZENS or PoRTLANDt

On Monday you will be called upon 10
give IN your votes for Governor, Lieutenant
Governor, Senators and Representative 10
Congress. eIo ireemen, little need DC sald
20 induce them GO perform this important
duty 1t you duly Estimate this privilege, no
confederation will prevent your attending
tie poll. Come ior"s.d then with that zeal
and spirit which aniraates every good man
Isl support oil just caase. You need not be
told that in giving your suifrages 70 the
FeshFal 1tcte., you Will have the proud sat
istacuon OF refiecting, that "a doing, you
will have followed the steps OF your virtuous
political Father, the immortal WASHING
TON. The Hou CHKI5roPAEa Core was
W&shingiohs TREAD, aud by him appointed
70 an hUnOnrablu and important mission
Can you better epnce 10 the world, that
JON are the re~i Disciples Of Washington,
diam by giving your y0Ies 10 such men as
he approved r. presumed you cannot.--
Sui there ara otLer considerations which
ought and viii prompt you ~ vigorous exer-
iion on the day Of election The question IS
not ABOUT men, but measures. Whether We
visa the man TO b. Chief Magistrate OF the
State, who is the friend Of COMMERCE
and FREE TRADE, or the man VINO unites
hlnseifto party who haYe, and still, pursue
a system totally destructive oi Commerce.
III by The enjoyment Ut ~ unshackled trade
you expect 10 prosper. and thereby acquire
ths means Of support iOr yourselves and fam
lies, If you desire this, then vote for tile
Federal Ticket. Let no one say his vote.ls
Of no consequence rccoiect the whole are
composed Of individuals and though it may
be difficult TO secure The election in this
County, stu you will show to your brethren
in other parts of the Common wealth, that
your ranks are uabroken, and that you are
Of "onc heart and one mind" LOOK al the
Democratic ticket, and what DO you see in
the principles and characters OF the Intn
who compose II Why vote for Tire advo-
Gates ana friends of kmoargOes, Non I'm
pol kiou. and Non Intercourse laws Laws
whicn deprive you OF your civil rights, by
torbldding yoa 70 employ Jour properly IN
that way winch may DC the most adranta-
geous. Under these laws, the vessels OF
vour merchants az: sctzru--and their car
gOes, uiicrc - TOO muCs season 10 fear, will
be condemned and sold. Have you JealIzcd
,hs. consequences whictl w,i follow, 1t suCh
measures are persisted IA, anu that tDcy VIII
DC, II YOU. Leg lola ure - dcmocratIc, is be
yund a question The Mechanic Will have
t. hang up lis tools to rust 81 the corroding
hand 81 time, being Hesitate OF business
and he l:lbYurer will experience poverty
and dis ress for the want Vt empioymen.--
Bankruptcy and RUIN viii be tie fate Of the
merchant aud trader. TINS Is not conjecture
or mere guess work, but sober truth and
fact. To pe inactive then, IS 10 be instru-
mental IN your own destruction. Permit
not the political character OF your town 70
be taFnisbed. You have already suffered
more than enough by the operation Of bad
measures. Suffer them not again 10 be I'M
posed upon YOU, without showing your de-
cIded dlsapprobation. The spirit oil Wash
ingloa, the honour OF your State, and the
Independence and prosperity OF your Coun-
try, cali upon every Elector to do his duty,
let not thea her voice be heard in vain.
AS the two Great Grunters Of Mine,
who last spting were 50 full Of wrath ana
grumbing against each other, BOW pretend
10 be fuii OF the milk and honey Of Drotherly
love, we presume The change must have
been wrought by consideration of the
beautiful moral contained in the following
perv@rsion of DIR. Watts -
Let dogs delight TO bark and bite,
For God hath made them so;
Let bears and gruntcrs growl and fight,
For us their nature io:-
But Demos, You should never let
Your angry passions rise
Your oily tongues were never made,
10 damn each others eyes"