Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1812-01-20
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OSHItcHl- ~ C( TIC oeHUEcr Us1 GcHsfcNcH
eftbs H0ufe Of Reprejfatati1e5
AN official interview Of the delegated
friends Of the people, attended here liz
various capacities, 70 promote their gcner-
al aud individual hdppinefs, cannot fail to
infpire us with an ardent dtlire TO attain
thofs important Objects, and with firm
determination, in the purfuit, 10 b gui-
ded by candor, iultice, and unbIafled de-
Liberation.
To divef our minds of party principles
and feelings, ever productive Of pubic and
private calamity, to trace the ftreams Of
contention tn their morbid fountain, and
10 liberate from them our happy Cline,
are indifpenfable dufie5. And fhall we
not, by faithful diicharge of them rem
der abortiye the iIuiivc attempts of far
ries influence in domefie guife ; to excite
10 phrcnzy CIR brave republican and FEDERAL
brethren who, in the revolutionary war,
were unted by facere friendfhir, and
who never have mad ,e1 Atom for didulying il
Ito urge then to fheath their fwords in
thr generous bottoms of each oiher--and
TO render them, alternately, their own
<r.aiioAi execntiousrs; ltR, when called
o. by their country, they again may act in
ns.f,n, avcngc her caufe, and repsl her
naughty and uniuit foes
Whst are the caulrs of our public d;f.
frnt,ons Let Us afccrain them, aud ap.
ply remedy. II may require full view
Of the lubjeet, but will render the mott
tHential iervice to cur country.
Whcn as coioniAs, our charter rights
were infTinged. and political connection
VI. L Great Britain was no longer compati-
b. with the public iatcty, we united in a
cnsnnion caufr, AMI Diet. rmlned TO die or
70 ~ free. We d,iszv The a. ord, s. tbrequ
euag th- lcabbard. The conilitt was
svlta SOVEREIGN, who had injured Us,
s5o mzeb 70 torgiys as. The GOD of Juf-
lice CON named cuI arinies, and crowned
-hcua sei.h victory.
CSagrcis, placed by DIVINE Psov1-
DENcs on nnlsodden ground, altem.h 4
Al ar early period, NATIONAL contribution.
This was 20 the form Of the confederation.
I'd was feeble chain too .evblc TO pre-
flsse tbs Union.
at the time when iha! project was form.
ed, .Ar ps'fN,ic officers Of our army, un-
risail1t IL merit. sut iI-iequtsd for their
Services, extended thcir viz US % heredita-
= horrors = prop iition "a This effect,
Erss pfclrnteI to ihe Commander in Chief
XIX mad receatly received The plan of the
Co federation which to hem vas then
unknown, and which precluded thar insa-
inre. guft;ce demanded agcne:ous reward
for the Officers. and Congrsfs dccleed II.
This was unav. idsb.y difchatgei by IN
funded paper. Il deprecated 10 All ex-
arene, and did net remunerate the officers.
They again feared TO rewards OF hoanr,
enabhlhet the order OF the Cincinnati,
and il was alarming to the States. To
quiet ihefs. alteratl ms were propoicd, but
fais4i of adoption. Tie States viewed
ths (, item.a bed, thick itrewed withlhe
feels 81 nozarcby. This was III exotic,
a,ot congo tiai xifh our Climate ,incoi0pat.-
bic with he views of GeneralW sill nstur,
and with thuie ot great majority Of lis
Office $. But the aiiacIalion commsr ed,
and with it, Reto,fuaateiy, hut nnintention-
ally on their part, a. toit;f ofpary. Such
was the conf qaencr of an HzfhadeI paper
medium, eve, prolific Of bad tfscts and
fich The rtfu.t Of unrswarded merit
l31t il will ever rebound 70 the l3norof
fn- Cincinnati, that It's mrafures have
been conlinSd 10 acts of benevo!enre and
CHARITY
The Coz deIaiion, in its origin doubt
fuI experiment, toon evinced the necttii y
rf amendments, or Of another form Of
government. A Federal Convention was
called and preferred the latter. The cxiil-
ink CoaAio,i,n was referred To The
italics Tor ratification, and obtained il /;
bat proBuccd great excilcmenis, and pro-
petitions from A majority If The States for
amendments. Many ~ tileit when m0difi
ct,Sers f,nctianed by Coosref,,and united
tIa- Prop.g. Iast Conveat,oa bad eff
Silsed as i safiaEaf committee. aud had re,
ported to lhs States ta- form Of The Con-
.,ilutsun. This, Ike oshcr lcgiittiy- &C.
ss,sss, was d;lcuiitsl, and like them wncn
a%~P.sj, oasht i1s-vsr - have Prscndsd