Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1812-08-03


men Of Ne9 Glcu-eaer, o. he nth day Of
Jay. tst2 direEted 10 = Conltabie Of lzid
town. re4gefioz him ~ N AID warn The
fneebaiders and other Inhabitants quaiihed a.
the iaw diret7s ~ vo'ein town aasirs; 70 al
islnble ~ Friday The - 81 Ju'y 1879, az 3
Q ciork, r "a to at 90 he following arti-
clcs
TO thoofe Moderator.
10 Sec If they ril vote 10 make NJ The
de.achsd folders u thisto ceriaIa ium
which they lhsll fse 6', % addition % The pay
allowed - The Uaitsl States. and % act there
On a. fhai be thought proper when met.
The inhabitants met 4g-esably 20 nouce-
Capt LAAc PARsoNs g. was choien hoaera
tor - motion wzs made ca allow the defach
ed folders n this town z fun which, when
added 20 whar IS allowed them BY government
ilieuld make Their wages equal o =. 10 per
u1lia IL y fian trl ,eg4Husk
"a roiion he foregoing vote was rsconhd-
cred in part add she foaoRipg paasd by
large majority -
WHEREAS our country, from
the highea pitch Of rational gran
deur, PROPERTY and felicity 20 which
il attained during the administrations
ot Waihlngton and Adams, is now
tank 10 the loweit ebb of degreda-
ton. contempt and milery-Whereas
IN the opinion Of this t9lgE, this ca
lsmiiy and diltrefs have been The ne
cedary rtfuit az the Efenl Of meat
TRES conceived and purified By Jeffer-
lon and Madiion-of crooked and
deceitluI policy which could only
have originated in folly or wicked
nefs "a policy vsiich has been un-
derminiug the vital interea Of the
Eaitern fiction of the Union. and
while terminating in war with Great
Britain has laid the axe at the root
Of our commercial proiperity-a pol
icy which IS more 10 be deprecated
as il has direct tendency by accunu-
isting the already intolerabIe weight
Of milery on this lection of the coun.
try, while the Southern States will
icarceIy feel the burden lbecaufe
Their produce may be carried to mar.
ket III foreign bottoms) and are not
difPofed 10 lift finger to remove the
weight, to- excite an odium in the
minds Of the good people Of the
New England States, and thus to DIFF
member, the Union, to which the
Inhabitants of this town have ever
been ttrongly attached, and to which
they viii ltih cling notwithstanding
all the cruel pfivarions to which they
have been lubieCted, as Il the ark or
their political ,afeiy-A policy which
we view with the more horror As twill
Of The fatal event have NOT already
taken place. produce an alliance with
France Whole gigantic power, and
infatiable ambition have fwalloEed I'D
every republic and trampled IN
der foot every independent nation or
the c0ntinent of Europe and againil
whom Great Britain llands the only
barrier 70 urlvtr(al dominion.
And Whereas the inhabitants of
thistoVn confder the war which 81
an at Of Congrefs has been declared
% exit. between this country and
Great Britain and her dependencies
injuitihable, unnecelary and impoli-
tic uniuiti6abie, as every war mua
be when the nation declaring it might
have bad an honorable peace. And
that this country might have had an
advantageous treaty with England,
the inhabitants Of this town cannot,
for a moment, doubt when they
take into confederation the following
wide authenticated facts: Firf that
the Miniitry of Great Britain did Of
fer to renew the treaty which expir-
ed IN I8o6-that they did actually
refped the itipularions in that treaty
for fome time after it had ceafed 20
be binding on them and that Mr
lefferfon would not content that il
thould be renewed, although he well
knew that the United States, while
that treaty exiied, were prosperous
and happy at home, and refpected
and honored abroad.
Secon4 haf our Miailters at Lon
don, hunroe and Pinckney, die make
a treaty, embracing al the POINTS in
dilpute, and which they declared TO
be both advantageous aud honorable
10 tie United States, and which Mr.