Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1812-07-06
ADDRESS TO THE People,


A1dDdcbAffftG.
This dignifed and patriotic naie pa9sr !.
agaiaf War and ell the other ruinous
meaiures purified by our national admin.f
trztion, for number Of years pat II il
worthy the attentive perulal Of every citi-
zen of the u. States-for that reafon we
regret that our limits will not admit of our
giving il entire this day The following
is the concluding part Of it,
The event of war forms new
Era in our national hiitory. 1t is an
event awful, unexpected, hottie to
your interests, menacing to your liber-
ties, and revealing to your feelings.
1t deltroys your confidence in the
protection which the contribution in
tended to afford againlt all wars re-
pugnant to the interet and will of
the people and proves that your
Congress is in greater subsection 70
Executive influence, and TO the pat
fions Of the few. than to the afcen-
dency Of difpallionate councils. But
your duties are great in proportion 70
the magnitude of the exigency, and
the trial imPoied upon your fortitude
and patriotifm.
You are the Citizens Of our coun.
try, and bound to fupport all consti-
tutional laws, until, by a peaceable
change Of men, you can effect the
repeal of fuch as are obnoxious.
You must alto defend your country
agaigf nUof9n by any foreign enemy,
without weighing the jultice rnecel-
fifty of the War. We pray you to
difcourage all attempts to obtain re-
drefs of grievances by any acts Of Vi
olence or combinations to oppofe the
laws. Your habits of obedience to
the dictates Of duty, your iuf and
temperate views of your focal and
political obligations, your firm attach
ment to the Contribution are pledges
for the correctness of your condu4.
When great people find themfelves
oppreiiec by the meafures of their
government, when their juft rights
are neglected, their interefts over
looked, their opinions difregardcd,
and their refpe6ful petitions received
with iupercllious contempt, it is i'm
poflible for them to fubmit in filence.
In other countries, fuch occurrences
produce tumults, rebellion and civil
war. But in our country, a pcaceable
remedy may be found for thefe evils
IN the Conittution. Situated, how.
ever, as you now are, every man
mutt be quick to difcern, and active
TO apply this remedy. 1t mutt BE
evident to you that PreGdent who
has made this war, is not qualified to
make peace and that the men who
have concurred in this act of defpera-
lion, are pledged to perfevere in their
cour(e. regardless of ali consequences.
DifpIay then the majefy of the peo-
pie in the exercife of your rights, and
facri6cing all party feelings at the al
tar Of your country's good, refolve
to difplacc thofe who have abufed
their power, and betrayed their truf.
Organize PEACE pdrty throughout
your country, and let all other party
diitin6tions vanish. Keep a fteadfait
eve upon the presidential election,
and remember that if he, whole fatal
policy has plunged you into this unex-
ampled calamity. is again RATED TO
the chair and if the abettcrs of war
arc to be entrufted with conducting
it;-vou will have nothing to expect for
years to come, but :" the found Of
The warrior and garments rolled IN
blood !" and that if you fhouId by
your aid accelerate the all of Great
Britain, you would merely deliver
over your exhaufed country, and en-
laved poflerity to the dominion Of
tyrant, whose want of power alone
reltrains him from the exercife of un-
limited despotifm on the ocean, and
the same tyranny in the new world
which he has impofed upon the old.
To fecure a full effect to your OBJ
iea, it will be necei1ary that you
fhould meet and confult together for
the common good in your towns and
counties. Il is in dark and trying