Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1812-09-07

feet Of the war IL the county Of which you
are inhabitants. Has Il not greatly reduced
lie price If lumber, your staple cummodity,
and diminished the value of real estate II 5
Il not greatly increased the price Of foreign
commodities, so necessary for your comfort
and convenience Can you, BY the sale ii
your lumber, and the produce Of your farms,
obtain money for the payment Of your taxes,
with as much ease as formerly DO YOU
find the golden times, 50 often promised You
BY your rulers Should the war continue.
will not many of you be exposed To poselty,
distress and wrstChedness ! DO you ex
pect 10 be IN q snuatioB TO pay enormous
war taxes, which will donbtess be levied
after the Presidential and Congressional e.
lections ! The tax bills are only postponed
should the war continue, they must inevi-
tably pass Loans, 10 any considerable a.
mount, cannot be obtained the revenue Is
almost dried up the treasury s exhausted,
and money must be obtained ID carry on the
war. What -enders tie reflection more cut
ing, y, that sfter The administration have
done all ~ their power to deprive you Of the
nledrs q payment, your taxes viii be exact
ed 70 the uHsrmosf f.lyrhing.
what are the prospects of those Of you
who have heretofore been dependent on
commerce for your support The hum Of
business is 10 longer heard Oh your wharves
your unfinished huils are rotting in your
ooyes. Many If YOU are obliged 10 reiin-
qush your accu7 med pursuits. To dir,
YOU are unaccustomtd -to beR, ashamed
You mast soon retire 10 the cherries a.
bodies Of poverty. That very sdministra-
ton, TO whom YOU looked for protection, has
rendered your condition, almost as CALLING,
as deplorablc, and as hopeless. as that IF the
/ slaves OF the south.
What fiaIl we gain by this war ? IL the
conquea of the Britlh Provinces fhould be
| effected, Of what advantage will they be 10
Us Should You prefer French, TO Bngiifh
neighbors? What fhaIl we have gained at
the end of q feveu years war PROBABLY no
| better terms than We can now have. What
! woF q De our Iofes Thoufsnds of lives, and
1 millions Of property. Our feaports, in which
I large proportion of the wealth of the conn :
/ try 10 concentrated, woulG be laid in afhes
our commerce anniAiia'ed ourGelves render
( &c poor and pennylels by the expenles of the
war; our country beggared, and pofterity bur
dened with an enormous debt, for which they
would curle The policy of their fathers.
In the prefent caIamitous state of things,
VI JOA VIII uaAutai'y inquiries WHAT Tcheuy can
7 BE applied TO cure Ihe evils you luifer, and 20
X avert thofe wit. which you are threatened
4 We anlwer il plain terms--natiopal meat
ures D1ust be changed and the men who now
administer the government, removed from Of
fee. They will not change their meafures !;
they are pledged TO the prefent cOurfe Y0u-
remedy is by elections, You, in co operation
with the friends of peace throughout the I'm.
z Ell cba
however, must De strenuous, perlevering, and
un-emitIing
You will not fail TO keep steadily in view.
the distinction between the administration aud
the government. Let it be distinctly under-
stood, that oPpohtion 10 bad administration,
diicovers 90 hostility 10 the form of the gov
eminent. On the contrary it is an act Of pat
riotiim-DuTing the Proficiency of Walhiug-
ton AID OF Adams, we had good administra
/ ton The form of eovernuaenr- remains the
fame Al the prefent time-Is it now neceT,rv
I TO remind you Of the contrast IF r. ~ p
beiion and treafon TO oppoGe bad adniniltra
ton by all conltitutiouaI means, dare then n
be guilty of fuch patriotic crimes The form
ders Of American Independence were once
zccufed of the commilIion OF The fame crime.
Much depends on the presidential aud err
be the reiult of the pre6deniial s,ectiou--
Should SIC Msditon be reelected contrary TO
orr W inca, ftill, il will be in the power of
tne majority IN the Houle Of Representative,
. to arrelt his deltructve meafures
They can withhold the fupplies recei1ary 10
carry on The war-LOok then to this import
( ant election In the formation Of Congreli9n-
al DIitricts your County has been cue ID IN
hrange and hnguar manner, TO fecure the
, elect on OF the advocates Of War You are an
4 PTited Of he Object, we look to you for il, de
ieat every man who votes, az the approaching
4 eiecuons tor friend IF the Admlnilrztion.
vrfually gives bis voice for the continuance of
ne war BY eTertion ard perseverance, won
have y 10 your power 20 reicue your Countv
from diigracer and perhaps your Country from
\ ruin On the reluIt Of thefe elections denend,
tne delhny OF yourleIves and children Should
me friends Of peace lucceed YOU will foou hail
the return OF Commerce and prorperity
"hhe recommending conAitutonal ref1
anee' We would ddcounSenance all illegal com
+. blna ions 10 obflruct the execution OF The law,
w All conitriut'onal laws muR be fuopor,A5
Should 'hey prove injurious to your rights and
I intereits your only remedy il o procure their
rePeal-U1der the MOI difs0rous circum0an.
cesi ~ the deepea lufTsrng, inlut not the
msleisy OF The laws. You have feen the hor-
-no'e Consequences Of their pfoaraton, in the
reeen' ouirages Of the MODS IN Baltimore. Ii
neFty, properly, and life find no protection in
inc fs'dsr 77e'ei' Of a Mob. Their fury a more
70 De dreaded than the Tomahawk aud fcalp
ing knife Of che me7ciiels Savage-In thai de-
voied ei'y hmpie murder wa. DOT fufTicen, 10
g'u' The aPPetites q moDfters in the flape Of
men. he mOn hnrrft,la