Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1812-04-13

extensive territory Off lands, they do Il
not possess that facility Of means in pro- |
curing correct political Information,
which is enjoyed by other parts Of the |
Commonwealth and the communica-
tons they receive, are, generally speak
ing, conveyed to them at great tret5le
and erhen8e by those men whose place
& salary depend on he XIII 2fthe teQt!s,
containing nothing but tissue a falls
hood and misrepresentation, calculated
to subserve their own private interest
and emolument
Under circumstances like these it is
not in the least matter Of surprise that
many Of our worthy and upright citizens
should have been deceived and misled.
But the truth must and will prevail
the cloven foot" has already shewn
itself with hideous and most missha.
pen form and the leaders of democ-
racy confident Of their success have not
hesitated To declare that ST hey were
once more 5cGted in he saddle, they 4vould
dya1D taught the reias AID guide and gov-
ern The horse L5ie people] 70 9HEIR
owN LIKING IND ADvAN4AcE'' Such,
my feIlow-cilizens, was the expression,
in substance, ola leading democrat at
the very time he was soliciting your
voices in his own and his party's favor.
! But thank God, the old state of Massa-
chusetts is not TO be made beas. of
burthen This gear, nor is she to wear the
saddle Of corruption with iacobinick
rider in it-for verify" Jehu hath bro
ken his neck"-the NOZZLE steed hath
thrown the unskillfuI rider, who instead
of holding an equal and easy rein, was
/ continually curling, zVhittang, and shu,-
ring. So also fell ambitious Lucifer-
thus fall al dishonest, AyflocriticaI men.
| A change Of rulers is no farther a
matter of eXultaiion, than it may pro.
| duce a change also of character and
measures. When we find that laws are
enacted (and ayowedly too) not for The
benefit and protection of the citizen, bu
for the security Of tension and tlace-
! when we behold our fair Commonwealth
cut up and carved into monsters of de
tormity, merely to aid the eleCtioneer
ing purposes of those in power, ant
thereby dePriving the people (fron
whom all authority is derived Of thei
unalienable and constitutional rights
and when lastly, we witness the dis
reimbursement of some Of our old ant
most respectable towns-shall We long
er pause 10 enquire whether our ruler
are " the servants Of rte reotic," o
whether their ambition leads them |,
become our masters 2--Ehe solemn
declaration has been made that "th
voice of the people is the voice Of God.
Shall 1t then be permitted, that thos
should attempt to stile this voice
whom we have appointed the servant
OF our political household Have GU
rulers done this /? To answer the ques
ton do not refer you TO the election
eerlng newspapers and hand-bills O
the day-but l refer you to evidenc
far more conclusive, the very " acts an
deeds" Of our dignifed" Legislature
for the year past for if these have n
tongue " hey 7viA steak 4yith most nlirac
alous organ" Read, fellow.citizen
! and understand-for "by their work.
shall ye know them IF by these the,
stanG acquitted, both you and |, anc
every honest and patriotic man ough
/ 70 give them a free and unbiased sup
port. A wAsHINGToNIAN.
| Erea1lO,n Of EIaCtiD,,