Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1812-05-25
FROM THE TRENTON FEDERALIsT.
REASONS

When the democra c Leaders invited tie
People to turn tile federalists out Of Office,
and put themselves in, they urged that the
Federalists were men more disposed than
themselves to ar6luay g0ve,nnient, TO he le.
Vying Of Taxes, TO Waf, 10 the raising Of stan
ding armies, and 20 The psymenlFof high SAID
'its and z9aBeS to putlic men. They insis
ted that he affairs effhe nation could be
well conducted for j much smaller sum
than the FederalistS expended, that there
was no need Of armies, nor Of any internal.
or direct taxes. That If 4 proper and wise
policy was observed, foreign nations would,
or could, be made 10 res yect us, and let us
alone. These fefOrmaiions and improve.
ments they promised to make. The people
Ok majority Of them, took the democratic
Leaders at their word, turned out the old
Washington Politicians, and put the new
men, the refurmers, into power. Il was
something strange, to be sure, to look for
PLAIN, economical, moderate, men, from the
Southern States, where they are SO general
ybred up in extravagant habits, high 70
tons, horse racing, cock fighting, card
playing and the hke--but they Promised 50
tair, that really, many believed them in
right good earnest, and so indeed, for awhile
they acted, after they got into power. But
what n07g il the state of things
Fit was extravaganza in the Federalists to
take six dollars day for Congress wages
Can it be economy in the democratic leaders
70 take the same sum, and which they alrea-
dy begin TO talk about raising.
1t it was ertravagance in the Federalisls to
allow the public Off GERS from S to 5000 dol.
lars year, can it be economy in The de
mocrats TO allow the highest sums to
some Ofthese officers, and in several instan-
ccs 70 have raised them higher than they
were before
If it was wrong in The Federalists 10 raise
an army OF 1900 men, can it be right in the
democrats to raise one Of %, coo, in addition
rra ..F N ~ - naG VIZ" '"SJ "@u a.
ready on hand
il it was wrong III Federalists to levy
direct tax of tzro millions, can ii be right
in the democrats to ltvy one of three mil.
lions
II it was wrong in the Federalsts to levy
a tax on stills, on carriages, on stamps, on
loaf sugar, can i be right for the democrats
to levy taxes on all these articles, and to
greater amount, 6y one third?
lfil was wrong in the Federalisls to levy
asingLe d4y Oh imported articles, can it be
right for democrats to levy dou5!e duties on
all such articles.
What man therefore, who disliked-who
opposed the Fedetalists for the aforesaid rea
sons and causes, can now uphold the demo
cra's, who are doing the s1nle thing Ovey a
gain, and great deal worse Certainly 10
one who acts from principle. To be sure If
a man will give up his own judgment, and
determine to stick 10 a set OF men, because
he once thought them sincere and honest in
their professionals he is determined to
''stick to party through fllck and thin" he
may do so, but such one cannot be man
If principle nor a fit man for free State
Ii is often the case that when men Of princi.
pie refuse to 60 any longer with those in
power, who have deceived them, that ;hey
are called turn coats, when, in fact it is those
very men themselves who thus call them,
that have turned. 1t a democrat, in 8OI or
1902 had been told, that he would in 1912,
be one Of the hphoLde,s Of land tax, stamp
tax, loans. salt tax, whiskey tax, carriage
tax, and double duties on imports besides,
he would have been ready to exclaim in the
language Of HIzel, els Thy servant doe
that he should do this at thing" Blu
yet, such is tic strange Inconsistency of man,
HAT those who msintan their fyst principles,
ard oppose those things now which they
always have opposed, regardless whether 1t
be this man or thai man that brings them
forward-lhese arc said 10 have fuued by
the undiscernir~ croud, who, with blind
ers TO both eyes, are trotting after their lea
ders round and round, and round, like a
horse in bark mill, and think, that Of eli
the gvorId, themselves are the most straight
IN their movements
CONSISTENCY.
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