Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1812-05-25

I luiSS u ms luCcelOr, have brought
our country where it now is.
But notwithstanding all this, the
teitim0ny OF the Aurora man, in the
/ Prtient initance, is entitled to the f.
Iious attention OF the American pub
lie; the more 70, as it is a teitimony
aSaTnlt hlmfell, that is to fay, againit
the precious meaiures which his pa.
per had advocated and fupported from
the beginning; and mott Ct all, as it
IS inconUovertibiy tIUe. Yes, it is
undeniabiy true, what Draue has laid
20 vii, that " 7Us are To al intent5 and
PHLP4f5, u far as ycliteJ to forcing cam
nIeTcs, ~ q yvoLie cudAi1n tran 1vben 7ve
queIe dependent c9lonle5" The whole
chronicles OF our country, Whit it
was in d cOloniol ftate, do not prefcnt
Us with four years together, in which
Its commerce iutflred one half or G.
ven one quarter 70 much, from the
feltrlctlve regulations of the Britifh
government, as it has fufered from
cur own, for four years back. in
point Of commerce and all the purluits
of iBduitry connected with it, the
BritIih colonies in Canada and Nova
Scotia, are in an enviablc condition
compared 10 ours. Nay it is a well
known fact, that our commercial men
dread tie veXatIous laws Of our own
government much more than they
dread The bTlJlih orders in council and
the French DEGREES, all together.
Why ellie was there fuch a mighty
bultie lately, IN all our fea ports, a
mongit democrats as well as fed raj
Its, TO set out their vehtls The
truth 81 It IS, they dreaded our own
trlgates and gun boats, more than all
the world behdes. On the one hand.
they iear tue French, on the other,
the Brltlih but mott of all thew
dread the Protetfi91 of their own GOV
ernmcnt.
This is the condition, to which LEI
terion,S and Madilon's policy has
brought our coun,ry ~vH1IIIOII,
which, II there were no hopes Of hav-
ing bStter men and better meafures,
would render our independence
curfe, rArh7r than blefing.
Cam. LourH7lt.
Preparations we obferve are ma
king By the democrats TO inform our
government of what they are pleafed
70 denomtna,e the fenle Of the peo-
pie. Yes, meetings are 10 be held,
and flaming fpeeches made, and we
have no doubt number OF tPlrlted
rclolutions are to be adopted. A
new tender Of their lives and jortme5,
70 often motgaged 10 government,
are TO be a,ale his commodious
and dignihrd mode Of aicertaining
tile Grnle Of the people, is much
cheapCr and far leis periious than a
loan lht(c re(olutioDs Will b. hung
like ltrings of onions, i'll the co.smns
Of the dcmocratIck gazrtles on the
enfuing day Tuning wiki brlmltone,
powder, nd patriotifm, with the
names If the chairman and fecretary
annexed Ger ainly the wife heads
at Warrington never can be 70 deitl-
tute of all confidence, as TO doubt
fuch Deceive evidence as this. They
know rs value and have already ex.
perienCed the infallible quality Of this
evidence And what abominabIe
tories theGc federalifts mutt be, fill
to maintain III oppotltion 70 facts 70
concluGve, that a war is NOT wanted.
We ihould recommend that the rtfo
lutions now in petto, ih.uld De plcn-
tifully befprinkled with the word tory,
and whenever this word fails, tha:
immediate recourie be had TO the fs-
ures in itairing capitals
6257,
which contain all the eloquenCe and
argument our democrats are capable
OF u6ng We Promife Ourielves
much amufement from the perulal
OF thofc refolutions, and il is hoped
our democratick friends and neigh
bours will not deny us now, on folio
itation, what they have 70 often
/ urarpi-ouflxy coDFaxred ~ g E1z