Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1812-02-03


Exceilcncy having, byhis Speech, expressly
recommended some ofthe topics, embraced
in the motion 10 the wise and deliberate
consideration, Of the Legislature" and hHv-
ing Introduced them al, as intimately con-
nected with the safety and prosperity Of the
Commonwealth that each Of the topics,
referring . particular FACTS which were
susceptible Of pTont, II was TO be presumed
His Excellency was In possession Of some
formal and precise evidence, upon which he
had founded his charges; and hat 1t wosid
De in lhe highest degree " disycspecJH.," 10
believe lha. the Chief Magistrate had at
tempted to mislead the public opinion, and
70 excite unfounaed jesl0tsies. against any
portion OF the community, s. Incorporating
IN hIs Speech, the speculatiOns ofsnonymOus
newspaper writers, or the security and abuse
buSe OF ciamorous partizms, influenced by a
blind antipathy against any foreign power.
Ii his EXcellency could furnish the Lrgis-
lAture with the names Of any citizens Of the
Commonwealth, detained against their will,
an the service OF any foreign power, it would
be the dMv Of the Legislature, who were
! bound 10 pro;ecI every member OF the Com
mOnwsslih, TO make such representations
! to Ihe National Government, as would lead
to their geciamatlon.--lfp rIaters, in foreign
pay, were employed I'm his Excellency's
! lang sage % E" aid ia destroying our own,
and in Ir establishing the British Govern
ment," Il was the duty ct Lhe Legislature,
as the Guardians Of ike Commonwealth, to
adopt measures tor their detection and pun
! Ishment If our inf4nt manufactures had
| been burnt, and were still in danger from
| foreign inbc ndiaries las the Speech had
more than nsinuated) His Exceliency had
! hi7nSeJ suggested the Importance OF some
| Legislative Reasuresfor their protection,
and to pieveat The repetition Of so hagaciOus
\ a crime--thRl, IN fine, if His EXcellency re-
! ally believed that he, OF any ofbls frlends,
I whether " IA Sr out of Office, were IN dan
ger ct being assassinated, whether in or
CUT Of their 6eGs, "--more especially If amy
\ such anonymous threats" instead OF beng
| the work of some mischesous school boy,
were really, a. His FXcellency seemed TO
\ believe. part Of q system TO par2lze his
/ excrtiOns, and hose Of his political friends,
! IN the service Of their country 1t was the
! duty of the Chief Magistrate, who had SCUM
ded the alarm 20 communicate the evidence
which had excited tns approximations, that
4 People migat rally round hIs sacred Per-
son, ana pro eel him fcom he execution VI q
| ny such pet-rous PROJECT.
TO the4e arguments, bis ExceiIency ;
( friends did not condesc=nG to reply, but by
I silent votsrelecting the motion, ,hus ex-
} hibitIng 10 the woriu the most Illuminating
evidence, that the dignity If he Common
wealth had been degraded. and the office
Of the Chief Magistrate disgraced, Dy a
f..tts
portion OF our own community, and an lnsld-
ious attempt 10 inAsme and Perpetusle il
liberal PreJuuiCes against the Government Of
foreign nation, wIJh which we are at
peace, and with which we are yet attempt
InS TO ADJUST every cxistlng topic OF dispute.
~ so~---
! Il fowering gentIeman.--It appears
from the eastern papers that Mir. oto-
rey, lately appointed one Of the Judges
OF The United States, having resigned
The Speakers chair in the Massachu-
se;ls Legislature, (where party spirit
puts decency TO the blush, and bears a
way all before it, Mr. Ripley was
chosen III his stead : on which momen-
tous event, this Mr.. Ripley made a
speech TO Tue house, and towering
speech II was. The reader shall have
a sample Of il: Having expressed a be-
coming sense Of his unwolthiness and
inability, a-ia-mode dc Jefferson, he pro-
Ceeds thus:
When review distinguished characters,
rhs.t hou oh
that char, when more especially, call to
mind the c1nIrcLt atfaiEneEts, the AIAStyioaS
Sc, vices, ard he G;gA.Get iBlp1,iIhg Vt my
Immediate p .edecessOr, confess, / almost
shink from contemplation of the wide and
visible chasm which ma,: exist between his
WaaSceHdent So vices, and my weak and iupo-
| lInt CifOits.
And here, gentlemen permit ne 10 in
dalge in tie remark, that no individual
m).e than myself can regret the loss which
this HouSe has sustained, III being depri, cd
Of Is brightest inntjaG My consolation
however is, that IL has Eot SCI "a dWkacss and
obScwitp. On the contrary, II has dScenlt4
20 'fs proper place. smdst corgenial consteiia-
il0Hs, anu the ANXIOUS prayer Cf my heart is,
'hat 4 may long cheer w,lh It's beams, the
j-ir fe.4s y rs saflve henlisfhsre.
When such wretched stuff as this
passes for good sense when such dis
gushing flattery, which ou;rages pro-
priety, itself, is received and countenan-
ced, il is sure sign, not only of depra-
Why in the public taste, but declension
in the public rnorals.-.h. 7. Herald.
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