Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1812-11-30


Bribery and CorruhhoH.-r he atli-
Gle here repuoIished from the Statesmen
deserves further investigation, for if
! true, il is as clear AM gross case Of
bribery and corruption as can be addu-
ced from the records of Neygate.
FROM THE STATESMAN.
TO THE ELECTIONS o. THE T.
.NION.
We recommend the following cir
cumstance 70 the careful nrusal Of our
fellow CllIzens-and 1t maynot be amlss
tor them 10 read il before they have set
tied the pending election. IF they can
spare time to peruse and reflect upon it
they may here See with what readiness
their representatives can overlook them
IN the pursuit OF Office.
When the house OF representatives
We're last spring in secret Conclave Oh a
subject which IS not yet made pubIIck,
JAMES FISK, II ember from Vermont
started tom his seat and Indignantly de
Clarcd, " that he 7vouid no LONGER giUe
his suf2t0rt 10 The erecuttUe in their half
70ay measures OF war for that he fvds
n0zv convinced that tie 7yA0Ls system z0aS
nothing but hlan OF etecHoneeriHg 10
secure the recollection 81 q "a eSzdent 10
office" SO saying he took his hat and
departed from the capitol. A member
who heard these words, and saw this
scene said, : M. Fisk ziA hear from the
president soon, and CHANCE HIS
MIND" Mr.. Ghulson informed the
president that Mr. Fisk had determined
10 oppose the war measures. In the
space Of 4 days afterwards, 1.-The president
did nominate The said JAMES FISK to
the Office Of" JUDGE IN HE IN
DIANA TERRITORY - Ihe sen
ate confirmed the nomination, and sir.
Fisk was, at once a warm, fxed, and
boIsteIOa advocate Tor war. We give
this TO the publick on the authority Of
member OF congress, who heard the de-
ciIrltion Of FISK, and knows the other
Circumstance above related to be fact
that Fisk an obscure man from the
state OF Vermont, is now Judge in the
Indiana Territory BY commission, is 1
fact ! and we advise the Vermonters s 1
all other citizens Of America, before
they give implicit faith % their misrep
resentatives, to inquire what Office they
hold under Mr.. Madison This may
serve better 70 account for the blind *
persecut z, al ofDr Shaw, David Rob
inson s other men Of similar Ulrtue,"
than all the loglck il the world
Ifa Judge8Ah in Indiana territory
convinced Mr. Fisk Of the propriety and
necessity Of the war-WelI--Le A5Rl sap
hort Il. But 7yha, 20 the PEOPLE get By
4 !? Ihey get the sorry comfort Of being
roundly tared-towards paying his sal
AIRY Ii that be a privilege, then leu
them support the war, Is wei as MIR.
Eisk-Certainiy
But it is said, Mr. FISK does no. &C
ceht-It may be so-We snall know
byuer about that, after The Vermont
Cong e,siJh.l election.
There is 10 doubt, but Mr. Fisk
would prefer seat in Congress, 10 a
bench on jhe Wabash Ills safer fight
ing the British at Washington, than the
Indians At lippecanoe.
1t Is Certainly painful to suppose that
MIR Fisk support Of the war shodld
proceed from an office But, If we look
around US, W. shall iu1 JhAt is eading
advocates are o6ice.hcIders-men, whose
political CONSEQUENCE depends on us
continuance, and who a Ju4ly groTy.
ing rich by lt-let the p~ople, At large,
be tax d s impoverished ever so much.
Now these office holders may be as good
as other men. But they are mere hssh
and blood they love their own inte-
rests, q we'll as others; and easily i'm