Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1812-03-30
~ SOLEMN TRUTHS.

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which the democrats adept in hoppe of lucceedinl
in the approaching eitttion no falfthoods ar
TOO glaring-no meanneis too contemplate TO
their purpo.e but lis hoped and confidently be
Iieved that the fpirt Of the People is it ufcicn
70 refn the dtlufioi of the day-if It's NOT, W.
| may soon expect the arrival of that day when oul
rights and Liberties will be committed to fome ruth
efs tyraHt fore fate Keeping The writer Of this
article will rot deal IN farCafm and bitterness; h'
will not asperGc private reputation, or indulge
! himfelf IN rpoIt and rIdiCule.--He has feelings
| md Fears of his own which lead him in diheren
directions they lead him to lament the deprayity
! of the times and the itrange infatuaticn which
blinds too many of his Fellow citizens-He beg;
the readers attention to the following TRUTHS
their importance demands his attention. and thai
attention will not be befowed III vain if he vii
! duly Ultimate the prefent criGs of our affairs
| The Gazettes have difclofed to the people the IN
| enampLed ttrldeS which our Rulers have taken II
the courie of the laft year whereby the face O.
things is changed in MahaChuietts-they have
| witnefled the deitru6tien Of antient effabihment
the removal of antient land marks-thcy have
ieen men of age and worth and patriotilm hurled
from Office and deprived Of their all to crafty the
genera! malgnitF Of the party or the infatiate am
bition or appetite Of fome ubfart o. hungry can
d,date.-They have witneAed the defcncelcfs fate
Of our common Country and the the childiih or
wicked mealures which have been adopted-they
have (een our Commerce waiting away and our
tyeafuy embtied--all thefe melancholy objects
have been 70 long before your eyes, that they
have almoft ceated to weep Che fcenes have b~-
come 70 familiar, they look On then with kind
of ftupid wonder or lifIefs uiSQncern: But other
and more rrcent eUit are now 6yqiag upon U.s.
New Calamities are threatening No dltrchcs
await us. nay, they ever at cur doors.
But waving an enumeration of thefe evils,
look az the means ufed to excite your jealoufeS
| and alarm your fears, 10 inform you as'na your
neIghbors and potion thu fource5 as~y~s as the
firearms of focal haPpincls. Read the documents
refP citing the famous HENRY PLOT, and then lay
where is the evidence that can fully the purify OF
| the federal character la the itapors, this idle
tale has loft its reputation, it was born and died
in day. BuAtho you may defpife the meanngI
which gave it birth, you ought alto to conGdel
ths 1u'ckeAqGf which till pufhes forward the de-
crption in the interior towns LAX at the yta67f.
Mr. Madfon, Itis not denied even in tht
Chronicle) has given fpy and renegade
ID. 10000 for ditclOfng his own wills PRACTICES
and Mr.. Gerry, the Governour of this great anc
Respectable Commonwealth, by his letter Of tht
18th Of ian. latt recommended this fame Britib b
TO the good graces Of the PRECEDENT, thusis vii
lain rewarded for his faithful iervices
Henry Jays in his letter Of the 9Th OF March
Z" tie Legislature qvWdclare i.jf5f ternlansrt until
ne1U election fmember5." The fact is the Gener
al Court roie on the 4th of March. Does no
this look like forgery? or how can it be reConcile(
to common ienfe Why has this fpy been fufFer
ed to depart in peace Why was the fecret KEEP
70 long by the Prefdent? the anfwer is teyfectl
PLAIN 1t was delivered to Congrefs in this impo
ding manner, merely that it might ring thro' Mai
fachuietts and produce an instantaneous effect OF
the elections, before the lubjcct could be exarDin
ed and the folly, duplcity and intrigue of Nh
Madlfon and Mr.. Gerry be dncovered alas Ii
all IN vain; the eyes of the people are fait open
ing and the ghsis breaking III from every quarter
Iut, as the Henry plot has turned to fmokc,
new one Is diicovered. Yes mott infamou
attempt The Plantations of the villain at HayeI
hill deierve the feverett reprehcnion Look
the naked tact as Pu5ihed fact which eve
the Chronicle 7vN nat and Dies nat deny; an
dlre5 nat pu6llth /; fCoundrel in Havcrhill is III
ged by fer OF Democrats TO charge CAL PicketiHl
as Traitor to his Country !; this is reduced
writing this he Ggns in this writing he dt
clares thar he iaw the CORRESPONDENCE betwee
Col. Pickering and certain Englifhman at ca,
bee. The wretch is puIfued, arrefted, examine
before magittratc in Salem; in grounded alien
bly, csEeyeS BIS GUN crime and the crime Q tbsE Be
iN5 who procured the alb 9minabe charge; an
ne is now III priion, and is to take his trial bsfo
the Supreme Judicial Court Lies and Fraud
this aToclous nature houd teach the people
beware, and not toput their trult in the unprinc
pied and abandoned. AN AMERICAN