Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1812-04-27

TOR TAE GAZETTE

Mr.. PRINTER-Some of my neigh
bors ard don't know what to make OF
this new Embarso-We heard ont just
before election day Tor Governor bit
the folks told US it was federal tick 10
get votes for Strong, and We believed
it but begin 10 think that some peo-
pie that's in office have been 4 running
upon US The Argus print always
tells Us, that The English would take
our vessels, md press our sailors, and
impose upon our merchants and cheat
'eru-and now the folks that told us that
the embargo was federal uIck, say it's
all true, and that if We don't have one,
the English will take ali the ships we
got, press all the sailors aboard their
trigates 10 fight ard plumber us.-We
didn't know much about il, but Wa
thought twas al true, for We had read
it in the prints hundred times but
thinks I 10 myself ! don't believe but
what we've been in the wrong box all
this while for neighbor W-has
lust come from the Westward, and he
says that 50 soon as was the news come
on 10 Boston, that the embargo was a
Matching in Congress, they went TO
work ike all nature night and day, and
loaded every vessel they could, and that
the republicans went TO work faster than
any OH 'em, and gottheir vessels away
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from all qu1rteIs to get away from the
embargo. Now Sir how can all this be
Il wish you would tell US, don't like
TO write 10 the Argus printer because
Pm little jealous he has been upon the
wrong scunl all along.
they tell me too, that the folks in
town got off al the vessels they could,
and that election morning some Of the
top republicans in Portland got away
their vessels in harry and that the sal.
lors were SO eager to so, that they hard
" minded chest and bedding-Now if
SO be that the republicans think the En-
glish will pluudul 'em, and take :heir
vessels, and if the sailors are afraid of
being pressed, what in nature do they
20 night mo the way ont tor-For my
part, don't see the reason OF this, GER
tain. And Pm jealous we ant been told
the truth about lt-and il don't look des-
pc ate rational that Congress should
think and say that for fear the mer-
chants should De cheated, and tor fear
The sailors should be pressed, they lay
on ar embargo when the meI chants
and sailors ant afraid at all. I've read in
book, that actions speak louder than
words, and | always believed twas true
how it seems BY the actions Of cur
merchants and sailors hat This gerry en-
barge is the only thing thar tIfghtens 'e,n.
And congress say it was intended for
their good Don't they know what will
do 'em good, or do Congress know
something about it, that they don't tell
US Ii stands 10 reason that we should
know, and | don't think we ought to be
kept in the dark ABOUT it.-Besidu5, /
don't know what to make 'ont for ali the
merchants and traders say they caut go
10 France without losing all the cargo
in duties and charges, and sometimes
they do make good voyages to English
pOrIs, and ;hey must know certain what
is for their interest-besldes ant we
heard right from Congress, that cargoes
sent 10 France instead OF bringing any
thing back don't bring home nothing,
and leave the owners in debit want
to know how this is, and SO do seYei al
cf my neighbors. don't see how the