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

70 IRE FREENEN or hassaehasesIs.
Fellow -CITIzENs-Another year
of the triumph of Democracy in our
State has rolled away, and we are once
more brought to the opening Of the e
lectioneering campaign. And now
suffer me to ask, shall the base slaves
ofparty still hold the reigns of govern.
ment in old Massachusetts Shall the
Chair of State once bonored by being fill
led by Hancock, a Bowdoin, aud a
Sumner, be any longer disgraced by a
man whose baseness wouli render him
odious even in private life, and whose
Indifferent spirit is almost without
bounds. To expose the full measure
OF wiCkedness that has been pracused
BY the majority in the Legislature, hea-
ded by Gov. Gerry and his council
would require volume. Let the can.
did, well meaning man of either party
examine coolly the measures pursued
the year past, and he must be convin-
ced ofthe desperate lengths to which
men will so who /" feel power and for.
got right" The revolutions made in
the Courts of Sessions and Common.
pleas, the displacing ofold and the ap
pointment OF new Sheriffs, evidently
with view to get rid Of federal men,
and find places for their own creatures
the barefaced iniquity displayed in
districting the State for the choice of
Sena:ors-these are some of the most
prominent features of the reign of ty-
ranny in this State. These wicked
schemes have mostly been laid before
the public, and will, trust, have their
due weight the approaching election
on the minds of enlightened freemen.
There is one fact however, which do
not recolleCt 10 have seen noticed by a.
ny writer in this quarter. Much clam
or has heretofore been made by Demo
Gratis concerning the expense attending
the old Court Of Sessions as it stood
connected with the Court Of Common
pleas, because all the Justices in the
County were permitted to attend, and
paid accordingly. The plea OF econo-
mixing was urged as a reason why
new Court should be established, and
The business transacted by few Justi-
ces selected from the many who would
attend the old Court. This was spe
cious, and people thought that ifthree.
or at most, five men could DO as well as
thirty, 1t would undoubtedly be vast
saving TO the county. Now hear facts
Formerly the Justices who attended,
the Court were paid for two DAYS only
at one dollar for each day. This sum
was SO small that not more than ten or
nlteen Justices would ever attend, 81
mat the whole expense would seldom
exceed thirty dollars a term. AL this
winters session our democratic Cen.
eral Court have dccreed'' that each Of
the new Justices of the Sessions (wbo.
by the way, are all democrats) shall be
allowed live dollars day, without the
least Limitation 10 their time Of sitting.
ny this true Jacobinical vancouver the
people VIII, at moderate calculation.
oe feeced OF nearly double the sum
they had formerly to pay.
tellow-Citizens, these are facts
nese are truths which no democrat
Wlii have the hardihood to deny How
long then will you suffer vour deares,
rights TO be thus invaded? Awakr.
fellow-citlzens, from your unhallowed
slumoers. In the digni6ed LANGUAGE
81 tFeemen, assert your liberties, boueb,
with the blood OF your fathers. Lei ne
on the hrst Monday in April meet
those whose men and measures have
destroyed our commerce, impoverished
our country, plunged Us into debt, cor
lupted our citizens, vitiated our morals, (
and done every thing in their power to /
Z weaken the bonds Of our union, and
driVe Us to a civil war. say, lei usl
ilcet ihsm with q cool and determineai
oPposHlon' and let them see thar fhr
spirit which actuattd The .rroes IL The
revolution, Is still alive in the bosoms ori
their sons. -
Let them ssiil remember whose laws bi,d
the ocean,
oor hearts are re hold daring hearts Of our