Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1813-12-06

men Would do well to follow and
as to Farmers honelty, as he has no
iateref in the sisfortnnef of his Coan-
try, bat both his farm and his labour
mutt rife, ftand and fall, with the
PROPERTY Of The nation, he is much
more fit councillor in times of peril
and adverfty, than folders or other
military mcmillan army contractors,
public officers, and the thoufand oth-
er leeches who feed upon the blood
of the Nation, when IL is once let
flowing by War
| intend to give my opinions to
my Fellow Citizens and Fellow.Sut
fcrers, Oh the lubject mott intimately
connected with the prelent unhappy
condition Of our beloved Country-l
mean the War. As age has iefved
to cool my palIions, 70 hope expo
rience, It's offspring, has enlightened
my understanding. While l intend
that my remarks fhall be plain and
clear, | mean alto to be cool and
ielf collected. Therefore give warn.
ing beforehand, to every man who
10 warm, obltioate, pallionatc parti
Ian. whether he calls himself FED.
eraliit or Democrat, or Republican,
Il don't care for nannes) to every
man who wants an Office more than
he wants Peace and PROPERTY, that
he had better lay Aide my addretes
he will find nothing in them to
fuit him. | write to the moderate,
the dilraiIionate, the Honeit OF al
parties.
The /ugect If this HDDR ESS is,
WHY ARE WE AT WAR 7
This is a queltion which | am
often asked by my neighbours, aud
they think becauie take the news
papers, and read good deal and be
caale | have been Delegate to the
General nfiembly four or five years,
l mutt know Now | have no objec
ton TO letting amy body hear or fee
what | do know about it, aud though
it may NOT be new to many it may be
to fame.
Always think it a bad fgn Of
mans honeity when i hnd him
Hitting his ground of argument or
complaint AeaInlt his neighbour.
Before the war began, after the fet,le.
ment of that Old affair Of the Cheia.
peake, | never uitd to hear of any
thing but the Brityb Drdt'S in Ccmeil,
as the grand cauie OF complaint. |
remember well, wh.n MIR Madilon
made iettiement with the Britilh
Miniiter Erskine, there was not a
word laid about AIRY complaint but
the O,ders in Council and | recol
lect itl.i later than that, Mr.. Monroe,
our Secretary, by order OF Mr.. Mad
lion, told Mir. Foiter, the very lsit
Bri.iih miuiiter who was here, tina;
If Gfeal Britain would repeal her Or
de,s in Conani, ihe ihould have as
FULL and pee hade as lhe ever had.
Now, my brother Farmers, why
ihould We change our language III.
is now faid we are at War on ac-
Count OF the impreDment sf our Seamn.
The Drltiih repealed their Orders
in Council ixteen morths ago.
ak, whether tn, practice # imprefs
ing Brltih leamen oat of cur veileis.
is not as old as the French war
am toid-yes. ak again, were
not as many INTAKES committed 20
yea,5 ago III taking iome few hmeri-
cans initead OF Ensliihmen as there
have been of hte' nave been told
many mare. ask farther, did not
Mr. Foiter, the Britih anilter lairly
offer, If any real Americans had been
taken by eft 'ke, 10 Get them clear
AND let them at Liberty, if our gov
eminent WOMB give nm lit OF
them Z his rldd n The National
iutel'igeDoer, pubhibrd Il " alhing-
ton, ahd which Is conn cred tia GOV
eroment paper LEI 10 li,iie IA real
ity I'D Nh. Aladiion OF MIR Monroe
care about theIc Americans, who
they lay arc 10 numerous, and about