Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1813-08-02

OaN dAb tiOAh - p" "a WhNhAA obA WV
in in It's commencement, aud nn {,
wife'y protraesed. In The latter case
| bow to the conititurional claims Of
my country. however indi.ereetly
that conltiiutlonal power may have
been exeroiisd
L and my party are traitors, we
are 70 conltilutionaIly, and not only
conltitutionally, bat we are fsaifstt,
IN obeying the commands Of God 81
the precep,s of Chriftianity. olrange
moral;,y-itranse treafon Wha,ev
er affltttions l may be called TO
iufIer in this worry, pray heaven |
never may be curie6 by union to a
party who are governed by iuch a let
of principles as theie.
But, who are the men, that the
hon. gentleman would call moral
traitors They are the fons of thole
fathers, who hrf planted the tree Of
liberty in the American foil. They
are the brave men who, while con
tending for independence braved the
confetti by the Gde of W Warrington,
the men of The ealtwn aud northern
itaies. The very men whom w ASH
INGToN hoDored, and WASHINGTON
loved, are in this enlig atened age
branded with the odious names OF
traitors and tories.--l dc rot with TO
make dlltin6tions among he ltates,
it Is unnecedary for my as.ument, &
unpleafant but | am warranted in
laying, II ,hoie which are the friends
of he prefent war, bravery iehited
Britiih oppref Zion, thy did no more
than thofe who are in p / cipie oP
poled TO the war and fl, 4 will
fay, that the principles which are EN-
braced by the party 10 long and 10
cruelty faudered, are the fame pure,
found. orthodox, wing principles
which 70 much diitinguiihed the pa'
riots OF fcventy iiss And, iir, thould
thoie men, like their fathers, ever
be called TO defend their liberties a.
CAN'T an enemy, from whatever p.rr
OF the world 1t may come, that enemy
will learn 10y experience, that the
fous as we'll as their tires, are neither
TO be awed by threats nor iubducd
by force lnst =" liberty " death
is the Ealtern motto and to craze
tina: motto belongs not TO their Ram
dersrs, wherever they may live
Sir, having difpoied Of the gentle
mans moral treaion, let rs inquire
from whence has the money come
which has been loaned to the govern
ment to carry on this war ? Viii
the gentleman venture to fay, that IT
has been eacluigeiy drawn from he
pockets of men Of MS own parry 7
Will he deny tina, the taiits
own the principal part Of the flock,
of the two lalt loans ? | refer
the honorable gentleman to, the
books, and l thipk he viii be faiish-
ed, that his own patriotic friends,
have not furni4ed the government
with all the n-oney that has been
loaned for this war but that feder-
alias, have furnifked, to FAY the leait,
the greatelt part of ii. 1.-THE honor
able gentleman lhould fearch, it ieems
to me-, he will find moft treslona-
bic blank near the name of his own
loyal aate, for if my recollection
does not much deceive me-, the
government have been fed with
empty projections, initead of the
more fold and ufeful tokens of aifeo.
ton, from certain weitern fiction
OF the Union.
Sir, in making this (tatement, !
with to be di!tin6tly underitood, as
beitowing no commcndatioh upon
federaliits, who have la5oured in this
governmental fhaying mill corider
they have acted incorrettly-at war
with their own principles. For ii
cannot, nor need not be offended,
that the federaliits are universally OPP
po.ed to the war, they deem it an un-
Juliitabie and ruinous one, that 1t has
been haiched in the fermeDted hot
bed of party prejudice. The man
therefore, who holds fuch language
and entertaips fuch opinions, and
will to crafty his avarice, lend his