Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1813-04-05

before the oath OF oh was administered
il Is not of course 81 ct . It's sshc ION
,ya It its construetiohIh the court on con
sc.eoee may be. is nDlar us 10 decide-&
We shall only fectte fi'e hfst sentence of
the address, wnich 'eias the distinction We
have Leie tsken
About TO add theloiemnity OF an oath
30 the obligations IN ssra ny second call
"a The station, in VIZ q, c1untfy here
before Dlaced me. the pre- sence OF
Ibis respects able sss ~ opportunity OF
,sl5iciv -. ca.ia.s. = ,sfssg,eslsgs Errsn -
distngu shed a CONFIDENCE, aud OF the re-
'ponsbilny united with H."
The responsibility, here referred to,
must certainly include strict observance
of truth in all that should pc said or written
BIZ The Chief Magistrate 10 ascertain how
far it WAS fulfilled, or deprted from, in the
very moment Of uttering tie declaration, we
proceed To enquire Whether there existed
even the colour Of rmh 10 asserting, that
ageneral prosperity IS vi6le IN The public
coanfeaaace
Where is this general prosperity 10 be
found Is IL seen III the foisaken and un
cultivated farm, whose owner. his sons aud
servants have been summAed 10 The Fl Id of
slaughter
Is ii seen in the desered village. whose
helpless inhabitants have ted from The hatch
ef and the knife, those muKefous weapons 80
adfoily welded, as rofa and figures, by
our warlike Presid ut
Is j. seen in tie decay dour shipping, the
deseriion OF our hsfbaus, lhe loss of our
fisheries, and the exlin,ton of our com
merCe
Is ii found in the decline of public ere.
dit, as witnessed by the silIre OF loans, or
as attested blythe fall of he public stocks
Is it found in the bankruptcy aud tuln,
which have been consequent on the suspen
SION of labor aud professional PURSUITS or
is il manifested in The mutt lying claims OF
the poor, who have been dIren by resIric.
tive laws, from the exeroie OF an honest IN
dustry, TO reliance, tor he support OF their
families, on The bounty OF dhsrsl
Is tue alarm, which IS at this moment
spread, from New.YOrk loSew. Orleans, for
the ssfety of our cities snt towns, al evi.
dence of this genera! prospeiy
Is The removal Of the money from Banks,
in places approachable by water, or the
dread, which is driving bnilies from their
homes on the sea.ooast, any frooi OF the
yeraci'y of bis insulting assertion
Ii to each, aud all 1t thefe solemn enqu..
ries, the answer 10 direct anal self evident
contra6iet,en ~ MA d.-sas- a. -..-'s'-s@1
that general o'osperf;5 u sisibis - fhe paS
iie cs4afenaeee, how de yaprsnie must The sit.
uA,ion OF our country ,e, IN. whatever re.
lates to the public wsbsre, as connected
with a reliance on hls va Ia or his tsients 10
change this scene of II .iond ealamity--or
what consolation will itne. aBuI the gener
a! suffering. sodieh Is botbeeH aHa fe,t, TO learn
that his Frenehlhed va, hls Montpet'e,,'
lies beyond lie reach o shells and rockets,
and that the conclusion bc drawn from
his WHOLE conduct, Throughout the reyolu
tionsry war, waen III IL flower oil his age.
gives assurance that nlther toll nor dan
ger can overtake him ! the field
Severe rs thes truth may seem they are
suthorised-' Injury my be a,oned, but in
sui admits of no comensstion > and Mr.
Ma 1ison should have rtollec cd, Tia every
parent, and every lShofer in the United
States has dearer intgest in their tran.
guilty than himself or he is q stranger
10 the tender soliciude Of The one, or The
painful priva,ions of TIN other, consequent
on the perils Of war, nd loss of employ.
ment.- Rilaa Pol.hcd Regtser.