Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1813-03-29

induced to draw this concluhon from
the artful N. B, which was place. at
the bottom at Col. M'Comb's letter,
which itated " there was very little
public property at Ogdeniburg
| And do you think the people will
believe that eleven pieces of cannon,
about fAoo ia nds of arms, with ac-
cutrements complete, 900 new tents,
a vait quantity of ammunition and
camp equipage, together with great
quantity OF beef, pork, flour, &c IS a
trihe You are miltaken, l preiume
they will view it as they ought to,
very ferrous lofs and produced from
want of that force, which were
kept TO do nothing in the barracks,
a Greenbuih. | mutt confeis was
rurprifed when read the N. B. and
more particularly f., when faw the
printers more, that you had feat 1t to
the Office.
AS Commander in Chief, you GER
tainly ought to have known what pub
lie property there was at Ogdens-
bureh, if Gen Brown tells the truth
you certainly did know | ALTO do
know, Col Benedict, went to Albany
about weeks ago, for the expreis
purpole of representing to you, the
ind equacy of the force here, for the
protection Of the Wait amount OF
public property at this place IT he
has neglected to perform the only os-
tcnGble bulineis he had with you, 1t
is for you to call him to an account
ihal cIof: this note by alking I'm
gle queltiop, AID adding few re
marks. What ere your motives,
and what did you mean to iniilnuate,
wheE You ordered your Secretary,
Z" pat down upon thofe papers, Mr.
Pariih's and Judge Ford's property
were MOI touched ?"-I think con
ceive the motive and pray you
dilinfty to undeltand, that 1 have a
foverei6n contempt for this flde way
inlinua ion. uult have maintain
ed through life character, which
will NOT fuller in companion with
your own, and one which is not to
be run down, by pitliuI crew OF OF
fee holders and office ieekers, who
whine and baik in the lunihine of
Prelidential favor am not unac
qualn,ed with the flanders put IN
circulation by party, who are yelp-
ing the tale epithet Tory'-I know
it is expected by keeping ahoat,
this contemplate fang, the public
mind is TO be diverted from noticing
the national degradation, into which
NY 5Is RHnsGf Sd0 55SaSHs the ' "sss
Icare not who knows that was OPP
pofed to ihedding one drop Of native
American blood. to protect upon The
high ieas) the renegadoeS OF any ma
tion. II is matter of pride and conio-
lalion, TO find the great majority Of
the people Of the four N e. states, s.
of this otate holding Ike fentiment
1T is to thofe Safes | look for the
protection of my right, and no: to
The fave States TO what cline has
our anceaors flown /? Is it to the
wiIds of Africa : And, is from
thence, population is to be drawn,
and to be tranipianted into iouth-
ern fun, for The purPofe of giving
law to the free born sons of the
North aad EAT ? Heaven forbid,
and blot from remembrance 70 foul
nander. thank God, we yet live in
a land of freedom, where every citi
zen enjoys the right of fpeech and of
the preiS, notwititanding the pans
which have been taken TO deitroy
both. AS there is N b affixed 10
the bottom of Col McComos' letter,
telling the people they had loft very
little, will take the liberty of put
ting N. B, TO my note, telling the
people what 1 have lott
N. FORD.
N. 3. The old bar acks were my
property. and to accommodate Capt
Foviyth, AID his company, ! conten.
ted 10 rent them, and for which the
quarter.mater wi h me concurrence
of Gen. Brown, agreed to pay me at
the rate of 315 dollars per year, this
rent at : per cent. gives a capstal of