Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1813-11-29


! injuttice of the Brltiih government.
on the one hand or to the weak
nefs, the folly OF wickedneis ct our
own on the other, as their immedl
ate caufe, for even the injuitice and
! injuries fdffered from other nations,
and alfo the curie of having weak,
/ fooliih CT wicked rulers, when IT hap
| pens 10 be the cafe, are themielves
| judgments inflicted upon people as
a pun ihment for ,heir fins.
The Supreme Being, in his vile
Providence, hath made it his conitant
rule to puniih national crimes by ma
tional affections. The political ex
itence of nations is confined to this
world, and in this world he always
chattiles them for their national guilt,
and fometimes utterly deitroys them
War, fam ne and peitilcnce are
the three fcourges mott uiually
dopted by him wherew'h to avenge
himielf on nations who have tram
pie d his mercies under their feet, aud
iniulted hio juitice. Oi thefe, war is
the mott bitter and ieveie, -he mott
to be deprecated, as, beiide lis own
appropriate evils, it is frequentIy pr
duttive OF both the others. tlknce
and iamln b. iide whlcn nothing
car be more fertIie In dihoiu enc, *
corruption Of the morals of peop,e,
nothing 70 productive OF ne. aud ad-
dltionai fcenes of wee aud thus war
conltantIy furnilEes additional lup
plies to lhoie very lources from which
it hrlt originated
" And as war is oEs of the great
eft Ca amiries by which an a engi &
God can in his wrath puniih mankind,
10 can no guilt be more aggravated OF
incapable, than the gilt OF the man,
who without juititable caufe, pun
gcs nation Iato War such a man
is accountable 70 his God tor all the
diitreis and milery, 9th public and
private, which ihall flow therefrom.
In the fight Of .leaven he will be
viewed as the wiliul aud deliberate
murderer of every Individual. who
loies his lie III Its p'oieCutlon ; and
his foul is fained by every drop of
blood which ihal be fpilled thereby !;
itaIns which mutt be waihed out IN
tins world by tears OF the deepet aud
mott bter con'ritisn, or will be pun
ilhed in another b the hotteit fire Of
dryine Indignation
The Les'nei Judge here cites the au horily
of 81 Jsme TO he O .igin IF wais ia the wick
eoEei, u men, n confirmation of his own ar
gumen,. that The cAaml ,es we now iuifer
proceed from aud are the jun punlihmen Of
our wickedneis as people" from .hch, IN
orde- 70 al AIlevIation Of hem lie argue the
peceih - geuerai reformation ~ cur
1--we 10y turn,ng from iu ugh enuine,-a
reformation which can On y Sc hrousht shou
by he fefo ma ION of m v,4uas And he
concludes his par Of h,. ia ! with he fol
loving ampreihve p.flse.
=" Whoever would with 10 fee this
war, with which We are row afflicted
by an ayenging God terminated by
an houooraDie peace or Il that can
not be ob,ained, that Heaven may
imIIe upon our arms, in ITS fu'ther
prolecutlon let them clean their
hands from all iriquity, and purify
their hearts from ali pollution let
them humble themfclves b. fo,e the
Lord Jet them oeai. to do evil, and
learn to do woll They, who thus
act, wha,ever may be the boating o.
etheIS will prove thenic YES the pur-
tn patriots aud hncereit ftlencs OF
their country while on the contra
ry thEv who cOntnae IL Their vicious
puriui5; who 70 on alding r. 10
fin, with greedineis who indulge
;hemielves III The gratlucatlon OF all
their unruly paillous, whatever may
be their projections, are its greatoit
enemies and as far as in them ,its
,hey infure the dllgrace and diIcom
fiture OF our armies, while they ihdr-
pen the fwords and itreng,hen Tbs
hands cf our en- mes, And Of al
luch perions it NY inoeed be with
great ruth laid, they arc guilty. d
muM heajon."
| The Pbiiadebbia True Imnican q
Csmm,ciai .rdVertijcy, will, after the
commencemcnt OF the approaching