Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1813-03-22


oil WI, from our merchant vessels, aud
is tlw IS willing To restore any Amer
lean citizens, whom her off, may
have impressed And that cur nation
al Government, instead of publishing
such hlse and deceptive statements OF
the violation OF sailors rights, would
render them a more acceptable service
by restoring To them their natural
rights OF navigating the ocean, OF which
they have been deprived by CONNER
cial restrictions aud embargoes
Resolved That We do not discern IN
the conduct and policy of those, whom
our national Rulers have declared our
enemies in exempting part oil our
country from some of the calaml'ies oil
war and in afiordlng to Its oiuzens
few of the blessings of commerce, OF
which our rulers seem deslrous 10 de
Drive them, any thing not naturally re-
sul,inp from a state of hostilities orig
mating Oh the part OF our government
Yet the President of the United States
in his late message, affects To sec there
in ga system equally distinguished by
the deiormiiy oil It's features and the de.
pravity ofits character; having Tor Its
object to dissolve the ties OF allegiance
and the sentiments of Loyalty in the ad
yersary natisn, and to seduce and sep
crate It's component parts the one tom
the other AID he says all this at a
time when he is striving by every art &
Intrigue, to seperate the Canadls and
orc of the Flori1as, component parts OF
the Bcilish and Spanish nations from
the mother countries, and 10 reduce
their re specti,e colonial subjects from
their true allegiance, and to induce the
sailors of & reat.B itaIn TO bring thei'
ships If war into our ports OF to destroy
them in any manner in their powet
The President pretends further 10 see
therein an insulting attempt on the VIZ
tue the honor, the PATRIOTISM, and The
fidelity of our b ethen Las he is plcdstd
to serve his turn TO call us] OF tine east.
ern states :" We do hope and believe
that our citizens possess these quail
ties in an eminent degree but their
virtue is not OF that easy kind. Tat 1t
can be seduced by the Establishments
of their enemies, at Washington, Lon
don, or Paris honor, pauiotism, and
fidelity are domestic products OF our
soil, we shall not make traffic OF the m
by em5arkirg them in foreign bottoms,
or by selling them at Washington
whatever the demand may be tor them
and as To our attachment to 5 our hap
DIV constitution" none but our enemies
ever doubt, d it, and nothing but tyran
nv and oppression will ever dissolve 1t
And We now take the liberty distinctly
10 state TO Mr. Madison, that we ieel no
desire 10 be butchered, nor have our
houses laid in ashes in his ruinous war:
and we humbly pray that those only
may fall them, if any more must be Sd
era6ced (which We should regret who
first declared and now uphold II. here
would be few vars, 1t those who del re
them were compelled 10 fight the bat.
ties
Resolved | hat we highly approve
OF he nomination of his EXcelltncy,
[ tI.EB RoNCr for Governor, and
Of / is Honor, W lL-IAM PHILLIPS,
for Lieutenant Governor that the safe
~ 81 his Commonwealth and the hap
plncss oil its cllizt Us, require then re-
election and that We will most cordl
ally uni,r our exeriioDs with those Of
our fellow citizens to effect 1t.
Re85lUed-- hat we consider JO-
SFPH LlLAND y y ALUM NOR
RILL. Fsqrs. suitable pe' sons Tor Sen
ators for this district, and that We nomi-
nate and recommend them 10 our tel
Tow citiz, rs, as candidates accordingly
and lha. we will employ oil honola-
Die and correct means 10 carry their e
lection. And we call upon all
honest, independent mtn, the trends oil
peace and free commerce, wit on dis
iin,tion oil pariies as they value their
own prosperity and hat OF their coun-
try, to unite with us in support of the
foregoing nominations
ReSofued-- That the proceedings OF
this meeting signed by the Chan man *
Secretary be published in the Weekly
yisi,er, Portsmouth Oracle and Port
land Gazette; Is a pledge to our fellow
citizrns that we will do our duty, and to
the world, OF our adherence OF the
present war
FELLOW CT7IZENS,
We will not detein YOU by long