Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1814-10-17

dreadful mischiets oil his w.r !! or are we
not bafl1ed ard d'shonoured by the miscun
duct OF the men who govern and command!
BY those men who are calling on us even
yet, to support them and their measures !!
Have we established sailors righs, OF any
right-or has it ever BEEN nade known
| what We are fighting for On the contrary,
are we not now merely scrambling tor our
lives and fresides, and ID the Wonderful
providence OF God, left alone on the theatre
Of the world, abandoned OF every nation, and
| contending with, or rather trusting To the
mercy nd maenanimi'y OF the nation we
altaek ed, invaded and meant, with The aid
OF the tyrant, to destroy,
Fellow Citizens, We Cease this catalogue
Of public woes-of SO mary dreadui evils
brought on as b. men WHO were toanend
and improve our condition men who
scofned the false and prosperous polio, OF
Washingion aud his friends and promIs
ed to the people tina, tn y should be without
wars, taxes, navies, armies, public debts,
looms, and numerous Off ers OF government
Instead OF which, they have done nothing
else but create and incrs ase all these evils
We cease TO speak of this long course of
downward and destructive government
But shall we inttrpose 10 remedy Ar
such men and measures onger to be upheid!
Surely it is time TO hink of a remedy and
what other presents itself, what other ought
we to take, bu' TO make a general anG
borough change
All goverum~ nts, at times, are forced to
ka,,n nj, n
by their faults nd continuance.
What Cause Of complaints to be compar
ed with hose we have enumerated, induced
US 20 raise these men into power. who COM
plsined and promised so much and to put
those ont Of power who under Washington
had m. de- us great ard prosperous
/, IS full time Tor people who have so
patiently endured such evils, and desire at
length 20 escape flom them, to put their al
{ IRIS in other hands Let US, fellow citi-
zens, endea, our TO get back to Peace, and
10 the Washington policy.
Even should forced peace on paper be
announced, let us toke case to malntain aud
improve il, by placing in every department,
q the general and state governments, the
Friends OF Peace.
The men in power have forfeited all con
fdenoe. They found us in peace aud pros
petty their couise wss 10 eiold the,
have insol.ed us Ia d,sunlon and POVERTY.
Should this dc sdful conles, unhap?iy be
con inued, can this naiion longer trust her
honour, safety, and existence, in such Tee
bic hands Our greatest enemies could
not have devised plans more injurious to
American interests
VI hrther We have war or peace, let US
restore 10 our councils the experience, tie
wisdom, and the policy, which exalted our
nation to sucn exalted greatness.
We beseech you, fellow citizens, to lay
aside NEE patty attachments, and look at
the state OF the country Reflect thai suci
con,inu, d and great evils could not come
on us but by the most egregious folly and
mlsrule Indeed, the p,th OF wisdom and
security seemed plain. Let thorough
change be'made fear not that it can be
worse for us The friends Of W ashington
aud Peace will not belray nor desert thei,
country Give tbem the means oil dntct
ing and aiding il, by your suilrages, and
they VIII not disappoln your hopes,
Is here a single man in the Dstrio, Of Maine
of candour, whatever party name he may rs
sumo, the least acquainted wih the course Of
policy pursued by Mr.. Madison and his psr,iz'n.,
that will deny the truth Of the foregoing state.
ment. Deplorsbie as The $, us,ion o. the coul
try is. and great as the sufierings of the cure
are. still Ihey but he drop of the tuck I
campa.ed 20 what they will be, if she men n W
IN power, those If similar political principle les,
are con inued in power.
Nowishst sndins the country has been broughi
T. the bi,nk OF ruin b, lie leaders OF democracy,
there are thousands of the "fsvored few" of the
parry who have aud sill making their for
tunes on the ruin of the country. These polili-
csl vultures on the body polite will nominate
men who are pledged and welded TO the meas
ures Of the Cabinet. Their pride, their pos.
sessions, and what is more, self interest rtndei
them blind and deaf TO the calsmiies they hs'e
brough, and are still bringing upon the country,
Look Ut this town, -lmost every man in 1t, 81
any cons equeRoe and who has been spoke ~
NJ. Mad on. wheel, is rewarded with flee s
s.lsry. ID e. the Collector of the Land Tax,