Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1814-06-13

At the lat felton, of the Legislature,
this act was in full operation. A meafure
of zach character could not fail of in
Family exciting the attention of the guar
dams of the peoples rights, even if their
vigilance had not been awakened ard
their interpoGtion demanded by the nu.
merous memoir ais of their conitituents.
so iminent was the danger to the liberties
and intereits of the people, that the right
and even the duty of the Legislature to
provide for their relief and fccurity. was
no longer queftion. Itremained only to
inquire as point of expediency into the
time and mode, in which fuch relief
fhould be afforded. after great delibcra.
ton, aware of the danger of rafh councils
and precipitate mealures, they contentsd
themfelves with adopting and FULFILLING
report recitipg the wrongs and injuries
of their conitituents, the invaluable rights
aud privileges which from the infancy Of
their commonwealth they had invariably
enjoyed, and IT'LL ought to enjoy, their
full determination TO rcGlt and repel at
every hazard theie unjutt aggrcfions and
to maintain their efential rights. This
may not improperly be coniidered as
folemn appea. to their conititusnts, to
their filter ftates and the world, for the
juitice OF their complaints, the purity Of
Their motives and the propriesy and nee
GETTY of that courle of conduct, which
fenic of duty imperioufly required them
to purdue This courie gave 10 the
people time for elaboration, and to the
government, opportunity for reflection
and change Of meafures.
We feel with your Excellcncy peculiar
iatisfaction in the repeal OF the lait obnox-
ious embargo act, and the entire and to
tai abandonment OF the reflective fyitem.
Whatever may have been the motives to
this change Of policy, we will NOT reprels
the expIeiIion of our joy upon the occa-
Gon. We regard it as the tacit acknowl.
edgment of pernicious error which we
have uniformly endeavoured to expofe
and pledge that j. will not fpeedily be
repeated. We hail it as the harbinger of
better cay, aufpicioos TO the intereits Of
commerce, 10 big lily If not equally bene
hcial to every portion Of the american
people and efcn,ial to the reiourees OF its
government We ekuIt in the hope that
the affecting lefons Of pait experience
will not De lott upon tue leading mem
bers Of the general government, that more
liberal and enlightened views will hence.
forth actuate their meafurcs, that they
will more iteadiiy and uniformly regard
the general interelfs Of the people, that
they will ceale 10 let the iDteIeits If one
portion Of the union in oppolition to thofe
Of another, that they will at length per-
ceive that the vigour Of all the parts is CO.
fential TO the regular aud healthy action
of The whole.
We concur with your Excellency in
the forbearance and mod
Grafton which have uniformly been diff
played by our fellow citizens. Early in
lpired with the love ot civil liberty, they
arc equally impreifed with the love OF or.
der and good government and reipect for
the laws.
They are perfectly aware that the haity
and undirectcd efforts OF individuals III
ieeking reiiet even from manifett and ac-
oppreiion, would not only
prove fruItless, but tend to bring differed.
it and con,empt upon cauie, demanding
united wildom and combined exertion.
But the love of liberty which animates
the people of this commonwealth is not
the unprincipied iicentiouiness OF ,hoie
who ieck in violence and civil commotion
the qualification of their baier paihons,
but drm and unll:aken attachment to
their conititutisnal rights, regulated and
fecured by wholefome & energctic laws.
Grotny therefore do thote nnitakc the
character of our citizens, who regard
their forbearance as the refuit, either OF
that ignorance which cannot discern, or
that puiillanimity which will not protect
their eilcntial rights
The Houfe of Representatives ftill
deeply lament in common with your Exs
the continuance OF the war in
which we are involved. This Aouie
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