Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1814-02-21

ishsiehcf ny Dragging IN he newcomers OF
the d.y In this communication | vii, en-.
deaVor to give You q true ch.racter of tie
spe .kers and of The debste, and "noth;,y
er fnaae. or sen dosvs aught in ,,aic."
In the House OF Representatives, he only
Sneakers on the democratic side. who had
the "tfrontery 10 Come on, in favor Of VAR
and EnaAsGo were, Rev Mr. Aiken, Of
Oreenf, who with coantensnoe, fierce as
len furies." perfectly indicative of The de..
per.'e and mad des,gns of hi, hear, clam
cured IN favor Of The glorious efftcs Of War
and IN favor OF the national government, in
an inconsistent, sbsur1, week and contempt.
ible speech of the luil ieng h of len minutes
Rev. Mr.. Merrill, of Sedgw,cl Maine.
delivered a 3" Ga. staie and unpfof,ab able"
harrsngue upon the necessity ff uni ing IN
oil The measures of The general goseronen,
! however oppressive. because tie, were the
measures of The general government. This
man being well kn' wn in the District of
Maine. will only add ,hs, no one expected
any Thing like sense and soundness from him,
ard no one was disappoimed Rev. Mr.. Good
tpin, of Berwick. Fres-ssiH 3ao,i st exhorte, =,
spoke twenty minutes. advanced nothing,
tia, had any bearing uion he question, and
sat down, observing that he VS. opposed to
The answer. thereby leaving The house no
longer in doubt upon shs' subiect. Rev. Mr..
Batter, Of Thomaaon. Maine, who has urn
ed from bsp,isI 10 Methodist, and from
Methodist 10 universslis,) with a CHASTITY
coun,enance and sepulchi al tone, delivered
a rhapsody. which mie h, have sounded well
in camp meeting. bur We y i'll in . iegis,A
i've assembly. REQ Nj BDiey, Of Middle
borough, exerted his influence IN the Cause
OF War, declaring that he w.s in favor OF
Iesee. Mr.. Webb. Of Weymou b, spike
., some length and with much ingenuity.
HIS premises were in most INST es false
and his conclusions erroneous ye. he DIS
covered talent. and bis psr,y their necessi y
Tor the exercise of It. give HIM his cred
IL because 1t is The ii 5, discovery ever
'e"N " 's'e"s ~ inis ihsf1. nj. aiAil, VI
W'l,ismstown, was INDUCED IN speaking an
hour, though fequen " called to order
told The IL Use hat he had nol seen or ard
read The answer which mus have been
obvious 10 every hesrer. Ai,er having run
on W, h his NONSENSE for more hin AN hour,
very much to lie mo iihcs,loa OF his poli,-
Cal friends and DISCUS 10 his political t,e,,
the House voted (neniiae eoaf,ad,een,eJ /.
hear h,m no further. and he ceased 10 ,ocd
crate.
On he Federal side. the Hon. gentlemen
who spoke. VIZ (Messrs Knapp, Sarge.n., ,
Sullivan. Whitman of D. Iillinghasl, Tuck
er, Reddington. Bannister, S.itonssil, F..
sender, Goldman, Savage, Porter. Shaw and
Oas) took tuIi md lucid su,,ey of he
pressure Of ih' VIZ aud Em6ago upon III.
CT liens of lhts e mmoawsalth-deno
ted d,e folly of tie Wan and The unevnsd
utionslty of The LnpAaoo-pain,ed in live
ly colours the c,is,s 90 which our coup.r,
had sr''sed, and jus lid by solid argumen
the sentiments d.snoed in the address and
answer. All VINO heard must have bean
convinced. though some through obs,in.cy
would no, be converted
in the Sera,e, on the denoors,ic side,
SPOKE, H5n. Messrs. Moody. Holmes. Eos
ter and Fuller. Their speeches, excen,in.
Mr. Homes, were the mos, insipd. I'm.
meaning, and weak. ths, l ever heard .
,hs, board. or in any deliber.iye ASSEMBLY
To Mr. Holmes l give some little more
credi, in poin, of tslen, only. ,h,n o his three
sub ,llerns, for do mt believe tia, he even
has 50 much honesty Of principle as his thee
friends. He has tsien, of mpuden, ,nso
lence. and . talent of giving the bes posi-.
BILE Appearance to the uncou,h ideas of
vacant mind. which his three companion
certainly cfnnoi tqusl The party seem 10
consider thi, mae abie aeosiate a, gfeai
acquisition to their reng'h lei hem make
The most Of him and lie, them renec, that
The mpmsn; they cease to put him into their
best Offices. the moment the, cease to fate
his vanity and self concei,, that moment he
VIII cease To nc, with them. lie him be pu
where his meri,s would place him, in
private station. md his tender conscience will
mo- he troubled at Abandoning again his po
li''csl principles. The federalists envy MT
democracy oil she has acquired in ra,em and
integrity by the scqusilion Of John II .lmes
to her ranks.
The fede ral gentlemen. who ,nnke In III