Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1814-10-31

distress and injury.
II this state OF things should return in the
spring, { and we have every reason 20 fear Il, }
ard the farmers should be called TO the sea
board during the next summer, their suftrf.
ings will press upon them Infinitely harder
than they have done the present season |
Iced no, add they will be more than they
can bear. On the sea bosrd the constant
| lear and expecta,lsnot attack has introdu-
eed great CONFUSION and distress. l do not
exceed the bounds Of truth when say that
from the town oi Portland iour nth, of the
personal properly has, IA consequence Ut
expec lSd INVASION been removed in1o the
country. lhe sutferings at rotsland aud III
ats neighbourlng eamms,Elltesfs- are bat
as ''drop OF the bucket, and the small dust
OF the balances" compared with the suffer
ings upon the Penobsco; River, county
al the disposal OF an enemy, invited to at
tack and depreciation by our own wanton
aud unjust invasion OF Canada.
Taxes grievious and oppressive are
imposed upon US tor the purpose OF de
fraying The Canada expedition, while
we are told by Mr. Secretary Munroe
that the defence of the State OF MAssachu.
SITS must be at our own expense he
Militia mus deicnd the sea-coast and put
their hands III their pockets and pay them
selves /; more than this, Sir, they must pay
their proportion OF the charges Of The Can
ada War. Ii should seem, sir, that, it the
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts contri--
butte their proportion towards the paymeu,
of the United States troops, they s..ouid
nave some benefit from them In defence.
But what is the fact In this STATE Of alarm
and invasion, where are your United states
troops! Are they defending your CONF
monwealth No, Sir, they ATE marched ~
canada, with the exception OF a lew Officers
placed IN Military Disulcts tor the purpose
of acting rs Iec.ulling officers, ard OF EN-
barrassing your Slate authorizes. The mo.
mrnt respectable force is enlisted In this
commonwealth, they are marched off to
II ,nt as ainst the log houses and barns, the
pine trees and stumps in the frozen regions
OF canada, while your large and magni
cent cities On tic sea board are lett entirely
defenceless. While our rulers are prosecu-
ung this,. worse than foolish, invasion OF
Canada and attempting TO subdue us inno-
cent inhabitants We ale losing every day
more thaA the whole Canadas are worth.
We were, to be sure, Sir, told when war
was declared, by very great man in the
East, then member OF Congress, tina: he
would supulate to raise an army in the Dis
trict OF Maine that should conquer the Can
adas in six months. Ii was in an hour Of
delusion, Fl. Of insanity, a season Of mad
ness when the Ole was made he gen
tleman came home and The experiment was
abandoned. Tie has since bee. obliged 20
suffer the horrors of expected invasion
ihree years have elapsed sisce the de.
claration OF war AID Canada is not subdued
although Its barren fields are molsten ned
with the blood and whi,ened with the bones
OF many deluded Americans. With the
exception of fort Erie you have Obtained no
part in Canada. What have you lost, Sil
A large part of your country IN the posses
sion OF the enemy. Where is you, once
hourishing commerce Destroyed. Where
are your ships Routing at your wharves
Where are your sailors! Look tor them in
alms.houses and prisons.
uC hMCIiSsh nag waves nOt except al
the mast head of some Of your piundering
picaroons. Where Is tae capitol OF your
nation Conquered or IA, her disgracefuIly
forssken. Where is the palace Of your
President, and Congress hall ! Blown up
and in ruins. Where are your Congress
and what are they doing Confined in the
back room OF a hotel aad legisla,ing whether
or not they shall DC safe from the enemy
What is the state of your national treasury !
In state of absolute bankruptcy, and the
fact is officially proclaimed 10 the world by
its Secretary. An honorable member OF
the Senate yesterday in debate observed
that your capitol was type of what the
whole nation would shortly be. Sir, that
honorable gentleman might have said that
Washington is picture of what the whole
nation really is.
Has the Commonwealth Of Massachu.
sets given aid in reducing our country to
this state of disgrace No Sir, she has u
niformly demonstrated against that national
policy which has resulted in disgrace, pow
erty and distress. This Legislature did
previously 10 the declaration oil the pre- sent
war solemnly demonstrate agains, the ruin
ous measure But the ational government