Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1814-03-28

4 Yes. but Dexter's letter cu,s US all up, and
abuses our whole parsy--he Is ashamed OF US,
and says he does not belong 10 US
| How much like fool you talk the federal
party is so strong against US, and The old deacons
! character is 50 well known, that We had no
chance az ainst him, without trying TO gull the
! feds into belief tha, Dexter WAS a fed himself
] snd did no, like our party, and we mind our
p's and O.. we shall ous.w,i'em after ali--see
how nicely Austin carries it--,hat's your sor,
neighbour, we shall wofkem' M
| I'm afraid we shall nat, we've tried every
trick I know Of so many times, that I'm sfsaid
| il wont do.
D Well, well. hoae for the best, follow your
file headers like good soldier.
A The worst Of it Is, oil my fle-leaders are
officers and get good pay, while I'm starving !;
but however, III stick to It while there's shot
in the locker--I wish Esq w. had not Offered TO
take canad. by the joa. and wsi, more that
they who managed the wsr hadn't been ~ una
bic as he to carry it on.
| B PshAw p ,haw never mind him. let US Try
the main chance we get Dexter in, and il we
can find feds enough in the state, whom the war
has made poor, to come over to US. for Tie
loaves and fishes of Office, we shall make out.
|. a All neighbour this wont do the Multitude
10 too large 20 be fed by sof. corn-however, Ill
try once more. because can't help myself.
| b l tell you, we must s:ok TO it, the true policy
a fear it won, do, we have lied lhro' .hick
and Thin, and we have been smoked. 30 often,
that we cant do any thing I'm afraid our party
is A. low water.
| B Doni tell me know that. but We hate
got Decker, taat's something new his character
has stood high. ard i, is believed by ma,y fss
tina, lie has devoted himself to our party that's
your sort my boy we must catch his old friends
by surprise, trey won't tell hes sboui Dexter till
the find him cut, and We have wo,k'd it so,
that they shan't find il our '.i.I sfier election.
xy-z.& LADY.
70 the ELEc7oRs sffAe O.Itord and Somer-
SET District
i HE Delegates, from several towns in
the Oxford * oomeres, Senatorial Distiict
convened a, the house OF Coz Jesse S,one
in Llvermorc, for the purpose OF drslgna-
ling = candidate TO represent them Ill the
Senate oil this Co nnionweslth, having full.
filed taat duty, beg leave 10 otter for their
suffrages, the
! lion. DANIEL SrowELL, Esq.
OF Paris, as gentleman suited 10 the high
responsibility oil the Office, and One VINO has
already filled II with dignity and honor.
They take the lib,ry further to call the at
lention OF their constituents to their presen,
momen,ous circumstances, feeling as they
do, sympathy with them in the misior.
tunes, the injuries, and the dishonor OF
their bleeding country.
| While at war with powerful foe, and
ruin and desolation mark every border oil
our countryy-wbils war OF oriiion and
political zeal is spreading its rayages even
TO our once peaceful fresides--while our
commerce is sacrificed to crafty political
chimsras, or domestic and foreign jealousy
while the regular and prolific source Of
our former revenue rs died up and bur
dsnsome taxation substituted in its place
willie an army is forming, from whose
character it appears that their first conques,
may be over the liberty of our country
lhey believe that areference 10 some OF the
primary principles in our politics and the
manner in which they have been effected
by the present administration of the govern.
menl Of the United States, will have their
due effect on every candid mind.
The conventionbelieve that the privilege
Of every citizen TO examine the conduct OF
their rulers is unquesiionable, though in
speaking to his country he may be over
heard by her enemies. That they hold i,
the indispensable duty ofevery citizen OF
America to hold sacred the union Of the
country. On the subject of restriction OH
our commerce and the war with Grea,
Britain, I. the convention" differ radically
from the party "self stiled" republican, and
they choose they should know it. That
the restrictive system pursued by the admin
istration overleaps the bounds OF cons,itu-
,ional power.-ihat it is impossible to exc.
cute it-Ihat the attempt 10 do so, corIupts
us by destroying the correct habits of on,
merchants and rendering perjury familiar
ihatit wouidbe ineffsetuallo coerce foreign
nations II executed.-lhat tits unjust and