Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1814-02-07

their hostility TO the new Cons,i,u,,o,l
lest Under the operation of tha, ;n
men, the North should have Il.
share OF influence, and be less .uh;. soe
tbelreon,roul than under the old eon,.s
Grafton. Hence they laboured to .,e;,.
among the popnlace, the most mal;rs'..
hatred of the Northern Sta,es-of'%4.
wealth--their yirtue--their comms
their manners-their religion Ths'
have at length been completely spccs'
full. The North is subject 10 their
1t feels The chains OF the oppr,ssor nv
Whoever will look into the bis,o,.
OF our present Constitution will al
that these assertions are not ha,,,5'sI
withou, proof
The clause that empowers Cong, 60,
10 regulate commerce, was opposed A..
cause 1t would favour the horfh. III
power to create navy was de,es,ed 4.
cause the Slips must be built a, -
North; The authority OF the pres;dsn
and Senate to make treaties mus, M
be suffered, because they might p;,s =.
the Mississippi, which would : erst, /
the North.
These gentry were perpeually ham.
ted with approximations of harm from
the ahirIt Of The Nor:h--and resolve -
Gestloy New England, lest New En-
gland should destroy them
In the Convention of Virginia in N.
year 1893, (see Debates, page 2os) Mr..
GRAYsos, Democrat, speaks time.
lfthis government, ave any eties,, :.
all, 1t must be by : factions faction ~ nm
part OF the union against the otbern .,If;,
be called into action by a Combination os ..s
en- states, II will be terrible indeed.o
These words from Northern man
would have been prophecy.
There Is great difference of e;,c,m.
stances between the States. The in,,r,s,
q The carrying states is strikingly dlf1erep,
from that oil the productive states. The ca,
ry,ng states will sssuredly unite, md o,,r .;,.
ustion viii then be wretebed ndeeon
II The Mississippi was yielded Il snsr
The migration 10 The Uesfe,n county ysud 4.
stofbed and the Northern Stairs would mar
only RErAIS their Population, Iu. o,,,,,,s
their suPe rio.iiy and esuencs over the Nan.
them. Blu, IL matters 20 en- in their ure.er,
direction there will be namter Of INV
STATES to the RssfwHdi prrGiAtion NAY
oeeoma g,eaier an The Soa,he,n sca!e.o fsee
page 210)
Thus II was determined by the dem
ocrats OF Virginia, that the commerce.
OF the Northern State. should be de-
s,royed, lesl they should RETAIN their
population /. That the hardy sons Of
The North should be driven from the O.
cean, by herds, 70 settle the bsck lands
OF Virginia--to be hewers Of wood
and drawers of water 20 the nabobs of
the South ito furnish food for the
tomahawk and the scalping-knire /!
Thus early went forth the deetee that
NEW STATES should be created in the
South, by whose aid The North mich,
be crushed
We are at no loss to discover the
means by which the populsce were en-
gagged Ia The further anoe of these de.
signs. No pains were spared TO black
EN- the Characters and miscons,rue the
actions of these states Thus The seeds
of perpetual jealousy were most indus
triously sown. In the SAINT Convention
OF Virginia this was unbushincIy sta
ted 10 be the language of n. England.
Let US preveut any new stats fran RI.
sing IN the western world, les they should
ou-sote us. II we do not pe,ent IL. our
conhrymen will remove 10 those places in.
stead OF gong To sea, and we shall receive
no particular advantage or p,ofi from the n"
(see deba'es. page 245)
Even Mr.. Munroe on that occasion
laboured in the same h0iy cause of ex.
cling popular jealousy against the Nor.
thern States represen ing us as their
enemies, disposed 10 barter away their
rights to Spain, (See page 243)
Even MIR. Henry TOO, the Governor
OF Virginia, could in that assembly re-
tail the same scandal.
Numberless examples might be adj
duced from the same Volume to the
same effect. By such means the peo--
pie OF the South were excited 10 lury
against the North; thus hey have bers
caIoled into the tolls of Democracy ;
thus they are led to shout hosannss 10
the robbers of our coli'ers-.lo The de-
siroyers of our liberties.
This Was the evil which WASHING.
TON strove 10 correct, when he spoke Of
geographical distinctions Happy
would ii have been for America, it his
frstenaed fienGs in Virginia had rsgsr-
ded is counsels
No reasonable man knowing these
Facts, can entertain a shadow of doubt