Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1815-01-02
From the Columbian Centine!.
Pretbe1y m5ye than Fulfilled.
By the author of :. TIE Rad to R1is.n

/ Mr. FELLOW lITIZENs AND BROTHER FARMERS
AT the clolr Of the laf year / addrch.
ed yor ON the awful profp,ds which the
coming new year pretended. warned
you that you were in the high g Road Il
Rain J" thar the War would prove ruin.
I Gus to the Merchant, the Farmer, the
Mechanic, the Manufacturer, the Sea.
man, and fill more 10 prots ilional men,
and to Widows and Orphans.
All the democratic writers ct upon
me. poor Farmer, to hunt me down as
if ha6 been wolf or bear. They did
every thing but ansvsr me. was called
mailman, liar, tory, and every other
abulive name was given TO me. | was
not d!fheartcncd, bscauic always knew
they abuied thofe mott whom they mott
feared. faid TO my country neighbors,
/" Wait few months, and fec whether
my prophecies will nor be fulfilled = II
the are, this will commute thofc who abutc
ne better than any thing can write"
AT the clofr Of the year it is a proper
time to cioie the account, and lee whe, h
0er Farmer cannot be Prophet as well
as Merchant CRAY, who predicted the
War would bring Great Britain to our
feet in fix months and who IT'LL main
tains that s we were never more prof
porous"
love order in my work always
place my tools IN order let about ev
cry Tort OF work in regular order; and
70, il you please, | will be orderly in ex-
aiming the que!tion, whether he pFoph-
eeies made latt year have been fulfilled
thall iirtt take generai tursey Of our
iituaJion compared to lait gear, as to
our internal and external affairs and
IDLY, iihall Zee whether the w ar has not
operated 70 produce or threaten the ruin
OF every clais III iociety
lit When the {. Road to Ruin" was
written, our affairs abroad and at home.
though dark. we're not desperate. We
had NOT heard OF the battle of LEIPZIG
France was fill our ally. Our matter,
the author of the War, the man VINO
declared War for us, who declared us
" more degraded than the colony of Ia
maica," was, though tomewhat thorn of
his ipIendor, till bright and dazz.ing.
We might place iome reliance IN his
friendfhip and protection, as ne had teen
10 obcdient as to ruin oustelves in his
cautc
NcTu We have not All ally or friend on
earth. We .mean always our Govern
ment) are detected and defpilrd BY every
power III Europe.
lat year the credit of the government,
though declining, had fome cxiitence.
Treafury notes were then at par,--how
they are at S.. in the pound, and e bad
il: credit that the government itfelf will
not take them in payment for taxes, ex
cept on terms almoit impoiLblc to COM
ply with.
Six per cents were fold laf year at o.
They are now at Is. in the pound, and
no fac.
| remember we'll the Taft War-when
ltoeks get down to rs it is never long
before they get down to 2so.
What can be nearer ruin than this !?
Government have refufed to pay the pub
lie insereit, except in Treaiury Notes
They pay then OUT to day at ipccic value,
and to- morrow, when the poor widow,
or orphan, or farmer, who received them
as cath, goes to the Collector, Squire
oEAvER, or Squire, InAxyER, to pay
their taxes with them, they Won't receive
them. unlefs they bring the exact fun,
which is morally impoliee. If pri-
yate man ihoulc do this, We lhould call it
downright fwindling.
Again for the lail FUN the govern.
mcnt borrowed, which was :, soI,3oo
dollars, they paid in flock 3,Iso,37s
dollars; and afterwards to the other
holders of the ten million loan bonus or
premium Of I,II3,o75 dollars. in COM
fequence Of an agreement that they fhould
be put on par with thofe who ihould
take any part of that loan on better terms.
SO that 70 set 2,5ol,3o0 dollars in fpe-
Ieie, government gave their promifcs for
I4,266,4Sc dollars, or 10 dollars flock