Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1815-01-02

Lasus and dtfend The Jocifty aeaint rs fae-
MIR and Tbs, and no m9rc than tbs, +
rraat ty fbs qucrd Con/fripfion And
then he tells them that the word is Dor
rowed from the Romans, and cites their
example as a good one for Us 70 fellow.
TO clofs the whole, he fays We have al
ready Confcription in every tate in the
Union.
Ii fccms, then, that all the horrible
Tories thar ". have sbcut Bonapartes
Confcript'on, really meant nothing more
than tbathe United upon it that al bis free
/udieas lbouM haze their nayaes sutitfen
dun on yegjasr. Surely there could
be nothing 70 terrible in that. How ma
ny thoufand beaus. and boobies, have
s'ca/cribed" thsir names freely and volun
tarily, on the pillars, potts and walls, at
every watering plsccsin the country, and
yet. nobody ever thought it killing
thing. And what was there in Bona
parse's Confcription more than having
the names Of lis fubjeds /" zuritten dun"
in anothrr place
we have nnderitood, With Difference
..}s:fhe bctfer information OF the Adju-
.tant Gcnc1aI, thar there were iome other
trif1cs in Bonaparte's Ccnicription. i
was not only the misfortune Of his fnb
jeets fokavc their rames " 1eriffea do1vn,"
bur when thar was done the miierable
wr3tches were held in the mott dread
1al bondage, incapable Of Withdrawing
lbf the mott cruel penalties, from the
.fnexorable. and bloody butchers grafp
AT his word, they were liable to be
marched " to dsfendfhs betty not only
IN France, bur to Rullia Lett they
fhould dciert, while on their way to the
camp, or in fome way efcape, they were
chained ike convicts in the mines OF
South America, and driven 10 the armies
like cattle 10 the daughter houfc. The
youth Of that country were deltroyed BY
this tremendous and bloody code. The
peace and happiness of families was Ut
rerly ruined -the riling hopes Of the ma
tion blaited and the whole population,
Especially the younger part Of it, were
converted into ferocious agents of fam
culinary tyrant. 10 lay waite and defroy
the wealth and the lives of nations. and to
change one quarter of the globe into
field Of blood No fyitcm ever invented
by the ingenuity of tyrants, was ever 70
formidable to human freedom and frlici-
ty, or 70 deftructiys ofhuman peace and
prcfperity.
And yet the honeft, p-aceabIe, and
independent people Of this country, are
told by this oct cait of his own country
this coward, who has made himfelf man
Of wealth and importance, by his labours
againlt their peace and freedom ;-that
CmIfripti0u comes from Lmjcyipfio, and
only means haomg their namss g qvriften
dun" L does mean to have our names
= Suriffrn dorm" FOR BLOOD AND
DkSTkUC ION. Will it not be Pc
euliarly gratifying to the farmers and
mechanics, and all other natives of the
country, to have the names of their fons,
and their brothers, " 5riften down" fer
the ranks, and this renegade holding he
place Of 4 iliisant Adju.ant General over
them Well does it become him to TAX
Of ssfbs jiA qork gentry. and the ffsn1ia1te
arjfoerary," being ihocked at this Con
fcription, whilft he, with his pay and
rations, lives at his cafe in Philadelphia,
fecure from all harm, and fecurcd by his
Nsmiraey and a,istoracy from all thofe
hardfhips which The Conlcyipfs will have
to endure 1t is not The object Of govyns
mental bsunty, it is not the court tavowife,
il Is not rbe office holder, it Is net the Pref
dent, nor Secretary Monroe, that is to feel the
hard/hps, incur The dangers, and endure The
offerings, s ibis Bmafarte0n ltlm.
IT'S TIE FREE AND INDEPEAD.
ENT NATIVES AND OWNERS OF
THE solL-THE FARMERS, Me-
CHANIcS, AND LABoURINC CLAS-
SEES or CITIZENS WHO ARE TO BE.
DRAGGED LIKE VASSALS AND
SLAVES FROM THEIR OCcUPA--
TIoNs, AN d FRIENDS, FROM THEIR
FAMILIES AND FIREsIDES, FOR