Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1815-12-12
BY THE Mails
PROFESSION nm ~

"' perpetual toll, fatirne sE.
~sa'chlng'onr democrats are ohm s'yaa
Tor The purpose of keeping ~ Ing dloeudss
government in their own hands I0Ssr :, T
molumen's Of Office really iaIliO, s ihs !
comparatively, ola Jeuv. rhs. 'nt hand
course, the labo ious task - = ,ew have \
ders' OF persuading NE man, :, 'nsi' saesI
votes they depend, that /, is - On Who's
to the whole body of The na,;as great bsssa
should DC so--!hat they, tie .n ,a'' ! 'alRgs
NUMBER should eat, and d';aI la'aa
grow rich' while the monv sn u'mS' I'd
IN luxury-in short, that ne ~ sapp0a lhsa
eat up the lean--It would SEEM n,"s !. sAepa
blush, that this would be dirEc"i. y dx
perform, when i; is Consider" Guy
people of the United STATES 60 = 'aaI ihs
well informed, and attentive S p es u
fairs. 1t would seem, as if h. d puzzle 4
OF the Inhabitants of our counlrv s.Sa' aag
learned by sorrow!ul experience Nv" ~. A's
li'Iie hnger Of democracy, il ,bi NJ s's' "
the loins OF federalism. IbeS sAsf liza
thousands OF times, that if the t Ut 81
were once removed from DOVER ' s.a
Jefferson and his friends, pu, ,a saS y y.
places, there would Immediately com ,os'a''
a sort OF political millennium n ~ "'Spss
Try, and that all taxes, and burtb.ns :, gun
description, would be removed fIor ~'''s'i
shoulders. They have now mad :, = u'R
pertinent, and have realised no,b;a = u
was promised them ; on The contrary ,, "a
taxes and burthens, have yasIv IT, r''s
why, then, is not the evil cor,ec,ad,
no. the fact IS We state? ENQUIRE i =
M clanlc, who i, supplcatinc Co,p,s.. s
remove the tax upon his business 80
family should starve, or the farme, l. y
taxes are SO extravagantly high,vhets,, 4.
SITUATION IS better, in any respect now H.
was when tue federalisls had the oor.-
m mt, and he cannot but tell YOU !; / ,s.,I.
w'rse. And then make the second s0as
ry, VIZ whose policy has rendered vop, j.
uation less prosperous Than il lorme,y ".
and n cannot but say, if he answersstsu-
1t IS the policy Of those men who clsIr,d
to be the exclusive friends Of me DsoOl.-.
who. when they were striving 10 ptt ina
power, Promised 1argely,but who, since tA,y
accomplished theil object, have perfornsd
nothing.
Whence then is il, that these men are
still continued in power, after their lolos.
heartt daess has been proved and ,helrn
sincerity practically exposed The n.
swer, though, perhaps not very Hattsriag
one, Is very obvious--It is, bscause hey
keep en-, promising much, and accusing The
tederalists much, and the people canlot Be
PEI suaded, without great dlficullyahal men
can be so dishonest, as to make Fair prom
Uses, without some meaning, some inltn'
uon, first or last,ot performing them hey
still persuade themselves, thai The time w4
come, when the good things SO often or'
told will come to pass, and that they shah
al length, receive their reward Thus They
go on-Mr jefferson played the hypocfls
eight years, sand left the nation much worse
in every poin: of view, than he founditi
Mr Madison has nearly completed his
tour OF public duty, and he has plunged Us
still deeper and deeper into difficulty /; ana
the people are nearly prepared to maze >.
mother experiment of the same sort and
probably with the same result
The democrats, very often, and veryun
justly charge the ftderalists, particularly
those in the eastern states, with VISA .
divide the union. But, we have not couN
that the men who now hold the relIs u
government haze become so attached 0a'n
our, ard us fruits, that sooner than paw
with it, they will divide the States, and 0'sr
turn the Constitution So long as thss -
so on peaceably, and make the nof'n''A
and eastern States tributary to tbeif ea,
venience-so long as this great ola's WV
sink her whole importance, her coil'Napsr
ing strength, under Virginia Dsnas'Y1a.
suffer all her unrivalled advantages |"
wealth, prosperity, and power, 10 " , =.
aged by men from stale, whose P0A.s-
views and schemes, are not Only nO''a
but fatal, to her growth and lnilosl'''' In
long she, and her eastern neighbours a s~
be suffered to belong 10 The union. ~
should the time ever come, when lf's -.
shall form true estimate OF us own iu'
ests and dignity, and shall assume US p. n i.
which her wealth, and numbers lo'''
title her 10, we are very much m's''1 M
symptoms OF discomfort are not sep INA,
Iy expressed, and the bond o. union !. ..,,.
threatened from qaa'.si - a.e
moved from New England, ana
extremely unlike federallsts' .;,r
.Albany Advsr'l"'
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