Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1815-04-24
MONlTORIAL.


For the Portland Gazette
ooyernment like ours, where all the
Il. ID The hands OF the people, or
,hey elect all tie officers OF state, We
rare most civil and political evil 10 q
c rorrec, information, orto false rea-
q, among the people. I dono'believe,
nan With his eyes open would delio-
move on 10 destruction. Self-pres-
Am and self-enjoyment are the master
~ ol al our actions. Sells the cen--
.sood which our passions and affections
.,1,<: and al.ho' they are otsen. very ex-
81, i their motions, yet they constantly
~ 70 ths'7oin., from which theyGset out.
:, ob,ain the greatest good is the dellber
!. ,od general purpose o. every mans i'ie.
p.ioa may disarm him Tor a moment /;
II heart may gain toe great az influence
- he understanding yet he always be-
ia, that he is acting for his own best IN
-. Even the demagogue, vino sca,ters
5rbrsuds among the populace' and sue
Al Il last in kinaling fame that devoufs
IL. i.pciss that on the whole he consui's
\ dong his own happiness.
Bat the blindness OF the people, TO winch
first alluded, is not SO much The effec'
.f.,.s;on. as it is q real defect ofiniorma-
II. o. false reasoning, with which popular
l.d.s 6ll their heads, and which they are
.s,lle to detect. Among errcurs OF tins
i descrip,ion, there is one very current
Ill day respecting liberty. II is oithe
- dangerous, disorganizing,and sediiiou:
ia Let me repeat little Of the slang Of
ln,coeues and then l shall be under.
od.-a Nature made man free /; who
Ia has . right to cur,aiI this liberty =
1hisis wicked law, for il Restraints your
hxuy. What have you not right to fish
phlhis o. that stream Have you not q
lighlto purchase any commodity, zvhen
you please and syhere you please, of s0hon
YOU please, as much or Httse as you please
pa use il where and when you please =
: Who is this man, that he fo:bids your taking
i merry or sociable turn upon the Sabbath
You'd be bind you down to creed .
! And ten thousand more of the same char
,aer.
This is the dangerous stuff, that will yet
un Us topsy turvy, and learn men to carry
! 1)yrs Under their eloaks, ifthc excrtions OIL
e vise and good prevent not. This doc.
pc raised conAagration in France
INCH was not extinguished, until the blood
ss loving from the Straits Of Gibraltar to
Y V eity Of Moscow. Men of information
y that such language is sheer sophistry
~ know, that flows from principle
"a
kn' Y once universally established and
/ e upon, would dsso!a,e the earth. The
e q the West, the rowing Tartar Of
- acknowledge some lazv (; but this
'e Recognizes none, human or divine
~ pit whoever you may be, that have
acted upon, or contend for the truth
1''uce OF this doctrine, hesitate a mo-
s0o see where it leads. 1t makes
s0a nothing else, law or woule
~ y arms the strongest against al
according to this, your neighbour
IN himself with dagger, enter your
\ 'ou' Darn, or your enclosure, and If
-''e'' him in his dspredations, may
/" Tie heart! For why should his
: invaded He is hungry, and ma
=" n''n to seize the frs. he can come
>S'nd mother she tells him to de
'e' too. Nay farther--what righ1
J" auen umes OF liberty, to appro-
y The other Sex to yourself
.'~a mater 7 has filled the world
'ua'lss' dead and alive and no
i -. - ou' commands US 10 taste them
IL ase you have .frst got posses
n ''''es'' sweetest gifts, the free
49,, - snail be shut out by such
e''ag monopoly !?
In. 'ouF principle, answer him il
T. yoa a'a MIN lfyou dare 1t will a.
M :. 'e g say, he Injuries you, and
70 right to do auother "a ;n;,,rv.