Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1815-01-02

TIC 1auAs 6SitlSsAsaA s1s~3ss ~ $3.50
What fpccirs Of diftreis, what complica-
ton Of miiery, have you failed TO bring
upon the people, in the Taft feven years
a whole apprenticeship Of wretchednefs.
Have you NOT deltroyed their commerce |;
paralIized their iDdulry loaded them
with taxes (; latter dcpriving them Of the
ability to pay) forced them into Your
ranks, to fupport their wives & children !;
frbjccted them to frequent and hara!ling
calls for militia fervicc, often difcharging
them therefrom, without clothing or pay,
far from their families and friends, flick.
difrei1ed and wounded And what, let
me ak. is the lituation Of whole army 10
the north, 70 patheticly defc,ibcd by an
hon. gentleman from Pcnlylvania Mr..
Ingham) at this iEclcmrnt lrafon Of the
year, IN that fcverc, cold climate, dciti-
tutc Of clothes, with nothing to cover
them but the heavens, no friendly man
iion 10 receive their wounded bodies, un-
lcls the friendly earth in compailion OF
their tutoring, fhould open her bofom
aud receive them and thei. mlrries for
ever.
If this. ir, be to treat the people wirh
loft corn, ] pray that hon. gentle !
man to give il to his navcs, and nor to
frcsmen. But he further remarked that
they hay. been hitherto daubing the peo-
pie with interpreted mortar There, 6r,
] perfectly agree with him. When the
great Jeif.rfon 4 mean great il theory,
but .tsi- Ill fact, the author of the dec
lara,ion OF independence, and the hero Of
Caster's Mounfain) in his inaugural ad
drefs in honeyed, though deceittul accents
which never ought TO be forgotten by his
friends, or forgiven by the friends OF our
country, faid We arc all fedrralifs, all re.
publicans = (aIl white, all black he dauhs
cd the people with untempercd mortar
Mr. Madiion, 1.-THE deitroycr of Waihing-
ton, as he would be OF every one that
bore bis name or reyrred his virtucs)
following the example of his great prcdr-
ceilor has, in many Of bis mehases, and
bv many Of his acts, daubed the people
with untemperec mcfarland you have
attempted to build up your party with
uatcmpered mortar, till the puli'ical fab
ric, like The remains of the edifices,
round US, is Stumbling to ruins.
We have, indeed, fr, fallen on evil
times, and this is itrangc government
under which we fuffer. Our contribution
Is beautiful in theory; in reading il We
thouid fuppefe that the people were eve
ry thing, and thar it could not fail Of
conlccrihg them prosperous and happy
as indeed IT did under the wise admin
|tration OF Wathinetcn. bur linee it has
fallen into the hands of lis enemies. il
appears 70 be entirely changed as now
administered, We fhould fuppoie that the
people were made for the government not
the government for the people, and tiat'
the great duty 0! The people was to main
Tain corrupt Administration, with its
:.ih0u(and dependents and hungry expect
ants. III idleneis and diiiipa,ion You
tax the people, you deprive them of en-
pIoy and property, you fight your battles
with the people, and when your feverity
forces them to defert, you fEoot them by
dozens: And allthis is done in the name
and for the good of the people. We,
the people" ifand firlt in the contribution
and the laft to receive any benefit from
it.
When, Fir, gentlemen on this Gde Of
the houfr have, in behalf OF the people,
accufed MIR. Madilon and fome of his
cabinet Of high crimes and misdemeanors,
the friends of thefc men have referred
them to the contribution for their inprach
ment and punilhmcnt Cruel iniult and
mockery Impeachment ! Who, in
the name of God arero vote and carry
up, RI ak pardon, Fir, ! thould fay down,
every thing in this itrange government IS
fsdly turned top:y-turyy.i Who lfePsat
in the name of God, arc to vote and car
~ down, articles Of impeachment agalnit
thefe high onenders' Is il not the ma
jori.y on this Aoor the beit friends OF
the executive the adviiers and abrrs
tors Of fome Of the mott oppreillve acts
Of which we complain Will they vote