Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1815-03-13
THE Address.
h ladcpeadent EIcf torsof Massachusetts.
,roF-cITI9ENS,

|kgoF-eITT2EAs,
MI are again called to fulfil the duties Of cleo
J l, our Chief Magifrares tor the year enluing. 1t
ssgs 10 the occafion TO inquire into the grounds,
v6ieh confidence in Candidates pTopoied for our
Iaraq,s is claimed, and the principles, On which
In are to b. Imported.
! 4 NEW lcenc of things has opened upon US and
], i upexoefled as il is hovel. Peace has been
,ee,ed 10 cur country, at time when all its dnan
=, ii resources feemed TO be annihllated AT NO
Euspt, when no man could diicern the means by
rhicb lie war was to be prolecuted, it is of sue
LA. Il an end, From depth of defpair, apparent
rim and dependency, were RATED, as il il were by
#rc. &c bette! prolpeefs, and mere tranquil hopes
Z--ih natural tendency of fuch fate Of things
#,nweaken the ienfe OF public duty and TO relax
Epsriolic efforts The lols reluting from the long
EmoraGied term OF war and commercial embarrais-
nsDtis to be retrieved. To this Object, Indul}ry
[nd Virtue are about to bend all their thoughts
While making the expected. coming years OF plen-
10 cemperfae the palt years OF famine, there is
s zad, left what we owe I'd our country lhould be
81 ptea. or neglected Ii is worthy of US all TO
ssaiuR sbat apathy, OF indifference 70 general
Obligations, which is apt to refult, more or lefs, in
u men, bur chiefly in the beit, from anticipated
[PVPsrly and actual employment. 1t IS the condi
{oao Of republic that the energies OF the good and
|nlu0us, in what they deem the caule of their coun
M can never be RENTED. When fuch men relax
efforts they arc fure to lole, wha they have thus
|a the energy TO preferyer Far the e0H principle is
|Fsap at uok Ambition, yanify, the deGre of
|ancs, or ct gain, incehantly impel the opponents
~ Whatever wife and honorable. If not met with
'z'al hrmnefs, in fome degree proPortoued to the
aaaf and vindictive fpirit, by which they are &C.
''xa Their uccels is inevitable, and wears of for.
~ and OF ruin may intervene, before the good and
Hsni'uous portions Of the community are able to
@h Inc lois, which Mort feafon of apathy, or
0''eaionaoe indifference, may have occaGoned.
HOSE who expected that Peace would bring in
lsl tranquility and ioften the asperiies of party
e. aheady brsin to perceive their mfake The
~ ct Inc war is made by he adherents of
j new fource of malignant contumely
e,nef asainf their political opponents. All
U Cd fa5sbosd5 are repeated and ne7u mes fabricas
l ~ Int ocealon What we have fufiered and
st IS nave loit are earthly concealed. A lrea
sa''a mas gwen US peace, is repreiented as glo-
=. Nnen 1t has given US nothing elfc and it
t.ss to make US believe that all the cbjeas
= sl war nave been obtained, when evcrv thing,
N, .'s9N was declared has been abandoned and
~ u! nipss which we before pohrn, are either
~ auOlous' Or absolutely loft. We are called
tr,sf. 'soiee' and we do rtjoice at peace; not
kr,ur. ~ ming has been gained by the war, but
In, -. !, our deilverance from the innumerabIe
~ 4, a"Nh this act Of administration had brought
<bsE n !" mort retroipe6t will prove the truth
ny, ,as asowed objects Of the war were to obtain
Nm e ue CfdvS IL Council AN abandon.
y The P'adfice of Illegal Bbckades, and Of that
" ~ D'4' 4E0t one 81 tbeIs obie6F5 is obtained By
IN a. fVfn u mucb as 1anled in the Treaty.
|Iasd s - council It IS vel! known were re-
Non of S1eis TO the knowledge of our declara,
pee i 49,, aoo as Tor the feit, fcrupulous fl
|leir toro. 80 ~ the Treaty, upon every one OF
[nby To- now that war can be laid TO be hon.
IA ar Ia IN which Infinite blood and trea>
Exs.td aha not ore cbjFct for which it was
4 ' - . obtained, we are at lo(s 70 IMAGINE.
Eosy; ans s'I,e'oed that BY fhe war we have got
nqrsfnen, 10, 'A's glory is better fecurty againit
~ d III 'haa treaty itipnations. But the tb.
nSga. RI Udf q treaty .fifalaton.
aasos d ~ line Pieidents deIiberaticn lsys M
4 Z ea' i u, p Air MoNRDE OF The Sd of Feb. 1857
81 sshiav.e sof5 bS vFzef # fbs national sentnnt,
~ sfaase '' 0aT treaty aad BE- led 4Db tbe
'ssl1s' no a. '''If f'' o'tiEg fer ~S.tBmsat' ("