Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1816-10-29
ron THE PORTLAND GAZETTE.

The time is fast approaching when you
will again have an opportunity to exercise
one OF the sacred and inuaiudbie rights OF
fteemsr. Onthe FIRST monday ofNoyember
next, you will be called upon to give your
suffrages, for one oil your fellow citizens, to
represent you 10 the next Congress Of The
United States 1t is presumed enough has
been seen ofthe eoings of your present rep
resents,ive. to make you look about for
candidate more worthy Of your confidence
for one who IS able to dischargethc l-sponsi-
b. duties Of his Office, with fidelity 10 his
constituents, and with an enlarged 4 general
view 10 the prosperity of the whole country
for one who would strive to advance the hon-
our aud security Of his country, rather than
the power and ascendency Of any political
party for one who would have the interest,
peace and liberty if his constituents, the
constant objects of his pursuit, and not his
IN private smolumenls /; for one who will
be just to his country and just to his God
am 10 panegyrist but am confident
such man has been recommended to you
by convention of your delegates. In the
person of SAMUEL A, BRADLEY, Esq. you
will find gentleman OF splendid talents and
undes Eating ntegri,y-Firmly established
in the political creed Of the immortal
WAsHISGroN, he will follow in the path OF
political rectitude, marked out by that illus
tsious statesman, aad is able to defend his
principles against every attemp, Of their en-
emies With thorough knowledge oflhe
political history of your country, he can
IRA h1 ~
their source, and point out their remedy,
by exposing the authors OF them to tbs con
tempt they deserve Without that prodl-
g.li,y OF other peoples money whica So
deeply marks the characters olthe maiorit,
of the present Congress, he will strive to
reduce your bui dens by curtailing his own
emolumen,. Is not such man, moic de-
serving oil your confidence, than the one
who now rep esents you Will. most OF
you are Obliged 10 endure daily, and slmos,
unremi,:ed lsbour, for the bare pittance u
sustaining the lives Of yourselves and ami-
lies, rendered doubIy difficult by oppressive
taxes and untruitfnl seasons, you have seen
your present representative, the Hon. II X
Paris, forgetful OF your tolls, and OF the
poverty OF his native district, vote to in
crease ms oqon nay as your representative
Il ON six dollars day, to the enormous a.
mount OF nearly or quite dou5ie that sum.
Yes, Fellow citizens. while you are willing
to Undergo the severe tolls of daily labour
tor fily cents day, rather than see your
svves and children s,arve, your fellow eli
zens,n better than yourselves, your Aa,,er-
ing humbte servants of.he heot.e," at this
distressing period, have the goodness 10 in
crease your taxes that they may luxurious
ly live upon the daily income of twenty four
times that sum lis this an exaegera-
ton There is none Of you but that may
calculate for himself. Ii is no way proba
BILE that Congress will be in session, more
than four months in year, on an average Of
years; and on this supposi,ion, every mem
Der Of congress will receive lhepre,ty hand
some sum OF tzoeiUe dollar and THRU cents
for every day that they shend in your ser.
Oice and if the spirit that appears to gov.
ern the present should influence futureCon
gress's, they will shorten the term as much
asSpossible, for the sake of Increasing their
daily stipend even il the country should
suffer by their despatch of business; which
auO'uS SuostdHti0i ICdSO0 why a Der diem
salary is preferable 10 the present annual
one, even ii the amour, OF it had not been
increased.
The period that was chosen by congress
TO encrease their salaries was unhappy in
the ENTHUSIASTICALLY groaning under the
intolerable loads of taxes occasioned by an
expensive war bu, just closed, il is not pos.
siblcto conceive Of worse time to increa Sc
the burdens of the people !; and it is scarce
ly possible to believe that the people Of this
district will continue their confidence in a
man who thus sports with their hard earn
inss whose prtriotism appears to consist
exclusively in filing his own purse and
whose love OF the people is measured by
the opportunities they give him to Cypress
them. A.A
Attend the polls then, Fellow Ci,izsns,
and give your votes for SAMUEL A.
BRADLEY, Esq. and you may depend ON
his exertions TO relieve you.
A POOR MAN OF OXFORD.