Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1816-08-13

To the virtuous, the orderly and the Coma;
citizens OF Maine, the proceedings &c :
Brunswick Convention are presented w;a
undisguised sincerity-not by servile ca,..
pillar, carressed by men, who claim tho sI ,;a
OF exclusive patriots but by wise, homes, s ~,
Independent citizens, who, aloof from @ 49,
low intrigue, which courts the suffrages of -
ignorant, have won their way 10 respectab1s.
and confidence by the mere force of ,sls..
and that natural ascendancy, which acL0oss
edged merit cannot fail TO command, Inm:
number is recognised with satisfaction, manS
revolutionary patriot, whose bleacbed vice..
devoted an arduous life, spent in defence J.
the Liberties OF their country who. se,..l
and Scared with honorable wounds. wera LI
exhausted from the field Of battle. before a.
dastardly barrister, wa. in the womb az.
mother. Ever awake to the presages Of A.
ger, they have exposed their locks. nav H..
/ reputation TO the virulence of oflce-seeker
With such faithful centinels, few as they !.
there is much 10 hope and when era,;,,s,
becomes a crime, then will we forget M.
i laudable exertisns.
| must now dismiss with an honest inaor.
! ton the low scurrily ola short-sipb,ed /" e.
er-on''; for his understanding is as contr,etsa Ia
as the basis Of bis criticism. He NAV -.
sess an eager soliciipee and the most arden,
zeal as humble Waterman to perform b;s r..
ty, yet his genius must be " courfed into.
holder expansion" before be can sateri,e ,r;.s
power or effect, characters like an Opa
LoNGFELLow, &c. With a comnreka5.:u.
energy Of mind and an amplitude Of leo,
knowledge, which could frown this reptils H.
obscurity, or at single glance, " grind him
TO POWDER they will never descend fran
their pride Of place, to notice the pickering,
OF puerile blockheads.
But il, by an 4veterate partiality TO you,
talents, have not dashed to your satisfact;.u
The prescriptions OF ignorance, pardon | en-.
treat you, my zeal of kindness; VET il YOU,
creature fancy gli,ters with but the brilIiancy
OF SAppLrR, you may descry an aptness d
the lines OF Pope.
Some have at FIRST for wits, then poets past.
lurn'd critics next, and provd plain fools al I,a.
TRIM
From tine Boston Weekly Messenger
We have already observed tina. the GOV.
eminent ola large state is more likely to
preserve uniformity and consistency Of
measures than small one I'VE may sdd
II Is likely 10 act upon more enlarged sy,.
TEN oil policy, instead Of resorting 10 short
sighted measures and temporary exped
ents, on account of the solicitations Of ind.
viduals, or the pressure Of the times %
particular classes ofthe community.
We have been led to dwell little upcn
this topic, from having observed in one 4
the pspers of The district which has ban
the most jealous advocate Of separates, /
paragraph containing the following pss
sage" If Maine had been separated from
Massachusetts twenty years since, would
our banks have fallen prey 10 The bank,
of Massachusetts ! Would our currency
have been destroyed, our banks been bant.
fupt, cash have been snnihilated, and the
people brought TO more distress than the
war created :"
Now ne do not pretend to say that the
government OF the state of MsiDe, had il
been independent of Massac huse,,s, would
have reasoned in this way, or tina, the ADORE
is the language of the advocates Of separs.
ton in general. But it certainly augurs IN.
lavourably of measure, that its friends
should support it onsuch iallacious grounds
They expect an advantage to the district,
from departure from those principles d
equity which have uniformly induced the
government OF the commonwealth 10 keep
sacred the obligation of contracts, andthe
purity ofthe money currency 1t is distinct
" intIma!ed that but for the oppressive
control OF Massachusetts, the banks ofthe
district would have been free from those re-
siraints which limi, their money circulation,
and produce scarcity, or as it is called the
humiliation Of cash.
The very suggestion of this argument il
favour Of separation, furnishes very strong
one sSainstit For five suppose that the
laws relative to their banks, and their ID
ministration by the directors, were 10 Re.
main precisely the same uader the new il.
rlsdiction as at present, the possibility, and
as many people would ludge,lhe probability
that different administration might be az.
thorized, and resorted to, at the moment Of
the greatest pressure, would greatly dimin
ish the confidence in these banks both with
out and within the state. They would be
considered as on less stable footing, be-
cause they yanld ha arnauahia m Nv IN a oov.