Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1816-08-20
THE PARIS CAUCUS.

Mn pRINTsR'
.fovf,d and do not very active ih'erest Ia ma
% al,c concern. however thinN fot my seli, and
~ a. vet relineaisned che right OF COVE eo.as my
,n;ons aid ac.iops according 10 the dCsa es OF
- avn judgement and conscience. MY nina mas o.
IL heen employed by the gre qies lon thai al pres
-, .a;,ates Maine mean the question CT separation
\, no, nu, myself forward, but II almost always 50
,n,ss that whenever there is 10 BE- any pubic meet
na or caucus have request to attend. line other
d,y had printed letter addressed to me bea'ing she
-;,sd names often or more ci,izcns oi tiis county,
NC n, me- as a friend TO separtlon, to ATTEND u
,;ne at our court house in Paris upon that subJec
Now sir YOU may well suppose that was not ii'iie
crd at receiving letter OF this sort, inasnucn az
y rank in no way entitled me 10 the notice oil Inc aon
bl. gentlemen whose were borne ON the letter.
had also ever been opposed separation Slili
i, Il brought me into train of thought. reviewed
N NV former opn;ons. | considered how happily We
hd ,;yed for many years under our connexlon with
Massachusetts That we enjoyed good ana wholesome
l,ws and dignihed aud honorable administration
Thai we are one of the most respectable states IN the
Ioon That if we separated we shall De In point
f wealth one of the most contemplate further, sir
considered that the great mass OF the people my broth
farmers did not complain Of their condition. knew
&c ~ GRIEVANCES that we suffered In our present stu
a;oa and would not nave thought OF separation until
dom day If it had no, been for the Suggestions OF the
s.,o, olks or gentry as we farmers call them, such
!. generals esgurres, lawyers, Doctors, &c. This
thought brough, me to look again at the names upon
nv letter. and sir, saw than one or two names
osrsons that had lived for long time in clerk shifts,
either in oossession reyersion remainder or expectancy
- the prniemen lawyers would express themselves
Hound more than persons name that "ou'd grasp
nothing with more ayidity than FIFTEEN HUNDRED
DOLLARS saLARY-I found many men high IN military
rank and nothing would suit them better than 20 DC
higher. They would be STARS OF the hrst magnitude
n The military world if they could, sir. found the
names OF emierans from old Massachusetts,, that mad
hardly lived long enough with US to gain haonancy
Whv said to myself, do these great men take such
snnerest in this question Why do we hear no com
paints but from people OF this class +! Is ho' more
than probable that these great men are alter me '0apes
md fishes and that their hope, In case oil - 70
ride upon the shoulders oil the yeomanry Have moi In
apeual msn in all ages Of the world first battered The
peoDle over whom they would tyrannize Have moi
drmaporues and tyrants always betrayed with Kiss
Alter asking myself the above questions ana oehS Cd
lped to give affirmative answers, became mo- IMAM
ever confirmed my opinion, that the excitement Oh
the subjec, of separation the work oil amoion ana
that there in fact existed real cause IN the "oio
why we should be separated aeter'hiieu no. 10 80
10 the CAUCUS, but 10 stay at home, aud advise my
brother farmers il they love the District OF Maine to
vote against separations have not yet learned what
this meeting did, but expect nothing else, but 10 near
that when they assembled together, they were MARIAN
gust by young lawyers that the foremost seats IN the
meeting were occupied, by Judges, Clerks, Generals
and Lawyers lha, poor farmer could hardly get In
aword edge ways. In short should not be surpfls
edifwhen the meeting got together some young law
yer should forward with story TO go 10 Us isho
rant farmers and blind eyes,a cut and dried, 70 use
agar expression. dcnt say that this was the Case
but those who attended the meeting can tel MY
brother farmers, {" things ought not so 10 be
August lO,h, 1916. AfahMEN'