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

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boiling with Indignation al the trivial cir
cumstance of an overcharged account, puts
language into his mouth which the dignity
and propriety of that illus,vious mans char
acter could never have suffered him to utter.
Ii understand Junius he is labouring TO
attach TO the Sheriff three badges OF dis
grace. He calls him brother, heeuLator, and
coward. The residue is happy mixture
of" froth,"" wind" and inscru,able poll.
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If either of these accusations be true, the
Sheriff must tall into disgrace. Until Ju.
MUS appears in lis proper name, TO the irst
charge, lhe public mus, be awate,no defence
can be made. And all that Janius has said
upon the second, although he sssum-
ed false premises, does in no sense JUS
tify his assertion--Doss Junius understand
the import oil the charge? Why then, as
he fabricated what facts he did adduce in
the charge was established
Janius offers one false fact to maintain
the truth of his third accusation. He says
the Sheriff resigned his military commits
sion on the first approach oil Danger. Who
commanded the Warren Regiment at Gam
den in The fall of the Thu d year Sf the war !!
Ii Junius knew ibis falsehood is most impu-
dent it he knew not, his ignorance, is in
excusable The Sheriff stood at the head
of his Regiment until all danger had subsid
ed.
Junius' attempt to reach the Sheriff
through his Deputies, was equally abor,ive
He found him there, as well as at all other
points implegr able. Probably not Coun-
~ in New England Can furnish more res
ptctable class of under Sheriffs than are 10
be found in the County Of Lincoln-But be
it understood, write without the priviy Of
the Sheriff Of Lincoln and wi,honi any
particular motive Of Friendship towards him
or ennuty towards his accuscr-my concern
is to give my feeble efforts to the supper,
OF civil order, against its worst enemy, an
anonymous calamniator. "A. Z.
FOR THE GAZETTE.
Ii is maxim which has long been confirm
ed by experience, that to pass through lite
with any degree oil honor, the young man ON
his first entrance into the world, should make
choice Of proper company. 1t is not enough
that his principles be OF the correct kind,
neither is 1t sufficient. that his mind is pure and
his intention right. His associates must be
selected from among the wise, and his com
pamons irom among The good. was led to
this train Of remark, from observing IN the
last Portland Argus, the insectiye of aseak
MUSHROOM syitl,ng, VINO, lost 10 all honorable
mo tive, and calious to every worthy emotion,
is used as the humble instrument of men, who
require an implicit obedience 10 their dictates,
and an un ,uaIitied compliance win their will.
This petty Jogging essayist, IN his warmth
OF feeling, has exceeded the bounds OF pru-
dence aud Of truth, and unwilling that the in
dependent citizens ot Maine should assume the
province OF thinking Tor themselves, he would
intrude upon their understandings as tie organ
ofmen, whose virtue is deceit and whose pat
tiotism is ambition.
But it is principle, which observation has
Tor ages JUSTIFIED, that truth hourshts under
the very rod OF persecution. Must we then
pot anticipate the most salutary effects, from
the late proceedings Of the Convention at
Brunswick Convinced of the perilous stu
alton of our District, they have ably pointed
out the causes OF danger, and boldly echoed
stubborn facts, which will not bear the ilu-
sions of sophstry--they would lead the hon
est and judicious mind 10 a candid and impair
tial investigation; for where virtue inscrbes
the page Of manly discussion, il is the duty Of
every citizen to peruse il. As the inhabitants
OF Maine will soon have an important part to
act, with reference to themselves as well as 10
society, il is necessary that they should sum-
mon every power, and employ every iayora
BILE opportunity to examine the subject with
that candor, which its vast importance de-
mands. My Fellow Citizens, il is no longer
the period TO build castles in the air to amuse
yourselves with dreams Of greatness, which
can never be realized. The crisis has arrived
in which you oughto open your eyes to sober
truth, to drop the mantle OF prejudice, and ac-
quire sensation, adapted to all the dictates
OF patriotism. II becomes you most seriously
to consider, whether the dearest interests OF
Maine have been cultivated by those men who
are Strenuous tor Separation. Have they not
rather with few honorable exec, tions had
the audacity to solicit notice and confidence
by Boosting OF rectitude and sincerity OF in
ienlion, while they establish by their conduct
beyond doubt, proofs Of their utter derec-
ton Of principle.
\ eh Il.