Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1816-04-02

IL IS natuai ior. men OF hot, ambitious and
unPrincipled minds, to bounce al single
leap, from one extreme into the opposite
extreme, provided that they find their own
personal interests in it In the 18th centu-
ry, goodly number OF the fierce and fiery
English republicans were among the fore
most for receiving the exiled Charles Stuart
withou. slS:kling him with any conditions
at al. Those king haters became The dor
ers Of monarchy, and Of monarchy TOO
that was absolute, desposic and ssngulnary.
he divine right OF kings, and the doc
tine OF passive obedience and noniesistance.
were made the prominent articles in their
political creed. Royal iyranny was At once
Invested OF all its hstt ful attributes, and was
possessed, IN their estimate. of the sacred
ness OF divinity, SO tar forth as they them.
selves were privileged with . participation
inkthe administration it. France has ex,
hibi.ed the like phenomena on much lar
gel scale. How many thousands and tens
OF thousands Of Frenchmen who had been
ba~iing abou, liberty and quality for years
together, became the jealous supporters Of
bonapaftc's tyranny, and would almost lie
down and lick his feet for the sake Of o5.
,sinig offices in The army, in the civil list.
OF AZ the customs. II the tyrant spcrned
them. gfnmbled indeed, moi on accoun. of
his general tyranny, but by reason Of their
own personal disappointment Mherea. If
he deigned TO smile upon them and to lift
them into office, they Instantly became his
desoied sassals, in heart and soul and body.
It's needless, however.:o look abroad for
instances for we have them ii woful plenty
At home. See the party leaders who, no
great number Of years ago, pfoiessed TO
hold IN abomina.ion energy in the govern.
mcnt,wars standing armies, an armed navy.
and above all, heavy taxes upon the dear
people, or IN any way robbing the mouth
Of labour;-see these seltsame men bounce
into the opposite extreme, and carry the
very points which they had so loudly con-
demns q and so bitterly resiled, great ma.
ny degrees further than any sober federal-
ISL would have Carried them in '9s. And is
TINS strange! Not at all. They we're pat.
fiots iof the sake of getting power and
having by their mock patriotism life
themselves into high places, and feeling Sc
cu'e' At Is natural enough that they should
make as much as they can out Of their
power. hey have tasted the sweets Of
strong government, Of enormous presidcn-
tisl Patronage, OF the lavish expenditures Of
uhe war, Sc Thereby have they found
lat places Tor their sons, their nrphews.
their cousins, and all their relations To the
remotest degre Of affinity, II is que s,icna-
bic whether there be among them all sim
gle mothers sen, who has not, in some wav
or other, derived personal benefits from The
heavy burdens that lie upon the people.
Some have made out Of them their thou
sands, and others their tens of thousands of
dollars. Every one has Loaf, OF Ash, or
at least fragment of the loaves and fishes.
The zeal ofthese men is therefore no mar.
ter OF wonder, though they are acting in d.
rect opposition TO the principles which ,hev
formerly avowed: for in both instances
they have been ac,uated by the same motives
OF inordinate and unminelsd sei6shne.s.
Conn. Couronf.
AT Bradford, house owned by Mr.. n
Morse, and occupied by Mr. C.Carle,o,,
and Mr.. 3. Morse, jr. has, with all the fur
ni'ure, been destroyed by fire, occas;oned
by putting hot ashes IN barrel.