Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1817-12-16

one Of hunting woodchucks- instead OF
attending divine service on the Sabbath, mix
with club-drink whiskey, get drunk, gouge
out an eye and reel home ? Surely all this
is very natural, nay fashionable.
The Editor of The Columbus Gazette,
speaking of Emigration, has this sage remark
They appeared 10 be so griered and mortified at
The remOrnL Of some Of their mos e,pterprisng Gil
gems 70 the : Western Country" ltchese faces, by
some Of the tcenAhiest portion Of community, hare
been long held TO The grindstone) that IL is absolute
IN coaieeiured, there wU be fer more" coNvES-
TIoNs" called, (not altogether Ike Harfford7) but
for NE purpose Of introducing slavery; that TIE
aab0bs, or conDeatiOndISis may at some remote
and (aUOrdbte period, hare opportunity Of curry
ing into effect, their faDOriie oLject-tO uu dis
memberment of the union Only obtain tic nttcra-
ton IN your state constitutions and procure The me-
cessary number Of slaues, and the =" Western Goun-
try" must ineoitabiy fall"
Surely these arguments are inyincible, and
TO me it is matter of establishment that the spir-
It's OF New England, who have heard voice
procamIng, My sons scorn TO be SLAVES, :"
have not ere this, been in open rebellion with
the laws Of their country, and the tyrants that
administer them. Surely they will accept this
| golden opportunity to flee from this 6 LGnd Of
stauery' to ." Liberty HaW'-exchange their
\ Atlantic fisheries, for the more lucrative and
pallatable progeny of muddy brooks and stag
/ nant ponds-their pleasant cottages Tor log
houses without chimney--their land Of
! pumpkins, grain and potatoes, for the land OF
! bears, owls and skunks-their habits OF indus
| try and civilization, for groveing Incidence
and savage hcentiousness--their puritanc
principles, for gross inGdelity-their religious
devotons, for whiskey clubs. riots, and beast
| Iy drunkenness, and their Hartford Conventions,
for Whskey Instructions and Baltimore
mobS. For tea and coffee, may be substitu
ted burnt barley and birch bark-tor sugar
and moasses, maple sap-for clans, oysters
| and Holsters. mud turtles and trogs-fOr cloves,
allspice and pimento, spice bush, sassafras and
wake-robin. And as for salt, should they ex-
perience such a drought as to dry up their
salt ponds, they might be easily supplied with
that article, by building a " Turnpike" or
making g Canap' to Mr.. Je6erson's salt
mountain. Then will they save their moses
from the grindstone" though they may lose
an eye-then will the tree Of liberty flourish
| IN immortal VerduTe. " nal happiness Nay
lei US appeal TO ancient times, for who will
doubt thai Cain, after he had murdered his
brother, and was driven from the presence Of
his Maker, and built city in the land Of
Nod, was more happy than before Wheth
er he practised gouging, or called his CITY
Liberty HoA," have not leisure 10 enquire.
Friend to Emigration.
y. B.-The Columbus Gazette says, that
man in that vicinity, has raised 2 pumpkins
weighing So pounds each--snd | am told
the same man last year, raised two potatoes,
so large, that it took 3 men with handspikes
to roll them out of the hill. | also learn, by
the same paper, that there are in the western
country mammoth btackguords as well as
mammoth pumpkins and potatoes; but as the
editor did not give the dimentions, | am una
bic TO state how large they may be