The Portland gazette., 1819-03-30

pos,ion should be made to that measure when properly
aced before the people, ofwhch there no appearance
Al present undertake to say ziu from that guar
ter and no other II it for the interest Of The people 1t a0
take pace-and otherwise it ought not But It IS not true
that any arrangements have been made 10 oppose meas
ure the mere ramor of which is but Of yesterday The
Coasne act has been passed but a few weeks and ht
trumpet has barely begun sound in the Argus. Have
the people of Maine so had opportunity OF com
ing to an understanding on the subject on either side
For one of the people, undertake to say they haze not
lam prvy to no such proceeding has been suggested
~ do believe that any body else is. In fact kao1~
II 2ntrary. know that there IS no foundation for the
sation--as far negdtUe is capable OF kno" ledge
e democrats themselves know it to be without tounda
lobe assured it is political ction-and they
merely imagine it TO give impulse to the measure, or
pretend in order to weaken your strength and divide your
force n the choice of SenaorsFeow citizens, your
candidates were selected on account OF their sentiments
with regard to separation, yOn know yourselves or
certainly the members OF the convention which selected
them must be sensible But they know and gon kaoo
that these gentlemen not selected because they were
understood to be opposed to separation. would ask,
how could their sentiments be ascertaned? Were they
inquired of the subject by the convention, before It's
members agreed TO support them The opinions OF
people at large, undertake TO say, are not formed upon
this subject and of the opinions OF andaUSduos
generally cannot be known portion OF the democratic
party to be sure is known to make it an object Of all their
zeaand there probably some federasts who feel ia
vourably disposed to the IN the abstract at some
period or other though they cannot feel perfect codence
in the principles OF those persons by whom ii is most
strenuously advocated and by whom the great ggatter-
ing at the harvest will be regulated Will such ederGt
isis let me again ask throw themselves into the of
the democratic party, the mere preence OF violent
party paper, that both their candidates unrendy TO
separation One of them . said to be open eneg and
the other covert foe An open opponent is easy to be
ascertained but bow concealed one TO be discovered
The gentleman probably alluded TO on former occa-
sion supposed to be favourable to this proposition when
it was finally laid distinctly before the public. Whattest
has since been taken to try his opinion Is it his Uoe al
the Bruns1vick ConUentioa Let them say. We know not
Only let those who him for pronOunClng that report
TO be atse undertake TO prove true And in order TO do
that they will have to satisfy the minds of many other
gentlemen republican as well as federal besides the four
delegates from Portland who could not find in their
sciences TO approve the report though iavouraby dpos
ed in principle to the original Ii the vote OF all
those gentlemen that occasion is TO be taken Cre
OF secret hostility separation, then those secret ene
mics may take courage from the thousands, who united
with them in reprobation of that extraordinary re-
port to come out boldly and avow their opposition
But do not yow fellow citizens, suffer yourselves to be i'm
posed upon by such shallow, bald and barefaced sug
geston tha which has been referred to- to throw away
your votes for HARRIS and RlsH even to the risk
of throwing them away from LEWIS and ADAMS Is there
any comparison between the men Would you be willing
TO acknowledge Mark Harris and james Irish for
your Representatives. in the Senate of this Commonwealth
and consent to be Judged yourselves accordingly? Or
will you by voting for either of those men, dGUer
ing single vote from the federal ticket the risk OF
compromitting its success Let the question be putbome
TO every ederalist in the county. That ticket fairly
agreed upon-ata convention in which every place and
every opinion in the county actually had equal
opportunity Of being represented. The notice gen.
era, seasonabe, fair and full aud the invitation
tended to all the Federal Republicans in the county with
out distinction. No views unfavourabIe to separation
were there expressed entertained Indeed the consider
alton of the subject regarded altogether premature
An interest immediate and urgent than that of epa
ration was presened-the political character of the Sen
ate Of this Commonwealth for the year ensuing That
may depend upon the choice by the people in this
ty. The democrats will have all the other Senators in
the District Probably enough too they will be favoura-
BILE to separation that that cause will not want for
friends in the legislature Not satisfied with that the de-
mocra have resored to this enpedie TO distract the ede
raj strength and destroy federal choice in this county
And remember there other ALTERNATIVES Our Sena.
tors must be either federal or democratic. The only eff
feet of diversion of few federal votes nearly balanced
as the two parties in this county, will be to favour the
election of democrats.
FEDERALIsTs CUMBERLAND, Upon you rests the res
ponsibtlity 81 federal or democr otic Senate
CONSISTENCY.
Their ECCeLIencU and HOnor. C0Df. CroYlu-