The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1819-08-10

.rastion 81 mid be spared sod inculpation
a,oiled This il not season for uunecessa-
~ evaporation or recrIm'nat'on. Let all diff
x.repces Of opinion be buried with the causes
,bat have produced them or remembered
.,olv as indictments 10 patriotism in the mutu-
.Ioompetition Of good works.
Let this oblivion Of the past and union for
.,te future be consecrated by the purest good
,,;,h No relrograde Increment should be
made; nor any CONFEDERATION, either open or
;o4ireci. attempted. Let there BE- 10 coun!e-
nance aG,rded to any suspicious of insdious
- dsincenious designs. Let all combine with
,be most perfect cordially to accomplish the
sheets, which equally concern the welfare
and involve the Interests Of all. Having taxi
On q strong and decisive step towards promot-
no The prosperity Of Maise manly fortitude
!. reouired in pursuing its consequences to
,bs end. Difficulties afford no dispensation
.,on dulles On the contrary the obligation
,ncreases with the pressure; and their ardu-
oosness only renders their discharge at once
more itnpeIiOus aud meritoriOus Obstacles
should be met with fmBess, and difficulties
faced with intrepidily. Whatever may be
their magnitude or obstinacy in the mass, all
inpedimens may be overcome in detail by
the united application of vig0uT and resolu-
ton and will yield ccesaivey to energy
and perseverance. While A proper caution
tempers all our proceedings, nothing will be
wanting to success, five are only faithful 20
ourselves.
But at all events nothing can be more plain
than that this is no time for exultation. II is
impossible to forget, that We are only bFacing
on the harness All triumph al present is
perfectly premature The most splendid
part Of il remains for future contamination 10
The victory 10 be accomplished over the dIsas-
trous consequences predicted 10 result from
separation and msgnanimoUs oblivion Of I'M
profitable preiudices. CYMON.
Mr.. SHIRLEY,
confess was somewhat surprised at the small
number of the enemies of our independence
and my first idea upon it was, that the opposition
had been playing most desperate game. But
supposed that after so full a vote against them
the game was entirely up on their part, and that
they would feel themselves but too happy to he
permitted to die in peace. Indeed l could not
see FOR my soul, what there was for them to wish
70 live for :; that Is 70 say as body for
Thought that the Separation would be like that of
soul and body to the principals ofthe opposition !;
and that as they had got the worst end oft there
would be an end of the worsted. In fact to tell
me whole honest truth aho ut i'll really thought,
knowing no more about it than did, that ,ePa'
ration was as certain death!
But Mr.. Printer. ! had not then ssrsSsss the last
Argus. ! get good many new ideas Out Of that
paper; and though sometimes look into yours
don't think am great deal the wiser for it.
The Editor Of that paper says that the policy OF
the opposition Is to get majority in the conven-
ton and so to remember to forget 70 apply to
Congress for admission into the union! The mo-
ment that read this the light flashed on my
mind ike wild fire saw through the whole
thing as plain as day. Depend upon it the OPP
position have been playing deep game-very
deep-as deep as well. In the first place they
pretended not to be very eager TO make any
opposition at all But the did not deceive me
lknew them Of old. But when saw that upon
The great pull they mustered only 5, 900 out
OF upwards of 10000, | acknowledge that
thought il was dead set against them. Little
did suspect that it was their cunning art to
Throw Us ofocr guard ana surprise u after all by
starting up all at once in the last place we should
.ook for them, as majority in the convention.
1t is plain now that they only laid down and
made believe they were dead like the man In
tne spelling book, while the bear smelt Of him.
suspected that some Of them slammed .2b ahcaT
and did not come out at all i; and thought l. saw
some OF them folding up their robes like immortal
S@sar to die with decency /; but had no idea
Out what the party was defunct bona fde and
nae not thee least mistrust that they were only
giving out that they were gone, like debtor to
eiude his duns or a convict to escape the gall
oWs-and moreover make old Massachusetts, 20
.nto mourning for them TO keep up the mockery
thinking Of their d eceitfuness could not help
saying in the words Of the old sheepstesler tina;
wrote Shakespeare
Time was
That when the brains were out the man " oul5