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

they begin TO aud the seat Of government viii be
Al fortland. In Cumberland they are afraid it
will DE at Bangor or Passamaquoddy In some
towns in favour OF separation delegates opposed
will get in by the aid Of their old fed ral friends
saco, Scarborough, Westbrook, Paris, Monmouth
Hollis, Buxton, Gorham, & Cape Elizabeth, will
probably send union tickets for delegates. as
Portland did, and Saco forgot to- in favour Of sep
aration. The Indians, of whom we have got so
great bargain, win be disinterested at being
driven about from pillar TO post and traficked
away like mink-sk ms. and will probably be
manouvering to gain majority in the convention.
If Indian Old Town an PleasantPoin should not
themselves be entitled to a very large repres en-
taton, they can easily get some of their copper
coloured brethren returned among the natives OF
other towns.
If by all these means and variety OF others
the opposition should manage to get majority in
the convention--and do it they will, depend
upon it, lift 5 in their'power-what are we to
expect to be the consequences In the first place
they will never apply to. Congress for admission,
that's certain-and then as you said there will
be no separation--this time ~ 2dly, They
will take special good care not to form any con-
stituton at all or else to make such an infamous
one that the people will be ashamed to accept it.
And 3dly, as the Constitution of Massachusetts,
is ip that case TO go into operation perhaps they
will contriye somehow to make us hang on again
| to the old bay state.
| Only think Mr.. Printer--.fter having got so
far into the wilderness on our Journey to the
| promised land-of our having to make tracks,
| and take up our line of march back to old Massa-
chusetts, across the New Hampshire line, with
our wives and little ones, our men servants and
| maid servants. our oxen and our asses, and uuch
more cattle into the bargain
If they contrive to succeed with this plan in
the convention, it is plain all the fat will be in
| the fire. The party against separation will in
that case | understand agree with the people Of
old Massachusetts to support Gov. Sullivan as
Governor Of Massachusetts. 1t is true he has
been dead number of years. But what odds
will that make to them ? If they can contrive
to defeat separation now | make no kind of man
1 ner OF uOuDl, OUT Wnat tney may De dDle 10
manage to bring the old gentleman to life again.
Perhaps they will try to revive him by an act Of
the legislature, as they do departed banks and
corporations. Certain am that fthey can car.
ry US back to old Massachusetts, they can do any
thing they are mind to after they get there.
Then suppose they will unite and petition the
general government against Embargoes, Non
intercourse and War, and demonstrate against
the Orders ini Council, Berlin and Min DEGREES,
and pass re solutions against the Gun-Boat sys-
tem--lt is true all these things seem TO have
| gone to the Capulets But what of that
| don't see but what if the opposers can put back
/ separation, they may so back to the food. They
may for aught know, overhaul Mr.. Madi;on's
last election and put in Dewitt Clinton, in his
stead, destroy Mr.. Jefferson's election in 1901
on account Of the dark complexioned votes.
They may even go so far as to defeat the adop.
ton ofthe Federal Constitution and revoke the
! Declaration of independence.
PHIL-ARGUS.