The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1820-04-18

ONLY necessary for them 10 exhibit lar view
of the grounds of their determination in order
10 have Justice done 10 the motives by which
they were ac,uated.
As the Address has been published in sew
sral forms, IT requires no analysis ~ Ibis place.
l. !. fully capable OF speaking for itself, and
without attending 10 any Typographical mac
ouracv lis ability requires no support from
any inferior pen. lis most obvious feature, 1t
may be observed, is The unconceaed contempt
with which il regard, thu pretended CON-
PROMISE, and the allegation, which was then
new 10 many persons in this State. that the
Indian title was not exipguished 10 the re.
sirioled territory and without the consent oil
two thirds Of the. Sepste never can be. II re
CARDS the resdll !h<fefore as an absolute and
unmi igated>t = on the side of the south.
very little 9usEe With this milk and water.
/, states the prepoiderance already acquired TO
the slave holding interest by the promlscuous
admission OF new states. and which Was &c.
erc,sed in the late instance to The exclusion OF
Maine II expresses no hostility 10 the raton
al administration. On the contrary it a,ows
the warmest attachment to the principles OF
to the cause of liberty. There is nothing, it
should seem, either in the topics themselves o,
The method of their ireameat calculated 10
arouse The ire OF any honorable individual, or
indeed give any just ground oil offence 10 their
nonconcurring colleagues. Il would have been
gratifying TO the people OF Maine 10 have re
ceived communication OF a correspondent
character expressed IN. as good temper, M
vindicst,on OF their Suffrage from themselves.
II is not probable, that The Hon. Mr.. MAsos
has entirely exhausted the subject 1t is to
be hoped there is something more 10 he made
oil it siiIl.-Incidcntally il may here be stated,
that it is not believed any such cemmunica-
ton has been made by either oil those gentle.
men in any public form.
But il has strangely been imagined, that
this address was an appeal OIL the part OF lis
signers to the charity OF the country and the
mercy Of their constituents and j, is even
intimsted that it may have been extoried in
consequence Of certain eloquent I" murmurs"
against their conduct, which il is POLITICALLY
supposed may have reached the capital. II
may be so but il is certainly very singular.
No such murmurs have been heard very loud
ly in this quar,sr--ssye the suien, hollow,
fdgeity, melancholy. intermittent, moaning
which was occasionally kept up in the Argus
while the question was pending, and which
has since its determination subsidized, or rather
been converted, into one long, dismal
and distressing howl. Some regrets may
possibly have been felt at the cruel ne
csssity of imposing any restriction whatever
Al ,ntar If he k..
they were not very audible
Night dews fall not more gently to the ground
6 Nor weary. worn out winds SO soft expire ~
No such murmurs, as these mentioped there.
fore having iransp'ied al home, i, is presumed
that they must have been communicated to
Washington in confidential letters.
This candid suggestion is however made IL
communication Of considerable length and
elaborate structure in late number Of the
Argus, which has become the ,ficial gazette Of
the dark complexionsd side OF the question.
As this is performance Of considerable pre-.
tensions and is presented as The production al
no ordinary charactef-and both IFS style and
,niormsiion combine to indicate il as coming
foms me high and authoritative source--it is
q pfepeS mark VI respect not 10 pass II over
without some due notice to such stately and
elevated claims.
1t is a performance certainly that was al
tended with no uncomfortable parsde--proc-
lam alton having been made of il in the pre-.
ceding paper-and the publication of the ad-
dress postponed for the preparation OF the an
,idoe 10 keep pace with il. Great expectation
was of course naturally excited. Omae igno
INN, the proverb says, pro magnificent was
ushered in at last with formidable flourish
on the part Of the editor, as The contribution
of cherished correspondent, and authentic
assurance given that the most implicit reliance
| might be placed upon its statement of facts.
This was anquestonahIy an impressive, not
to say an imposing, prelude and il probably
had considerable effect upon public feeling
II is to be hoped, there is no disposition to
deny TO this production aoy praise 10 which
it may be entitled although how much may
be due on the score Of its real spirit may be
questionable. On this point however it may
be expedient to waive many remarks at this
Time.
T. With regard 10 the scope and character OF
this communication, which purpons to be in
reply TO the Address of our Representatives
already alluded 10, IT mag be observed, that
its object appears to be to assal the correct