The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1820-05-30
MISCELLANY.
FOR THE GAZETTE.
TO THE HON. JasN H..s.s.

SIR-As you have been absent for some
length of time from this section of the country,
and probably have wish to know the opin-
ion generally entertained of yourself, and the
course of conduct which you have pursued as
member of Congress, have taken the lib
eriy of suggesting a few remarks for your
information and consideration, hoping that
you may yield to the force of truth, and ap-
preciate the advantages of good advice, and,
perhaps, you may thereby avoid course Of
conduct which, if pursued long, will inevitably
prove fatal to the residue of your popularity.
In the first place, sir, your political ineg-
tity has, heretofore, been very much doubted
even by your strongest political friends and
now, no one believes in the soundness Of your
heart or in the purity of your actions. Your
outrageous abuse of the republicans, while
you were raging lederalisi, has induced them
tosuspect and distrust you. Your ardent love
of money, and your extreme vanity, selfish
ness, and thirst for public honors, are in the
highest degree disgusting to your best friends.
Your political, like animal life, is forced
state of existence. The people have never
ociliingly called you 10 Offices of profit and
trust bnt you have forced yourself upon
their indulgence and forbearance. II is not,
however, my design TO dwell on the disa-
greeable events of your past life; but. in
charity TO point out course of conduct TO be
pursued by you for he future And at pres
emf one great and all important object must
engross your undivided attention and govern
all your conduct: to obtain this, you must
summons and embody all the energies and
exertions of which you are capable Give
not sleep to your eyes nor slumber to your
eyelids Unit. this, in some way or other, is
accomplished. | mean your election as a
Senator to Congress from Maine. The Le-
gislatu,e of this State will soon be in session.
As soon as that takes place, lose no lime in
repairing TO the seat OF goyernment-leave
nothing unlried TO effect your election
Trample under foot every obstacle which op
poses your success-break down the barriers
Of decency and decorum-creep, again, into
the lodgings of the Governor, and solicit his
influence and inierest--.hrea,en him again
with loading bis shoulders with the infamy Of
the five ninth report of the Brunswick Con
yention-thst you will use your exerions that
he shall not again be elected Governor, and
that you will 'kick up dust" in The State if
he refuse TO assist you. Convoke oaucusses
oil the members of the legislature, at which.
forget not 10 appear in person--inIorm the
members Of ' the many important public du
ties to which you have been called"-,hat
you !" have acted with the most intelligent
citizens of all classes, and from all sections Of
Name" Call them I" a high minded. honor
able, generous. and free peope''-iell them
you have saved the State. from lhraldom, and
the Union from dissolution But do not tell
them that you have used your most strenuous
exertions 10 extend slavery. that curse and
reprosch of The American Republic, 10 unborn
millions Make The members believe, If
possible, that il is the iederalisis alone who
distrust you this, though FAR, very far. from
being q fact, will be Of essential service TO
you---use your eDdea,ours TO create faction,
a, the head Of which maintain your ground !;
for, if the people be lef 10 calm rerose and
sober ,hougti, il will inevitably prove fatal
10 you.
Perhaps should recommend the expending
few dollars by way at entertain ing those Of
your supporters, Who % love The feast Of fs,
lhings.' did | noi know, that tic white and
JEt4tN ShiI- W FNu' b0bAo WIZ on wv
yielding tenacity BE no, sparing oil your
finished elocu,ion and the figures Of rhetoric
they cost nothing Bring in. il YOU can, the
:" pouiice and bottle OF hot wafer" more eth
cacious than the blood letting and warm waller
OF your predece sor, DR.. sangrado. But
above all ihings, do not mention your military
proves. You, indeed, were appointed q
Lieut.. Colonel al the commencement Of the
late war, but sagacioosly pereeising lhal there
would be some hard knocks and bloodshed
you, at once, te-ia1ed your commission, and
thereby NANTES cd 10 al around you, pocife
disposition. Like the famous Larry OBrep,
you gave evidence incOntro,eriible, that for
fighting you never had notion" Keep out
of view, il possible the disposition you mao.
Tested and expressed while Mr.. Madison was
President, GOT kicking HIM from his chair, "
for the republican entertain high respect
for that revolutionary patriot Declare.
that when you said {" the people would
be rode and that you bad as good a right
to ride them as any body else" that you
did not intend they should hear Of it--keep he
attention oil The members, as much as possible
from The Brunswick Convention: for If they
remember you said that the five ninth report
Z" as true as God himself is true" j, will