The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1820-03-14
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"DrsS:se tdyseY as, hou wi1, sill slarery ,
siiii thoa al1 a bRfsrdrdugh'.o
GLe labour is'over. The mother is delivered.
Maine is come into the world v ith twin sister,
black as erbus, deformed as sin, and ugly as
SATAN In the countenance Of every rejecting
man, are depicteogriei, establishment ano horror
in every heart thai feels for the honor, the hap
piness and welixre Of the country and for others
woes, felt The poignancys OF regret, aud the
pangs Of disappointment. 4 general panic and
nsternaton pervade the inhabitants OF the east,
and a mournfuls aud gloomy silence proclains
the sincerity Of unayaing sorrow, and the bitter
ness Of regret. When we consider the curses
which have already been brought ga ar country
by the extension Of slavery, and VII without a
special miracle, Inevitably follow one alter the
other in continual succession, unit tais once
happy country shall be buried ia Z aaeral and
overwhelming catastrophe; our heart become
impressed with the deepest solemnity, and our
hands and our voices are rased to the Majesty OF
Heaven in humble and fsfveot prayer, =" that
this sin may not be laid TO orr oharge.n The
proceedings efthcvpresent Congress have produ-
oed crisis, which will forever stain the annals
of American history with ndelibe disgrace and
infamy; and which, the bitterness Of iemorse and
the peni.entisl tears OF grief, can never eiisce.
Who can expect that the blessings oiheaven will
descend and rest upon as. after having outraged
humanity and mooked at justice. v no can look
with oomplaconcy those unpnncpicd men,
who have battered the happiness, honor and
safety Of iheir,cosntry for the paltry recompense
of self a ggf al5sssment aud sordd interest The
base dereliction principle in two Of the Repre-
sentatiyes from Name, and their .sosndaious dis
regard to the interest and wishes Of their consit-
u. nts, have heaped disgrace on this portion oil
the country, and defiied our fair reputation.
, The great apostate ard author OF most Of our
political evils has endeavored TO signalize HIM
self in wickedness- and he, who, as we though,
was placed in his present situation, ior no other
reason aud ON no other principle, Than TINS, IhAt
nature abhors Vacuum" has become nocent
evil. lniquity, injustice and iniidelsty have
their permanent dwelling place in our .HotnEs
and even nj flILL-,ty, is converted into s,sable
mass Of staining substance. 10 PLAIN engsnn.
Holmes and Hill have abandoned the interest
and welfare of their constitute ats, Aud ieasued
the msslvas with southern slave. dsfvsfs. Would
not such men. like Arnold, sell their coonlsy, n
its safety wore confded to their chafSe. out
present situation fills Us with fearful appfehen-
sions and dirciul iorebodipg.. Lsils beset U. on
every eide. What then is the path WHICH, justice.
honor aud safety point out 1t is this, 90 iprsske
our defiled aud polluted Holmes, and Porse our.
selves Of pre- cent sins, that may have strength
and faith enough TO say 10 this OF mat I'M, DC
thou removed to another place.
But let US turn from these otjccts OF horror, and
from this state OF misery, and congratulate cur
selves on the unvaverns fimnsss. ard steady
integrity, Of the i've worthless OF hfa'ne, ~ho
have had virtue and integrity enough, 10 pass
through the fiery furnace heated one seven tunes
hotter than it is won't to-te heated and soner lao
evil. They have deserved well OF their county.
and merit lie honors and rewards. Then names
ought TO be written ia letters OF gold, aud under
each. proted In fair capitals WISDOM, FIRM
NESS. INTEGRITY, FiDELlrY. ;.