The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1821-09-04

IaS lauguase o.uah n1ss jna LAY prevail ,-s5- an
honest ycoaaary cannot long be caphvaiel By tir
Mound assertions, Hypothetical statements, and inis-
crinnate personal abuse, which aboands ii the papers
actively engaged in the wosk Of eiectioneelng. The
hllinggale OF the editor Of the Argus cannot always
gaia admirers, among the loves, class Of society
flowing may be the style pointed the PERI
ols in which ii is clothed the glitter Of fiction win
vanish before the practscd eye, and even the man
who has gained 90 much assurance By success may be
called 70 submit his swollen and disproportioned
dimensions 70 the standard az truth ana public opinion
Il cannot but be subject Of regret that his mind should
have been formed in 50 narrow mould, tina, he can
Be content 10 walow in the mud, when, with better
feelings and more honorable motives, ne might have
commanded for himself puTer atmosphere, and an
higher field Of eXertionrhat writer intends no doubt
BY his ultra zeal 20 prove himself in proficiency
worthy disciple Of his presen, political teachers and
Aates and having az a late period Of life, left the
Sa~ Of retirement and the retreats of study he means
10 atone, by exuberance OF rancour and an indscr-
anae violence, for the time losl % BIN by the still
waters and green pastures" Of the Academy and
Lyceum Not content with abHsing his former pat
rons, who take the liberty differ from him on the
qualifications Of men for office he steps on of has way
10 make direct attack upon o. for choosing with the
privilege we thought we possessed in common with
our el!ow-ctzens adhere to neither Of the factions
which now distract state. The copous secretion
OF gall with which thar gentleman has lately been
troubled occasaaed duubi by the strange eonfor-
ions produced By the dehneations Of his character 50
publicly exhibited creates difficulty of discharge in
the accustomed channels, and he therefore lets il off
careless whittier il flows or whom it defIes.
What particularly excited his late contemplate at
tack on this paper was evidently the notice we took
Of the toast drank late Celebration by the late Gov
The editor Of the Argus exceedingly perpexed at
the unhappy and unadyed explosion Of his patron on
that occasion, and little offended that we did
not, like himself pass it over in silence But he must
be made understand, if he has not vet learned that
shah tamely sit still and suffer this town to be
aduced BY one denagogue after another however nigh
may be his station, without raising our voice in its vim
dication and defence. However it may suit the left
handed policy Of the Argus acquiesce IN such SANDER
and however may expose ourselves TO the vigorous
tooth Of that general couniato we shall pursue the
strait forward course which truth and honesty dictates
me example Of the Argus whose policy is based upon
the corrupt Machiayelian doctrine, that the end sane
tines the means"
~ again repeat what often have said before but
which the editor ofthe Argus determined to mis-
construe Or is too stupid understand that between
me two portions Of the democratic party who are so
hercely conendns for place, take no share and no
interest-we say cannot do il without renouncing
the principles, by which we have ever been governed
This position TO be driven from by the sap
lent speculaons Of the editor of the Argus, however
anxious he may be TO accomplish his object or nfa-
nous his means
If our course is an honest one and we pursue it in
good conscience, did presume until the Argus at
tempted TO brighten us thar we were al liberty to con
'inue IN it. without answering for its result at te Office
Of the Secretary Of State And until that gentleman
can erect another star chamber Of equal tyranny with
The Old we shall act without regard to the anathemas
q this new self created dictator Of the State