The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1822-09-10

THIS NEW ARCH CHAMPION Of the .ergus trcrnb- !
Ing lest his political tricks should be disclosed
and his fat Office pat in jeopardy, very properly
undertakes the management OF MS own causo---
Gerry properly we say-because this is net an al
fair before any cica tribunal, where such pro-
ceeding would not perhaps be exactly decorous
but cause managed in the pure, the chdste, the
unpoll,aed columns Of the Argus f,,-Herc no
question Of e.iluette or propricty can occur-and,
here, we very readily and cheerfully admit that
Removes in his proper sphere, appears in his prop
or character, and that here his Honor is Recfus
though not 8 Regtt'us'') in Ctria.
But the defense Of the Incumbent of fat Office
against the fears and alarms which the wholesome
though possibly not dangerous las far as the Office
is concerned) forebodings of conscience have at
least produced sonething-and if it has not any
beneficial moral effect, it has given existence
10 literary prodigy which claims Milne as
the place of its BIRTH and the Argus for its accou
cielr.
Hcrewe find served up in style entirely neto
a friodseed Enghshmaa--a natire born English
man IN ragow-barbacued old tory sauced with
boiling hot British blood'-and garnshed with
American rebels" :" Bunker hill and New-Or-
leans battle" sprinlled over with little of tue
pepper of" allegiance and loyalty to his Britanic
Majesty" and the oil of /" freedom and independ-
ence"-garnished with correspondent desert Of
" some foul words to poute the mouths Of Ameri-
can freemen"-and decorated with " gossipping
and yaporing'' q,aant,tm Su6fcit-the whole served
up by a Sc man Of spirits.' This nan as was be-
fore observed is really more than Punch in the
puppet Show and to use his own language be-
Longs, 1t seems to a gang of desperadoes who
have shaved their heads and taken an oath"
What pity, that all this expense of ingenuity
and labor should only be labor in rain What
loss 70 the community, that so much time,
which might have been alnaos' as profsa5ly en-
ployed, in preparation for the proper discharge
OF his periodical public duties, for which he re-
ceives SO ample salary.
We can assure his Honor that the " bunrling
attempts" which seem 10 have soseriouslv alarm
CO him, originated from no " EngliAtina,." what
ever, but from as true bloolcl yankee as ever
breathed-even in old 4gamenticus and If his
Honor has a wish to trace his pedigree, and will
only come forward IN proOria persona, we viii
not only satisfy him upon this point, but upon any
other, in relation 20 the whole subject of his
wonderful, or rather bl'mdezJ'a Argus efFusion.
We can go farther, and saw, that the gentleman,
70 whom his Honor owes SO serious an alarm is
an old tory of 10 boi;o ,fl
ancestors we're. We can with confidence assert,
that not one OF them, in opinion could posi-
bly, have been half so much of an old tory
as his Honor Himself was, at a period when
his brother apostatc, Mr. Holmes, Of Al
fred, contemplated removal 10 Newburvport.
At that period his Honor was generally supposed
to go very far beyond common toyyisn and was
generally considered red lot torn.
Now we have never held but one opinion con-
corning adult political apostacy-and il is i'm
possible that we should ever changcit. We be-
leve that man OF common sense who in addi-
ton to a collegiate education has superadded
that of professional education, can never, hon
faly, change his political opinions, after he has
reached the age of manhood. radical turn
coat of this description in our very humble opin-
ion, exhibits incontestible proof that there is
some defect in his understanding, or in his
moral principles. If he be capable Of thus act
nig at such age, AMI under such circurnstan-
ces, we only consider it az proof that he has
been either fool, or l1nave hitherto and is now
determined, from henceforth 10 be a lxnave or
fool for the remainder of his life. He has then
passed the Rubicon. Principle, truth, dcccncv.
arc all abandoned And if we may employ the
atrical phrase, natatis mmaaadis, his motto is
an for self; or Principle rceH lost.
: When we find person Of this character, (and
we can find more than one among the scrihhlers.
for the Argus we shall not hesitate, at any risk
tohaterer, if suitable proyocation shall make it
necessary, to speak the whole truth concerning
hiiil, even though he were elevated upon loi-
ter stills than the Argus champions,
Which raise his ttreateniag crest so high"
We know very well that he is too good lawyer
not 10 be able to vent the pitiful malignity of his
heart in personal insult, So as not to come with
in legal apprehension while at the same time, !