The Portland gazette., 1824-06-29
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PORTLAND. WEDNESDAY. JUNE = iast
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Having % hopes nor fears IL indulrc On ths
grand question, which seems 70 enlist al the pas
sions and preiudiees Of 50 many Of our breihrcn
Of the type, we confess we feel under some OBJ
legation "a make decent apology, before intro
ducing % their consideration any further r1-
marks on that almost intermiuabie subject orr
SExr PEEsIDEsT. II cannot have escaped the
observation Of our readers, thai Il, on this
ground we have not been ahsoluiely neutral, we
have, AZ least, been toIersbly cool and have AZ
no time thrown up our caps, with mnb-like fury
Ia favor Of one candidate, and dealt out arrows
and 6re-brands against the Others Whichever
Of the individuals, who now aspire 10 the first
Office in our country the highea round IN the
ladder Of republican ambition, obtains the Oh
ject Of his pursuit, We hope TINT the singular ub-
surdity Of those who are now Advocating, with
more zeal than wisdom, the cause Of their own
favorite, on the ground Of his being the most
democratic the least imbued with aristocratic
notions, viii have an influence TO enlarge the
mantle Of charity over those few, who Yet have
the courage to acknowledge themselves feder-
aIists. II is fact too well established 10 be
made jest Of, even by the most hardened Joe
Millers Of the party, that those, who profess and
call themselves democrats, are more widely and
bitterly divided against each other than they
ever have been against their former abused, but
now somewhat respected opponents, the feder-
alists While thus situated, in regard 10 their
own sectional divisions, il is not easy 10 ascer-
tain the process, by which they can secure 70
themselves the saving qualities Of consistent and
uRwavering democrats, to the utter exclusion oil
others, whom they would pretend to hold forth
as contaminated with the leaven Of federal
ism. Are these the men, who will have the
haTdihood 70 step forward and throw the first
stone at the federal party Shall these " Trays,
BIanches and sweethearts," who have become
hoarse in barking at their own shadows, an join
in one outrageous yell at the federalists II
would be more discordant than
The variegated gabble,
That crazed the carpenters Of Babel"
1t is not in behalf Of the federalists, or in iusti-
Icatios Of their measures or principles, that we
make these remarks. They have, as q party
ceased 70 exist and the record Of their deeds has
become matter Of history, to which those who
are most interested may fearlessIy appeal The
remnant Of this body which is yet extant, ask
nothing Of their successful opponents, who have
obtained power by denouncing, with no ordna-
ry bitterness and virulence, what thev have
since by their practice acknowledged 10 be right.
the most prominent measures Of those from
whom they wrested the management of the fed
eFal administration, when in the full tide of
successful experiment" They can therefore
look, with unalIoyed satisfaction, upon the tri-
umph Of their principles, even in the victory Of
their opponents. While they indulge no ambi-
ton of sharing the profits and emoluments Of
successful political enterprize, they can, at least
congratulate themselves that their country and
liz fortunes are in no danger from the rash en-
periments Of political empires. They are.
moreover, free from that hazard Of shipwreck
oil conscience, which would be feebly compen-
sated by ever so much Of " this worlds gear, =
10 being under sort Of state necessity 10 defend
every measure Of an administration, under
which they might hold the tenure Of their sun
shine since il is pretty well understood even in
the new world, as well as the old that the ruling
party must patronize, and that the price Of pat
ronage must be blind submission Of opinion and
a total abandonment Of All independence "
thinking. az well a. acting Compelled to relin-
quish the proud name Of political orthodoxy, they
are content TO assume the humber title of honest
men, and they have no other ambition than 10
demean themselves worthy Of their profession.
a. peaceable, quiet citizens or republic, "
whose establishment ard Permanence they have
so largely contributed.