Portland gazette. [volume], March 25, 1805, Image 2

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To ths THFKD PART?, or MODFR
A TE MEN in thb district of MAINE.
Tli \ T fuCh a party erlfU I have no more
douhi I luve ot the exigence * of the two
great do iiiot.s of c» r fellow citizens utvfor the
denomination of Fedora tilts and Republicans.
T « it taithi d paitv-is coropo! d of a numerous
Si rcfpecfcable portion of the com. (5 unity »sto roe
e^u dir' clear Fhefc who belong to if there
fore fee f^rrething to hFroe n ike conpuct of
both Federalitte and Demorrrs. They do nor
impt'.rvly yield to tire rea.dnrng or declamation
of etcher, but ex isnirm i6r tlremfelves s*t»ct final
ly decide according to the belt* itiferdt* * t the '
Common wealth, without favor or afkttion to ,
either ot the convicting pa: tics.
To this body of irdrp-rtdint, moderate and
refilling etizens, this publication is addrefled,;
be he vine that on them depends The idire cf the I
approaching rlcftion. !t i* expeiihd they v.id
give their weight to die candidate whole elec
tion will moft tend to promote the public in
ureft and taoafiuxgcth rt mnemrou; fpirit of par
ty which threatens dcltruchou to the harmony
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and profperity of the date.
I hefuate nor to fay, that as you value the dig
nity and peace of the* community, as you are a
verfe to that If rife and contention which unfor
fun ate! y prevail?, you will throw your weight in
to the ftale ot governour Strong, and thus put
an end to the hope:, of thofe who riot in the
expectation of a revolution. -
Regard for a momeitt the objects of the two
parties between whom you - are to decide, and
look into the pretentions ot the two candidates
for office, after which hrlirrte if you can
I take it to have been one of the nroft ancient
principles of political cor.‘•■.ef, that our fellow
citizens hive ever adorned as a rule to continue
their confidence to th":r agents as long as that
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confidence was deterVwU ; proceeding upon me
ground that a good man in office, is better and
more capable of fervmg the puh’ic. by the ve
ry circumftance that he has heretofore fer'vcd
it. Experience is another name for wihJo m
and there is no fituation where experience is
more ufeful than in that of ruler ci a *tate. A
knowledge of characters in the vari us parts oi
the flate, being an tfiential qualification of a
Oovernour j it is obvious that one who has
bec<i in ofiue for feveral years mult be better
qualified to execute its duties than one who has
never been tr»ed.
Proceeding upon this principle* Governors
Hancock, Adams and Sumner continued to be
re-eledled until death or refigitation prevented.
This hittorica! tadt plainly (hews the d’fpofition
of the peoole 10 continue their confidence ?.s
long as the object ot it continued to be merito
rious.
But during thofe times, at each returning e~
ledtion, there was a party which exerted itfelf
againft the re-el dtion of the Govcmour ;
the fadl then fiwtner fhews, th*t there was a
portion of the citizens who kept ak>of from the
It rife of party, and who ’always threw th^ir
weight into the f ale of the ptrfon then in of
fice not being led by the nolle and damcurol
fhofe who v/cre eager to bring about a change.
J,et me atk, then, thofe to whom this paper is
addrelled, whether there has ever been a time
when the voice of the cool and drfpnfhonate
could be heard with more effedt, or when tlieir
votes could produce tnore real good.
Regard the fituation and views of the con
tending parties, and look to the characters of
the candidates they propofe.
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l he mpporters ot governor strong wun c::rv
to preferise things as thex are. The fiipporters
of Mr. SuVivan mean to tlTe&uate a change.
Are we not well as we are ? Is any opprefiion
heard in our land ? Is onv legiflatur* ignorant or
corrupt ? Are our judg *4 weak, partial or mer
cenary ? Is there any department of our gov
ernment which cries for reformation ? 1 con
fefs 1 have heard none. On tlie contrary pub
lic happinels and private feenretv were never bet
ter tecured. Why then {hould die fober and
confiderate wifh tor a change. Why Ihoukl
they nor deprecate it when the object of thole
who promote it is ckpofetfrby themlelvec.
Look at the character of the Governrur,
whom it ir* intended to remove, fay whether
an oppofition to him can exilt, except upon
fi lfilh party motives. It is corvftffcd by his en
emies, that he has no vices, nor has it been
alledged thar he has any weaknefles, other than
fuch as fall to the lot of the moil perfect hu
man beings. His talents for oiH*e no man ,
doubts, the only matter of wonder b that with
fo much ability there ihouid be lo much meck
nels and modeily:
His private anv dom?flic virtues are fo welt
known and ieit in his neighbourhood, thar he
is reeom.nended as the pattern for all thole who
wi(h to acquire the elteem of their fellow ciri
tens, and eltablith their Own felicity.
His chridian friends h?ve bellowed upon
him the highelt oiRce in the church,in which he
now' officiates with that unadopted moddfy
which denotes the mnnoil purirv of foul. !
" His enemies ate confounded at Ins virtue, they
d ire not attempt to fully his fame, they mali
moudv cOnfffh hi| excellence, malicioufty 1 I »y,
becatffe it is done grudgingly and of necelRty.
M hat then is tlK.ii* courte ? Is it to fele^l a
chara&er family pure as his competkot ? I de
frend net to perianal inve£Lvc Judge Sulli
van is known, and whatever may be his talents,
there is certain!*' queiUon as to his integrity.
But he is fuch a man as will promote their
Vtf'vvs. Mr. Gerry {brinks at the duty required
of him, and declines, tho’ urged, >he coined.
Mr. Sul ivan is ibought fit lor, and *i willing to
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urwU rtafce the wm'jof rrflc’utio-i. Thrfy ex pc A
him to fce the Governour o\ thilr forty, not of
the whole people.
AH the bencht of atritimpB. ah the rewards <
of victory are to be bsftov/cil if lucccfs attend
them.
Mr. Sullivan Is pledged to ufe his office, fnrj
fhe furtherance of the pa'ty which riipporiaj
him, and to the prejudice of the other. VV i;h- :
cut fucii a ft; pub non they rp utd not tupport
him, for th y tell you privately at» well as pub- j
jicly, they ch iihe t/x m >n «
\Vhat the it can induce moderate men to join
in the fell erne of revolution ? v» fat io they
wiHi ior or expect by the change ? Ii the men
who are ft cling office, are not better than thole
who are in office, why fupoort ifkir views ?
Already have tbcie: greedy kipplicants who hare
been waf«hing,-at the table of the Prefident of
United fUcee, bu. caught nothing, tea lied ip
imagination, upon the Itate offices. Judges, bfcer
ifli, Clerks and even juft ices of the peace hxve
palled tc retirement and they and their tri-ends
have occupied their feats. \V hat are we the
people to gain by the change i Weloofe good
men, and run the hazard of having bad ones in
their (lead.
Let me affi the rcfpeAabie dais of citizens,
to whom this paper is particu’.irly adJrciled,
ivd I will afle a:h> the more reafonabjy of thofc
who have aifamed to thenlfelvcs the name of
republicans, whether they have not feen and
regretted' the intemperate an I revengeful ipirit
which has been exhibited in the petfeeution of
the venerable ludgtf Chafe. Are you not iatii
hed that the motive of party alone d> tfatccV it ?
anil h ive you not ftruddere d at the jeopardy in
which he has been placed ? Has not ycur b'ooi!
curdled when you have Iten that a rafti ferocious
boy, after the fage has been acquitted has ven
tured in the midft of tbs national reprefenta
tion to call him a felen ? And that this out
rage upon humanity, eicaped unpiunihed and
un t en Hired ?
iyt)ow then rh.it toe lime Icenes are to r>e ac
ted over it) this Rate’ it judge Sullivan be cholcn
governor. With an appeal to heaven, I frlemnly
declare, th.it I hive no doubt fuch meafures
cantemplateil by him and the party whoefpoufe
him. His private auitnofitv will alfilt his pub
lic engagement to vacate the feat of the judges, j
Already have I heard the principle ollices tiif.
pofed of, by fome ir. the conlidcnce of iuccefs, I
and who profefa to know the fccrets of the par- !
ty. i
Already his a court been threatened with
impeachment for deciding againlt the opinion
of a voung lawyer, who is heart and foul en
gaged in the feheme of delivuCfion. And- 1
already have the bufy agents in, the revolution,
been told that they areto wear the coin millions
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of which the prefent public offices are to be
ftripped. I tremble at the (hoe'e, this irate is to
fuller. With acooRittvtion which permits Judg
es of the fupreme Court to he removed by an
addrels of a majority of both branches of the
iegidature, with the profpett of fuch a change !
in thdlegilkture as will give that majority, with i
the difgult entertained ?t the flow and uncer- j
tain progtvfs of an impeachment and in poilef
ffon of the very means which Randolph wanted
wherewith'to execute his vengeance, what but
the choice of Governor Strong will prefel ve us
from the evils which threaten. A croud hangs
ever the Hate, which the good fenfe and patriot
ifm of moderate men ran alone difpel. My
friends; on you veils the fafetv, p«rh ips the tx
iHence of the Commonwealth.- ii you vote
for Strong, you prefevre things as they are ;
you lave the Hup at the very point of linking.
If you vote for Sullivan, Farewell, a long fare
well to the tranquilitv of our country.
stability.
Mr Jenxs.
IN nothin^ arc the Tacobins in th t Dtftri£t
more fuccefdul than in turning out every vot
er of their party ar every election. VVe know
flint men are more ftrer.uous in a bud caufe
than :: good one, for they are too apt to fay~
the good caufe will take care cf itfclf. 1 his j
was never more obfcrvcable, than at the impor
tant trial Nil November, when- in the populous |
towns of Northyarnioufh, Gorham and Wind
ham, in our neighborhood*, of whole inhabitants ;
a very honorable majority are Federal republi- ;
cans, hardly one third of the inhabitants were j
rilembled ; vet almoft every one, who gers ids
political inlirucHon in a drarn (hop was ready on
the ground to pay for his drink by his fuf*
I rage."
This, we hope, will not recur on the fir ft
Monday of April. On that d.ty, fellow citi
zens of (Maine, you are to decirie, whether you 1
will continue under an adminiftration of an
upright Governour, and 'nng tried Senators,
governing by wholefome laws, protecting your ;
property, your perfons, and liberties, ot give
power to thofe,who have always (Veined fo gree
dy of it, that we may well conclude, they
would ahufe it Do you feel imerefted e- 1
nough in d .fence of vour pcfkilions to attend
town meeting and continue your preient rul- !
ers ? I truft you do, and that you will difplay
your patriotifm on that day. . ,
Depend on this, fellow citizens, there never
was i rcater nee l«.f vour exertions. You are
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threatened with revolution in every thing. You
have juft l'cen the infamous conduct offome fu
rious democrats in Congrefs in accusing an
upright Judge of the higthft court of the nat on,
whofe forty v^ars of honorable puciic fervice on
ly excited their h ttred tine more. But you
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have feen that his trill, which mult have coil
rhe United States at lead thirty thoufand Dol
lars, has refused in an acquittal even by his
enemies. All the expense ot tlu> great man
lie hza*.etf a.ait defray.
Shfttftdf 3 chlngeb* t&M'™ the govern
ment of this ft ate-, we fail} tee tht h.irc violence.
Lhc rulers of the iaft five years will be punifhec!
of for their howdy. Already is the Chictjulticc
this Commonwealth, the grey headed ai d the
upright Dana threatened with an impeachment,
audio bold are the- Jacobins, that this th -ea:
is not confined’to private cocvariation ; it ha
even found its way into the public papers.
In defence of your cbnftitution and law,
in honor to your mo ft beloved rtilcis, in it}, cc.
to your own contlitcncy, turn out, fellow citi
zens, on the fir it Monday of Apr 1
CUMBERLAND.
SENATORS TOR YORK.
[O.Y this fubjefl we h .ve received fiveral rotnmu
nicatiotu — jsme in favor of Capet. Lefatid, and
Air. Hcltnes, and ethers in favor of C.aft Lel-j
and, and Mr. Emery \~but as tbrfiAradfis \
do 'tot tpprnr to take much inters,} i*s toe eteitaai j
of Senators itis imp ffsble fir K> determine which j
cf the latte r characters will be fupported. X he j
democrats, however, f always united) <sre deter '
to run for Jiltjfrs. Woodman and Sto
rcr. ‘I he char a.7 tr of the latte, mav be ter tut
from the fufsquint art: Je. *7h: democrats ar* \
left to erf am for thimfeeves why they have de- j
fhr ted their fiend Bartlett, who was jo lately'
their idol.1 —-—
I MR. JfcNKS,
A correspondent feeing the name o.
| Jchph Stores efq- of Kcnnebunk, on the nomi
! nation lift of Senators tor the \ ork County, in
1 a late Argus, fabmits to the public the following
enquiries :
Do Mr. Stcrefs very diftinguithied revolution
ary l'crvices, or does his undaunted courage in
the moment’of imaginary danger, he being well
known by the name of the knight of the valiant
i countenance, entitle him to the oihco of Sena
tor ?
Does lii? humanity r:\ife him to the conti
dtnce of hi? fellow citizens ; and was philan
thropy rhe ruling paflion of his bolom, when
with rhe iron arm of the law he wrefted fr*tn
tire mouth of hunger, the bread it had earned,
and at one blow deprived a fullering and pecu
liarly unfortunate family, of its only-'means oi
fubftltance ? ’
In tlie noble fcicnce of legiuatidn Is he not
a novice, and totally ignorant of the true prin
ciples on which it is founded ? In politics lias
ne tv‘;r extended his ideas beyond the muddy
pages of Old South or the blackened columns of
the C hronicle or Argus f
Does his owning the moiety" of a tract of un
improved pitch pine land, the fee of which it
is laid is ft ill in the originahpoftblTcrs of the foil
entitle him to the appellation of a farmer <
Does hie being a federalift inkier the Wafh
ington and Adams Ddminiftrar.on, arid being a
mong the firft' to decorate himfelf with the fed
eral cockade eftabliih his right to democratic
confidence ?
Did hu not a fhort time previous to the elec
tion of the prele.it Chief Magiftfate, when com
manded by a certain great gencrat dclert his col
ors and join the democratic liandard £ '
Does lie not cry out old tory agnit.ft every boy
in the ftreet who happens to efrend him ?
Is he Uot destitute of talents and of interrity ?
Is he not eltabiifhing printing offices lor the
purpofe of promoting his own election ; and is
he r.ot holding midnight caueufes ii Various parts
of his county to promote the fame end ?
Theft; are queries to which the writer foheits
ferious anfwers ; after which he will again p.u
pofe others, When a candid public may judge of
Mr Storer i qua.ifiattions as a legillaror.
Sacc, March, 1805. A N EL EC'l O R •
___lioy ti)C ffiatlg.
Boston, m Alien 2 i
IfirPLitun of this State^ exit'd its
winter fefiion, on Saturday teft, and was adjor
ned, pro jQrniay to the 1 ueftlay next preceding
the laft WedneCday in IVH.y next.— Ninety-eight
ptiohe ami private acls paiJcd during the fefiion,
Darwg- Roibcry.—On J ireitlay evening la it
betwceen the hours of i o and i i o’clock, a* dar
ing a fruit and robbery was comir.iiu'd on ihe
pcifons of Mcfirs. Lemuel and J.ofeph Pope, of
this toun. They vore eroding the Common
t » the dwelling houfe of the iormer. Pinckne*!
fireet, when they were aflaultcd and forcibly de
tained by three fooc pads, armed with long
knives and horlemen’s pifenis. 1 he ohieet of
thcle ddperate wretches was money,which they
demanded with threats and menace. On the
repeated and provided affurance, ituwever, of
bath tire Mr. Popes, that they had none -about
them they were fullered'to proceed, with the
Pds only of a watch, which ihey forcibly took
from them.
brim the Havana. — A gentleman who left
the Havana on the 24th tilts informs that that
port is no longer cor.fideredjn a ftate of block
ade. Several Britifft cruisers, how.vcr, are off
the harbour. Previous to his leaving Havana
he was informed by good authority that nor
only provisions, hut ail kinds of merchandize
would he admitted into that place, in American
and o'her neutral bottoms.
MtJihrrmt.™ Jffatrs.—John A.Ums, of 72
guns, it is laid, it is to be immediately fine i to i
carry out a reinforcement to Commodore Bar-1
ron — A rendezvous is to be opened for railing I
500 men, for the .Mediterranean.—AT. T. pa. *
Pa is fan. ~. \\ e have received an accoun*
from Antwerp of a defperate Tci-.fHe having ta
ken place between fome American faiiors, who
were attacked by a party of bparbfh faiiors, who
furpofed them to lx Englifh. Many lives were
loit on Doth Tides, ami fcv«nal men weu ftyClcj.r
wounded.
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PQRTLASD, MONDAY, MARCH i5, i so.J.
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MARCH mehtwg.
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The inhabitants of Portland, who wiih to
prefer ve thing - .;S rbey are, will attend the meet
ing, THIS DAY,for the choice of [own Officer;,
left thofe who are Uufy in the work of revoiu*
tiou fhould Jhala n *rc!> upon them.
Thow citizens who htivc c< me of 1 ;e Goca I
the lail election, or who ha e or her wife become* W
qualified to vote for Go ernour, Jcc. ,irc remio
cte.1 that thev mull cad at Mr. brtc man's office
in feaCon, an«l have uvGr lilies entered upon
the iifl of votes.
At the approaching c!c:V.cn it will he the
facred duty ot cvcrv »re\.*naci, v \\ Tics to
preferve the conftimrion.tHe law ? par of the*
commonwealth, to take his iGnd and a opt
for his motto the language of the poet :
___* ITtT4 I take my it inti,
Ibsre on the brink, the \* ts verge ol liberty :
Afcho’ contention rife upon tUe elends,
Mis keav’n with earth, »nd roll tiv min onWiud ;
Wilt ’ lit, jUl'l, irfl .tfl 11!, i1 > L«J 1-lOClv.j
Till I, or 1-rr.id.ark tall-'
“ THf, UNION OF AJ I, Hf>NE8T“ .T
ON MON DAY NEAT, MU E AGAIN
INSURE THE TRIUMPH <■/■ IIRTIR
OVER VICE...!RUTII<)VFI*'/• .<-o
HOOD..AXD REAL RERIH;! I
GANS, OYER SFU-STICFD
PATRIOTS AND E ';V0
LurtfiNisrs; by
SURRIy RUNG
CALEB STRONG,
i:r> n r- r> rrr ra-Vr, r>
EDWARD H. ROBBINS,
LIF.UT GdFERXOR.
Senators for cu bf.rj,axd county.
The Hon: JOHN CUSHING—and
WOODBURY STORER, Esq>s.
"Will receive tlie fujpport of all who Jo not
biimily perfevere in the kicked plan of Rcvolu
tioning the ihre. The advocates of party l‘pir
it, and the enemies of the coriliriuion, oppofe to
'thefe well known and tried characters, Ivicfirs.
Daniel Ilflcy, and ilaac Parlous cfqr’s. Of the
private cRaraftfers of thefe gentlemen we have
is high an opinion as many of their political
fupporters ; —But to their public chara&ers
we arc decidedly oppofed—irtafmuch as tlitry are
enemies to the Conftiturion, and adyovates for
tliofe meafurcs which produced ail the horrors
of a French revolution, and finally ltd Bona
parte to a throne—and inafmuch as they oppofe
the prefent irappy Rate gonernment, with
out explaining to the people any reafcn-jblscaufe
of complaint againft it.— Cirzens of Cumber
land ! i he former are thte uniform fup porter?
of your CcntlituFon. laws and equal lights, and
have ferved you with fidelity ; wifi you then de
1 lert them ta run after other* w ho arc working
to effect a revolution, which, if effected, will
terminate lik<j that of France ? Judge tor your
feiyes, and act like real freemen.
I IK LINCOLN COUNTY
j There will be no divifion of the federalifts, iff
■ their pr< fent well f ed .Senators, the
lion. DAVID COBB, and
MARK L. HILL, Es^r’s.
IN KENNEBEC COUNTY,
Col NATHANIEL FAIRBANKS, of W\n~
\throp, is nominated for Senator, as a man wH>
will unite rhe Ltpport of all moderate and con
ii-dtiate incii;
I OR THE G ' ZETTE.
Citizens of Maine !'
i O difcotiragc the free citizens of thii
' Common wca Hi, io far as the Ealtern Argu:» cir
culates from voting for the amiable and failh
lul Ciovernotir Sthong, its publdlicr Las intro
duced into his !aft paper, a piece taken from the
Walpole. N.H. t bfervatevy, wherein the witter
;ailvs<4 what purpolc would be your tilling the
“ ground, ari l raifiog the produdfion of the
“ earth, if th>et quarters mud be taken from
“ you in f entsy ijri.es mui t.xes, and go to fup
j “ port a fet of Hie drones ?” &c and 44 by
44 ne.-lecfi g politics, will you carelefsfy fu’"ef
44 your ■uheiiimbread, to be changed into oat
j “ meal/* fee.
Now why are thefe quedions afire d, but to
imprefs upon the minds of the people a fake
ifea of Federal politick> ? Will thofe aci> be
eilccbcd by an adherence to the principles of the
A' apiti^tju tklrriniUration ? cria it not more
likely they will follow from the Life economy
of the j‘jfer/sti adminiffr >t on ; the prebut in
creafed falarics of all the high of liters of gov
ernment, ami the Fax cf fifteen mil IF vs of dol
lars with the intered cf it, (nine hundred th uf- i
and dollars a year.) which the people n ull
icon be taxed for, and of widt h a con f;h or aide
part muit be taken from the 44 mouth of labor.”
Such arc the arts, futh the fophilivy, the
democratic writers make life of to deceive
you.
Attend then to 44 politics /’* — ‘Turn out’ and
vote ! ov b i RGNG. fie will never deceive
nor injure you His mind is well bis, ofed, and
h'$ v sice will go farthur to prdfcrve your rigi'.ts
and keep you from ©ppiefl;on than the eyes cf
Vrgus, the pen? of bui.ivan, Ai iVin, Lincoln,
Randolph, 6cc, &c, or the cUmorous umguts
of a chjulhud other jtemppr^u,