Portland Gazette, And Maine Advertiser

Next March, Mr. Madison will have received one hundred thousand dollars from the United States for his services as president; and we scruple not to say that the U. States will have been one hundred million dollars the poorer for him, besides being by his means sunk in credit and covered with disgrace.-- He has done much for himself, much for the Virginian aristocracy, but what has he done for the nation, and particularly for the navigating states? What has he done for the protection of commerce? Nothing— What has he done to discourage and destroy it? Almost everything in his power—Through his "little miserable policy," (as his friend Giles justly termed it) the nation has been constantly sinking almost ever since he first held the reins of government; and is now on the very verge of ruin. And shall he have the effrontery to put forth his claims anew? In the name of all that is marvellous under the sun, has not New-England, has not all New York, has not all the states north of the Potomac, had enough of James Madison, enough of the Jeffersonian dynasty? Has not Virginia ruled the union long enough? Is it not time to change the administration, when things are brought to such a pass as to make it impossible to lose by the change?— Let the next incumbent be a practical statesman; a man of enlarged views, and inflexible firm and independent; a friend to the commerce of these states —we ask no more.

Conn. Courant.