Portland gazette, and Maine advertiser — Portland, Me., 1810-01-08 00:00:00, page 2

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THE DItTERENCE.
\Y lien Genet bearded our govern-j
nent to their teeth, exei cising acts of
overt ignty, by enlisting men, ftuing
•ut a privateer, Stc. and being repii
nanded by the executive, insolently
hr eat ened to appeal Jrom cur gavern
nentto the people (in which he was up
leld and enconraged by the party now
u power) what was the course pursu* j
d bv the dignified Washington ? Did
ie at once refuse to consider him any
o.nger as an embassador, and publish
he rupture in a semi-official paper ?
so. Even in this highly flagrant case,
ie contented himself with requesting
he French government to recall him,
nd in the mean time left Genet alto
;etlier undistnrbed, nor was the step
aken,known to more than a few con
idential friends. Compare his procee
ings with the late violent measures at
♦Vashingten !—N. Y. Ev. Post.
“ POISONOUS INSINUATIONS
Mr. Secretary Smith discovered
.hat Mr. Jackson’s insinuations were
‘ gross”—Mr. Giles, upon a more crit
ical inspection, found out that they
were“ insolent *—and Mr. Ross, pro
ceeding in “ the regular form of elab
orate climax,” tells the world that they
were positively “ poisonous.”
He who discovered a rattlesnake
under the mask of an ambassador, will
probably, one of these days, discover a
great orator in a mirror.-—Freeman's J.
A Baltimore democratic paper says—
“ Bets are five to one in favor of Congress’
' doing—nothing at alt.”—Pretty work lor
i two thousand dollars per day.
— c c ■■
&l;ippina Intelligence.
The ship Medford, on the 4th Oct. off
* Gashy Light, on her passage from London
for Cadiz, in ballast, fell In with and whs
fired upon by a French privateer, of 10
guns, the captain of which, on learning she
was from an English port, said she was a
good prize ; but while capt. Barnard was
>.i board the Privateer, nu English lugger
hove in sight, when his papers were given
tip, and lie permitted to prf»ceed on his voy
ige. The Frenchmen did not permit them
selves time to pluuder the Medford, hut
,nade all sail to get off. The French com
mander treated capt. B with nuic' civility.
The lugger boarded the Medford, and in
formed she had prevented the same piiva
eer from capturing the New-Galen but
was notable to capture her, the Frenchmen
mt sailing him.
A British fleet of 13 sail of the line, with
5000 troops, is reported to have arrived at
St. Pierres, (Mart) 11th Dec. from Barba
does, and were expected to attack Guada
loupe on the 24th.
From Havana.—A letter from Havana,
lated Dec. 2, says—“ You are no doubt
ntormed of this port being partially opened
— I am authorised to say that it is comjdete
y so now—we expect the order will be
uibiished in a few days.”—Another letter
rom Havana, dated 4lh Dec. says—“ No
.hmg is yet decided on the subject of regu
ating our trade. The order prohibiting
entrance to foreign vessels, with other car
goes than boards, &c. is unrepealed ; and
vessels are daily arriving with all sorts of
Cargoes, vet are they not turned off, nei
ther are they permitted to sell, but kept in
i state of susjK iiee, waiting the mdet* of
Hir Government and lnteudant.
Ship Augusta, Piace, (of Portsmouth, n.
i.) arrived at Charleston, 17th Dec. 49
lays from London, in ballast. Passengers,
Vm. Ltdd, Esq. and Lady. Nov. 7, in
it. 49, 12, Ion. 9, 40, was boarded from
he French privateer sell. Juno, Capt. J.
hcdee, of 16 guns, 6 days from Bordeaux ;
vho robbed Capt. Place of all his ship’s
tores, cabin furniture, Stc. to the amouot
if about 400 dot La i i, and the clothes Sic. of
he passengers ; and made a preparation to
•.trn the ship—but having a high regard for
iie American nation, and particularly as [
ftere was a lady on board, he concluded to
ive her up—but not to resiore the booty, i
:apt. Predce said he was educated at Prov-1
lence, n. i.
Catch him %t'ho cm—Mr. Brown, collec
>r, (as we mentioned lately) decamped
om New Orleans, with 150,000 dls. public
om y, on Tucviay, Nov. 19 ; was a. Balizc,
i Thursday following, and had purchased
fast sailing British felucca : on Thursday
‘ht, the Commodore’s gig with 6 rowers
U New Orleans, to catch"him ; the ketcli
sauvius sailed on Monday to cruise after
in ; and tl>c ,£tna goes to some European
’rts to look him up • So that he will have
ntiderable more “ doubling and twisting”
make to prevent being caught.—Mr. B.
ts also director uf ttie National Branch
ink in N. Orleans.—\Y hen the last sup.
•mentary act to the embargo, usually call
the facing act, w..» receited at N. Ur
ns, Uie Caj t. ot the James Cook, of
iwburyport, to express his deep regret
• the extinction ot American commerce,
isted his colors with the union down
rds. Tire patriotism of this very same
lector took, tire, ami he actually refused
dew out (lie suip while the dK. tiding
vtract oj a letter Jrom l! ILL I AM Jjk
vis, U. S. Consul, at Lisbon, lo a
gentleman in Boston, dated .^ov. 11,
180-‘.
The Count 'Ihf.odohe \ ondkk
shlin, Chamberlain at the Court ot
Petersburg, has betn appointed
linistei Plenipotentiary from the Em
eror Alexander, to the United States.” ,
5 to some European Forts, ptol-ubly
it to J.i&boit, to look ior him.**
The New York Merchamile Adver
er mentions, that Cupt. C. h.C.run*
son, of the ship Monttzurna, had for*
nattly drawn a prize of 20,000
.unds sterling in the lii itisli Lottery.
fcspUin was in her, and ! e was c m, d
lo abandon hi* »twp, -nd io *em1 tor anoilu*.
capuin lion. Ncuburyport lo clear her out,
Monday, January 8, 1810.
Accounts from Spain are to Nov.
17th, and are somewhat contradictory
as to the situation of affairs in thatj
country. At the time of the above date,!
it was reported in Cadiz, that Bona
parte w'as at Bayonne, with a large
| force to reinforce his armies in Spain.
| Cadiz is represented as strongly forti
fied, and the Spanish fleet in the poit
consisted of 12 ships of the line, and 9 |
frigates, Should Bonaparte effect the
destruction of the patriotic cause in
Spain, it is not probable that he will be
able to gtt possession ot their navy. i
The British division of Lord Col
lingwood*s fleet which compelled the^
French admiral of the Toulon fleet to
run his ship, and two others ashore, on
the coast of Languedoc, and which af
terwards succeeded in destroying the
transports in the bay of Rosas, consist
ing of the Canopus, ot 80 guns, Rear
Admiral Martin ; Renown, 74, Capt*
Durham ; Tigre, 74, Capt. Hollowed ;
Leviathan, 74, Capt. Harvey ; and
Cumberland, 74, Capt. Wodehouse.
French Fleet—The report which
was in circulation a few days since, that;
the French fleet from 1 oulon had pass
ed the Straits of Gibraltar, appears un
founded. About the 20th of October,
the French fleet put to sea, having un
der ©onvoy a number of transports, des
tined, it is supposed, for Barcelona.
Admiral Collingwood having been in
formed that the French fleet was out,
went in pursuit of it, and on the 23d
and 26th of the same month, succ-ed
cd in the dispersion of the fleet. Three
of the French ships of the line were de
stroyed, together w ith most of the con
voy. This account is confirmed by an
arrival at New-York, the 1st instant,
in 37 days from Lisbon.
.Kirrfrra'JooD w—
COMGRESS.
Cor * t have now been in session six
wreeks, and notwithstanding the perilous
si;uution of the country, not a single meas
ure of consequence has been decided on.
The sum and substance of the political wis
dom of our democratic rulers consists ia wa
ging a mar of moult, and tak ing their six dol
lars per day fur their patriotic labors in
.wielding those mighty weapons of demo
cratic warfare. On the 14th of I ecember,
the resolution introduced by Giles, in the
Senate, approbating the conduct of the Pres
ident in breaking off the negociation with
Mr. Jackson was taken up in the House of
Representatives. The resolution goe* to
pledge the support of Congress to whatev
er consequence may follow from this un
precedented conduct of the Executive ; the
probable result of which will be a war with
England, an event devoutly wished for by
many of the leading democrats in power.
1 he federalists in tint house are exerting
their united talents and influence to ward }
off the threatened evil ; resolved, that j
should the democrats plunge the country ,
into the horrors of war, the blood shall not i
be on their heads. Nor are they alone in
this determination. Mr. Mamn, one of the
most respectable of the democratic mem
bers, has expressed Ids decided disappro
bation of the resolution.
Mr. Macon, in the course of his speech,
observed, “ but I will vote against the res
olution, put it tn xohat form, you please. If it j
be intended in this indirect manner to revive j
the exploded practice, exploded by both;
parties, of answering the President’s Spec- ■
ches or Messages, I object to it; if it be in-1
tended to praise the President, I object to j
it ; if it be intended as a declaration of war,
I object to it as such.” Mr. M. said he had
been in favour of the Embargo, and thought
it ought not to have been abandoned. He
thought the President had not done wrong
in dismissing Mr. Jackson, whose mission
he considered as a repetition of that of Rose.
| He had believed, from the moment of the
| attark upon the Chesapeake, that we must
eventually have war with England, but he
had no apprehension that her government
would take in dudgeon the dismissal of her
Minister. He thought it would have been ,
better to have dismissed Mr. Jackson in con
sequence of hia first letter, which he belie
ved in his conscience was much worse than
the subsequent ones. Notwithstanding he
entertained these views, so different from
thqse of the other oppose rs of the resolu
tion, still he was most decidedly opposed to
the adoption of every measure of this <tes
cription. In the conclusion of his remarks,
he objected to the sty le of the resolution, 8c
recommended to its advocates to recommit
or amend it, if not for their own sakes, yel
, for the sake of the Nation.
SATURDAY EVENING, DEC. *3.
THE PROSPECT. *
It ia tl>e settled policy, both of the Exec
utive and Congress, to do nothing* “ Ne*
mo Nobody, Esq.” would be an excellent
hand to manage the “ Something** of our
national government at the present time —
There are to he no Embargo Laws, no Mi*
i Idia Conscriptions, no naval and military
preparations, no Declarations of \Yrar. One
tiling indeeu must be done, or rather undone,
fi*om sheer necessity. The Non Intercourse
Law must and will bo repealed, but not in i
a hurry. A little revenue must be had at all
events. The ominous words ** EXHAUS
TED TREASURY** fell from the lips of
Colonel l'aoip like thunderbolts upon the
ears of his copatriots. Their consternation,
as well as their chagrin, is inexpressible.
When we sj>cak of doing nothing, wi
mean nothing great. As usual, Utile
things are to he d me, videlicet, the adoption
of <jiles*s Resolutions, et hoc genus omne.
13m these resolution* have sustained a terri
ble because untjqtco.d attack ireiu that
I
. 1
r
*tatneh old democrr:*, but most rcefc.
1 hi,*, honest, amt inch >**td»*m nu.i, v;/ yj |
con. He implored Ins friends, in », * l *
regard t » our national character, t,dhcrt» 1
v» well snpirtjrted by the style of i.«t :.nLl« '
documents under successive adtiinitatri
lions, to commit the resolutions, to a mad
them, to make the language of them *• (fee,
cate and [>olne, such as oih* gentleman viuuli
use to another with whom he bad a ^
pute.” This was a home thrust inoeed, and
we shall tat whether the hero Gut* Wljj
challenge “ Mr. Speaker,” as Mr. RHn.
'dolph always calls him, contineed that he
lought to be Speaker, though he is no*, f,p
“delicately a’td politely”—it b-a really bees
d Jtie in this manner—“ inamuatwg”thath«
has used uiigentlcmanttLe language
wards the Bitish Minister—Mr Macon,
wnh his usual taste for antithesis wulodd
expression, speaks of ** red hot democrats
and mad federalists’*—But liis appeal to his
red hot friends will be in vain —His own sti>.
sihility upon ihe subject, however, does him
high honour, especially as he is a pfe;,;
self-educated planter—But the resolution*
will be passed with all their imperfection*
on their heads—Their advocates, ** I *p.
prebend,” as Mr Rt sv ^;ty«, ln»\e mu \tt
sunk themselves to the lowest jn.suble
point of degradation.
Tuesday, Drc. 26. |
On motion of Mr. Ooodwin, the
House resolved itself into a Com mil
let of the Whole on the joint resolution
from the Senate.
>li*. risk addressed the Chair. lie
said the question had been so long dis
cussed, and so many arguments had
been used upon the subject, that it
would seem nothing was left but to vote
either for or against it. However, wuh
the permission of the committee he would
beg tecn>e to throw in hi* mite before
the question was taken.
Mr. F. declared himself convinced
that the object of the British Govern
ment—for gentleman might attempt as
they pleased to seperate that govern
ment and its minister, he should iden
tify them—was to cripple, shackle and
destroy our commerce, if not to sub
vert our independence. Ik; now, at
great length, once i »ore told the old
story that has been rehearsed so ma
ny tens of thousands of times in the
columns of the democratic papers, and
in democratic speeches of much more
ingenuity than this of Mr. Fisk, con
cerning the outrages and enormities of
Great Britatn. This part of the speech
was much more tedious than a twice
told tale.
The morr wet wasted in the bath ins groat,
And long and lonesome was the pa ss.
Nothing but unavailing offort, and stale
repetition. Not a solitary feature of
novelty, nothing but the essence of
democratic newspaper paragraphs, ex
tracted by a most laborious process.
Mr. F. said he w ould undertake to
shew—he was sorry to lake up so
much time in reviewing the documents
—(so am I said Mr. Clay, one of his
political friends, “ in an under key”)—,
but he would undertake to shew, in
the most clear, strong, and conclusive
manner in which it could be shewn,
, that the British Government, in send
ing Mr. Jackson here, hud no intention
to bring about an honorable adjust
ment. He then went over the docu
; ments in the usual way of eking out a
speech, by stringing together w shreds
and patches” of public papers, when
; M original matter” is rather deficient.
I [We have often heard cl Scissors Fdit*
, or a, but never of Scissors Orators. It
isdifficult to invent a term pro;w:rly de
j scripttve of the peculiar talent of these
‘“Omnium Gatherum” manufacturers
‘ of speeches ] Mr. Fisk s speech, if
not excessively eloquent, was posses
sed of dear, strong, and evaluate
“ gullet y.dealing” ai d seal-vacating
1 qualities.
j A little after three. Mr. F. said that
; he had finished his general refleetbn*
, upon our iortign illations, and would
I proceed tc reply to the arguments against
! the resolution. At four o’clock, Mr. F.
said he would not go on to violate the
feelings of the Committee much lorger.
• A little after fem Mr. Fisk closed his
J speech by the expression of a modest
j hope that the question would be taken
without further debate S I /
On motion of Mr. Taylor, the com
mittee rose.—On motion of Mr. Liver
mote, adjourned.—FreeS ds Ft.
THURSDAY. DF-C, 29.
Mr Stanford (an old democratic vuw
her from A. Carolina.) spoke at length
in opposition to the resolution
thought that the resolution tended to
make that which was already bode*
nough still w orse. He thought it cleat*
ly unconstitutional. The resolutio#
moved at the summer session, rppf°*
ving the conduct of the Executive, ***
useless, but this is pernicious.
’ [Further remarks on this subject *xt vet'
Commttniration0.
TO THE MONITOR.
Sir—I may venture to nay none
more gratified than I am with your <f::*
iug (he public a weekly hint on sidjn"*
which tnoftt nearly concern them, ff *
mus{ allow me, however, to point cut *>*
apparent error tn your fjteer h r.’ *
ber ; where you mention rhe“ V\ isc *
of the Last” in the character of • ::*
Doctors, ins!cad oj Pagan Pi,. L '