Portland gazette, and Maine advertiser — Portland, Me., 1810-04-23 00:00:00, page 2

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I l'tre has been published in l.'m
44 ar* ex putt oi ihc conduct ol
Li »ucc towards the l S. proved b)
many eases decided by the Council oi
Prizes .»t Paris.”—By Lewis Gold
smith rhe author says, he resided
eight years in Pa: is ; had an intimate
acquaintance with manv of the most
di lingo isoed pci sons of the country;]
and was enabled by the situation, he
held, to obtain correct information of
the state of society at Paris, and the po
licy of the government.
Mr. Goldsmith was, for a long time,
the conductor of the Paris Argus, trans
lator of the works of M de Hauterive,
and successively employed in the offices
ot Louche and Telleyrand, of the Ma
rine, See.
*• In the year 1806, (says Mr. Gold
smith.) the American Minister, Mr.
Pinkney, arrived in London, to conclude
a treaty ot commerce, conjointly with
Air. Munroe. When Bonaparte \»as
informed oi this, he was enraged, and
declared,‘‘ That if the American Gov
ernment should conclude a treaty with
Great-Britain, he should immediately con
sider America as an enemy, and declare 1
war against her.” This menace stop- '
ped the ratification of the treaty that !
had already been signed at London.” J
Mr. Goldsmith quotes a letter from
AL Coiin, Councillor of State, and di-J
lector-Gcneral of the French Customs,
dated March 17, 1808, addressed to his j1
subalterns in France, Holland and Ita
ly, ordering that all neutral vessels,
should be sequestered, which had been '
visited by the British, whether before or '
after the Milan Decree ! J
_ i
A letter from Naples of the 17th ult.
says, that the cargoes of the American
vessels condemned there had fetched 1
a very high pi ice. The coffee sold for
a silver ducat per pound. The pro
ceeds of the whole were calculated, at !
Least, at five millions of ducats. (
f ‘ 11
The French do not allow of Expatriation.
By a French Edict, dated at the Pal- '
ace of the Thuilleries, April 6,1809,
it is decreed, that all Frenchmen that
have carried arms aganist France since
September 1, 1804, or may hereafter 1
carry arms, &tc. incur the PUNISH
MENT OF DEATH.
Article 3, decrees, that the foregoing
provision is applicable to those who
shall have obtained letters of naturaliza
tion in a foreign country. When a
war shall break out between France
and a foreign nation, all Frenchmen
must quit such nation, and return im
mediately to France.
All Frenchmen in a foreign country,
not at war with France, must return
when required by proclamation of the
Emperor, on pain of having their prop- (
erty in France coftscated !
[ The Decree respecting Frenchmen in
Jjreign countries is published at length
v’ the Philadelphia Hemisphere of
Jfarch 24,j
COL. MONROE.
Col Monroe, who has been employ
ed on several foreign missions, and has
been Governor ©t Virginia, has been c
Lcted a Member of the Legislature of
that State for Albemarle. The follow
ing is an extract from his address on
tire occasion :—
“ Should he differ from the opin
ions of Mr. Madison, or should he he
compelled to scan any part of the con
duct of Mr. Jefferson during his ad
ministration, that he would do it with
reluctance; but would not wave his
right to do so where it became neces
sary to exercise it ; and asked if it
would not be more agreeable to his fel
low citez-ens that he should exert his
judgment and experience in political
atffairs, and proiit by them, than that lie
should be the dupe of error, and sup
port measures that would not benefit
his country—this privikdge he hoped
would he granted him ”
[Published by particular request.]
To the inhabitants of a certain town,
j»«*t mors than tenuities from Portland,
is submitted the following address, with
a view to exhibit to the Public, the
base, insidious principles of partizans,
who, in the exercise of their unhallow
ed zeal to support the baseless fabric
of democracy, resort to means com
ntensurate in infamy with the baseness
of their hearts. The author having
been secretly aspersed by a base report,
that he had abandoned his political fed
eral sentiments, intended to have deliv
ered the following address, at the late
Gubernatorial election, in order to have
unmasked the secret} insidious designs
ot his political adversaries, Mike ene
mies to their degraded country, Sc more
degraded selws. liut the voice of de
mocracy, issuing from a thou sand ills -
traced tongues at once, mid excited
such a cataract of conflicting passions,
he was obliged to content himself by
giving a silent vo.c tu fivo*- o, the Fed*
e< d YUW*, and then ret red to blush
in secret, anti mourn over our tie voted
and In loved country, dcstirrd, alike
• • '
w ith ancient republics now no more, j
soon to lie consigned tothe family vault, j
dug by the hands of democracy.
COPY.
Mil. Moderator,
I ASK. the liberty to occupy a few
moments of public time, in making
some remarks on the present interest
ing, momentous occasion, when the an
nual season for important elections has
revolved upon us, at a most awful cri
sis of affairs, the final, eventful issue of
which, thanks to heaven, still rests in
the sacred repository of the secret coun
cils of the Divine Mind. Where, my
friends, permit me, with tremulous ac
cents, and a solicitude for the welfare
of my beloved country, excited by cno- j
scious shame—permit me, I say, to ask,
where is the man of such firmness of
nerves, and obduracy of heart, as would
dare (if permitted by offended Heaven)
the bold attempt, to take the volume o:
futurity, and unfold to our astonished
minds, the prophetic page, which cou
sins the destiny of our beloved
country, once, ideed, [alas !] the glo
ry of all nations, but now, painful vi
cissitude ! sad mutability of all human
mticipations of earthly felicity ! what •
>hall I say ? But I shrink from the
gainful task ! for a faithful, correct
portrait of our present character, and
uture prospects, would, 1 fear, equally
excite our astonishment and despair. I
he re fore quit the painful contempla
ion, and only ask your indulgence a
few moments, to express my senti
ments on the present occasion of our
issembling together, evincing my own
political character, not with a view to
ntluence, in the least degree, any man’s
/ote, but, to unmask my own heart, if
\ hypocrite ; if otherwise, that my se
cret enemies, whether federalists or re
publicans, may correct their slanderous
;ongues, and cease to represent me as
m unstable character, like the camele
>n, varying colours every day—one
moment, green ; the next, black,
white, or grey, as interest, or caprice,
iictated.
If any person present, is whispering
:hat this is my true character, 1 reply
with indignation, but with more mod
esty and mildness than he deserves,
:hat he He*—lies—~lies—under an un
charitable mistake. I am informed,
tnat tne rumor ot the day charges me
with using my influence to remove
Mr. Gore from office, and to support
Mr. Gerry. But, to this charge, I plead
—not guilty. Whenever I become so
lost to virtue and correct principles, as
to raise my voice, or give my vote, to
remove from office a man of distin
guished talents and genuine patriotism,
unless some one present will point out
the fatal defects of his administration
the last year, I should deeply sink in
the estimation of the wise and good, Sc
unless lifeless to all the endearing sen
sibilities of a heart, animated by genu
ine lo»e of country, the leprosy of
shame would enkindle in my check, Sc
burn it to cinder.
In respect to his competitor, Mr.
Gerry, I cannot give my vote for him,
for more reasons than one. You will
recollect, that he was a member of the
Convention for framing the Federal
Constitution. May it ever prove the
Ark oi Safety to our beloved country ;
and, like that of old, may it deal des
truction to the profane, sacrilegious
hands who dare to violate it !
At this portentous crisis of our pub
lic affairs, what was Mr. Gerry’s con
duct ? *Tis an undeniable fact, that he
used every exertion, and tortured eve
ry nerve, with as much diplomatic skill
and intrigue, as if he had been educa
ted in the school of Talleyrand, to des
troy this first bom son of Columbia’s
glory, by attempting to seduce the mid
wives to smother it in its embryo. But,
gracious Heaven, in much mercy, rai
sed up and commissioned our beloved
Washington, to foster, nurture, and de
fend the child, like Pharoah’b daugh
j ter, in the case of the infant Moses, res
cuing it from the “ tempestuous waves
of the sea of liberty.” The child soon
grew to the perfect stature of manhood,
strengthened by bone and nerve, equal
ly increasing in beauty, strength, and
wisdom ; and had the policy of Wash
ington continued to bless our once fa
vorite country, it would have guided
our steps in the path of immortal glo
t ry. But alas i in awful judgment, he
was suddenly called from his mission
here below, to his native skies, where
he will continue to shine, with a lustre
fur more resplendent than that of ten
thousand suns; wh'dist T—s J-f-s-n,
Thomas Paine, and the whole host of
Thomas’s, have been raised up as a
curse, like baleful comets, moving ori
in their allotted, eccentric orbits, por
tending dismay and ruin. These scour
ges of our degraded country, have been
permitted, in awful justice, to demol
ish and pull down the sac reel dome of
liberty, built by the hands of Washing
ton, and its walls and gates cemented
by the precious blood of patriots St he
roes, slain in their country ' i cause ; so
that nothing remains ot this glorious
fabric, hut lure and there a broken frag
ment, floating, in jiulanrlioly contu
sion, on the tempestuous waxes of the i
sea of liberty ; a striking proof of the
instability of all human prospects ot
happiness ! No country on eaith was
blessed with such a character as our be
loved Washington ; and no people on
earth ever so soon proved themselves
so unworthy of so great a blessing.
And his sudden death announced, in ac-,
cents more terrific than the thunder of
heaven, that we had forfeited all title to
so great, so distinguished a blessing.
Let us then, in much humility, eye
the divine hand of justice, in suffering
such a character as J-f-s-n to rule our
beloved country. But I have a conso
lation in reflecting, that whatever evils
have or may result from the elevation
of improper characters to places ot
power and trust, I have uniformly giv
en my vote for the candidates who were
in favor of the Washington policy, and
knowing that Mr. Goke is of that char
acter, 1 shall cheerfully give him my
vote.
Jlortlant),
Monday, April 23, 1810.
By the last accounts from Spain,it appears
the affairs of that country are fast hastening
to a crisis. A superior force will in all
probability soon place its liberties indepen
dence and property in the hands of the ty
rant of Europekwho would,if not at this mo
ment opposed by the power of England
in a short time, be the governor of tins and
every other country in the world,who should
refuse to obey his commands. The main
French army in Spain, is under the com
mand of King Joseph, and Marshall Victor,
and is in possession of all Andalusia and
Grenada, excepting Cadiz. Another army
under Marshals Mortier and Soult, were ad
vancing towards Portugal,
Cadiz is defended by an army of upwards
of 20,000 men under the command of Gen.
Venegas and the Duke of Albe.qtieque.
The r.aval force is directed by Ad. Purvis.
Large sums of money had arrived at Cadiz,
from South America, but was not landed.
A great amount of American property has
been seized at St. Sebastians 200,000 dol
lars of which is owned by merchants of the
small town of Marblehead.
Our former accounts mentioned that Con
gress would adjourn this da), our last ac
counts say they will continue in session sev
eral days longer. After having spent three
months principally indebating about Macon’s
bill, they have exhausted the subject, and
the thing has been consigned to the tomb
of the Capulets. A second one has been
got up, and is treated much as its predeces
sor was.
Mr. Erskine the British Minister, who
made the famous arrangement with Mr.
Madison, last Spring—the disavowal of
which, has made so much noise in this
country, and furnished the democrats with
most of their electioneering arguments, has
given the reasons which governed his con
duct in that business. We have not room
this week for his correspondence ; which
he concludes in these words.
M I therefore rest MY VINDICA
TION upon the reasons detailed in the
foregoing part of this despatch, for be
lieving that I have adhered to the spir
it, and, as far as I could, to the letter of
my orders ; BUT I PLACE MY
CHIEF RELIANCE ON THE
WELL KNOWN LIBERALITY
OF HIS MAJESTY, IN APPRE
CIATING THE CONDUCT OF
HIS SERVANTS.”
Democratic Policy.
We have no later Eu-opean Intelligence
than was published in our last. It is abun
dantly evident by all accounts from France,
that there is not the least prospect of a set
tlement of our difficulties with Bonaparte.
Every day adds to the number of aggres
sions and depredations committed upon the
citizens and property of the U. S. by the of
ficers of the French Government, yet we do
not find the least complaint expressed by
our great men at Washington, whilst every
act of the British government is represented
as just cause of war. Will not every impar
tial man say there is something stiange in
these things, that there is more in this con
duct than meetsjthe eye. On this subject tire
Repertory submits three positions. Is there
a man in the U. S. who has paid the least
attention to Messrs. Jefferson and Madison’s
policy as respects our foreign relations, that j
will for a moment doubt their correctness ?
1. Our government will never, while
democratick, come to a final accommo
dation with Great Britain.
2. Our government will not make war
on Great Britain ; but will keep up a
constant irritation, on some pretence or
o', her, in the public mind ;for the sake of
maintaining their influence as a party.—
The more the public suff er, the more ir~ i
ritabie they will be / and government
will trust to their address to direct that
irritability against Great Britain.
3. Our government will not break
with Prance, however outrageous may be
the londuit of Boriafiarte towards us.
Now let Mr. Madison send as many assur
ances to London as lie pleases—let Mr.
Pincknt-y proceed ever so far in negotiation
let Bonaparte continue to seize, plunder,
confiscate, burn, sink and destroy, we hold
to our long established conviction, that no
result will take place inconsistent with the
views we have juat described, until THE
PEOPLE ot the United States open their
e\es, and s we will bear this slate of tilings
no lunger, v.rl frorf appearances, tlfaiday is
not fast approaching.
—<9 **W,0OM *?***» «i>—
Extract of a letter from a gentleman in the
county rf Ltt.ccin.
Though Massachusetts has l*t the elec
of'Mr. Gore, one of the best Gover
nors that ever received the suffrages ct a
free people, and that too by the vilest arts
and most abominable deception ever practr
s< d ; Yet, when we reflect on the unjustifi
able means which have been employed to
prevent the re-election of our present gov
ernor, let no man despair of the republic.
The story from Washington about the Brit
ish having reprobated the conduct of Mr.
Jackson, and having determined to send out
another Minister, Had considerable effect.
Orchard Cook, and others had the meanness
to write this, just before the election to ma
ny of the democrats in the most positive
terms. But although we must lament the
delusion with which the people were blind
ed, we feel a different sensation when we
find a party regardless of the restraints of
law. I believe that excellent law' which re
quires that a list of rateable polls should
be posted up in the different public pla
ces 14 days previous to the election has
been in many instances disregarded by the
democrats. This was the case in several
towns in this neighborhood, and no doubt in
many other places. It is to be hoped that
punishment will overtake the offenders
though it is too late to prevent the mischief.
There seems to have been a determ ination,
among the democrats to do their utmost for
their own ruin, and I have no doubt that a {
great many ille-al votes were admitted. In :
Warren, a democrat was detected in putting ]
in two votes. You will observe a most ex
traordinary increase of votes in seme towns
where the democrats have the town officers.
But unless wc are doomed to destruction,
popularity so acquired must be ol short du
ration.
FOR THE GAZETTE.
Mr. Shirley,
There are several important reasons why
the Democrats should have a majority in the
next Legislature of this Commonwealth.
One is, that our southern anti-commercial
Rulers may have no obstacle to their plans
of alliance with France and of a quarrel with
England, whose trade is so essential to the
prosperity of the northern States.
Another reason is, that we shall have a
Court of Sessions, at the expense of several
Thousands of dollars annually, for doing a
little County business, now dona for nothing
by the Court of Pleas.
A third reason is, that we shall then have
a State-Treasurer, whe will grow tick upon
the money of the public and assist in elec
tioneering to keep up the true democratic
party. The last but not the least is, that
IVm. King will then be gratified in his ob
ject of being a Senator to Congress and anoth
er great man in the County of Lincoln in
having Mr. King's place in the Senate of this
State. And this allJor the liberty and advan
tage of the people. 1RONICUS
JETHRO.....N0. 5.
It is further required of those concerned
in the affairs of government, that they be
men fearing “ God.’* I believe it is generally
admitted that religion, or a devout regard
to the Supreme Being,is the only solid basis
of integrity. But, since persons in author
ity ought to be examples to others in all !
good conduct, it follows, that theory should '
assent, in practice, as well as they, to the
inviolable connexion between piety and mo-!
rality. It is true, that the mere shape and
resemblance of virtue may be, and often is,
carried to considerable perfection, upon the
ground of human motives; & the effect of this
upon society so far as it goes, will be, appar
ently, the same with that of a character foun
dedupon better principles. An attentive ex
amination, however, will discern a very im
portant distinction, in appearance, as well as
reality, between what is called the correct
moralist, and the devout Christian.
As magistrates are to be examples to the
people, religion, instead of being excluded,
should hold the highest rank among those '
objects which demand respect and imitation.
The constitution of this State requires that
the first executive, together with the
Lieutenant Governor, and Counsellors, from 1
whom the whole department emenates,
should subscribe a declaration, importing
that he “ believes the Christian Religion,
and has a firm persuasion of its truth.” It
does not, however undertake to show, in
what other way this belief is to be manifes
ted, than by the declaration itself. There
was an evident difficulty, in making a full
communion with the church the public test
of religion. For, in the first place, very dif
ferent opinions prevail, with respect to the
dying injunction of our Sav iour to his disci
ples. Some consider a compliance with this
an almost indispensable requisite to the
character of a Christian. Others suppose,
that many sincere and humble believers
have honest, and unconquerable scruples on
the subject. But by far, the greater pai l
of those, who make a general prolession of
Christianity, and would be thought to live
in some conformity to its precepts, at the
same time leave its most solemn institution
entirely in the hands ot an inconsiderable
minority. Hence it would naturally occur,
in discussing this question, that had the
most direct and extensive profession of the
gospel been made the absolute condition of
office, many persons would be excluded, in
otuer respects well qualified, not excepting
even a diffident unassuming piety.
Besides, it must be observed, that ambi- !
tious and aspiring men would pay little re
gal'd to such an obstacle in the way of their
promotion, as concerned only a susceptibii
ity of conscience, to which they could make
no pretensions. Rather therefore than be
disappointed in their views, they would feel
little hesitation in leaping a barrier erected
by religion. Here an immense field would
be opened for the practice of hypocrisy in
its worst form. Instead then of insuring
the choice of religious men for ruiets, we
should be exposed to the danger of introdu
cing into the first stations, such as were ca
pable of trampling upon the most solemn m
J siitulions. Through our anxiety to avoid this
evil, we should be liable to another of no
small consequence, in endeavoring to bring
forward tiie good and pious, w hose talents,
however, might be wholly inadequate to
the discharge of important function*. The
COMMUK1CA r IOX.
The admirable little Orator the y,
Roscius, appeared here on triday
last before a highly respectable audience*
It is unnecessary to state, his visitors vnrj
highly gratified—as we presume his room
this evening will bear ample ttitimon) to 15
merits. At the tender age of Fight 'e o.
he is without a competitor, perhaps in U*
! world. Philadelphia, we understand clair, t
his birth. And if he is reared in habits o{
[ virtue, and industrious application, it ms>
one day be proud, to boast of him as a r.^titi
citizen.
To accommodate onr advertising frierds
we are compelled to omit a communication
on the subject of State Representatives, •
with a Circular Address to the Federalist
relating to the same.—Also, several otL,
articles prepared for this day’s paper.
| ==a=a
flEtetxtcD,
At Gorham, on Thursday evening U*i
by the Rev. Mr. Rand, Hon. Loth nor
Lewis, Esq. to Mrs Mary J. Little.
_I- iJWC?
BlCD,
In Saco, Mr. James Bennett, aged about
27. Supposed to be a native ofGreat-Britain,
formerly of Boston.
In Charleston, Gen. William Washington,
a kinsman of the father of his country, and
a well known hero of the revolution. Mr.
Randolph pronounced a eubgium on the tie.
ceased in Congress, in which he remarked,
in allusion to their public services, that they
were the Fabius and Marcellus of their
country.
places, which might be honored k
' irtues, would suftcr disgrace throe Jt U' ‘f f
want of capacity. Thus between q, ilt f
and the wicked we should probably f* ^ I
supposed system, incur greater ein! ^1
menu, than are felt on our ore*#.,,, lo
tion. P t[‘l *“•*. I
Some, who are now enemies to the u
nd constitution, might rank «*n the aid?6,
friends, or at le.*st be less strenuous inTh °f
opposition, did it not furnish the folio??
clause ; •• No religious test shall ever'?*
required as a qualification to anv offi*
public trust under the United Sutes
deed it is a little mortifying to reflect u
an Infidel, a Jew, a Turk, or even an Aof
ist, m.*y now hold the reins of our K> ' ,
government. The constitution, I.muJ*
lias provided a way for its own revision-J
amendment, whenever expedience ,,,■ ^
cessity shall require such measures* if'
is our only remedy ; and it is possihfc
experience may one day show the prupd*!:
of placing this celebrated instrument on
religious ground, at least as favorakk *
that oi the government of our own S'»-{
KECLUSE,
».a
portlano St»p /'rtns.
Thursday April 19.
Arrived sloop Margaret Capt Sutton, 22
days from Portorico. Left there brig M*.
tilda, Emery, from Cadiz, for New.York
in 10 days ; schr. Mary-Ann, Brown, fa:
Boston, in 35 days ; brig- Kentucky, Jones,
of Philadelphia, 76 days from I*ondon blown
off the coast, and put in in distress; schr.
Mary and Eliza, for Philadelphia, ir. 10
days; Ranger, Wilson, of Philadelphia, for
the coast in 3 days ; schr. Jersey of Phils,
delphia, 40 days from Cuba, in distress ; rev
eral others names unknown. March 26,1st.
31, long 67, spoke brig dilligence, 8 days
from East Haddam, fur the Havanna; same
day, sell. Caledonia, Allen, 12 days from Bis*
ton, for New-Orleans.
SHIPWRECK.]—Tlie ship Harlot, Jo
seph Weeks master, with a cargo of Hemp,
Duck and Iron, from St. Peters burgh for
Portland, and owned by Messrs. Cobb si !
Clap of this town was castaway the 2d
inst on the Tuskerbald Islands, No\a Sco
tia, in a thick show storm ; cargo partly s»*
ved, ship lost.
—<»////*-—
PORTLAND BY-LAWS.
At a meeting of the Fire Wards, on Thu*S4
day the 19th instant—Voted, that the
Clerk cause the 5th, 7th, Sth, 13th, l&h»
16th, 21st, and 22d, By -Laws ot the toma
1 of Portland to be published in die
land Gazette and Eastern Argue, for the in
formation of the inhabitants. And where4
as the safety of the town depends in*
great measure upon a strict observance ot
those laws, it is considered the duty"»
the several Fire Wards to lake notice*
and give information to the Inspector ot ,
the Police, of all offences aglinst eithe” ■
of those Laws, that the offenders maybe
prosecuted for the penalties.
JAMES NEAL, Cleri>
Portland, April 20, 1810.
5. A By-Law to prevent the Bern •»
oj the Fire ].adders Jrom th ir Platt
WHEREAS great inconveniences art e*
perienced, and very dangerous consul111''
ces are hazarded hv the practice ot renM)'
ing the ladders provided by the town
used at tires, from the places when? ■ *
$i»me have been deposited :
It is ordered by the town, 'i hat no person
persons hereafter presume to remove >t
I such ladder from its place, fur any |*tir;>f -
hut that of assisting at tiie extinguish™*"
office : And if any person or persons *1*^
presume so to do, he or tuny shall i,r f • "
pay, for each ofiencc, a sum not exceeu. t>
five dollars, nor less than three dollars.
7. A By-Law to prevent damage
dun Powder. . ;
It it ordered o\ the town, That if #nj 'n_l^r
it ant or other person shall have in b** a,efr.
store, shop, dwelling house* °r , pr
ment whatever, at any one time, * * |jvtf
quantity of gun-powder than ,v “•
pounds, whether the same gunft°'* ‘ ,
or shall not belong to or be lire l”' • &ju;j
such inhabitant or pc rson, he o«
foifeil and pay five dollars. anp
J.rf ;• „ fa.Ur ,.W,
qua.il l) ot gua-poudeJ, €*Svt’“ *