Jenks' Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1803-1805, 1803-11-19

IdW tue uttCI llttpOi4Ciii} VI preventing TIT
. province from falling into the hands Of ne
| Englilh, and therefore, rather than lol.
| the fame, confented 10 fell it TO the jaco-
bin government of the United States for
about four times more than it was really
worth Already in the pofellion Of 4
territory of unmealured and unnealurabie
extent, greater than the energies of gov
eminent can operate upon, aud which,
flor ages, will give the flleit fcope 10 our
Ienterprize, what have we TO 60 with the
wild deiartsfand un,rodden waites on the
welt of the Mi1iippi /? Is itnot the policy
of the United States, policy which orr
ginated with independence, and has been
hitherto aihduouly cultivated, 10 be cor
tented with our preient boundaries, asil
ito reject all projects tending to nenlsrec-
.ment Of territory? Why have this ef85-
liIhed policy and the maxins of wifdon
and experience been PreciPitately broken
over? The meaAge anfwefS--e TO fecuf>
an independent outlet for the produce OK
the weltern itates.' But this purpoE.
would have been moi efIeaualIy anfwe7-
ed, by the fimple acquihtion of ths.i lani
of New Orleans. This alone.would hag:
given us the controul of the navigation cf
| the Miililippi, and placed beyond the POI.
fbihty OF interruption, the right Of PAL.
ing up and down with the produce of the
weltern ltates. >.>"
But though the requirement and poGeI-
] fipn Of the continental part of LouiGaaa
were admitted to Be efential to the protec-
tion of that paramount iiterelt, che indie
pendent outlet for the produce Of the VET
tern ltates,' yet was il prudent, was it
convenient, vas it confident w1rlbe pre-.
fcnt tate Of our finances, 70 laviih ~. IN
menfe fun of ffteenmiHions Of doIlarsin
purchafe of "A former meGage prated
about avoiding faIle obie5ts Of expence,
and Of lubltituting economy fortaxai9n,
and evinced patlionate deGr7 to-emanci-
pate POTTERY: from that mortal canker, a
national debt. How can fuch pretty fen
ment8 as thcfe be reconciI3d with the fact
Of laying, FANS rerem2uis, upon the bend
Cd back of poferity, an additional burthen
! Of 5000, 900 dollars ? Is this avoiding
faIIe objects Of expence? Is this fubfitu-
ting economy for taxation? Is this eman-
cipating poaerity from that mortai canker,
the national debt? No, and never will
be, until pouring of oil on fire (liall extin-
guih the fame until tie half lhail equal
the whole, & until democrats, altering their
nature, thall ceafe to aa at variance with
| their projections.
The medage, after fPeaking Of The re-
newal Of holtilities in Europe, proceeds
in the following manner While we re-
gret the nliieries in which we fee others
/ involved, LET US bow with. gratitude TO
that kind Providence, which infpiring
| with wifdom and moderation our late le-
| gilative councils, while placed under the
urgency of the greatelt wrongs, guarded
us from haltily entering into the 1anguiR-
airy CONTEXT, and left US only 70 look on
and pity its ,ravages.' Forgetting for
moment, that this recognition of an over.
riding Providence flowed from theer hy<
poorly, we rnut fhll be fl1ocked at The IN
decent infinuation that Heaven ihoald have
| approved Of n,ealure., which, 70 far from
being the dictates Of wifdom and modera-
ton, were the baGe-born offspring of folly,
cowardice, pufllanimity and weakness,
| The natural tendency Of thefe rheafures
was to introduce calamities,s the very read
ing Of which would fear the eye-balls of
pelterity and that we have not actually
| fufered them, IS imputabls foley to the
renewal OF holilities in Europe.
Truly, we have rea{on TO tender oui
grateful acknowledgements 70 God, in