Jenks' Portland gazette. and Maine advertiser., 1803-07-25
From BE CEHrIEEL.


war and umm1ry Of the Papers which accompanied L.
Alter enumerans lone u the cauies Of complaint IN the
declaration, it Jays,
"All thefe have conf PRED to keep alive
the fpirit ofjealoufy, which has never yet
been lulled TO repole. They have mica
ted an overwhelming fytem Of conquea,
which has threatened to detroy the balance
of Europe, and to lubvert the foyereign-
ty Of the Britilh empire. The laws Of lelf
preieryation, which are conidered BY ev-
cry government as paramount 70 the OBJ
legations Of treaty, have dictated the ne
celity of guarding againt this alarming
iPirit Of entertainment"
II then review the css roverCy Il repehed Malta
Svuz-rl4nd.-comnrrcL prohlbitons-the employment
ol smfr1s 10 Great Britain, u the character of Com
mtroia Agents, and 5cb4l4nts rr7nrt and aidi:
" With this indignity, may be ranked
the publication in I Hamburger paper, Iii
is iaid, by order Of the Firt Confu4 Of
grols and indecent attack upon the Brit
in government, and the Perlonal charac-
ter Of his Maiefy. We fometims hnce
noticed this vain AM puerile galconade,
and exprefe1 an opinion that il never
could have been fan4ioned by the Fi1f
Conful Of France The declaration of
his MaieGy tates il 70 have been inherited
in the The HIH54rg5 CorrelpsH4en.sH, BY
the immediate Intervention Of the French
Miniaer there. Ii this be corre4, the
government Of France is relponf5lc for a
vulgar and contemplate infuIt."
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tween BoH4pArie aud Lord Whi5~or,h the rs proceed
+" But the mott extraordinary, and, in
our opinion, the mott understandable at
tempt to encroach upon the rights of the
Bri,iGh government, is the demand made
by the Firf ConluI, through the medium
of Nj. Ono, that the liberty Of TIE tre6
b52ld be regrains9, ard the freedom of
Parliamentary debate ihould be tackled.
in dilcuGlng the affairs Of France. None
but an unprinciPled tyranr would have
conceived a with ike this none but d
haugh.y, alpiring and imPerious ufurper,
would have fuggelted to an independent
nation, fervile and abie9 compliance
with fuch wilhesl The nation which would
hten, for moment, to fuch propof-
ton, would deferve to be enlaved. The
government which would heitate, FOR an
infant, between a fubmidion to luch :
demand, and reftanca to the aggreGion,
even at the point of the bayonet, ought
10 be blotted out forever from the lit of
empires. Let US bring the cafe home to
ourlelyes. Suppole the government Of
France or Great Britain ihould require
thar the laws of our own country fhould
be 70 modified, as to prevent tie publication
of any thing relating to their political CON
Germs and even to refrain a Conrrelion-
al diIcu1ion of their meafures.-Is there
an American among you, who would not
iPurn with indignation, at fuch demand
He would then delerve to be the llave Of
an ambitious uGurper, and to crouch be-
meath the rod Of an unfeeling tyrant. ...
\" The laws Of England, like our OWN,
have provided for the puniihment Of libels
againlt the government, as we'll as indi-
viduals. The promptitude with which
Peltier was punihed, for libel on the
Firt Conful Of France, is a fuficient proof
that the protection Of theie laws is readily
extended to other governments, as well
as their own. But precious rsJfraist up
on the preGs is totally rePugnant TO all our
ideas Of a privilege, which we conceive to
be efential to the very exiRencc Of our
freedom.
g During the important reign of Henry
Ill, the Parliam eut of England were re-
CURED, by writ from their OsVa (,vsraign,