Jenks' Portland gazette. Maine advertiser. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1802-1803, 1803-04-04

well ciiclplned majority, and even
heir reafons and remonlfrances againR
this procedure of the majority, were re
iuled to b. heard-thc moment they
rofe to fpeak on fubjed Of all others
the mot lntereiting TO our very excellence
IS alton, their adveria' les ltiffe their
voices from being heard by the public,
by jbaffing fbe do2rs. A myaerious and
gloomy itcrecy reigred for days to-
gether, nor could any thing be known
but that a triumphant majority tyran.
ncally carried all their mealures, laugh
ing their opponents to icorn.
Was a motion made on the floor ak.
ing only for the fight of document ?
a . apouenent was f1re to follow,that
the majority might frf have conful
tstion amoag thernfclves as to the poll
cy of granting il. Was word intima
ted refpeaing any meainres Of the Elk
ecutive? the doors were clofcd. Was e.
ven an alnfon made TO the money which
they were voting to take from the people.
TO the tune fmore than two millions I.
the gentleman was called TO order, and
reprinandcd. We OILY wonder they
bad not. voted to p9fe5ne tie printing of
ibs h1q0t for tbe Prsifnt-lnd while they
were fairly mounted on their tigb borjs,
they might juf as well have gone thro'
with il
But to return to the Ffench u1iniiier's
letter. II has placed the affair iul
where we have always fad it would
| at lalt be placed. MonGeur Plchon for
France, and he Marquis De Yrujo for
Spain have very cleverly managed 70
IS TO ihift al the blame from their re-
fpetdve governments, on to the lhoul
ders ofthe iniendaot of The province.
France dif4vows his condus, Spain
has nothing to do with it. But we
think this would have come from
them both with better grace Ave
months ago. We have then left as
but to al. Mr.. Intendant If he will have
The goodaefs TO indemnify US for the
lodes we have faltained; 10 which he
will anlwcr, that be aaed from the bea
Of his Judgement, and is not anf3er-
able for a miltaken opinion.-As to,
the obtaining he place and thereby e.
curing ouriclves againh the refeliton
Of fmlar injury and outrage, the OF
portunity has now gone by, and we
have nothing farther 70 90 than 70 wait
quietly I'LL The French have acquired
fufiilient arength to adopt what courfe
they pleafe, and fet US at defiance. In
The mean time, patriot Munro is gone
with two millions Of money il bis
hand, to buy fome pa tial piviledge,
with which money Tie Emperor Of tbc
Gail viii build fort at New Orleans.
And here W beg leave to urn TO our
Chief Magiltrate, the man who has 20
kindly undertaken 10 manage the con
Germs OF this Iihng nation, fpread over
wide and fruitful land" and to lead
them 70 " definies beyond the reach of
mortal eye," and who declared, she
felta fncete coniciouinefs that the taxi
was above his talents and that he ap
preached il with thofe awful aud.
anxious preftntiments which the great
nefs of the charge, and the weakness
Of bis powers 70. jualy infpire"-pray
fir, do you aeep as completely, eat
and drink as heartily, and enjoy pour
felt with as much tranquility as you
uied to do, now that you are aGured
that the Flordas are 10 Be annexed
10 the podelIions of France? Do
you know thar it is not in the pow
er of two nations to treat with each
other refpe6ing sny diaria of coun
try lying contiguous TO the territory
of third ration, and 10 convey it
from one to the other without fra
committing Shis third nation And If
they do, that It is ju9 caule Of war
Do you not know, that unlefs this
principle had been fully adopted and
pra6iied upon among nations, that
the balance of power in Europe
would long fnce have been delfroy
sd, and the whole, probably, before
this time, fallen a iacri6ce to foule
powerful and fortanate depot? IF in
any future wars with France-But
WHY purfue tie fnbi9a in its con.
feqUences further Will not a time
arrive when the unanimous voice of
this country fhall be lifted UP in ex