Jenks' Portland gazette. Maine advertiser. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1802-1803, 1803-02-14


rs % be aligned TO the United States,
By nature and By realon. II is believed
70 Be- abiolutcly eilential TO the full and
proper enjoyment Of the advantages OF
our Southern WeItern Territories, that
iIs Inhabitants thould be wholly uninter-
ruPted IL their progrsfs to the Ocean.
And until we fhail have arrived at 70
delirable a Rate of things, we ihall Be
CONTINUALLY liable to ihofe inconvenien-
ces and difputes which deIfroy all har-
mony between neighboring nations and
produce perpetual recurrence Of the
cauies Of war.
Here the qusliion prefents idslf. how
has it happened, that while Mr.. Jeaer-
fon has laid before Congress the "fpuit
Of juitice and friendly accommoda tion"
of England, and fqninted at the mo
noPolizing dilcrimlnations". Of France,
be has entirely fhut his eyes TO the
fsithiefsnefs and open holtility Of Spain
like the poor child who hides It's head
beneath the bed cloathes to efcape the
dangers which il concsives iurround il.
How happens tive FAY, that the Pref.
dent thould make an official communi-
cation Of the cellion Of Louiliana, of
which be has Got been officially inform
ed. and of which therefore he cannot,
and il may be, ought not officially to
give notice and thereby commit himlelf
ID this particular, while he remains per-
feetly iiienr reipeding the violence com
mtled on the perlons and the depreda
tons committed on the property Of the
Americans by the Spaniards 4dlgrSiras,
Dzl1 Plata, CHI, tbs big5 jias, and laRIy
the FI0rilas can bear witnsfs 10 the de-
predaucns, the crueliies, the indipnities,
which have been heaped on the unhappy
American, whole government is TOO
feeble and too nervelefs to yield him
ihar protection which The Poorelf of the
Indian tribes never fail to afford one Of
their number. Of the wrongs received
from Spain, we krow the Prefident has
been officially iufor med, and he ought
officially TO have communicated the in
formation 70 The national council, in.
ltead ct waiting, as be has done, to
receive L from hem, and thus ihitting
all rrfponGbility from his own fhoulders
to theirs. Since however, fuch IS the
order Of the day, We are glad to feerhat
the Legislature are not altogether afraid
70 meet their duty fairly and manfnlly.
On the 18th inf. a reiolution was
brought forward ard carried 10 the
houfe. without oppolition, relating to
New Orleans it is to reqleit The Pre-
iident 10 eauie TO b. Laid before the
Houie fuoh information in poiIcifion OF
the Department Of State, as relates 10
he oxidation or 5hs part of Spain Of the
27d article Of the treaty of il 7Q5, which
ltiPulatei IS we have feen, thar the
Americans ihould have a place of de.
| poGt for their merchandise and efees.
The lalt N all brings US the Metf&qe of The
Frthcent 10 aniwer. 4 nc reader cannot fail
TO notice the Eothins terms employed by lrr1 !;
what the Houfe Of Reprefentalibe 6 demon, ma
ted violation ef fse1ty, cur ecttle Prclident
calls an 1yesalsy prcveearF b1t lays he, g
was led. BY the regard due 70 be rights and
intereGs Of the United States, Ind to the ,uil
ien.lbiiity of The portion Of our iiow- ii eos
more Immediately Affected by tie irregular s,o-
se.Sisg At N.su OrIe1rs, 10 lofe bot moment
IN cauilng every tfep TO be al Zen which the
occzEon claimed frtm me-" What thefc Zen,
have been We know not caadlr fuggels thar
We thou { wait I'LL We fec them before we pro-
ceec further. We fhall merely oblerve thar
none ofail the documents whah are aftcr-
wards enumerated as accompanying the mef-
isge, PurPort thar any itcps have been takea
ky he Executive, but merely that certain com.
| munications have been made 10 hia and 9th
ers. We would charitably hope that cur ap-
PrehcuhoEs may prove altogether groundlcis !;
and that r will appear from fome other doc
umen,s, not here enumerated, tha, the Chief
Magiitraie has indeed taken the proper E.es ia
the PrafD tf-s, TO provide ss far as was prac-
ticablr againil the evil, and at any rate to
fave the national character.
In the mean time it may not be uniuterefl-
ing or ufeleis to bcitow a few words on the
Spanith treaty, and on what we, with the
Haufe OF Representatives, conider direa a.
sE1f'aa OF one Of It's mott important articles.