Jenks' Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1803-1805, 1804-11-12

bed, and MyFtry clotes th0fe OF the III gdhfef.
IN all cafes the ftatues of Liteyiy and Equality are
outliie of the Eret-doat
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The following article, e1,racsei from the Norfolk Public
Ledger, contains our ientinents on the probable reiult of
our prefent difficulties with Spain. We have never be-
Ievad thai the Spaniii governrsert will dare 70 go to war
with Us, unlefs compelled 20 it by France, and CT ccur.e
backed Try the Emperor of that PPaHe and, having
fach aihltance, they can never provoke our government
TO go TO war with them. They may, perhaps, block up
our ports again, and again compel Us to pay a ~hsndioanu
fun for having them opened-but nothing more.
War qcHb stain.-No,witha anding what has
been publiihed in this and other papers, we can
not aflcnt to the opinion, that a war between the
the United States and Spain is inevitable, or is
likely to happen immediately. Spain is not
now i'll a condition to make war upon any coui-
try, much lef5 upon ours ; and the Pa.yfc diibo-
firion of our adriniitration gives US rcafon to
believe that the 6rlt declaration VIII proceed
from us
We can very readily imagine that difficulties,
on the part of Spain, oppofe the execution of
the treaty and we are eaflly convinced that
any demands upon her for neaey at this mo-
mert, are very ma. a-prcpos. The contribu-
tons levicdby the emperor of the imperial rfpa5-
lie, mutt prefs heavy on tire cmbarrailsd treaiury
of the King ofSpain and India. They are how
ever, of higher dignity, and myf Be hfifed,
our reeuiftions are only backed by Juice, aud
may, therefore, be thrown aide; as there Is lit
tie dread OF their being enforced by arms.
IF there hioald be any thing ferrous it requires
not much penetration 70 perceive who is at the
bottom of it. Spain would not dare to provoke
war with any MARION !; feeble, exhauftcd, and
| dspeneeat,as ihe is, without aAiirahces of fupport
from, or being compelled by, France. She
knows well that her colonies depend upon the
! United States, as entirely as her European pof-
| ~iciilons do upon the will OF Bonaparte I; ihe
can TO more defend the one againr t@farins. than
Che can defend the other againft the Ew3,d.
I The latter is the nearer and more dreaded and
if Bonaparte iays MAKE ~. :, war is maize ;shcu,h
it may in the ilue, threaten her with %inevita.
bic deitrucfion
We cannot help, in this place, recalling to
the nina Of Mr.. Jeilerfon, that once before we
1--we were on the eve Of a rupture the fame pow
err the iubisn of difpute was, the navigation
of Jh1 Miaiilippi. TIE then. Eeyea,y g.aafe was
ldireaedby the PRECEDENT, TO inftruet the Amer
Neutrality-suspicious., Mr. Thomas Piuckney, to add
dre!s, the opanih monarch thus" The Uni
led ltases kno7v their own i~trength, without
5oyfiuy Of it they alto can rsPeH the itrength
OF other nations without caring it," W.lh-
ington was tier prefident. He might hold faeh
language and frcm INN it would proceed with
nobienels, and command reverence. He was a
Aasefnan and a folder who knew that the
independence and dignity Of his country were
infcparable ; and was by nature and by habit
qualified to fuitain both. We will not exhibit
an antitlclis. That unpieafant talk we will leave
to others. He who is not totally diveitee Of
feeling. who will held Up the two ideas before
him, who will " look upon this picture and. on
THIS" will find the conviction forced upon
him, that, at prefent, the language of Waiting
ton might, with ltri6f propriety be reverted,
and Mr.. Charles Pinckney be inltru6ted by
Madiion TO fay -" We toaA our own itrength
without tn,zuing il /; and we fer the itrength Of
others, but know how to raLbsI H."-Ihis
would, perhaps, be correct. We are dealers
in extremes. One day we utter the mott dar-
ing provocstiens, and the next trennblc at what
may be their consequences.
We do not at this moment with for a war
with Spain. Until England has alto dec aree
|a.ainit her, her navy, hasrng no check, would
tprove father inconvcIient TO our little Medi-
ierranean l%quadron ; whish might become the
slctim of our inpolicy, before any of our Gun
Beats could get out TO protect it. Nor do we
with to fee our government make, in any cafe,
IA common caalc with Great Britrin, until am-
pie redrefs ihall have been obtained FOR the III
iuries ihr has for fome time been, and now Is,
ma tiplving upon us.
Span: knows we'll, however, at what time ihe
may afunc the appearance OF energy. She
Shows that the tauae tpirs which now mfluen.