Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1806-04-21


sount upon, il yon 20 TO war witt
Great Britain. .2g.m DSD eD' per-
rrre tyiur drmr1'0f. And are yor
mad enough 70 take up the cudEcs
Shar have been itruck frCn, the nerv-
ief. hands of The three great mari
time powers CT Europe ? Shall thc
plastcr mer;gage his iitt!e crop and
ieoperdize the contribution in iuppori
of commercial monopoly In the
vain hope Of latisiying the inlaitablc
gredinefs Of trade ? Adminiiter the
contribution upon its own principles
= for the general welfare and lot
for the bervht Of any particular clais
u men. Do you mediate war for
the poifeiIion Of Baton Rouge, OF
Moblle places which your own laws
declare TO DC within your limits ,
Is 1t even for the fair trade that eN
changes your furolus products fer
furh fLrisn articles as you re-
suire ?-No, Gr, IT'S for Circui
tuous traffic ignis fatuus. And
againh whom ? A nation from
whom you have aRy thing TO fear ?
u fpeak As to our liberties. No
iir, with a nation from whom you
have nothing, or next nothing, te
fcar,-to the aggrandilsment Of one
againit which you have every thing
10 dread. look to their ability and
intereit-not to their dilpohtion.
When you rely on that, the cafe is
defpcrate. /: it to be inferred from
all this that would yield to Great
Britain /? No, would AIT towards
Der now, as was dilpoied to d. to-
wards France in I798-o; treat
with her: and for the fame rsafon,
-on the fame principles. Do | fay
would treat with her At this
moment you have a negotiation pen
ding with her government. With
her you have not tried negotiation
and failed, as you have dsne with
Spain or rather France. And
wherefore, under fuch circumltan-
ces, this hoRils fPirit to the one and,
this=N won't fay whatl-to the
other.
But great deal IS laid about the
laws Of nations. What is national
law, but rational Pogyey guided BY nA-
final iater1q? You yourfelves ac-
knowledge and practice upon this
principle where you can or where
you dare ;-=wiJh the Indian tribe for
inaaBcc - might give another and
more forcible iIluhration. Will the
learned lumber Of your libraries add
ihip to your feet, or a ihilling TO
your revenue will you pay or
maintain hngle folder And will
preach and prate of violations o.
your neutral rights when you tame
iy and meauly fubmit 10 the viola
non of your rel ritory Will you
collar The ltealer Of your fheep and
let him efcape that has invaded the
repOfe Of your fire hde-has infulted
your wife and children under your
own roof ? This is the heroifm of
truck and traffic, the fpirit Of for
did avarice. Great Britain violates
your flag on the high fcas. What
is her htuation !-conten1ing, not
for the dilmantlipg OF Dunkirk-fer
Quebec, or Pondicherry,-but for
London and Welminiler for life
Her enemy violating, at will, the
territories of other nations acqui-
ring thereby a collofal power that
threatens the very exifence Of her
rival. But fhe has one vuln cradle
point TO the arms Of her advcrfary
which ihe covers with the enhgns OF
neutrality.-Shc draws the neutra
flag over the heel of Achilles. And
San you ak that aayeriary to refpeGt
it, At the eApence Of her exilfence !
and in favour Of whom ?-an enc.
my that refpe8s no neutral territor,
OF Europe and not even your own,
lrePeat that the iufults Of Spain TO-
words this nation have been AZ tn,
mitigation Of France ;-that there j
no longer any Spain. Well, fr, be
caufe the French government do no
Put this into theMoniteur, you choft
TO hut your eyes to it. None f
blind as thofe who will not fee