Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1806-04-28


oppofed to this relo.uti,r, are men
i no nerves who trembled in the
days Of the Britifh treaty-cowA ards
q preiame IN the reign Of terror
5 this tue ! Hunt up the journals
LET our actions tell. We purfue our
old unihaken courfc We care not
for me nations If Europe, but make
foreign relations bend to our political
| principles and fub(erve our countrvs
interea. We have no win TO fee
aa1thcr A6tium or PharflIia, or the
Iieutenants Of modern Alexander
playing al Piquet, or all-fours, for the
empire Of the world. 'Tis POOR com
foft 10 us, to bc told that France has
too decided a taitc for luxurious
things to meddlc with Us; ; that Egypt
is her Object, or thecoait Of Barbsry,
and, at the WORT, we ihah be the lait
deyoured. We are cnamoured with
neither nafion-wc would play their
own game upon them, ufe them for
otr interelt md convenience. Bat
with ail.my abhorrence of the Brit
lih z vernmenr, fhall Jot hehtate
between Weftminiltcr Hall and a
Middlcfcx jury, OH the one hand.
and the wood Of Vincennes and
file OF Granadiers Oh the other
hat jury-trih which walked with
Horne locke and Hardy through
the flames of minilferial profecution
Is, | confets, more to my taite than
tie trial Of the duke d'Enghin.
Mir Chairman, / am fenfiblc of
having detained the committee lon-
ger than | ought certainly much
longer than | intended. | am e..
quaily feniible Of their poltslrefs,
and n icfs TO, Sa, of your patient
a.tentlon. It is yeur own indulc-
ence, Sir, badly requted iederd
to which yoa owe this periecutionT
II might oftcr smother apology for
tAele usdieeited defultory remarks Y
my never having ,ie ircalury docu
mems. Urul-I came into .rhc
Houle this .mor.ing, 1 have bsvn
itrtched on JIok bed But Wien
behold the atfairs ci this nation IN
ftead Of being where / hoFeti, ard
the people believed they wete, in
the hands OF telpoHfbe men, con-
mitted to Ion, I lex and Harry
TO the refufe of the retail trade If
politics, | 10 feel, cannot helm
feeling the HoH deep and ferrous
concern If The executive goyerEa
ment-wouid itep forward and fav
fuoh IS cur PLAN iuch is our opill-
ion, and iuch are Ger reafons ~
fupport Of IL" | would meet ii fairy
7 would openly opPofe or pecge N.Y.
itlf to fupPott it. But withouttorn-
pats or polar itar, ] will not launch
n into an ocean of we2plored meal-
ures, which ftaDd condemned bv al
the infor nation TO which have ~
cets. The contribution Of the Unit
ed States declares1it to beIhe province
and the duty of The Proficient Z, -
give TO Congrels, frcm time to-tint
informatloR OF he ftate of then.
" mon, and reconntrd ID thrir cop-
liberation fach meaiures as he fhall
judge exPodient and rectharvi Has
y leoonc il? / know, Sir, that we nav
fay and do fay that we aie inde end
! eni (wouidit were ,rue) as free /.
\ give direction to the executive .aq
( 10 receive il from him. BUT d.
\ what you will. foreign relations
~ meatHrc ihort Of war, aud eve,
] the courte Of hrftiIities, depend up
on him. lie ftanGs at the helm. ana
mutt guide the vslel If ffate. va
give bin money 10 buy Florida, am.
he purchafJs LouiGana. You may
fusnlA means, the application o;
thete means reas with him. IL.
not the mater and mate 20 below
when the ihip i III lilrels, and rhr.v.
the rcfpoo6bility upon the cock. and
the cabin-boy. | fAid 70 when your
doors were fhus fcorn to FAY le!a
now that they arc nrcn. Gentlemen
may fay what tbey plcaie Ta,y
may put an inhsnificant indiv:du.i
to the bar Of the Republ;c-I lhaa
not alter my court. | bIuih uiil
IN ittrtsasfon .t ,Is ,,,s4.-a.>~g g.