Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1806-04-14

with Great-BrItain on the ocean, but
that we are actually her fuperior.
v henFe does the gentleman deduce
tkis Inference ! BecauGe, truly, at
that tine, when Great-Britain wa.
not matreis of the ocean, when a
North was her prime minilter, and
Sandwich the frlt lord Of the Ad-
miTalt!, when l1e was governed by
acouwing houle administration, pri-
vateer' Of this country trefpafied OH
her commerce. SO, too, did the
erulzcrs Of Dunkirk, at that day, and
Sutfrein held the m4iery of the in
dian feas. But what is the cafe
how Z Do gentlemen remember the
capture of Cornwallis on land, be-
caufe De Craft maintained the do
minlon of the eCean2 TO my mind
no pohtion is more clear, than that
It We 50 10 war wish Grcat-Britain,
CharleRon and Bottom, the Chel4-
peake and the Hudlon, Will be in
veited by Britilh fqu2 lrons.-Will
you call on the Count dc Giraffe TO
relieve them, or LhaIl we apply to
Admiral Grayina or Admiral Vile
neuve to raile the blockade 1ut
you nave not only pro(peSt Of
gathering glory, and what Cesms TO
The gentleman from Manachufetts,
much dearer, profit, by priyatering,
but you will be able to make con
queit OF Canada and Nova Scotia.
Indeed { Ihsn, fir, We lhall catch
Tartar. confe(s, however, | have
no deGre to fee the I4nstors and rep
relentatives of the Canadian French,
OF Of the tories and refugees Of No
va-Scotia arting OH this door or that
OF the other houie--to fee thes be-
coming members of the unicn, and
, participating equally III oar political
rights. And on what other principle
wosld the gentleman from Ma1aChu-
iettS be tor Incorporating thoie pro
vihces with Us Or on what other
principle could it be done under the
contribution? If the gentleman has
no Oher bounty TO offer US fc- going
to war, than the incorporation Of
Canda and Nova Scotia with the
Uni=d States, ara for remaining at
peac.
What is the quettion i'll difputc :
hecarryin. trade. What part of
it The tair, lac honrft and The ufc-
tul rade, that IS engaged in carrying
our own productions TO foreign Aar-
kcts and Bringing back thsir pro-
dutGons il exchange ? No, Gr. It
is that carrying tradt which covers
cneny'' property, and carries the
cofee, the fugar, and other Eelt-In-
dia products 10 the mothe. country.
No, liz, ii this great agricultural na-
ton is to Be governed by Salem and
Bottom New Y oTk and Philadelphia
and Baltimore ana Norfolk and
Charle9On, Let gentlemen come OUT
and fay 70 and let a committee Of
public fafety be appointed from thofe
towns TO carry on the government.
| for one will not mortgage my pro-
perty and my liberty 20 carry on this
trade. The nation faid 70 feven
years ago-l iaid 70 then, and fay
~ now. 1t i not for tie honeR car
ryiug trade Of America, bat for this
mulhroom, this fungus of war-for
trade, which, as loon as the nations
OF Europe are at peace will no longer
exit it'ls for this that the fpiIit OF
aVaricioaS traihc would plunge Us in
TO war
| am forcioly hrusk on this occs-
tlon by the recollection of remark
made by one ef the albeit rif not the
hOnetteftl miEiiterS that England ev-
er produced. | mean Sir Robert
W alpole, who faid that the country
gentlemen (PUor meek fouis) came
up every year 10 be lhcared that
they laid mute and pasieRt while their
feeess were taking of-but that if
he touched Gnglc Byj9le Of ths com
metcial interet, the whole Aye
would be in an uproar. 1t was in
deed ihearins the hog" grsat cry
and little wool"
But We are afled, are we willing
10 bend the neck Ia ENGLAND 70 flh-