Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1806-04-14
Mr.. 7. RANDOLPH.


Nr. ]. RANDOLPH. | am
extremely sh aid, FIR, that 70 far as
il may depend on my acquaintance
with details conne&ed with the fub.
ie6t, have very little right to addrefs
you, for, in truth, | have net yet
feen the documents from the treafu-
~, which were called for fome time
ago, to direct the judgment # this
houle in the dsciiion Of the gueltioE
now before you ;'and indeed, after
whatI have thas day heard, | no lon-
ger require THAI document or any O.
ther docurent-indeed | do not
know that ever fhould have requi-
red ito vote on the refolution of
ths gentleman from Pennsylvania.
III had entertained any doubts, they
would have been removed by the
1tyle in which the friends Of the re-
1olution have this morning diicuhcd
il. am perfectly aware, that on
entering upon this fubject, we 90
into i manacled W. h2na cuiItd, and
tohgue-tied. Gentlemen kcow that
our lips A.e {ea,ed, on iI5ie6s Of
momentouS foreign relations. Hhich
aIe iHdla0lubly linked with the pre-
fcni queition, and Svhich s5uld ferve
70 throU a great Light ca i. in every
Ielps4 relevant to 1t. ! viii. how
ever endlavour to hobbi$ over the
fubi.d, as vel as my fette ed li.abs
ana palL4d tongue viii enable &c to
it.
am not oqrprifed to hear his re-
lolusiOn di.cuGtd s.; Iss friends as a
war meafure. They fay, lit is true)
that it is not war meaiuTe but
they defend it on principles which
would jalify none but war naealrres,
and ieemed ple2fed with the idea that
it may prove the fOrcrunner Of war d.
If war is ReceHary-it we have rea-
ched this point, LEI Us have war.
But while | have life, / will never
conienr to thefe inciPient war mea-
fures, which in their commencement
breathe nothing bur peace, though
they plunge US at lalt into war. 1t
has been well obierved BY the gem
tlcman from Pennlylyania (Mr. J..
Clay that the tituation Of this ma
tlop IA 1893, was in every Tetpe6t
different from th4t III which il finds
idclf in 1890 Let ne ak, too, if
the 6tuluon Of England is not Gnce
matcnl,iy changed Z Gs,lemen,
who, il ~oulI 2ppcar freuI th-ir ian
Auage, ,haye NOT got beyend Laa Aorn-
book Of politics, talk OF our 40llly 10
cope with The Bnuh navy, ani .ell
us of tAe war o5 cur revolution.
What was The iituation Of Great
Britain then 2 She was then con
t1n4ing for the empire IF the Brialh
channel, barely able 20 maintain a
doubtful equality with her enemies,
over whom Ae never gained the fe-
PeriOrity until Rodney's victory OF
the 9TH O. April. What is her pre-
Gent G:aadon ? The combined fetts
ct France and Spain, and Holland
are diAiPated they no longer exit.
4 am not furprifed to hear men ad-
vocate thefe wild opinions, to fee
them goaded on by fpirit Of mer-
cantile avarice, Rraining their fee
Die itrength u excite the nation 10
war, when they have reached this
ttage OF lnfatuatioL, that we are =n
over match for Great-Britain on the
ocean. Its mere waite Of time to rea-
Ion with iuch PeIlons. They do not
delerve any thing like ferious refu-
,ation. The proper arguments tor
iuch itatelmen are ftrait waiGcoat,
q dark room, Va CT Cruel, and deple-
ton.
Il always has appeared to me,
mat there are tlree points 70 be con-
h%ered, and maturcly Conldered, be-
lore We can be prepared to vote for
the reiolution Of the gentleman from
fenniYlv4nia. Frf Our ability
to Contend with Great Britain, tor
the qscition 10 diipute. S.ssnIly.
The policy Of fuch a contslt-and
Z SirdJ. jn cafe 10th thrle hAil
tv tettIed aiErmatiyely, the maun-r