Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1806-07-07

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well authenticated that il may be re
lied upon.
Rejected abroad and ,pyoie7ed at home.
JefFerfon
CesrgefoqUn June "a We have
been informed that there are two
French privateers cruihng off cur
bar, brig and fchooner, which FIRE
at and attempt to bring to every vef.
lei going out and coming in. The
pilot twice attempted to board them,
but on perceiving his intention, they
Immediate y food out 10 fea. An En-
gliih fehooner that went down the
river has returned. We prefu me
thefe veiels have arrived 6nce Gun
boat No. | took her departure, for
her commander affirmed he went to
fea twice IN queft of one that he an
derftood was on the COAT, but faw
nothing OF her. Reader, mark !
thefe are not Britifh lips Of rsay /!
on no only two paltry French pri-
vateers, whole depredations we can
not prevent, becaufe We have no eff
cieRt naval force; nor will we have
rnlefs private fitizens ftep forward
and contribate their mite for the ex-
prcfs purpofe. It is laughable to
hear feme men talk of cocrcing Bri-
tiih depredations, when they arc un-
able to put flop 10 the maraudlrg
Of few Frenchmen.
The following refolutisns were lately adopted
at a meeting eosJGfag rvboKy u Dsws0sfs.
Grafton the commercial 6tuation OF the
country. They do not ssssly accord with
the opiaion exprefIed by eur democratic
Legislature ia their reply to the Governor,
viz. hat Mr.. JeGerfon's mealures have pro-
noted the honor and prsfperty Of the u
nited States. PevtLsxd GSss
/" Rsfofved, That as, from our Pc
Icuiar ftuation, and the walk of life
in which we are defined to tread,
we are more expoled 20 Emilar in
juries than any other clafs Of our fell
low citizens, we feel that we hrve
right to the particular attention of
our country to defend and protect US:
The Rgis ihould be placed before the
adailable That government, not
withdrawing our juR claims to pro-
te6tion. has beheld US expofed to the
alternate buReting of contending Eu-
rope has beheld our property de-
itroyed, our perfons infulted, and
our lives jeoperdized by foreign and
lawlefs force. without refor ting to
effe6tuall means 10 redre(s our wrongs
and enfure our future fafety.
{" RsJSiOed, That the tame fuffer-
ing of injaitice or infult, as utterly
unworthy of an independent nation,
and invites to a repetition Of fuch
acts, to the entire humiliation of
the fpiris Of patriotifn, which ihoula
glow with fervor in the brcaft of ev-
cry American that it is derogatory
to the glory of our ancefor. who
fought and bled for the independence
of this, our country, and that we
ihall merit the ex5cration OF polteri-
ty unlels we iranfmit to them the
f,,lendid fame which we have inher-
ited unfulIied and without one corr
roding ffain.
" Rsto'0sd That the timid coun-
ellis of a morbid prudence and the
treafonable fears Of puiiIlanimous
moderation, are in direct oppoftion
to the in Iignation which every A
merican III uld feel in his bofom up
on the location Of the late infult Of
fered to our national honour and
that it becomes al parties, and al
americans, to Join in one common
call for the mott ample PREPARATION
from offending nations, for wanton-
ly fporting with the lives of our citi-
zens and for their sneroacbmsnf spsn
The JsOtreignty sftbt AmvieSn gsvyn
meHf.
"Ret:lOed, That the American
people cherifh the people of Great
Britain with becoming and friend
ly yea, when rules of jufice, pro-
priety political and civil harmony are
preferred by the faid people Of Great
Britain Bur thar we hold all nations
TO be Enemies in qVdr ana in Pedrs
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