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

not take air.-Gcntlenen dare not
come forward and avow their work,
much lefs defend it in the prefence
of the nation. Give them all they
ak, that Spain exilts,ar what then
After ihrinking from the Spaninl
jacksll do you preiume to bully the
Britiih lion. But here the fecret
comes out. Britain is your rival in
trade, and governed as you are BY
comPting-houfe politicians, you
would facriice the paramount, inter
eft of the country, to wound that
rival. For Spain and France you
are carriers and from good cufom-
ers every indignity is to be endured.
And what is the nature of this trade f?
Is It that carrying trade which fends
abroad the -four, tobacco, cotton,
beef, pork, ffh and lumber of this
country, and brings back in return
foreign articles necefary for our ex-
ifence, or comfort ? No, Sir, it's a
trade carried on, the Lords knows
where, or by whom nov doub-
ling Cape Horn, now the Cape cf
Good Hope. | do not fay that there
is no profit in IL for it would not
then be purfucd--but It's trade
that tends to afimiIatc our manners
and government to thoie Of the mott
corrupt countries Of Europe. Yes,
Sir, and when queition Of great
national magnitude prelents it(elf
10 you, caufes thofe who now prate
about national honor and fpirit TO
pocket any infult, to conGder it as
mere matter Of debt and credit,
buGnefs Of profit and lols-- aad no.
thing elle.
The frtt thing that truck my mind
when this refolution was laid on the
table was unds drrivdfur ? a queftion
always put 10 US at fchool whence
comes it Is this only the putative
father Of the bantling he is taxed to
maintain, or indeed the actual parent,
the real progenitoT Of the child ? or
is it the production of the cabinet
but | knew you had 10 ca5inet-no
fyRcm. | had Geen d;fpa;ches rela-
ting to vital mcaiurcs laid before YOU
the day after your final decifon on
tho{e meafures-four weeks after
they were reseived-not only their
contents, but their very exifence, all
that time unlu(pe6ted and unknswn
to naen whom the people fondfy be-
lieve aHtt with their wifdom and ex-
perience at every important dtibera-
ton. Do you believe that this fyf-
TEN, or rather this no o&fent will do?
| am free TO anfwer it will rot. It
cannot lalt. | am not 70 afraid cf
the fair, open, conltitutional, refpon-
fble influence of governments but l
ihrink intuitively from this left hand
ed, inviGble, irref efponlble influence,
which defes the touch, but pervades
and decides every thing. Let the
Executive comeforward 70 the leq;E-
lature-let Us fee whilf we feel ii
If we cannot rely on its NVifdom, is
it any difParagement to the gentle
man from Pennsylvania 10 lay thatI
cannot rely upon aim No, FIR, he
has miftaken his talent. He is not
the Palinurus on whole fkill the ma
tion at this trying moment can repof5
their confidence. | will have MOTH
ing to DO with his paper-much lefs
will | endorfe it, and make myfelf
for its goodneis | will
net put my name toit. | aEert that
there is NO cabinet, no fyltem. no
Plan-That which | believe in one
place, / 4hall never heftate to fay in
another. This is no time, no place
for nincing our feps. The people
have Alright to know, they hal know
the Gate of their affairs, at leai as far
IS | am at liberty to communicate
them. Ifpeak from perfonal knowl-
edge. Ten days ago there had been
no confultation-there exiGed no
opinion in your executive department
Al leaf none that was ayowsd-on
the contrary there was an expref8 diff
avowal of any opinion whatfcever,
on the great fubjea before sou =
and | have good reaion for faving
that none has been formed fnce.-