Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1806-10-13

years for the one, and you are too
near the end Of your power for the
other. And. to fpeak my mind,
very much fear that your foil was
from the beginning too fandy for i'm
proyement. My purpofc is, to make
you turn your eyes backward on your
pat condua and perfuade you to re-
pent. Do Sir l-Contemplate
what yon have done-view it atcn-
tirely in all its natural afpedsand in
all the attitudes into which your in
genuity can throw it; and then, ak
your heart what confidence in your
conduct, what faith in your profef-
lions can you reaionably expect from
your country, or from the nations
Of Europe. / viii for the prefcnt
put the difgraceful affair of Africa
and Gen. Eaton out of the quefion
and come at once to the more inPor-
tant affair Of Spain. BY the meaneR
| diplomatic traffic with France and
Spain you committed your country
| to their derifion and contempt, and
while you tempted their cupidity,
expos'd your eountry's weakness.
You endured their encroachments,
their fpurns, their fcorn. You fuf-
fercd the counhls Of YOUR country TO
be dictated 70, and its chief executive
magiftracy lin yonr Perfon alas /
bearded and infulted by their ambal-
tadors And all for what p You
will fay, to avoid war. What =
TO avoid war with Spain indeed, when
the union rings with implications
againf you of being engaged m fnbt-
lie underwriting hoftihty agaiuG her,
| and of holding privity with one of
her fubjeds who was engaged in a
plan, which however lauda5le in ITS
views, was treaion TO thar country.
Is fuch tie peace which America
ought to enjoy? Is fuch the war fit
for America to fight III = A peace
obtained by atje6 humiliation-A
war incurred BY detected treachery.
The opinions refpeding your privity
with Miranda, are 70 far as regards
the country, juit as milchievous as
if shey were proved, and NUT 70 re-
main, until they hall be difprov-
ed-Till then the prevailing fen
timent will be, that while you were
ioorhing Spain from fear, you had
dagger for her concealed in
your boiom.
And now, Sir, let me ak you a
quefion. Are you-can you be 10
far advanced in impairment of facul-
ties, as 70 entertain hope, that all
which pafcd 70 very.curren; here will
efcape the notice of the m narchs Of
Spain and France ? Can you flatter
| yourielf, that every item of the MI
RANDA affair, with the trials of Smith
* Ogden-the fpeeohes of the coun-
fel-th teltimony Of witnefs who
appeared at the trial-the caufes for
the non appearance Of thofe witnciles
who did not appear, the verdict of
the jurles, the bontS and legal conduit
Of your friend, Judge Talmadge-to-
ge;her with the whole of that dif-
graceful dance which you are faid 70
have the honor Of leading up, and al
the ffrugglings of your par ;izans, in
their dlfpair for you, upon that occa-
hon-- Can you. I fay, fatter yourfelf,
that the whole of il has not been talk
ed of, freely, at St. Clouds and the
Escupial ? Lay not that fooiila fond
ling hope to your heart-You will
| foon be Convinced to the contrary
You will ioou find your Implications
for peace, anfwered by active war
The duplicity of your diplomatic in
lfructions, by hard blows. and your
imputed kindnefs to the revolution
izer Of the Carraccus, BY aSpaHilh
and French army in Louiiiana.