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

40 TO VlndICate the violation OF Our
Gag on the ocean, when they Glall
have told US what they have done in
recruitment of the violation CT the ac-
tual territory Of the United States
by spain the true territory of the
United States, not your new tangled
country over the MilIihppi, bui the
good old United States-paf, Of
Georgia, OF the old thirteen ffxes-
where citizens have been taken, not
from. our lhiPs, but from cur .aual
territory. When gentlemen have
taken the paddock from ouv mouths,
ihall DC ready to tell them what
will do, relative 20 ovr dilpwr with
Britain, on the law of nations, on
contraband, and (uch iti.f.
have another objection to this
csule OF proceeding. Great BataiA
when lhe fees it, will fay she 4
mericaR people have great caule Of
dlaatisfattion with Spain. She will
fee, by the documents fxrniihed by
the Pfeiident, thst SpaiE has att
ragged e@r territory, Piratea nboH aEr
commerce, and imsrjir'sS ser cihzm5 ;
and fhe will enquire what we have
done? II is true, fhs will receive no
anfwer, but ihe NUT know what We
have not done. She will fee, thzz
VIC have net rePclcd thefs outragcs,
nor made any addition TO our army
and asvy-nor even cla11ed the mill
tia.-No, ir-not one Of your miliA
tia generals in politics has MARTIAL
led Gngle brigade.
Although l have faid It would be
time enough to anfwer the queRion
which gentlemen have put to me
when they thall have anlwercd mine,
yet, as | so not like long proroga-
tions, viii give them an anfwer
now. Twill never content to 10 TO
var for tha: which cannot protect.
| deem it uO iacTface Of dignity
20 lay 70 rae LcviatEsn sf the deep
we are ENABLE 10 contend with
you on your ewp element, but if
you come WITHIN our actual limits We
will ihed our lar drop Of blood il
their defence. In iacA an event
would feel, not rralon, and obey an
imPuae whiGh never has-which
Rcyer can deceive alc.
France is at war with England
Tu2Pofe her power on the continent
of Europe no greater than it is on
the ocean. How wsuld (he make
her enemy feel il? There would be
a perfect non-condu9or between
then. SO with the Unircd States
and England -tk1 ftarcsly prefents
TO US vulnerable point Aer com-
merce is now carried oil for the mott
part in fieetI-where in Jingle fhips
they are itout and well armed-very
different from The tate Of her trade
during the American war, ~hss her
merchantmen became the prey Of
Psltry priYateers. Great Britain has
been TOO long at war with the three
mott powerful nationy of Europe not
to have learnt how to protect her
trade, she can afford convoy to it
all = fhs has 500 fhips in commiGion,
the navies Of her enemies are annihi-
lated. Thus this war has prelcnted
the new and curious political fpeSta-
Gle of regalar annual incrcafc {and
TO an imNefc anount) of her imports
and exports and tonnage and revenue,
and all the inGgnia Of ACCOMPLISHING
wealth, vhilft in any former war,
without exception, thefc hats futscr-
ed greater or ielS diminutiOn. And
wherefore +! Becaufe l1e has driven
France, Spain and Holland from the
ocean. Their marine is no more
| verify believe that ten Engliih fhips
ot the line would not decline meet
ing with the combined fleets Of thofe
nations. | forewarn the gentleman
from Mafachufetu ana his confitu-
ents of salem, that all their goltel,
hopes arc vain. | forewzrn thcn III
the e&Pofure of their trade beyond
the Cape Of GOod-Hope Tor row
doubling it) to capture asd conhic4-
tion-of their unprotected fea-pOrt
towns, exPofed TO contribution or
bombardnent. Are we to Be legif-