Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1806-09-08

any anger 81 HMe- jerUeFS HHdsr any
edminiqr0tion, 1V5icb bar tie p0zver Of
regarding them 7 That due refpea
viii not always be paid to the loaves
and fines ! The hiltory of this Gov
ernment, of every Executive with re-
gafpowers, mutt anfwer the queition.
Let the members continuing the re-
publican minority be difmifed from
the confidence and employment Of
rhe people-can they lcok for any
ding like independence in their
fuccenors /? Ii would indeed be an
idle expectation. -Iley mutt enter
upon their legilative duties with in
ttruetions 10 lay aide the fuggeaions
of their own understandings, and
conform themfelves in all things to
the wifhes Of the Cabinet. he 6rit
lefion which they learned would
teach them to con6der any vayiation
frcm TIE Esetmiue fanddyd, as The 4.9f
beiae0u' i'm in ibe psLifioaf deeabgue. -
Would fuch men dare to oppele any
Preferential project, however cirimi-
nal From the very nature of their
appointments, they mutt become the
puppets of the administration, for
the time being. A Houle of Repre-
ientatives, 10 contributed, mult dwin-
die into mere chamber for enregif-
tering miniiteriai edias and whit
the forms OF the contribution were
preferved, it's fubitance would vanifh.
On The third of December, 1905,
the Prefdent's public mefage was
laid before the two Houfes of Con
grefs. The agreMons of Spain were
fpecially noticed.
/" With Spain (6ys the Chief
Magiftrate) our negotiations for a
fetrlement Of differences have not
had satisfactory ifue. Spoliations
during former war for which Che
had formally acknowledged herfelf
refponfbIe, have been refufed to be
compenfated but on conditions af-
feeling other claims in no wife con-
neeted with them yer tbs JSms pyae-
tifsf are ,eufrSrd ia The prstsnt zcar,
and are already Of great snsnnt. Our
commerce through theMobilc contin-
ues to be obifruaed by arbitrary d.
ties and vexatious karches. Propo-
fitions for adjuliing omiea5S the
boundaries Of Louifana have MT
been acceded TO, Whit however
the right is unfettled, we have ayoi-
ded changing the fate of things, by
taking new potts, or strengthening
ourfelves in the now territories, in
tbs bqpe fbet the ofder pszoeY zSouid not
BY e0s'frary conduit o6hge rs to nest
fbeir example, and endanger conflicts
OF authority, the i!Tue of which may
not be ea6ly controlled --Bm in this
hqpe 4os 6ave soqo yssj6s to h1sa our
s3gfdeAce. Inroads have been re-
Gently made into rhe territories of
ORLEANS and the Mifihppi, Chr eifi-
zfnf bauf been fixed and their prepe,;-
y P.andfrfd in the very ports of the
former, which had been actually de-
lisered Up by Spain, and this By the
regaiSr s5fcfrs ami J0iiierJ sftbat Gov-
erhmeat. have therefore found it
neceh'lry, at length, to give orders to
our troops on that frontier to be in
readiness to protect our citizens, and
70 rfpei by arm any 6milar aggref-
llons in future"
1t ihould be kept In mind that
the I" piratical acts" (mentioned in
the fecond paragraph Of the fame
mefage) " committed at the very
mouths of our harbors, by private
armed vefiels, fame without commit
GonS, fore with Illegal conmillions,
others with thofe CT legal form, but
:ranlcending the authority of thofe
commit ons, laundering and lfuting
eur vs6Sb and espgfag their e,fros IN
open b0afs or on dsjfrt Jb7rtt," were
perpetratrd chiefly. if not excluGyely
by Spani(h and Preach .Privateers,
fitted out principally from the can
era ports Of Cuba
In the third paragraph, Congress
was called upon to make efrNual
and determined expedition to the
new principles interpolated in the
law of nations Sin reference, no