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

A
ruPlcy into your committe of fuP-
ly Conlifcation and fwindlag
hall never &c found among my eitl-
aates to meet The current expendi
tire Of peace or war. No, hr,
ave faid with the doors clofed, and
iay 70 when they are open =" pay
ne public debt" Get rid Of that
cad weight upon your government
hat cramP upon all your nealarcs
and then you may pat the world at
defiance. SO long as it hangs upon
yeu--you mua have revenue, and to
have revenue you Ruit have COM
nerce-commercc,p peace. And thall
rhefe nsfarious fchemes he advifed
or tightening the public burthens-
oill you refsrt to thefe low and p-ti-
al fhifts-dare even TO mention thefe
diihoneit arti6ecs 10 exc out your
txpenles, when the public treafurc
is laviihed on Turks and inhdels....
on fnging boys and dancing girls.
to furniih the means of beaitiality to
this African barbarian ?
Gentlemen Gay that Great Britain
will count upon our divihons. How |!
What does lhe know of them !?
Can they ever expe0 greater unani-
nifty than prevailed at the laft Pref
idential eledion-No, Gr, It's the
gentleman'S own confidence that
fqueaks. But it fhe cannot calculate
upon your divifons, at leait fhe may
reckon upon your puGllanimity.
She may well dilPiGe the reientment
that cannot be excited TO honorable
battle on is own ground, the mere
effuGon of mercantile cupidity.
Gentlemen talk of repeating the
Britiih Treaty. The gentleman
from Pennsylvania lhould have
thought for that, before he voted to
carry it into effect. And what is
all that for a point which Great
Britain will not abandon to Ruhia,
you expect her to yield TO YOU.
Rulia indiiputably the fecoud pow
er of continental Europe with half
a million of hardy troops-wiJh fix
~ EaiI of the line thirty millions of
fubje6ts....a territory more extenhye
even than our RuiIia, fir, the
ltore-houle Of the Britiih navy
whom it is not more the policy and
ths interef, than the fentiment
of that government, to foothe and TO
conciliate her fole hope and con-
ver6on on the continent, her only
efficient ally. What this formidable
power cannot do with fleets and ar.
mics, you will command by writ
with psthooks and hangers. am
for no fuch policy. True honor is
always the fame. Before you enter
into a contef, public or srivate, be
fure you have fortitude enough tc
go through with it, If you near
war-fay 70, and prepare for it
look on the other Gde-behold the
refpcd in which France holds neu
trail rights on lani-obfcrve her con
duct in regard to the Franconian el
tates Of the king Of PrniIia II Ia,
nothing of the petty powers--of th'
eleaor of Baden or of the Swifs =
l fpeak of frft rate monarchy o
Europe, and at moment too whei
its neutrality was the object Of a
others neareft 10 the heart of th
French Emperor. IF you make hiR
monarch of the ocean you may bid a
dieu to it forever. You may tax
your leave, fir, Of navigation eve
Of the MinGppi. What's the fitu
alton Of New Orleans if attacked tc
morrow Filled with diicontente
and repinirg peopls--whofe Ian
guage, manners and religion and in
cline them to the invader-a dif1at
isGed people who difpile the nifera
bic governor yon have ftt over ther
whole honeh prejudices and bafet
paflons alike take part againh you
| draw my information from no du
tious fource-from a native Ameri
can, all enlightened member Of tha
odiOus and imbeciie government
Yon have official information tha
: the town and its dependencies ar
utterly defencclefs and untenable-
a firm belief that (appriGed Of thi,