Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1807-11-30
communication.

FoR TIE PORTLAND cAzEg9s.
| Mr.. ADAMS,
THE present Is an alarming and
portentous ara ID the history Of the
political vorld-It NAV with safety be
asserted, that never before, since the
establishment Of civil society, have
such great and momentous changes
been effected in one short year--A
mighty, a puissant monarchy erected
by the Uanscendant genius Of the
I Great Frederick, which, but little more
than a century past was 0ukedom Of
Poland, which but twenty years past
held the balance of power in cOntinen-
tai Europe, now rased 20 its founda-
tons The battle cf Jena sealed the
I fate Of the Prussian mOnarchy-Rus-
sia, WHO galianlly and generously step
p.d forth as the ally ef Prussia, who
\ disputed with her enemy every inch Of
ground with unparalleled obstinacy, at
last yanquished by the Machiayelian
wiles Of the conqueror--Denmark
fallen, Portugal on the brink Of des-
truction, Sweden but cypher in the
great account !'-Ihe ancient Otto
man Empire, induced by the intrigues
of her dear ally the Emperor Napoleon,
to arm against the northern barbarians,
compelled by that very ally in the char
acter Of mediator, TO surrender part Of
her dominions to her enemy.-Napo-
leon is " all in all"-What nation IS
now neutral Amongt these Dramatis
I persona how stands Amtrica How
stood she before the late fragrant viola
! ton Of those laws of nations which have
, the sanction Of ages those laws
which were originally framed by the
bravest and wisest naGon* that ever eX-
listed those laws which now lie pros
trate at the feet of Napoleon She
I was happy, prosperous, opulent-Her
growth seem d more the work Of mag
lex, than Of the hand of ehterprize-
How then shall we account for the pre-
sent alarming contrast The true an
swer is -at we have employed the
fallacious argument reason, instead Of
the ultima lex regumt.
\ Il Is because we have dcspised that
ancient, that venerable maxim, in
" time Of peace prepare for war"
When the earth is filled with violence
and bloodshed, when national rights
every where yield to national power,
can we be so infatuated as to suppose
that nations will listen to the cool, dis
passionate dictates of reason f? Believe
me, nothing will ever secure national
rights and national honor, but nanionai
T! h07cer. Let those sages who in late
debate il our national legislature ex-
pressed - much horror at the idea of
adopting the measures Of their FEEDER
al predecessors, devise III they can,
some ether eXpedients To wipe the foul
blots from our CsCuIcheOu, and rescue
our national honor from infamy The
short reign Of prosperity which we
have enjoyed under the present admin
/ isration, resembles the nuuering gale
Which the " Demon cf the Storm
| sends before the tempest, to allure the
mwary mariner to spread al his sails
that he may insure his destruction 80
What will be said Of the late unexam-
pied decree Of Bonaparte, by which the
rights oG neutrals are W shamcfully Nh
olatcd What viii be the language y!
those wh3 exclaimed with " much yir-
uleuce against the blockade Of the ports
of the Elbe, Of Cadiz and others, in lir.
| JeGerson's words against the " new in
temptations in the maritime code Bon