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

apartc h. gone beyond all Who baye
preceded him; he has declared ail H..
British dominions in a state of 5ocl.
ade, and forbidden all vessels cotDln,
from enemies ports to enter his bar
bours Although lie has not sfDoie
ship Of war able to enforce Lis decree
RI will be objected that for this verv
reason the decree viii be invaIid-R,,.
has it not afforded to 'England spe.
cious preteXt--nay more, right to III
taliate i il to be supposed that Enc
land will scrupuIously respect theriat,
ofntutrals, when her enemy has stru.,
the first blow in violation Of 49,.
rights when a war of extermip.,;,,,
IS wagcd against her and when She; :.
fighting for her very existence As -.
indeper dent nation The auswer
plain-I trust We shall no more hrarof
he generosity Of tie Great Nafio,
Who will hereafter trust the Erq,cy,,1
loUe, the PAHtc JaitA Of France Whru
by the single fiat Of Napoleon, by III
omnipo;ent, 4" Je L yeux," such /, our
will, all those solemn stipulations III
our treaty with France with regard II
our neutral commerce are annihiLazed
Our commerce has received Daralv
tic stroke.-Shall we than abandon
those rights, those superior priviIeges
which God and nature have put into our
hands Shall We totally abandon COM
merCe, and return to a state ofnature
Shall the American Eagle hold the o.
i've branch alone OF rather, shall he
not also in Lis taIons WELD the thunder.
bolt 1t II time to arouse from this
fatal lethargy /. it is time to restore that
ancient character Of Americans for il.
trepidity and an inyiolable attachment
to those rights which they inherited
from their ancestors. But we should.
not only arouse TO ayenge and repel the
aggIessions and insults of foreign ma
tons We should look well to secret
domestic attacks -" .4Agu8 Lqiet SID
her6a. "t-Would that there were some
American JUNIUs, who might rouse
you from your torpor in a voice ofthuD-
der
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Of cncroach-
ments on the Judiciary: Beware of he
encroachmenta Of lhe EXECUTIVE -
The wise trainers Of our Constitution,
taking for their model the best regula-
ted governments, and guided by the
wisest principles Of politics, erected
the Judiciary INDEPENDENT, that il
might balance the power Of the Exec
utive and Legislature.-When in any
government, either the executive or
Legislative power has an undue inau-
ence on the Judiciary, that government
CEASES TO BE FREE But the Judg-
es were to hold their seats only during
good behaviour ! know not what
greater security we can have for the
upright conduct Of a Judge than this
Ii you 10 not wish to have the constrdc-
tive treasons Of the house Of Stuart; the
infamous decisions Of Jcfrieg and the
Star Chamber, and the Lions meuth
Of Venice revived, f-cae, ve HE JuGi.
ciary hdchenaent
Let your CONSTITUTION be preserv-
cd sacred and inviolable! Let il be
worn on the breast of every American,
as an amulet, as charm against the
scrceries Of tyranny and anarchy -
Let those persons be observed With
the strictest scrutiny, who, under frr-
tert ~ amending its defects are pcrpet-
ullly aiming ~ its subversi0n.--lt NJ
not to PIX supposed that our Consi-r
ton ~ perfect in The abstract but M
king allowances for the iraiItY and
weakness Ut humanity, Y Il krol4t'y t'f
bcsf tlaf c5nid 20 drutsrd ty isHuH r1-
gcHuIy y. And il is more than prola-
bic th4: alterations under che specious
name Of amendments, instead Of being
for The better, would b for tie worse.
/ When q free people have long enloyed
the sweets of liberty they are in tan-