Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1807-11-23

fed.racy against Greatbritain, the apollo
~ cHered by chat Court for SO unIusti-
kaole an abandonment of neutrality
Which His Majesty had never ceased to
respect, was founded on its avowed IN
ability to resist the operation Of exter-
nal influence, and the threats of a for
midable neighbouring Power. His Ma
,lesty could not but compare the degree
Of influence, which al that time deter
mined the decision Of the Court of
Denmark, III violation Of positive en-
gagements, solemnly contracted but six
months before, with the increased oper-
alton which France had now the means
Of giving to the same principle Of in
timidation, with kingdoms PROSTATE
at her feet, and with the population of
nations under her banners.-Nor was
the danger less imminent than certain.
Already the army destined for the in
vasion Of Holsteim was assembling on
the violated territory of neutral Ham
burgh. And, Holstein once occupied
the Island of Zealand was at the mer-
cy Of France, and the navy Of Denmark
at her disposal.--It is true, British
force might have found its way into the
Baltic and checked for time the move
ments Of the Danish Marine. But the
season was approaching when that pre-
caution would no longer have avaiIed
and when His Majesty's fleet must have
retired from that sea, and permitted
France, in undisturbed security, to ac-
cumulate the means of offence against
his Majesty's dominions.-Yet, even
under these circumstances, in calling
upon Denmark for the satisfaction and
security which His Majesty was COM
PEELED to require, and in demanding the
only pledge by which that security
could be rendered effectual--the tenn
porary possession OF that feet, which
was the chief nducement TO France for
forcing Denmark into hostilities with
Great-Britain His Majesty accom-
panied this demand with the offer of
every condition which could tend to re-
concile it to the interests and to the
feelings of the Court of Denmark IF
Denmark was apprehensive that the
surrender of her fleet would be resent
ed by France as an act of connivanee,
Ills Majesty had prepared land force
Of such formidable magnitude as must
have made concession justihabie even
in the estimation Of France, BY render
ing resistance altogether unavailing-
His Majesty has long carried on most
unequal contest Of scrupuIous forbear-
ance against unrelenting violence and
oppression. But that forbearance has
ats bounds. When the design was
openly avow d, and already but too far
advanced towards its accomplishment,
OF subjecting the Powers of Europe to
one universal usurpation, and of COM
bining them by terror, or by force in
a confederacy against the maritime
rights and political existence of this
kingdom, it becomes necessary for His
Majesty to anticipate the success of a
system, not more fatal to his interest
than those Of the Powers who were
destined to be the instruments of its ex-
ecution.--IIis Majesty still proffers an
anicable arrangement. He is ready to
sheath the sword, which he has been
most reluctantly compelled to draw.
he is anxious to demonstrate to Den
mark, and to the world, that, having
acted solely upon the sense Of what was
dueto the security of his own domin-
ions, he isnow DESTROYS from any other
motive, or for any object of advantage
or ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, to carry measures
nf hostility beyond the limit of the ne
cessity which has produced them.
WestnHnster, Sen. %, 1907.