Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1807-08-31

delpifng too much our enemy. But grant
that we Fucceed ;-that we plant the itandard
Of the United States in the navy yard q Hal
ifax, and on the battlements of Q4ebsek.-Yet
it mutt be conceded, that it will colt much Of
the treaiure and 5elt blood of our country 10
acquire. The plains of AbyobaM Will AGAIN be
whitened with the bones Of Ger brethren.
And for what 10 RELIEVE Gysat-B,HaiR
from the enPeaes OF maintaining rhOle colonies,
which fhe retains rather as plies of her VIC
tories, than fourceS " real grandeur or
PROPERTY 1t Is an linden bic fatt, that
they are her American Hanover, which Ge
retains from Priae, but the iois OF which, by
reducing her points of defence, and the num-
Der Of dranes from her Treaiury, viii add to
her real ereagb, while they will ainsiaiS ows.
Thefe colonies, Iadd, will diminnh our ltrengh.
BY charging our frontiers, and vulnerable
points, when we have no lulicient military
force to guard what we nozU po1eis.-BY ex-
tending our territory, already TOO large for
government 70 inefficient ia its very nature,
and in It's principles and habits-By adding
to our numbers MATS of population, fran
gers TO our language and cultoms, oppoied to
Us in religion, and ready to aid the projects
| of nation, more dangerous to as, and to al tbs
| zU9rLd, than Great-ByitaiA.
Is then, l may ak, with anurance, the
profPeGt Of gaining tbgIs prOvineeI, boon, ei-
| ther as IN acquih ton to US, OF lois TO our
| Propoiec euemyl
But IDLY. NE are to yrin tie yzarpta7ori., e.
| EysLfBrita
To this tale, 70 popular, and therefore 70
dIthmk to reply TO, on account of the preiu-
dies of thoie to whom the argument i ad-
dreied, let me fay fhortly In, GRAFT Brit
Gir iuilaIned war Of eight years with Us with
o1t any iuch ofs or ruin to her manufacturers
sdly, France has for fourteen years waged this
IPecies OF warfare with Great Britain, with a
moi deadly hatred, and yet has not IN anv
ienhble degree affected her manufacturers.
they have grown rich in fpite of all thefe COM
merclal reflections The French folders. not-
withdrawing all the Emperor's DEGREES. If !.
2id are clothed in Britifh fabricks and he
eieg@ht manufactures OF that country, the OBJ
JectS Of taite and luxury, are pubiicky fold
slnoit within the pureus of the TBnil erit,.-
Cah re then hope 10 occlude them in this
Tee country, when all the energy Of Bona
PARTE Is exerted in vain France and her
sllles nave great manufactures Of their own.
yer The cannot exclude thole of her enemies.
We have no manufactures, nor even the raw
ETafetiaA', and can We hope for better fuccels!
LAY we have nor the raw materials We
nave no copper, nor lead, 70, zvoOl, in fluff
clent quantities for our necehary ufe.-All our
wool Is now eoHSERe9 and zvo,n to fhieId us from
our cold and inclement fIy 1t would take
ten years to ralie iuficient quantity to cIothe
the people OF the United States, and twenty
years TO eltablilh the manufactures 10 fabri-
cate our cloaihiNg.
shall we then 60 not only " fan, rslofter"
but fans b0baS," g aa5 eoysftaYe," to fulfil the
calls Of Patriotifm 2-If this is expected, il is
more than human nature ever did iubmit to,
and do not think our national virtue pives us
any right to expect a return Of the sge of MIR
aele5 Grant only, then, that we have the fee
bleneis OF BoNAPARTE, and 10 nan zuiH "a, t51t
tbs rs bis Toeak jfds, and we ihall confume Brit
lih manufactures during war, only at greater
'jG end exben5r
3dly. But thole who have calculated more
accurately tell US, that we take but millions
OF pounds worth Of Britilh mandatory, which
!. only one G1th Of her exports. Now grant
that ite continues herfelf, with her fourteen
million Of iubjects, only double what we con-
iume with fix millions of people, whereas in
fact The continues much greater proportion
then 1t follows, that we take not one eighth
part OF all her manufactures. The profit on
what HE exports to US is all that ihe would
loie, which would not amount 10 more than
one million per annum Cannot that whole
kingdom, whole revenues is forty millions, al.
lsviate by bounties or in lome other way this
lois, if it fhould happen
4thly It ihould be recolleaed, that If by
war we diminilh the demand for her marnfac-
lures, we letlen the number of hands employ
ed in them, we difengage great number Of
men who may be proftably employed in her
armies and navy, and by theie means we in
fact increaie her Pozoey. TIE CaphaIg only
will iufter, and it is eafy for the nation to
compentate his lofs by premiums, loans, and
bounties. This Taft idea i NOT new Sit has
already occurred IN England, and many able
men IN that country have doubted the policy
of encouraging 10 many Of their lubiects to
go into manufacturing employments, by which
the energy Of the nation in defence is 10 mate
rally impaired. An hoft of arguments crowd
upon my mind againll the weak, and may
add, vaiq opinion which we have adopted,
that through her manufacturers, we can mhiGt
deadly wound in the holom Of Grezt-By itaia.
will add only, thar the Perions who have jult
arrived from thar country, and all who have
vi6ted it lately NUT know, that C,eet-Britain
does not look up to this country with dread,
that 1helaughs at our threats and that her
Welt-IHdia Traders, her hip owners and Ell
her merchants not conct rned in our trade,
look upon us with jealoufy and envy, and
would not regret TO fee our PROPERTY cheek
ed
This leads me to coniider the other lde Of
the queltion, whether Great Britain would de-
rive 10 asOaafqger from war with Us And
here The msIt prejudiced man n1F eozesas, and
ihole who bate Gytat Britain viii be zriliag "