Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1807-10-19
Contmun itMion.

BY admitting the following remarks in
| your paper. you will oblige one, who, tho
| he does not proclaim lis patriotism at the
| corner ct every street, Crpreach about llber-
| Is aud equality On the counter Of grUg shop,
| still feels ~ anxious wish that his natit Z
country may be allowed TO enjoy the bless
mgs Ct peace and prosperity, SO long as IS
1 consistent with our national independence
| and homer
AT no period since the adoption Of the
| federal constitution, las the situation Of tile
United States been 50 alarming, as al the
present moment. To prove the existence of
| THIS fact, reed not resort to the aid Of ~
| gical deductions or the use Of metaphysical
! refinement Business Of every Kind for sew
t.r'al months past, has been at q stand and
q few days more Of doubt and uncertainty
| will produce total stagnation. TO com
plete our Calamities, we are seriously Threat
Cned with 2 maritime war with the first ma
val power IN the world. Should TINS take
place, the consequences will be, the de-
| struction Of nine tenths Of our commerce and
| an annihil;din Of a like proportion Of the
revenue, ana the bankruptcy Of the mer-
chants. The farmer will not be able to OBJ
tain more than one haii OF even the present
price, WHICH lis lumber and other articles
command and the sound Of the hqmmer
and the maAct viii be suspended IN our
cities. These, tho great, are not all the G.
Wis state OF war will produce. That re-
gard 10 morals and virtue, so essential to the
cXis encc Of All good government, but par
ticularly 50 in the preservation Of a rctubll-
can firm, Will be corrupted and sink IN tie
general wreck.-Will any serious, candid
and rejecting man say that this portrait is
drawn IN too nigh CoiOrs wish not 60 cN-
cite unnecessary Of grouEdless alarms but
II Is the solemn duty Of every enc who does
not wish 70 SIC the property and lives Of our
ttlloW-cItlzens sacrificed to false notions Of
honor and interest, TO come forward and Law
before the public, the Gauges Of our present
difficulties; and tho ii is not for an individu-
al to dictate what line Of conduct Mr.. LET
tcrson shall m sue. yet, thank God, we are
still allowed ,hC use III a free pres and the
liberty Of speech and Ito those whose voice
is still for peace" are proclaimed solo
tories" and " British par.izana," and mark
ed Oul As proper objects TO satiatc the ven
gcance Of mob, set on bl the advocates Of
war, the time i not far distant, when, I'M
less majority Of the people Of this county
are lost TO every sense Of reason and propr-
ETY., the authOrs of such absurd language
and conduct will meet theirmcriicd reward.
a Crisis = fast approaching in our public
ailIis when the measures and not the pre-
.tessiors of men, high i'll Office, shall test the
WISDOM ability and integrity Of their con-
duct.
Ever since Mr.. Jefferson appointed Mr..
Munroc Minister . tie court Of st. James,
the citizens Of the United States have been
amused tiaJtercd AID guided with the Siren
song that all the points III dispute between
the two countries would be amicebly adjust
cd This WAS officially stated by the Pres.
dent few days before the close Of the last
session OF Congress-ln a short time after
the senate io,e, Mr.. Jefferson received
copy a the tr-ity and after reading il sent
It back, without permitting it 70 20 before
hrs constitutional advisers, or allowing the
country 10 haye the least knowledge Of It's
contents. Now, tho this MAY lie perfectly
right and lus', under the Presidency Of Mr..
Jefferson, how did the men who arc now 20
very submissive and silent, conduct NJ the
time Mr.. Jay negotiated treaty OF amity,
commerce and friendship Under the direc-
tion Of he great and good WAsH1N Q TON
The party which Mr.. Jefferson then acted
with and By whom hc has since been placed
in the char OF state, demanded the nublica-
ton OF ;hc treaty, before il was laid before
the senate Then the cry among the demo
Gratis from Name to Georgia wasy that re-
pubhcs ought 80 have no secrets What
are the people not to be trusted with
knowledge Of our foreign relations Shall
those IN Office, the mere seyva7fy Of the Soc
erci5H pectle, be allowed to conduct these
things in secret No, no, was the excla-
nation Of every demagogue OF that dav.
Washington shall be impeachcd-Iay burnt
in etfgy; nay, hung in reality, ii wc can
have oar wilj-Stcphen Thompson Mason
shall be entitled to the thanks If bis colrn-
: Try, ior violating his oath-Rlair M'Clana-
J ghan receive acivic crown TO kick the d*s*d
( British treaty 70 h*ll and Monsieur Cal
! latin receive applause for Threatening 10 stop
! de vesls III 5oraHmeat This conduct led
to the high road of fame, and has since pro-
! cured for its authors the consumzation Of
! human ambition, power and Office
What = have treaty with England--uone
| but tories would ever consent to il Even
| WAsHINOToN was proclaimed traitor and
| denounced Is bctrayer Of his country's
! honor and independence. But the man.
| who, under Providence, was the chief in
strument OF our political rank and prosperi-
| ~, met the calumnies Of the base and un-
! principled, with the fifmhess of patriot
did Inns duty al the expense Of his POPULAR
| ty. The treaty with. England was ratified
/ and went into opcration--nor has any one Of
ITS most violent opposers, with all their de-
votioh to Bonaparte ard French policy, been
able TO show, in single instance, wherein
II las operated against The commerce ofths
| country On the contrary, during lis cx-
/ istence, the stiPuatinhs were observed with
mutual good faith BY the citizens Of both
countries.-All the articles of this treaty,
except the first ten, expired in 1896. Not