Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1807-03-02
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IF the advocstes Of Il :. nefarious system
Of Reorganization which tor wears past
been ObUIdld upon the W.. coriurng it
with the plausible imposture. and much
abused term, Of the Rights ol Man, BE not
proof against all shame, and dead TO every
sense Of honesty or truth. thcv will hide
their heads, and repent in sackcloth and
ashes, when they see that the world is laid
at the foot Of one man ~ their damned
practice. Thinking as i'll Of, and torehodng
as much evil as any man could from the pro-
grcss OF the French Revolution, our hopes
never were 81 fCrlum-our fanCits never 50
weighed down with gloom, or bcnglted
with horror, as to imagine amy thing 80 bad
As the state Of subiugatiOn ~ which Napo-
! leon boasts that he holds the world by lis
decree-fasclv called a blockade Of tie
British Isles. A decree ID winch We are II
a loss to determine which claims suprcma-
cy-the wIckeGness, the nsOlence, or the
mJusuCe-the malguIty TO Britain or the
hostility 20 the rights If this country.
ltIS called a Blockade Of the British lsleS
OF Az tic receptions which the French
have praCtised upon mankind, this Is the
| most imPudcnt Napoleon proclams that
Tie blocAaIcs England, while so far from be-
ng able TO blockade even q single rivlilct of
.cr's m any part Of the earth, every port, in
the ImncIse extent Of bis usurpation, is or
vi bc bIocAaGed BY British ships. This is
paTposel Violation d AT tie laws which
ave ever been acknowledged BY nations
IS not, nor can be a blockade of England
u is ii fact bold blockade If All neutral
3rts-of thcir WhRrves, their Counting
-ouseS, Of he Iiith IF their Farms, Of the
change Of their Products, and even Of
-r private intercourse. Z" All letters
yr'tcn in tile Engl.sh language" are To tie
lzed What Mons Napoleon DO not
K AMe' can people write in the English
nguag, '-Ycs-You know, tw, very few
( them write i'm any othCr-Ihank God
az rave not Yet been taught altogether to
write ID FrenciI-or To speak Corsican-
Though with your help, and that Of their
rulers, N ,h.ir W, sent rulers RI Hain IN OIL
hce, tie, soon will
IT wo,G. VILE thls ;ncmoua insult to
the few Iec uIue now l,!-, would seem To
aim at England tl- dcail missile is direct
ed ID America. y OBJ, u b,Ockades, not by
ships, but by ho n..-N and mighty orders,
mterdICts CONNIE -s v TN EnglanI-EnI-
land IN return y with her Oaken Bate
RES block up al -ra-cl Trade, commerce,
and IItcrcOut ,c Of e,.,5 KIND arc at IN end
The mere I.,I,g mi U..r VIC world must
shut up their stUres-Iuc Farmer hatiug
no vcit rar Dig suPerruors -r0H viii let
ms plough he rottingf i'll tile furCw-The
Planter viii not be the fool to plant in order
to produce what must lie on his hands to
perish. And ali n Wl.at-For the ambition
Of one man or is il for the perfection Of
the Utopian system Of the Rights Of Man,
and state Of Nature. Yes Americans
here YOU have THE R1cHrs OF MAN with
a vengeance And YOU advocates of the
Rights Of Man,.yo have now far pros
pcct OF having all your beaego.e1t and literal
wishes accOmplished-The day Of y0w
Lord IS indeed come-Your dreams are
out-your hopes fulhIlod-and you great sir,
chef q the Utopian school, are you not re-
joiced ReJoiced now when men may play
tee-to-tum ans chuck -farthing innoccntly IN
he school Of nature-sccure under the pro-
lection OF Napoleon, the Just, tile beneyo-
tent, the mercItul and mild.
But how Of the $4,000 dollars a year =
ow viii that be paid There IS a question
ight make you pause But no matter
thousands ere EetAlDg 70 MeSPhysicians,-