Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1807-01-05
39oiiticaI g9tse Aanp.
FROM THE NETWORK HERALD.
Pr sideHt'5 Message.

DURING the lait year two e
vents have occurred OF momentous
ana ai~I,rIDg nature: One the con-
iplracy Ut Sur the other the expe-
,i,lonoi n4lranda both threatening
w cmbrUn The United otales ii war
Wlln SPAN yet neither Of them m
tc.Euptvd 10y toe Executive in their
pogrlis TIL far advanced towards
maturity, though ne was made ac-
| qualnred with both in their earlef}
ttages. This neglect Of The exeeu-
tive itared Inns fully III the facz. and
he tclt CONTIGUOUS thar he had incurred
an awful responsibility to the nation.
! In our Taft number we lAw - what
lhlits lie mad lelorted to lcroen him
telf from blame for his negligence as
TO the Burr conspiracy pretending
that he could not, without he aid Of
a ocdltluH n67, Conitltutionatiy inter.
tere 70 obitruct Its progrlls while
the affair only 4ilumed the napr Of
ali internal mIurrrctlon. Let Us
no" obierve hla execute tor not pre-
venting the Miranda cXpdlron
While advcrting to tbs branch Of law "a
SedItlon Act It IS proper to obterve th4t IA
enterPltles media al aguutt fJrcgn nations
the ordinary process VI binding u the peace
and good behavior, ,-rA7 w ~ enara 10 u17s 70
! o. 1e4t w " tac Jn5a lau " ZIP U.rte4 SUITS,
would ~ tAectuai W. iumr Gale, were tie Of
teAucri allie ID Keep Our Of tight every midi
canon ~ to, Iurpue which could draw or
nam the e1crcue Of the powers now given by
law" 1-.C4ge
Nme out Of ten on the perlfal of
7he ab~ve would we ful Ell be apt 0
e~Ni"i.A vim tne poet. ( 40 meaning
iuzztco more than UIt" We now
eVoi i-o IN tAlS uu0Ied uulntc,hplDui-
~ u fn.Aic, inc award efforts OF a
ma" 20 a en,annlo himlelf from
4""4~ INTO winch nc has ta1en. 10
eAcuie nlnlc4t Tor not interfering in
'"e Gaze o. Durr he tells CongrelS
tI-dI me law IS It itood Chat IS the
"A" u '794) would only authorize
"lih 10 PrC"cIt an expedition when it
was mc-lt4ted dgalnlt foreign ma
uon bu. the Miranda expedition was
"edI'4ted agalnit foreign nation
--How therefore 70 avail himfelf
Of the dlitlAttion reior:ed to in the
hrtt Gale and at the fame time {feer
clear OF beng implicated by It in the
lecond, might have puzzled clearer
head than MIR. Jcftrfon's. Let US
fee how successful he has been in the
tnbtIilty to which he has had re-
courle.
IN enterprises meditated againl foreign
cartons (he TELLS u.s. the ordinary erocefs Of
binding to the obfervance Of the peace AMI
6ood behaviour, could j, be extenaed TO acts
70 De done o 81 he jayi)aft ION Of The Tsited
''4f''' would be efectuaI, where the oF,sJey IS
a"e 70 keep out Of fight every indication Of
Without topping to ak on what
PretenCe man could be laid under
bonds 10 keep the peace as an Offend
err when lie had given no indication
q any retention TO break If, Ter US
hone'tly endeavor to difcover the
Prehdenfs meaning IN this curious
lenrence.
The mott obv;ous meaning we
think, IS, thas Re tuPpofes there is 10
lazy which authorizes him to prevent
IN any way the formation Of any en-
terprze il the United States arainf a
foreign nation, provided this enter
prize is not to be carried into effect
till after the troops of which it may
be competed, fhalI have pal1cd the
boundary line by lind, or till they
ihall have arrived upon the high feas
1t by water. This contribution IS
not only the mott obvious, but it IS
alto one that will meet the Miranda
cafe, we Prefume therefore it is the
one intended Miranda meditat1d his
enterprise originally abroad and came
here for the purpoie Of letting il on