Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1808-08-01
15g tbs @ails.
ron ZEE AMEREcAN crrrzEN.
a DEMOCRATIC PAPER.

-.ie.chec forth his arm 70 Spain, and
@Pa'n is 10 more. The Spanifh
monarchy, as if by enchantment, is
oyerthrO~n, and The Spani[n people,
oy bale deed of cefIion, are transfer
EedtQ the IMPERIAL JacoBIN.-The
The Italian States, Holland, Swift
zeriand, the Germanick Empire,
PTuiha, Portugal and Spain are gone.
The gallant King of Sweden ("a
brave man Aruggling with The itoyms
Ct fate') IS befet BY rufians, and
matt perth by their blows. The
Emperor Alexanderis AwED. I'm
der Napoleon, ".his genius is rebu-
ked." Turkey will next fail, for'the
"ayto the heart oFthe empire has
been cleared by the enaiffaries of the
CoFEcan. Imperial France, in fact,
already covers continental Europe
ENGLAND, IN this quarter of the
globe, unawed by the difolution Of
neighbouring nations, and daily in
creating in itrength, maintains her
independence, and formsto the vniver-
al domination ofthe Bonapartes, the
only impafible barrier. And if SHE
fink beneath the uplifted arm of
world combined agaisR her, what
viii become ef US What could
wEoppofe to the gigantick navy ofEn-
gland, if under the direction of the
wrathfrl Napoleon ? What to that
half a million Of Experienced cut
throats whom, almoR without an
obfacle, he might land upon our
flores. Where are our defences ?
Look at this city-look at our ex-
tenGve fea,coaf, and 10 the POLICY
OF THE SOUTH. Behold the effects
OF an ANTI COMMERCIAL SPIRIT
behold the effects of a deadly and un-
natural hoRility TO the STATE OF
EEw-YoRK See US wholly expofed
10 the infuks and ravages of any Eu-
ropean nation that may choofe TO vex
and opprefs us. /" If the King. my
MATER" faid Yrpjo, to major Jack
fc1, il the year 1904; +" If the'king,
my maRer, was to order three fhiPs
of the line and fix frigates to the
MihGPPi-three fhips of the line
and tx frigateS to the Chelapeake,
and three fhips Of the line and tx
frigates to Sandy Hook, what would
you do = Aye, indeed what wonld
you do ? Order them away by pro-
clamation /! Alas they would laugh
at us.-Yet If this would be I'll, we
might put up with Il we might fill
continue with great good humor, and
even with fclf encomiurns to be moe
ked at ! But Napoleon would not
fend force hither to make merry
with us.--No his itrokes are all
DEATH DOING. HE has no reliance
on PAPER SHOT. The few Procla-
nations which he ifues are very
brief. /" Inhabitants Of the United
States" Re would direct MAssENA to
fay, for MURAT is already provided
for, in Spain (; CT am come to PRO-
TEcT YOU !" and the next moment,
according to invariable practice, we
might expect TO be butehered. For
whittier hould we fly for fafety, hav-
ing no ihips, no defence ? To THE
MOUNTAINS Z" We have been author
lied to do 70 By a ooUTHERNSTATEs-
NAN, and that too TO fave expenfe !!
"If the city Of New-Y York lhould be
deitreyed tomorrow, faid this en-
Iightened legilator, the commerce of
that port would not be lolt to the uu-
ION it would find reGdence in the
Sou,h,"-Yes, yes, the growing
wealth and fate of New ork, mutt
be checked J The omnipotauce of
Virginia in our council mutt be main
famed. National defence and even
rational honor mutt give way to it.