Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1808-02-01
LrglS..t4re Of Massachusetts.
HOUSE or ALPHEJhNTATITES.
Mr. FTpLFY'S RESOLUTIONS.
FRIDAY, JAS. Y.

,,,,re,,,,l nv tlf. Government OF the United
States ia reivtior 80 the bellgcrcrt powers
81 Fur,,pe arrears. al the present f;Cuod, to-
lave no 4 Acct In e-Citing fair and honest re
Cipf0city N thrir ccrduCt, aI'. 7cEegeGs from
the asecct NJ orr foreign relations il Is alto
rcther uncertain how loug-the blessings vi
Deact continue t. us, ard whereas under cir
cumstances of ratiortl danger, an expires
sion Of accordam sentiments On the part OF
the individual StMcs sail give force and en-
ergy to the General co. efnnent and CON
vince our enemies that we arc not divided
people
Theretsre Dc It Pesolgc5, That The Lcgis-
9ature III Massaci usetts view, with the hEL-
est anDrobatiou tie wise, d'giIiICd anG en-
.errctic measures pursued by lie Executive
Of the United States relative 10 the ouira
yeous stock Oh the Chesapeake, BY Che
LEOPARD ship IF war.
Reso.zsE. That in the present convuised
state OF the civilized world, when a var of
eNtcrrr,ratiny aspect spreads destructive
consequences over nations remote from he
scene of KS iInme4.ate fur, and wien tie
N.xDerienct of formed ages affords uo assist
ance In calculating lis effects or duration, We
reUosc with confidence ntAe wisdom and
patriotism Of tic General Government, to
avert from US. If possible, the impending
danger, or to direct oG energies III the e
v,.at Of crcoantcrinr il with sprrit Of deCi-
sion, becoming a free and yereiEn people.
Gen. EN-, moved postIUnement Of the
subject u.tu WelDeadlXnczt
Mr.. ri5!et, observed .hSt from a desire
chat every n4mber should have time ID rc,
feet an utc subject and make up his
mind deliberately, he had expressed
= willingness, ,yir.n the Resolutions were
proposed % assign them for Wednesday
next with tie SANE view, he was thretorc
now disposed To seccr{ the notion Ct the
gcntlensn from Br1eutcid.
On th- Gus ans beng nut from the
chair. M J.l,gd observed, THAI tUiiy inn
pressed III hc was. with tho force otreasons
offered far r9ro mentmtl "Wednesday
next, lie conceived Utmost advisable To as
sign Wednesday week tor the cUnsluera-
ton otthe resolutions, The points to he
discussed between the Government OF the
United States and the BRUSH p;uaSterWerc
important there was lite probability hat
ang result wotld b1 announced IN So short
time. He moved for Wednesday week.
Mr. Fpcon thought tbc sooner the House
adopted the resolutions the better. There
was nothing bat tlsrl U in the federal pa-
pars. ar-...a.t tl.e measures If government
and ne bought il the duty ct the House TO
c3untcra-t that c.aDtoiv by expressing rs
apr~ohation Of executive measures Sits conn
dence III the wisdom Of government.
EEMr Steam spoke against any postpone
1leut lie s9id tie resolutions did not re-
late ~ what was now doing but what had
been done.
Mr. Fio'ey repeated his willingness to
have the resolutions postponed ior rcFec-
ZION.
Mr.. A,5aJ (ofsaco) was against postpo-
hung the consideration of the Resolutions.
Atw~s Notorious that t1-re were two Folit-
cal barucs in the Cu..ed STATE, l.e federal
and The republican. Fhe FederaHsts took
every Opportunity 10 ind fault with and
sneer 40 government. The federal news
papers were fiji Ut faisehlOl .ul abuse.
They took side with the British AMI en-
Couragei them to 20 or. This hing the
case, one party being British ard the ct.cr
in favour OF The r. gubiICan government Ct
the Uaited States, he thought tho State
ought 10 slew that ~ that WIS said in com
plants against gor>!umcut, had "a tounda-
ton ADD rs lie IClct-Esti were using au
their exert lns to yu5 n Up and SUPPORT Mr.
Rose, lie thought that House ought to take
tILAHAAAa ~ push AiJ ttliN n' t-t~ "h'
1ninjstraticn, aud thtt it was cessary 70
act imneAia4ly. lie thought that the
sense Of the IT 1;oritv It tiat hUusc could
not be expressed toe soon, rs 1t ". I'D have
good eject ii tie set Of government,
and IN his opinion would HU4IILIA TE
MR.. ROSE
Gen, Eato1-wiehed to explain. IL
found that some gentlemen had chosen to
impose p di Gt rcI.- con TRACTION Or TITO house,
Of his former remarks, irhu what they were
intended u bear.--ETclE tnmg WIS lcsol-
we'd into party, and an opposition n the i'm
mediate consideration of the Resolutions
was Interpreted 10 imply q disaEert,0n -
the measures Of the adran,str.ti0n. SIR,
said DC, mend 70 such inference. trust
the ins-luJtiVns Of the gentleman from Saco
will resolve no cOuntenaHce from the feel
ilgs Of gcEttemen IN tins floor lie i'm
putc5 10 me motives which ! diSavov.
.21Je- that monster tnrT be conjI~ed up 20
give . cCIuDleBIon 10 every TIC Assure Away
with it, We declare ourselves unqualified
at this crisis with the limited state OF facts
betore Us, 20 pronounce on piIoiic measures.
We ask indAgeHce--w wish 70 be int7r
med, L1at we may act With understanding
aud consistency. 10 not believe such a
patty exists a Ras bg-n portrayed. feel
N. t~n-c III -i.c spi.il " InJ country men
Ycnrralj. Eat III ca5- IF invasion, or hosti-
! Try from ally foreign p1wcr, they would
Che-ituHr rti.v round tic natiouaI s.aIIarl.
Go not bcl,.te they would oppose arr DE-
f-L;ve. Measures tAc General g 1TcrHmCnt
laruL r=c1rm md, but that each man
w4u.l decio-e i-r his c04utry
The Order ~ Inc BRITISH tJuHcil counter
vIIlnF tue Imperial D4ceoe vi Nov. 1890,
was " measure VI serI,.ls llrpQr.. Wnvn
t..s house a5sambIed iLs existence was
15..--l TAat was Euav..l force It WAS
--L--si ,xilelher III LI.Lah EnvOy could