Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1808-08-15

Congress together, rs soon As may Be and
tina. a Committee or eight persons be AZ.
pointed TO pre- pare and submit to The town
petition IN conformity.
The motion was seconded from every
quarter of the Hall, and a very spirited
and eloquent debate ensued.-In which
the motion was sustained by the Hon.
Mr. Mason, Mr. Daniel Sargent, the
Hon Messrs. Otis, and Gore.-And
was opposed BY Mr. William Jarvis,
Benjamin Austin, and George Blake.
Esquires. The debate was protracted
until two o'clock, when the question
to adopt the motion Of Mr. Mason, pas
sed BY an immence majority ; mot
more than twenty or thirty hands a.
gainst it,
The following gentlemen were cho-
sen on the Committee, viz. Hon. Jons-
than Mason, Mr. Daniel Sargent, Hon
Christopher Gore, Mr.. James Perkins.
Mr. Arnold Wells, Mr.. Thomas a.
Perkins, and Hon, William Brown.
The town then voted to add the Mod
orator and adjourned to 4 O'Clock,
then to receive the report ofthe COM
mittee.
AT four o'clock, the town reassem.
bled according 70 the adjournment
when the Committee reported the sub
sequent Memorial which was read
from the chair, and passed nearly IN
anfmonsty. We believe there were
not half a dozen hands against il IN the
hall.
10 the President ofthe u. States.
THE inhabitants ofthe town Of Bos.
Ton, in legal Town Meeting assembled,
beg leave respectfully to represent -
That uniformly Influenced 81 a sense
of patriotism anda respect for the con-
sdtutcd authorities Of thlir country,
they have sustained without opposition
or complaint, the embarrassments and
losses rising from the existing EMBAR-
20 on the vessels and export trade of
the United States and they trust, that
the history Of the revolutionary war,
and the annals Of the present govern
ment, will furnish ample testimony Of
their readiness to make any personal
sacnhces, and TO endure any privations,
which the public welfare may truly re-
, quire -
That they are fully aware Of the in
tispensable necessity Of supporting, at
all times, the laws enacted bv the gov
eminent Of their choice.-Under this
impression they have refrained from
expressing the wishes they most sensi-
bly, feel for The removal of the Ena5ar-
go and but for the great events in III.
rate, which materially change the as
pect -four foreign relations, they would
yet silently wait for the meeting ~
Congress, III riiy nope " UtJgair.44rr- from,
tirst honorable body, relief from go
pressure OF this great calamity, which
bears with peculiar weight on the East.
ern States.
Denied by nature Of those valuable
and luXuriant staples which constitute
the riches Of the South, they necessari.
ly owe much Of their prosperity, under
the blessing Of Heaven, TO their own en-
lerprize and industry on the ocean. II
Is therefore duty, as well as right,
to avail themselves Of every fair occa-
sion which offers for procuring the re-
moval OF the existing restraints upon
:heir maritime commerce, more espe.
cially when this may be effected ina
mode consistent with the laws and Doll.
| cy by which they were imposed.
They therefore pray, that the En-
ourSo, 10 whole or in part, may be sus-
pended, according to the powers vested
in the President, by the Congress Of
the United States and if any doubt
should exist Of the competency of those
powers, they would humbly request,
that Congress may BE convened as ear
ly as possible, for the purpose Of taking
the subject into consideration.
twas then voted, that theSelectmen,
in behalf OF the town, transmit the Pc
tition to the President Of the United
States.
The Hon. MIR. Brown, after congrat.
plating his fellow townsmen on the IN.