Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1808-11-28

OF niiitla--46ut are they not to be de-
tached' and under military command
and when embodied are 20 be armed,
equipped,and paid and supported Are
they motto be under the discipline of
oihcers selected, because they are
known TO be such as can be relied up
on! They are then complete regular
sfahdfHs' army, and may be used for
the purpose of despotism in as absolute
a manner as Bonaparte's conscripts,
who are but detached militia, and held
N readiness to march at moments
warning.
Can there be any doubt Of what this
army are TO do /? There is no enemy
near Our borders or approaching-at
least we have no information of any,
but it will be said they are only 10
e1toree The ka7y5 $50 said Boalaharte-
ana SO said augustus Cesar, when he
simP-y reserved TO himself the ho7ver OF
enforcing the kazys. And so will any
oEAer good republican say when he
wishes to subvert the liberties of his
country. History informs US what sys.
tenn. grew out ofthis resolution of Cesar
ard we all knowwhat has sprung from
the power given to the First Consul Of
France TO execute the laws with mill :
tary force.
And from the apparent disposition oil
the dominant party, there can be little
doubt, that the power Of enforcing the
embargo laws in most rigorous man
ner, win be given to Mr. Madison,
should he be President--but more OF
this hereafter. Yours, &c.-U S. Gag.
The resolutions offered in Congress BY
Mr. MAcoN-his denunciation of the dis.
tressed petitioners against the embargo as
"sg,cked ana abandoned ,nea,"-as s'the ,1o.t
pr2figafe par Of me community" have ex-
cited a strong and alarming sensation
These have proceeded from no common
character Mr.. Macon has age and long
experience he is considered the Nestor 81
his party, has been considerably respected
even BY his political opponents, has been re.
peatedly elected Speaker Of the House 81
Representatives,, and shares largely in the
executive confidence from him therefore
nothing rash or hasty can be supposed to
Proceed-nOthing which is not the result o.
reflection, Of deliberation, and Of consalta.
ion his propositions may be considered a,
emanatiDg from high source, and his de.
nupciations may be expected to be followed
with executive vengeance. Who dares
now to exercise the poor privileges of com.
plainlng-who dares to lay petition at the
foot q The throne, may expectto be accus.
ed before the AugGst Assembly Of the Ma.
tios, as vletea, abandoned, and pre6igate
What then is poor New-Ergland to hope
Tor s--deprived of her commerce, the yer,
means OF her existence--folbid, almost. e
petition---and threatened with measures still
severer, to bind her down to submission
We cannot repress the most fearful appre
tensions (says the N. Y. Comm, Advertise
on this subject) thai, should such measures
be adopted, tbeywill rouse All internal com
motion, which win shake the union to il.
centre.'-Saiene Gag,
I
The Enzbaygo.--Ne forebore to speculate
. in our last on tins deadly incubus, which
has tor more than ten months past, stopped
the life blood Of tile nation, because we ex.
pected the subject would Immediately oc.
elDy the attention OF the national legisla
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