Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1808-03-21
[Uaolr No. 5I7.


gentlemen from interior States, which
from Atlantic States native bear very small
proportion those q N England II fact the Of
plant much fewer tn pretended They rarely occur in
the States whose Chiefly natives The ist merchant
in the United States, in answering my late inquiry about British
impresnen says, SINCE the Ceaqte air have had
cause complaint find single where they
have taken amerchant vessel have had more
twenty vessels arrived An that time, without
French tfga have madeirquiry a the masters that have
arrived il this vicinity and oanno' and any complaints against the
British cruisers"
Can gentlemen Of known hostility foreign commerce. oar
UeasewhO willing aHnihe land there
acan these gentlemen plead the of because
they really wish protect them Can those desire
seanen Who laying unnecessary embargo expose
by thousands beg 2One gentleman has said (and
believe he does not stand aone that than admit the Pn
p that GreatBrifafn had right take Ter subjects from
merchant Uesae he would abandon ogether
what viii every Of navigating
States aecribe sentiment sentiment which, TO prevent
the temporary loss Of FIVE men, by impress reduce fifty
thousand beggay But for the Embargo thousands depending
the ordinary operations OF would employed.
Even under the restraints Of the orders Of the British Governments
reaang the French imperial Decree very large portions of
the world remain open the of the United
may yet pursue our trade with the British domnons in every
part of the globe With ca, with China
Of France a, and Holland. And let ask, whether
hdssot profound peace when the powers Of Ee possessing
colonies would Formerly conn the trade with
bottoms, foreigners, only great nita-
TONS could enjoy much extensive than is
practicable moment if the Embargo not the way
Why should be continued Why laid
Can those be legitimate reasons fer the Embargo which are con-
Cealed from Congress, the when they
impose Are the to be found in the dispatches Pa
F2 These have been moved for and the motion quashed
by for the Embargo Why dispatches
withheld by the executive? Why wien al classes Of citizens
ously qure For what Embargo laid " satisfactory
dcied Why not Congress made acquainted with the
actual of the United relation to France WHY,
i'll this dangerous crisis, Mr. ARNsTRoSGs letters the Sec
rotary absolutely withheld, them cannot be
Did they contain information Of the demands nen.
tons Of French Emperor Did Reriezs G
france four for dispatches
importance If WHY regardless the public soicitude, are
harm arise from telling Congress and the Nation, o5az,
that they contain nothing the safety the liberty, Tho
honO the interests Of the United States On the contar
they so closely locked up because they IVA" not bear the light
Would their disclosure the spirit Of the people still sumber-
ing blind confidence Executive HIS the French Empe
declared that he vii have 40 nenas Has he required that
orts, ike those Of his vassal states in hHTe be oyaH
British commerce. Is the Embargo substitute naer tJr of
compliance with that harsh demand which exhibited in its
insulting aspect, Amenan spirit might yet
Are still kept profoundly ignorant Of Ike declarations
ayoNed dns Of the French Emperor although these NAV strike
at cur liberty Independence And in the my
by aons by chershins Preudioes exciting
fresh resentments, be drawn gradually into with Graz
Lrna Why amidst the extreme anxiety Of the public mind is
It s kept on the rack Of fearful peclauoa by the Presidents
portentous silence respecting Lis French dispatches lin this
Conceamtn there danger In this ceaiment be pt
up The real cause VI the Lmbao On any other uppoon
inexpicable.
am alarmed Sir this psrilous things cannot re-
press suspicious fObear thus grounds
which they The people advised repose implicit
confidence National Government Uubounded
dence lies our danger Armed with that condolences tie Fxec-
tive may procure adoption Of measures which may e
with run surely if he had army his heels. by
policy, by nornate fears, country be betrayed and
subugated to France, surely by corruption. trust Sir,
that who knows me wall charge 70 vanity when say,
that have some knowledge Of public Fub
kowedge, and with soemnty declare you,
have confluence In the wisdom of public
country in imminent danger that
enti public safety that the blind confidence Rulers
should Legislatures should know tie facts
and which important general laws founded
ecia the
gathered every should Immediately Serlsy
slider hovto treerUe them. In all the branches Of Governments
information wanting and in this desert
city, that supplied Nothing but the of
the commercial States clearly and emphacay expressed will
So e them from ruin.
Are our thousands of ships our harbours
Are sixty thousand and fishermen be deprived of
employment, and, with their families reduced bega
ry Are hundreds of thousands OF farmers be compelled
suffer their millions in surplus produce perish their
that the President may make experiment patience and
unyedng perseverance Of the Conqueror c Sir,