Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1808-12-12

means we avert its dreadful confequsnces, we
lhouId feel ourfelves highly accompanied for
all our erertions. If we do herein expofe any
Of thele Congress dietAors abiurdities, we
fhall ref contented for tbs time.
We do not believe the Iafl fen,euce we have
quoted 20 be anywife corr.et, and every one
knows il is not lrietIy 70 We always tho't
that, by the enforcement cithe Berlin decree,
and by our governments rtfufal to give Eng
las'd the ahuranee required aud by it's fitence
and apparent non-rchaance 20 the enforce
ment Of thar decree, thar England had an ac-
| CURED right to retaIiate on her enemy the G.
vils of his own injuftice, hy ifaing her orders
of Nov. n. But the reader ihould be left to
form his own opinion.
But 10 return to The report Another APP
peal hss.in the mean time been made, under
the authority veaed ia the prsGdeas for that
Purp7ie, 10 tie jultice aud true inteseft of
France and England. The proportions made
by the United States, and the arguments NJ
ged by the miniilers, are before Congrefs. By
thele the very pretext Of the illegal edltts was
removed, and i is evident that revocation
by either nation, on the ground Gu which il
~as afked, either muIl have produced what
both pretended to have in view, re0oration
of'he freedom Of commerce, aud the ackHowI-
edged principles Of the law Of NATIONS or in
cafe Of refufai By The other belIigerent, would
have carried into effect, ID rhe moi e.Ecient
manner, the oneniible objsa Of the edids, and
made the United states parry in the war a.
gainit him Thus we learn, from thefe grear
men, what Mr.. Jefer.ons nodeRy preeIuded
him from Eating in plain Englilh. viz That
he had offered France, if ihe would repeal Der
decree, 20 go towar againii England, in the
mott efficient manner Tins certainly is the
real meaning and import Of this fsntencs; for
Mr. Jefferion had told Congrefs, that repeal
Of our embargo only, was the condition on
which a repeal Of The orders Of England bad
been colicited and that france, II was iuppo.
Ted would find fuificisnl isaseenert "a ost-
e cor hdei 4ticns, particularly IN the cSsagep pro-
duoed by complianee.--b thi, impartlality
L this supporting our neutrality Does il
NOT 1low fomething rotten in fome other Gate
than Denmark
And this committee few lines after Gay,
thar becaufe we can't 60 TO war againf one
particular bellgerent in alliance with The 9TH
er, we muf 6ght them both, or fhut up fhop
and bid our lofty genius 60 10 bed
The laf 'entenee haIl take from this re-
port, reads thus; The aegreGons of England
and France collectively, affecting almoR the
whole Of our commerce., and perhfted in, not
withdrawing repeated remembrance, expof-
tulations, and propohtioHsthe moi candid and
uneIcePtionabIe, are, to all intents and Purps-
ies, maritime war, waged by both nations =
gainit The United States It cannot be deni-
ed that the ultimate and only Efficient mode
of refitins that warfare, if perGeed in, is war.
permanent fufpenhon Of commerce, after
repeated < unavaling efforts 10 obtain peace
would not properly be refhance Il would
be Withdrawing from the conteR, and aban'
doning our indifputabIe right freely to navi-
gate the ocean
What can be made or gotten out Of this fen
tence For one thing, make this out of it (:
that war mum follow this embargo fylfeu--
for pc, manent fufpenhon OF commerce, is
not reGIfance' Yet we have re6fted, and-mult
rein. md thefe gentlemen affirm, that the
ultimate and only efedual mode of reGltanee
Is war.
And war witlsw ON With France No,
that has already seen difzvowed With Eng
land and France | fay no. With whom,
then ! With Esgtans. anfwsr.
Whom does the non-intsrcourfe, recon-
mended by this committee, afed 1t affects
England nineteen twenteths more than il does
France. Il is aimed foley at England. with
intent, as think, TO irritate her 70 fuch de-
gree, that lhe hall be induced TO rctaliate 70
far, that the people Of this country would be
fatisfed with their rulers going TO war with
her. France can't do much more than The
has done. England can injure Us leverely, but
the will yer, believe, bear with our govern
menrs boys play, till there is fomething
itrange under the fun takes place.
why was not the violation of our treaty by
France fpoken CT by this committee, when
they mumbled over her aggreiIions Are trsa-
ties forgotten
| What has England done fnce our laying an
embargo, TO call forth our rslfspes more now,
than theEs Does it not appear that our gov
eminent mean to go on lire,ching their meal.
ures of coercion, til they drive England 10
war, or to fomething which viii bear tina,
contribution
Every citizen ought to know, that the Brit