Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1808-09-19

very territory ne iold Us, thould have been
enough 20 have RATED the relentment of this
whole nation-That tranlaction always re-
minds one Of al uphart who once offered our
Saviour all fbe kiHgder7s e tbe eaytG on condition
Of his homage The Devil was rebukpd-
Bonaparte fuccee9ed better with flbiea.
Both had an equal right to the kingdom they
propoied TO barter for benqge
But all the violations of our rights, on the
part Of the Corlican, are Glently and tamey
endured, and the edge of relentment, under
his patronage, is foley pointed to England.
1t can no longer be concealed, that the En-
barge was intended fer the Britifh nation, and
for her alone; eIfe why do her fhips of war
continue TO be excluded from our ports, and
thole OF her enemy Admitted 20 indulgence
which are denied 10 our own citizens II is
believed that the Embargo was contemplated
as war mealu-e and meant, by fome lead
ing characters Of our administration, to pro-
duce that effect Indeed do not heGtate 10
ahert ha; war with England has been mat
ter of calculation with the chief magiarate Of
the United States. Ellie why have all his
meilengers left their delpatches in France !;
and TO amufe our confidence, gone in blank
TO England Life why do we fee 70 many
pets Of rrult and honour filled with avowed
enemies 70 England aud devoted friends of an
uiurper
But fuch an event under exiting circum-
Gances. would prove ruinous to our country.
Allied, as England now is, with Spain and
Portugal, the whole boundary line Of tbefe
Uoited States, both by fea and land, conPris-
ing circumference Of more than four thou
iand miles, would become an enemy frontier.
Spain has never yer coded Louihana TO US.
The dilcontented fubje6ts of that territory
the jealous Mex:cans the s5siee 6oiyiti on the
waters Of he MififTppi the reltels, untam-
ed ions Of che Fore(i and the Britifh prov
inces of Canada won all cooperate againh US
on that border what barrier can we oppole
10 them in defence of thar great fiction of the
Union9
Come to our Atlantick leaboard. What
have we TO defend our commercial towns and
cities, the feat. Of our wealth and refources Of
our revenue, againlt the combined Davies Of
Great Britain and her allies Will our gun
boats and mud batterie, do il The notion IS
ridiculous Can Bonaparte do II Every boz
dy knows he cannot float a Frenchman acrofs
the Atlantick, except IN di(euile of a naHda-
viz A great Aatefman and philosopher would
recommend afyium in mountains-But the
aivyeliins.. like the habits of New England are
too fixed TOR mountain FeIreats. Our affairs
and fire fides we cannot abandon for caves
and grottos. Ifneither the policy nor the en-
ergy OF the neaiu-es e administration can pro-
teGt Us al home, where fhali we look for pro-
lection Shalt we cede ourfelves TO France by
alliance with her tyrAnr We commit national
fuicide, and die an ignominious poEti-
cal DEATH Ne have the fate of half Europe
TO admonilh Us aganR fuch dependence
Bonaparre like Judas. kites TO betrsy. The
only pofible benefit reiulting from his graces
would be, calmly in from the tempeltuous
iea Of liberty" and fecurely grounded in the
dry dock Of defpotilm Our Imperial and
royal ally would GRACEFULLY Ggnify to Us bis
paternsl iohctude for our fakes by creating
his well beloved nephew Don JEROME PAT
TERs9N NAPoLEoH King # fbsjt Slater; and
BIZ taf5fl ami tyf CessraE and PleaissfeHfiary
IURRiAU Lieg:enaat and Regent Of tie Hhg7ers
dDNgt he minority y BIZ iaia FfpbsqU Our COVER
nors OF STATE, wculd be provided from his
general 0aff Are Americans 70 foon prepar-
ca for his political annihilstion & voluntary
training auon into reptiles Not yet Let
u, he looted from the ihackes which deprefs
the nation put on our armour and let us
Ike Spaniards rehlt Inc lu.e aud the fraud of
ah'ood-ltained lon Of raplne TO fupport
this petition mutt we take the hand of En-
gland Then would our catanrophe be as
certan ; thar we may linger out fomewhat
longer diigraceful e1iltence-Both thele ma
tions have an itching palm for this country.
They have commended for It ever lnce lis dil-
covery, even when forea The oldeit fol-
dier and the youngef nudent among Us know
this. But, if at aperiod when wild aud unpro-
ductive, it was an Object Of contel, how
much more 70 now when il might produce
conquercur or fedLcer revenue or a con-
tribution of thirty millions a year--AgainLt
the luft Of conqueft and the pride OF empire
do we expect national 'gfite &c defend rs
The term alas, is nolonger to be found IN the
libraries of courts Can z7eeEaef fave us
When have we known a lyrant lift his foot
from the neck Of voluntary fave No; Il
is upon the arm Of Cod and the NE of our
own means that this nation mut rely for the
recovery of its rights and for the maintenance
of our Independence. Under that Almighty
protection we muit land by our own (lrength
or country receiving foreign protection who
were nor ultimately reduced 70 vafaage AL.
liances have generally ended in the fame way
the very infant prePonderance of power
and advantage has fallen INFO either fcae.
The great events now agitating in the eat
ern continent, may, and i would ieem, muft
70 completely occupy the warning rivals Of
Europe that their avarice would Re turned
from the u Statbs for a ZINE and great adj
vantsges, if improved, thence refult to our
commercial enterprile. Lift the Embargo;
isavs commerce 10 G4t p, Hebri and, in defpiie
of imperial DEGREES we have open VAT field
for The dilpiay of his en'erpri!e. We have
the Britih Por;s every where Sweden and
Norway-the whole coaa of Portugal and
Spain-lhe iilands Miuarca and Maio-ca--the
whole Turkilh coat Of the Mediterranean,
except Algiers--the entire weilern and l0urh-
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