Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1808-10-24

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orders are not 70 injurious as Bonaparte's Ber-
I'm decree, though IN retaliation Of it, inaf-
much as they leave fome ports Of French pof-
ieiiion open to our trade, and gave time for
our vehels to become acquainted of their ex-
iitence before ;hey were enforced, but Bsna-
/ parties did not. They are no touch at all TO
his following DEGREES of Milan and Bayonne.
Yet fome are fooIifh or wicked enough to af-
hrm that the DEGREES don't injure US they are
not enforced. That the Ordeys were prior to,
I and the caufe of all thofe Dec England
. can enforce her orders, further than Bona
parte can his DEGREES. Therefore this kind of
aPo'ogifts for the eoh6ud of the worlds diG-
Z, turber fear the ability CT England, but not her
dJigrf; while obey fear BIS &sfgns, or think
them invincible, but laugh, and veryproperiy,
at his 05iidy TO execute them. And yet be-
caule his attempts are giant-like, and his
movements biunering and oaentauous, they
would bow, and become his LordfhiP'S molf
obedient and very humble fervants! Wheth-
Ct this IS the cauie of 70 many of our citizens
defending and eulogizing the meafures of Bo-
naparte, or not, cannot afcertain; but this
we know, that there are many people among
US, who are, from fome caufe or other, enIilt-
! ed TO apologize for and defend his conduct to-
wards Us, whatever i may be. and to hold up
the conduct of England in mott uncharitable
light. No matter what the caule is, the ef-
feet to our country Is The fame II is par
tial conduct, and whether in rulers or in the
ruled, It Is dangerous Yet man of this con-
duel is held up for you, my fellow citizens, to
iupPort with your fufrsges as guardian of
| your rights, and as fentinel over the liber-
ties OF yosr nation Are you willing to tru(i
| your dearelt interehs in his hands, who ap-
proves of the treatment of Bonap4rte towards
! your country, and who is uling his endeavors
TO draw your nation into an unRecefIary and
steadily war with England, without whole az
hitance the world were exclu6vely Bona.
parties; without whole oppoGtion to his en-
croachments upon the neutrality of the ocean,
the United States could never again (were his
ability equal TO his deGgns) fail fhip upon
It; without whole friendilip, as the world
now hands, we fhall foon be poor, forgot
ten, digraceful people ? AID Gill the man
who feeks to deitroy our connections with
her, and to Draw US INFO an alliance with Bo-
naPsrte, who j. her enemy, and the enemy of
all chrlftendom, yea, of all the globe is Offer
ed to you, by fome, for your fupport and pat
ronage
would not be thought to encourage par
TALLY for any nation by the foregoing re.
marks upon the conduct of France and Eng
land on the contrary, ! have endeavored to
exhibit the dangerous tendency of fondnels
Tor any one nation, in difregard of our inter
ell Ano connections with others And we have
evidence NEXT 70 pohtive proof, that our pref
emf ruling party are pohe1ed Of a very great
Partially for France and an antipathv 10 En-
9 and, Do ak, and aniwer yourfelf, reader,
what has been their conduct for the eighr
years they have been in power What has it
s'een recently Look at cur foreign afflirs.
Look st the embargo, aimed foley at England
killing ourlelves, for the fake of woundipe
! her, ana pleaiing France. And what had En-
gland done TO delerve our governments ven
geance Had fhe done Us an injury for which
The had not offered remuneration Had lhe
declared we fhoud no longer remain neu
ira nation Had fhe demanded money OF
az n menaciDg way' No; and has not to
this day been even 70 cruel as to condemn one
OF our veiles, taken on account Of violation
o. her orders Of council No, fay NOT avef-
\ Eel has ihe condemned under her orders of
council of Nov. N, so7, abour which we
have made fuch an uproar, and for which It's
iad we are to fuffer the operation of the en-
barge, perhaps two, three, four or FIVE years
And what has France done ? She has Ia
ken veiIes belonging to the United States
without any cau(e or pretence, more than that
The wanted them, and has condemned them
upon the fame ground What do you think
now, reader, of men who fupport or defend
| Bonaparte in his conduct towards us, and try
| TO get US into war with England And
what do you think Of fuPPorting fuch men
in Office, where iuch principles, opinions, and
; views will render them highly dangerous
lrepeat it, for have already heard il contra
dicted, that England has condemned none Of
our pelIeIs under her orders of council of
Nov. IL, 1907; and I challenge any demo
crar, or other Perfon, TO produce an official
certificate, or proof of condemnation Of an A
merican veEel, in England, merely and who'll
~ on accoun. of thoie orders.
ROLAND.
/ A valuable cargo Of CottoH has arrived az
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