Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1808-05-02
5ntcrestiug }so.itital episecliang.
From rRE SALEM GAZETTE.
CONTTNU ATION AND CLOSE
ar CURSORY REFLEC IONS on IHE LATE
LETTER PROM THE
TnLTAI n NC

THE next re ettion which occurs TO me,
and which find in the mourn OF every fa5.r
man, is MIR. 44dlsz.'s a4sse as to the Beetle dc
cres Of .sov. 1905, made BY the Emperor Of
France many raonths before the Britifn had
dreamed Of the Or5s,5 for 1oLieb MIR adams
cannot fnd language Of reproach efficiently
Erong.
In one foltary Centence do we find the Ber-
lin decree refer, el TO but lei the 60 q dats Of
i liouId excite the reflections Of the unoblerv-
ing and uniformed, it j. omitted
The Milan and Spanifh and Dutch DEGREES
che Senator fsL!y jseyfai As mere retaIiaticns f
an Cd role adopted by fOme Cd Admiralty
Judge IN England in The war Of 1856. The
fertile mind of T'zleyrand has never hit upon
This happy ezpedient of publication Be talks
IN round Terms of Britilh tyranny; and, while
Gguing an order 10 burn, FINK, aAd deltroy all
neutral vehes, writes eIseySat lentences on the
Freedom Of the Seas.
Il was relerved for Mr.. Adams TO dilcover,
ahat the old rule Of 1880 was compleat iuti.
setIon Of he fyrSeb DEGREES, or, to ule bis own
words, +" the EmSle application Of tie rule Of
1856 70 the circumstances and p0wers Of
France" II was relieved for bin 70 diicOver,
thar b1f rule was more abomina5Ie a weap-
on Of war than even potion or Affirmation
that the Frereh orders for taking all vefels
bound to or from England were 64t the " mere
Deafures Of the Britifh injuliCe,"
But grant thar the Profo1or is right, why
have we not before waged war with England
o. this setsfaLle claim
Why have We not fufered more feverelv
BY tie application Of the Brtifh RUE Of 1856,
if it i. as bad and As eTtenGve q The French
ordersl
Why have we DrofPered beyond example
Why has Mr.. Jeferfon told the nation IN
al his fpeeches, that we were az peace with
al the world, and PrOfperiDg beyond prece.
dent, while az the fame moment the Britif,
were, as they always have been, enforcing
this las MIR. Adams confders I'D Bal,ibis ysie
Of 1856 I
Did the Predden, tell q falhood to Con-
grefS, or have We il faR Profpered
His EKcellency the late mniRer at Berlin,
and prsfeur Senator in Congrels. mutt there
fore choofe one part Of this dilemma either
his picture Of tbs rule Of l7s6 Is THANKFULLY
exaggerated, or ellie his friend Mr. JeHe.fon
has ;oid the nation a faIfehood IN Gazing their
continued and increaGng PROPERTY.
But we b-Vt Proipered beyond example,
and ProfslIor Adams knows it. From r,,.f-
ions revenue, We have received 6 million,
From 100000 tons Of chipping, we have rifen
. 70 own 100000 tons, which are nov rotang
a; cur whzrves in couleeuenee Of the wife EN-
barge which the Protector aIoHe OF All the fed
eral party voted for and defends
This prsPeyiy defeats the argument foand-
ed on the rule Of 1855 and aIo reduce. 10
Puny, Gekly, feeble infant, the Hercules Of
BriuA tyranny which the Protector lad rhet-
OTically coniured W.
Again, We are reminded il this place Of
ss'J B1fab miiule, By Mr. Adams, Of lensi-
ment Of Col. Pickering. Col Pickering, IN
order to prove that Q eat Britain was not III
tifpoled towards us-wss not inc1ired to war
urged, az zyeE Be might, as an u4anlwera5le
argument, that with her thoufand films Of
war fhe might have fallen on our defencslels
commerce, and have fa,tened on our fpois
This neglect to do what ihe might have done
# hoiilely difPofed proves to a demonnra-
sion, thar Mr. Adams is wrong (and he is
eloas IN the opinion) IN thinking, that England
as government wines war with as.
But Mr.. Adam. unfairly reprefents Col.
Pickering as infnuating that il is o70izr 3, f6s
iaiH.gsrae OF the Britiih Government bat hey
tIs' not fallen On zrib ,Leir 1000 B,es of 4Var.
Sir, this is aaasaay itateInent Of the remarks
ola colleague for whom relpett il ve7y cold
ly e1Prefed, and iliIl more suir,yqJEy dG/eoyered
While Mr.. Adams is thus pleading the
etuie Of France with the eIoquence of an ad-
vocate' be feels fenfble thar he has gone TOO
Tar and, IN order to throw a little duff to
blind the eyes OF his readers, he declares him
ie!f The apologize Of neither France or Spain.
Ore would then expect lome fev4re crimina-
tons Of thoie nations. No fuch thing To
thew mis- imPartiaii'y, be declares, in the fyle
Of true Hi5ernian, that the moi enormous
;Z'aai'T' of our rights committed by France
and Spain conft rather in susaaas than in ex-
seution"
What Is the confirmation of the Horizon,
yAieh was unhaPPiIy branded on the cOaft Of