Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1808-02-29


wAsHINcToN, FEs. }, 1903.
Sir,
The presidential ertgE Of TO day
ss very vapch lowered IN zone, fre-n
what il was few weeks Palt and
there feens nothing very remarkable
init, except the great diltrefs the Bri-
9Th nation were coming &c, in Confe-
quence Of a froft the 2sth Of Nov.
which killed the potatoes in ireland ]
Indeed, the Britifh nation are much
70 b. pitied and without the embar-
go lhould BE- Immediately taken off,
70 that We can fcnd them (omc pota-
roes, they NUT inevitably tall an eafy
prey TO Bonaparte | and the want Of
Aaxfeed to fow next fpring, mutt ALTO
br ed famine th7 pre- ent winter 4!
1t is Of no confequence, that our
merchants fhould Be greatly injured
hy loGng a market FOR their faxiced
= this is too trifing 4 confederation,
when compared TO the great benefit
of ftarying the poor Engliihmen the
I" wifdom of the embargo" mutt be
feIf evident. Who of you now, you
farmers or merchants are /" bold e
nough" according 10 the language Of
the erpye) TO +" deny IT'S ftrength."
And 70, if man was to hang him
Elf. il would be a " ltrong meafure"
prov ded the rope was itroDg enough
10 hold him. Nothing can be more
weak and trivial, than every attempt
60 apologize for this frang SvjjF mea.
fure. After what we have fern, it
willnotbe ! matter Of furprife, ifevents
snforelcen, and which in their ma
ture could not have been calculated
upon. fh0uid be adducsd 10 fhow the
" wildom" Of the embargo fuch
as he unjuit. difhsheE, and tyranni-
Sal acts Of BoRaPsrte in feizing all
abe American property within his
clutches; OF if We fhould have news
OF revere forms or gales of wind,
which had dtitroyed all the fhipping
IN the Atlantic -BeCaufc If the vef-
Ieis had failed the cargoes would
cit er have been fei2cd aud conflict
cd or both flip and cargo would
have been loft in the form and the
embargo preventing their falling,
they have thereby been iayed for our
sitizeus. Oh miierable country
# fuch fhould lie the rra(oning of
your rulers. But this kind Of rea-
iOnlng IS TO reconcile the farmers,
merchan S, and manufacturers, 10
son'lnuance Of the embargo it is
like re4foning with man under tn
2fl6tion Of the lock Jaw fir " this
IS tor your benefit you might have
1waliowed potion 81 he fubica is
not only to reconcile them TO the
n'eaiurS but to compel them to &C
knowledge its wiGdom The conccit
mutt infinitely inCreafe our contempt.
out i IS al ~ vain, the thing will re-
main foul dain in tie efcutcheon
OF the Preient administration, which
all the wa'ers Of Letbe cannot wafh
out True magnanimity requires,
an acknowledgements of The errour,
a'N~an immediate repeal but this is
not 10 be expected the A" wifdom Of
the m7aiuTe" cannot appear 70 con-
iP'cuous, except il is kept on at lea(t
twelve month when it will ihine
forth with inefa5le refulgence in the
sotaI deitruttron of our commerce.
4 foreigner would Gng--" Hail
Co.unbia' happy land = But to US
1t Is H.atter If too ftrieus moment
70 make Ilghtof We Zee our friends
sinking into difrefs--our COM
merce 70 deRruaion, and our coun-
Try I" ditgrace. And, If we dare
mourn over the affecting fcene, we
are tauntnglg ltgmatized as clamor-
rs agMnt ~y6 Eyong nleafare.
an, Sir, &c.