Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1808-08-29
[ Whole No. 540.


down from God out Of Heaven "!
| Americans, Of all ranks and parties,
how long will you bear this fate OF
things with apathy conjure you
by the tarnilhed glory and honor Of
your country Il befeech you as you
prize your independence-I call on
you in the name OF your departed
WAsHTNGToN-to aroufe from your
deep lerhargy-to calt off rhele def
poilers Of your nations wealth and
greatness to arrelt this torrent Of
tefolation, and fave y0ar infant empire
fran defraEfi0n.
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The following obfervations were made bv
MIR. CANNING, the Prime Minifter, in the
| Britilh Houle Of Commons on the Path of
June, IN an(wer to remarks by Mr.. War
BREAD
az ihali only fate, that in the
whole conduit Of the Britifh Gov
eminent, with relpe6 to the affair Of
the Cbeidbeake, we have endeavored
to keep in view the principle upon
which we fet out, namely, to make
ample reb6rdtion for that which was
decidedly wrong act but to make
that reparation under determination
not to iurrender a right which the
great majority Of the country has even
conGdered as elential TO its dearef
infrref5. Sir, | may boldly appeal
TO the country to determine, wheth-
CT, from the correspondence on the
table Of the Houfe, any bad dilpoG-
ton or the part Of his MajelYs
Minilters has appeared through the
whole tranfaGtion. That the rupture
Of the negotiation on this fubjed was
not attended with any hottie fee!-
ing on eithefGde, is an incontrover-
tible truth. The reparation was nor
accepted BY America, becaufe Amer
lea would not fulfil the condition on
which alone it was rendered, name
lY, the revocation Of that Proclama-
t4~a by which Britiih lhips were not
allowed 70 enter the harbors of A
merica, while those Of the enemy
vltlted them at plealure. But, Sir,
the manner in which the Britifh
reParatlon was rendered to Ameri-
ca by a fpecial milton, was to all the
feelings Of nice honor, an effective
reparatlOn, although not accepted
and 70 in fact we have every reafon
70 believe that It was conGdered bY
the American government. With
rcipe6t, Sir, to the Embargo, and to
the probable effects of the Orders
in Council, in producing its abandon
ment, the hon, gentleman has militia
ted right hon. friends proportion.
The hon. gentleman declares my
right hon. friend to have predicted,
that the Orders in Council would do
away the Embargo, whereas my hon.
friend only argued, in oppoGtion TO
the hon. gentlemen on the other ide.
that the Orders in Council did not
produce the Embargo that they
were not fubltantively known in A.
merica when the Embargo took
place and that they were not inclu-
ded in the complaint made BY the
American government TO Congrefs,
OF which complaint the Embargo
was founded Nor, Sir, do / think
the Orders IN Council themfelves
could have produced any irritation
in America. If were not difpofed
on this location to avoid making any
oelervations which might be fufpec :
ted Of party feeling, would FAY,
that | DO think irritation in Ameri~
ca may have been produced by the
echo OF diicuffions in this Houfe.
Sir, tlnce the return Of Mr.. Rofe.
10 communication bar been made 81 tte
Anierican government, in the form Of
co nplalnt, or remembrance, or irr;-
tatlon, or Of any Description what
ever. l mention this particularly,
bccaufc It is notorious that there have
been feveral arriv ais from America.
fuPpoied to be Of great importance
and that feveral fpecial Meiiengers
have reached this country fron
thence, AFTER having touched at
France. But, Sir, if The hon. gentle
man, in execution Of bis public duty,
had thought fit to move for any
communications that had been made
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