Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1808-06-27
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he could not refrain from efarsShug Bis !enti-
ments on he Eeloutions row unaer copiider-
siion. Public opinion had certainly UNDER
gore very conadersaie change, and il was
IN vain 70 attempt 70 wink this important fact
o1t CT Egaf "A ga eman (Air. BazC5) had
remarked thar the choice q Governor was the
ben interior Of the election but fuch was not
the faG although, indeed, even his ExCelen-
cys -1aiority was ciminllhed, and the polite
Al cEnplexion OF the Senate, whole members
were ch6fan az the Tame time, was altered
4 better judgment can be formed by the choice
OF Representatives, which was made later in
the feafon, when the injurious effects of the
extrzotdinary expeiieht adopted by our Gov
eminent, were better known and If an cleo.
tion were 10 be held at the prelent time. the
alteration il the general ientiuients Of hle peo-
pie would be found Gill more comfortable
Tn the lat Court, the Embargo Revolutions
were pafed ITO to n, and now thofe then
oppofed to them have the majority of the
FIoule on their lide Thole who affirmed the
lead at the laft FELTON,, could not, Il ieemed,
BE latisfed with fimple e1prefion Of appro-
baton; but they mua needs eXtol the embar
&c in the Operative degree. il was pronOun-
ccd 10 be mott wife, digni6ed and energetic
me4fure and lit has now become an inperious
duty 10 counteract the erroneous inlpreiIions
which thofe refolutioRs werC calculated TO
produce. We yet, thank God, had the lber-
a. to petition, the liberty sflpeech, and Of the
pref, and we Ought to exercife them. The
voice CT the important State of Ala1aabgjsffs
ihouid BE heard Oh this iRterelting location
Fsis 3 ate owned one third Of the tonnage of
'bc 2pping belonging to the United Slater
2nd her ffheries were Of inmenie conleqacnce.
~ the infstuaiion cf our Rulers, Commerce,
which il eaertial Alusoil to the eKitence Of the
country, was itruck as il were with an apo
piexy, Our fIips were now rotting at the
whafves-our ieamen and flhermen were idle
and the produce of the land was Perilhing
in the hands Of the farmer. 1t was not known
bow the people in the weiiern counties endur-
ed the evils relulting from the fudden foPpage
Of all Commerce bat in the ealtern counties
they were intolerabIe. There, law iuts had
been greatly multiplied-the jails crowded
and even in the capital of the Diftrid of Maine.
many perfoRs who few months hnce, were
able 10 maintain thsmlelves, had beeR lately
neceGarily frpPorted as objects Of charity, by
daily radons Of foup. 4 las was not G6tion--
cot mere declanation--it was all true. And
fsOald we heitate 70 exprels our opinions in
fuch fate Of things? should we fail 70 per-
form our dutv2 No, we pohefed coHititu
tion5' right 70 give oar ientiments; and we
ought TO raGe our voices in the mott audible
manner zgainl a meafure thGs pernicious in
its conlequeuces. Such right was never
que0ioned ia tyranrical British, as forie per-
IONS were in the habit Of calling that nation.
The Iegi1ator there who Snould dare to
breach 70 iiaviih doctrine as fhoud tend 10
a denial Of this privilege, would be an objeGt
Of general detclfation and lcOrn'
The gentleman from Woresqsr Teens to
compare our ordinary after pt TO express our
oilapprobation Of proceeding Of cur rulers,
70 the effortsof folders to 'raiie a mutiny IN
camp. But was martial law 10 prevail Were
we 10 Be drilled like colnmen folders NO;
the gentleman couid not mean what his words
imported It vas mere figure OF rhetoric,
ike many ether q his expeditions.
The whole nation was row IN an unprece-
deated atuation a perpetual embargo was
never before d-eamPt Of. Formerly, when va
had political difficulties with foteign nation,
AZ embargo for fpeci6c time-for 80 days
was laid, But IL il was allowed that our gov-s
ernmenr could lay an embargo without lirtit
--ir would be allowing they couic annihiiate
ronaerce if they pleaied: The trainers Of
tLe Cculitstion never intended TO confer luch
power.
The real motives Of the embargo were not
unaerifood Il was in fUrtherence of fourth
ern fyaen, rs old At Lear as the notes on Tie-
gina It was part Of cunning policy to weak
en and divide the commercial Gates, diVidf It
fzbsra, was an old rsle The tsuthern nabobs
wiihed 70 build thenlelves up-but we mut
be on our guard, and not be the victims Of arts
and wiIes
The gentleman from CEa,lfo-Ba NAV fay
xtar he pIeaies abouf the reduction in the pri-
ees Of articles, but oar farmers know for them
fslvcs. Inquire Of them, whether their prod
uce mastains its value in the markets. AK
the hfhsrmer if their bulinefs is now profta-
be. Inquire in Bse5n, the value Of the Ga
now in the care Of the Board OF Health.
But no cafs Of citizens feel the embatgo
more fenEbly than the lumber men. They de-
pcaded on tire forefls for lHbfaeuce and, If
Il were not for the prefent reftriGions, could
iend their TON timber. their boards, and their
Raves, TO markets where they would command
good PRICES But the people who Poiieaed
this property were Frequently taken TO Jail for
cebt. Lumber haS fallen one half in value,
where there were fzles brt few lales, how
ever, took place the reduced prices were
merely nominal, or for very fInall quantities.
AlEnoh every psrson IN the DiRda Of Maine
was thrown out of buiinels, except the lher-
IFS The exporter IS Idle pertons concerned
il ia~ mills have morning. TO do the poor
Tuen who ulcd 70 cur the logs are now delti-
t8fe Of employment The fituation Of fome
parts Of the Diaria istruly alarming. In the
hack part of Lincoln counsy, peri5ns liable 70
arrel for debt, had drawn their lines of de-
rnarcation, beyond which wits could NOT he
GssreL Ihsy fad % tie Glrfia', hitherto