Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1808-12-12
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+ FROM TIE NORFOLK LEDGER.
With heartfelt forrow, we lay before our
readers the proceedings of congress of Thur
day aft, from which we are fatis6rd thar the
embargo will continue Thofe who have noV
attended to iegIilatise proceedings, may ina.
giAe, that As tic majority was 70 fsnaIT and
a. 8 or 2 rnemhers oppofed TO The ersargo
were abfent, ;hzt there is yet fome rsalon fos
/ hope But the qus(6on being only to conGd.
er the msafure, and the majority being agalaft
Il, we coniider jt fettled for among thole who
voted IN the affirmative on this quefion, are
tome Of the warmef advocates for the enibzr.
60, fuch as Mefrs. Macon, CIopton, DE
We anticipate the defpair, which will per
wade among thofe, whole hopes for future
iupPort, depend on the revival of commerce
and indulfry. To look forward TO another
years embargo, Is roo pzinfuI-tllofe who e.
innate their future iuEerings by the Paf, will
lind that the former viii exceed the latter be-
yond all companion.
We had thought that every enc had ahan-
doned the embargo, as meafure Of coercion
after being informed by oficial commuuica-
lions, thar neither Of the great belIigerents
cared for IL, we did not expect 70 hear gen
tlemen 10 congrefs talking about che price Of
wheat in England, the price Of -four in this
w. Indies, and the probable wapIs OF the pat
riots Of SPAN and Portugal Bur il is nat
urai for thofe, who have no relources 10 III eir
own minds, 10 look for aid from extraneous
caufes, however remote.
Il ieems now 70 be admitted by all, that the
hgoasion "a che country ~ highly critical. and
that difficulties preient themielves on every
hdei III demanded by the ruling party, ia a
tsns Of arrogance, very unbecomipg in ;hole
who have had rhe uncontrolled management
Of our public affairs for eight years, Js,5at ID
% Be dener That 10 indeed ferrous quelion,
and 1nder our Prefent 6tuation. very difficult
20 be satisfactorily asGwered- Among the
hrit and We bslieve, the mon efeetuai modes
ot reiief from cur diltreAes, would be the re-
moval Of all thole, who have had any agency
IN bringing the sountry into the pref-nt ecu
dition, and that roo as ioon As poGble.
The perions who are now in power, talk as
the country was now for the fra time in
difficulty. But there are thofe, who remem.
Der that our country has been in Gtuations e.
dually Perilous, but, from which the nerlinc
talents, and integrity of the Federal adminiL
tration delivered US, with equal honor and
advantage.
Have the people forgotten the Vaccinations
of Genet, aided by the zeal Of bis numerous
partizans Warrington defeated them all,
and iaved our country from the deltructive
confequenees Of revolutionary frenzy, and
what would have been worfe, from French
domination.
In 1898 and 1894, Great. Britain commen-
ced her fyfsem Of depreciation on our colAmerce
and carried 1t TO an extern that threatened its
annihilation The federal administration did
not abandon all commerce on the contrary
our countrymen were UNIDENTIFIED by the Brit
iih government for thole depredations
! Again IN 1898, France, at time when fhe
and her allies had nup.erous and powerful ma
vies, though; proper to dilreeard treaty aud
public law, aud 70 attack our rights Oh the
ocean. 1t is true that the federal adminiitra-
! tions ipared no exertions to eoneliiase France.
I but when they found her deaf 20 the calls OF
I juiice and honor, the lwcrd was drawn, and
every real American nun remember with pride
4 the honor with which our country came out
of the conteit-Our commerce, inltead of
being checked by the fhort war, was extern
/ ded beyond all former example. No enyang
I ling alliances was formed with the rival of
France, when the latter came to a fenie of
juliice, our holtility ceafed If tie fame fir
IL which animated our conncils, at the eisCch-
az we have enumerated, had existed when
the Berlin Decree ihued, we ihoud never
have heard of orders an council or perpetual
:, enlbargoes.
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! E<fra3 Of ktfer from a nes4bast in tie HIvaad
to aaot6er "a CHARLTON, Satei November 2.
/" If the accounts are true, thar a rupture
has taken place between France and America
the vedels of the u. 5. will continue to be
received favourabIy here; bur if they ltilI
adhere to The eulhargothereisfa ltrong party
here determined to re alate, by excluding Them
from this trade"
The following delpotic m2ndateS From The
executive Of the United states il put iihed
as an advertisement IN the i4a Connecfcut
| Gazette.
| CsAe7a'5 OBce ~ Loadsa.
The owners Of ve1e,s not under general
embargo bond, are cautioned nor To take in
goods to be cleared without the inipeStren If
tile proper revenue officer, or take goods ON
board their velles as fore ihips, or in order
70 be prepared againIt the embargo is taken
/ OF. NOV a.