Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1809-05-22


! dismemberment of the unloD.--Al
that is Chrislian-and, as 1t respects
US, good national policy. We cal
have no benefit from it if we can main
tain honorable peace. The God OF ma
tnre has given us too much to make Il
necessary that we should seek wealth
iii the slaughter of men--it is better
policy to cultivate them. But II pres
sed into war by the two mighty bellig'
erents, would rather league with In.
| gland than France. France, did say
There is no France. All which was,
has become Corsican--and the little
charity school tyrant, who now leads
Frenchmen to death, and who has
made Golgotha Of all Europe, will, by
and by, leave as many petit tyrants on
that devoted continent as he has BROTH
ers, cousins, bas.ards, and generals.
Like " Macedonia's madman," he over
runs the world,and leaves that world to
repair the injuries of his ambition
Since saw his footsteps in Egypt l
have hated Bonsparte. He wrested
Jewels from ladies' fngres /; slaught-
cred prisoners dlsarmed f; and prescri-
bed arsenic for his own wounded SOL
diers. Subsequent events have con-
6rmed me in the opinion I there imbi-
bed concerning him. Has he not wan
tonly burnt and sunk our ships when
pursuing lawful commerce 1t Is
matter Of indifference with him wheth-
er he uses treachery, steel, poison, hire,
or water, to bring him 10 universal en-
pire.
The late honoura5ie John Quincy
Adams approves oil the embargo laws
and their privations. So he did APP
prove OF the inglorious treaty with Tri-
POLL can account for his conduct in
both these cases Lear, the negociator
of that treaty, betrayed his old master
Washington. Jefferson pro6ted of
his treachery, and rewarded his minion
BY lucrative appointment.-And al
thought dissatisfied with the conditions
OF the peace he burst not bring the ne
gociator to an inquiry, LIST he himself
should in turn be betrayed; for he has
philosophy TO discern that the man who
sells himself once, may always be
bought. The report of the transac.
lions and issue of the war were correct
ly brought home.-The people OF the
United States were dissatisfied with the
premature treaty. Mr.. Jefferson see
med to have the same sensibility for
the honor Of the American flag. A
committee of he senate was appointed
to inquire, investigate and report on
facts-did report-and in terms which
do them honor, condemned the negoci-
alton in toto. MIR. Jefferson feared to
call the man to his responsibility whom
he had once corrupted. Lear must
Consequently be kept in the back
ground. The hon. John Q. Adams
appeared on the floor Of the senate
chamber as the champion Of this patri-
OF of cowardice, duplicity and treachery
cast Stigma on the few starved A.
mericans who had fought the decisive
battles of the yar--passed eulogiums
on Lear, whe had made you tributary
to the conquered barbarian-and de-.
nounced, in philippines the only man
who had received wound In the ex-
petition of 1905. All this patriotism
and honesty from the hon. John @.
Adams, because he had received the
promise of an appointment as minister
plenirotentiary to Consiantinople but
it was finally decided that no amb,ssa-
dor at that time, near the Grand Seign-
Tor, was necessary. Adams the young
er (for would always make discrimi-
nation between him and the venerable
revolutionary fa.riot) converted by am
bition and hope from thorough. going
federalist to courtly democrat, stood
on in expectation of a commission
somewhere ; approves embargo de-
nonnces as vassals better men than ever
came from his fathers loins and re.
ceives nomination as minister pleni-
potentiary to st. Petersburg. The e.
vent has been the same, though more
formal, as the mention of him to the
Sublime Porte. Ii John Q. Adams,
therefore, be legitimate. e. not out
of the family, would discard the race.
They can have no influence here.
Much has been said and printed a.
gainst Mr.. Pickering; and much ar
gnment drawn reproaehful to his name,
from the circumstance of his being dis
missed from the department OF state.
know that senator well. He is Just.
And Aristides will be Aristides still.
The cause of his dismissal was not po-
| litical. AS no cause has ever been Of