Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1809-08-21

10 renew TIE intercourse Iii tie aecrces c:
orders were actually removed. But in ths
present case he had only a tqa'pisr of al.
agent who, il appears row, was not author.
lied. Congress, however, have by then
subsequent acts sanctioned the proceedings
of the President which were considcrl d .
coming within The spirit Of the law.
Trade having been set free, all would
ask, by what law or authority the President
is emf owered to interdic, il } as to the .x.
pediency of the late proclamation rcyiying
the non.intercourse with England, under
existing circumstances, we are not at issue.
The conduct of Mr.. Erskine sill appears
unaccountable He allows The Instructions
as stated by Mr.. Canning to be correct, and
his friends in England justify his conduct.
From the temper discovered by the two
governments in the arrangements thus far,
we still entertain an opinion that all differ
cnces win be amicably adjusted.
BY accounts from England, mention is
made that Mr., Jackson, minister extra TO
the u 6. had taken leave tf his govern
ment, -his arrival in this country is daily
expected.
We have nothing further Of the negocis-
ton which was mentioned to have corn
menccd at Paris between Gen. Armstrong
and Mr.. K. 4, T.. Hautvai, except that our
citizens are still retained rs prisoners in
France, and her priya,cers continue to plum.
der and capture American vessels. But as
the money, obtsined by these robberies, aid
gonaparte in his endeavours to conquer the
world, the democratic printers say it is all
Just ard right.
~0Ocfce fssetW~
The whining" contemplate being
who stands caterer for the A,gns, in the alb :
sence Oft spirited & newly dubbed DUKE
81 1ors," abiding to the letter of the mate
OF the ship Nept une, published in our last,
talks about not polu'ing" his " columns
by gratifying the wishes OF" despersdocs."
As well might the thief talk sbou: his hon.
esty when detected with stolen goods upon
him. This servile tool and advocate of
French tyranny, considers it as pollution"
to publish the situation of our citizens who
are unjustly and cruelty detained as prison
ers Of war in French dungeons. To justify
and defend the tgrannical conduct Of Roma
2artc, - the way in which the wretch"
who conducts the Argus, shows his A,neyi.
can inaepereence. But he is rather 10 be pi-
tied than otherwise. lie is the mere JACK
al of his desperadoes." and receives his
paw in filthy lucre," for laboring in the
drt of democracy and French policy.
The ship Neptune's having licenee at
the time the Argus allutles 10. has nothing
to do with the present case. She was not
taken on that voyage, nor does i, affect the
question ii she had. 1t is not new thing
for vessels TO take licences. American ves-
sells have long been IN the habit of taking
them from the Dutch, Spanish. and other
nations; and they are given for the purpose
ct protecting the vessel from the armed
SHIPS of the nation which gives them. To
acknowledge the right Of the French gov
eminent to condemn cur vessels which had
licence. would be 10 acknowledge the JUS
,ice of Bonaparte's DEGREES, which g, to
the destruction OF all neutral commerce.
This is the object Of the Emperor Of
France. and the Argus says Amen, 10 it,