Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1809-10-02


ties ofour political chlmaioa are impaired.
But notwithstanding THIS. mar phrases
have tfept into his late composition, which
arc used by The party from which they
must have derived their birth, in manner
calculated to delude, rather than inform,
deceive, rather than correct. Some of these
have been already noticed, and others will
be in this and future numbey..
In his letter OF December, mentioned in
, No l. he says, 4" l conclude with acknowl
edging that we have received greater iniu-
ries from England than from France, abom-
Unable as both have been" That we have
been injured by both nations. is an incon-
trorcrtihle fact France, by her DEGREES,
Britain, by her orders in council. What
Bri,am did, was while no obligatory instrn.
ment existed between the two nations
what France has dore, is ia violation of an
established treaty, in full force between
her and the United States. But Eng
land has taken our men from our own yes-
sels." And has not France done the same.
and burnt our ships besides Wherein,
then, have we suffered "more from Eng
land than from France 70 Great Britain has
forbidden us to trade with France, and
France has done the same as it relates to
England. The British orders being retail
story TO the Berlin decree, the French
must be considered the aggressors, and the
party from whom we ought to seek redress.
But it the immediate injuries from France,
are not equal in magnitude TO those from
England, and do not directly affect our in
terest SO largely, yet as the Berlin decree
was the procuring cause of the orders in
council, though the consequent injuries Of
them be vastly superior to those of the for
mer, in proportion to their maritime
strength, Adams assertion is not correct
In his letter of June 6, he says, /" I am
somewhat disappointed, in not finding in
this pamphlet, the word obsewe applied to
Mr.. Pinchon, because the newspapers in
Boston, Newyork, and Philadelphia, writ.
ten by Mr.. Hamilton's coadjutors and fel.
low lsborers in the same field of scandal,
had rrofusely scattered their dull sarcasms
on the obscurity of the agent or agents, at,
the Hague" This sentence goes, to its full
length, to convey what thousands have re-
ported. And Adams himself, through the
whole Of this correspondence. intimates,
that party under Alexander Hamilton had
combined TO overthrow our excellent con.
st;tution, and make us subservient TO the
English monarchy Yet il proves an argu-
mest agans, itself, for had there been such
a company of coadjutors and fellow labor
ers in the same field of scandal as the wri-
ter describes, he could rot, in a,:y probabi-
lily, have been thus disappointed. His ex-
pectaiions would have been verified, and he
would have seen the looked for word, and
made long discourse thereon. But no
such club Of coadjutors. &c. existing, he
was disappointed, as every one must be,
who attempts to prove, that the federalists
have a prediction for any foreign nation
whatever. or any inimical disposition to our
own.
On the 10th Of June, he informed the ed.
itors Of the Patriot, that Mr.. Hamilton
related some things, which he could not
have known, unless informed by some Of the
cabinet, and says, i believe that all the
privy councillors in the world, but our own.
are under oath Of sccrcsy, and ours ought
tobe. But as they are not, their own hon.
OF and sense of propricty, ought, with them.
u be obligations as sacred as an oath"
Had Mr.. Adams extended this sentence to
the length he ought, it would lave embra-
ccd the President also ; for il must be as
detrimental to the interest OF the cabinet,
for the president to rromulgaie the conduc:
of its several members, as il is 70: the pres.
idcnt to have his conduct developed by
them. Yet Adams has done il in This cor
respondeacr, although he considers their
own honor ought to be as obligatory on
them as an oath" He says, 1T there ex-
listed such spy Chat IL, one who con,mu-
nicated these things TO Mr.. Hamil,on) he
had as clear right to communicate the
conferences to Mr. Liston, or Marquis
Yruio" In the very time of making these
complaints, for developing secrecy, he is
unfolding mysteries, which he had no more
right to do, than Hsmilton's spy had for his
conduct, which the expresident disap-
proves. This resembles lunacy, and cannot
be the production of sound policy. For no
nun, having common sense, would blame
another for revealing a secret, which he