Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1809-11-27


: mefeneer of peace. Sent, exp.ei,iy as
we have been told, In heal mliuadeftand-
ing, occa;iansd by the acknowledged mil
taxes, if n iniuries, If his own govern
ment. he ,as permitted himft!f. in viola
ton e. the planet dictates OF fedion, and
the c'earea preccp,s OF the law ot nations,
II off, the gruaeit iniult, in the power Of
! ingenuity To devl., to the American ma
tioa, by iuiaaa,ins doubt OF The verac'ty
! OF It's government.
! Senhble that our countrymen are no
ways deficient il fpril, and that foreign
injury and nfult, - far from poiieing the
power to awe, will only ietve to excite
i iult reiemment, We fhall abitdln from nun.
| ilering fuel to flame which, we rlique
nothing in anticipating, will blaze from
/ ore end of the nation 20 the other. II is
indeed NOT nanifet that iince the mex
plicable diiavowal Of the arrangement en-
tered into with Mr.. ErfkDe, IT mas requf-
ed every effort of moderation and wiidom
ia keep down the tone of the public mind
and had the government choien with that
fcene to cloCe all further intercourie with
Britain, there is no doubt but that the
nation would have gone heart and hand
with them.
As, however, this cafe is fomewhat new
in our political annals, we ihall lay before
our readers fcw extracts from Valtel, the
mott approved writer on the law OF ma
tons, and certainly the writer, who from
the uncommon benevolence OF his diipet-
ton, of all others is the mott cautious in
.f.,,h he.
of colliiion between nations.
Book .. Capter g, Vattel iays:-
Every nation, every iovereisn, ought
to maintain his dignity by cauiing the
refpeet to be paid TO it which is his due,
and ESPECIALLY not 10 iutfer that any itan
be CAT upon it. Ii he has then, titles and
honor that belong to him according to
conlant cutom, be may require them; &
he ought to do it, on occalions where his
glory is concerned.
" But il is proper to diainguifh, between
negligence on the omiiIion of what ought
TO be done according to commonly received
cutom, and pofitive acts of diirefpeet and
!niult. The prince may complain Of neg
ligence, and it 1t is not repaired may con-
fider it as a mark of bad diipoiition he
has right to demand, even by force of
arms, the reparation of an iniut. The
Car Peter ]. complained IN his mani
felto againit Sweden, for not having fred
the cannon on bis pallsge to Riga. He
might think it orange that they did not
pay him the marx of reipeet, aDt he
might complais OF it but to make this
the eaule OF war, was beIng extremely
prodigal of human blood.
Book 4, Chapter ,, he lays -
I" Should foreign minilter offend the
Prince himielf, be wanting in reipect TO
him, and by his intrigues rafe diiturbances
in the fate and court, the injured Prince,
from particular regard to the minifter's
mater, iometimes requires that he ihould
be recalled, or, if the fault be more helm
Gus, the Prince forbids him the court, till
he receives an aniwer from his mater
bit IN important cafes he proceeds 70 far
"a to order him to quit his domiuions.
Every iovereign has an unqnehionable
right TO proceed in this manner for being
matter in his own domnions, no foreigner
can fay at his court, or in his dominions,
without his permlilion. And though iove-
reigns are generally obliged to hear the
overtures of foreign powers, and to admit
their miniiters, this obligation ceaGes en-
tirelY with regard TO miniter. who be.
ing h!mfelf wanting in the duties ncum-
bent on him from his character, becomes
dangerous Oh JULY fJlpeeted by him, to
whom he is to come only as miniiter OF
peace"
So much for this particular cafe. We
fhall in our next, ihould nothing more i'm.
portant offer, lay before our readers more
copious extracts on the duties aud priv.
leges of public minil,ers ; it being defrabIe
that on this delicate point, the citizen
ibould know and conform to his duties as
well as the miniiter.
1t remains to be fcen in what manner
this extraordinary cauie for the rupture oil
tn negoclation will be received by the
pubic. That a vaa majority will rally
round the government there can be M
doubt. AS little can exit of the cordial
cooperation of the legislative and execu.
tive departments, between whom and the
people there happily exits a perfect identi.
ty of in'erefts and feelings. But how will
the federal part OF the community receive
it! WIN they feize this new opportunity
: that offers, to thew that, in iunetnrc, they
know no government but their own! rha,
they are as fenible TO the infilts it receives
as they are intefelted in the maintenance
Of It's honor and their own rights VIII
they cooperate in the exhibition to the
} foreign world of i Spectacle Of harmony
and union, that viii infure our eventual
triumph, and draw clofer perhaps, than
ever, the bands of fraternity among our.
fclves We fncereiy trua and hope they
will. II has recently given us peafure on
more occaIious than one To exprefj oul
fatisfattion at the honorable and difpal.
honate temper which has characterized the
noit refpeaable members of the federal
MY. ihnG.- ,ahn In min, of tnln,,.