Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1809-12-25

! iflne with you upon the efen,ials which that
authority requires TO confitute a right to
difavow the ACT Of public miniffer.
Il IS not immaterial TO ohferve on the quail
ifieaiion contained in the panage you have
qaoted-as il implies the cafe of miniifer
concluding IN virtue If fill pezser. To this
! il would iuffice to anfwer that Mr., Erfkine
| Lal no pszpev and his act consequently does
NOT come within the range of your quota
ton, al,ho' il cannot be forgotten that the
United States have, at no very diltant period,
mott freely exrcifed the right of Withholding
their ratification from even the authorized
| act of their own diplomatic agents, done un-
der the avowed enacfion of full power.
| conceive that what has been already faid
eflabIifhes beyond the reach Of doubt or con-
troveriy that his Majenys miniller did vio-
late his inflructions, and the confequent right
in his Majeay to difavow an ACT 10 concur
| ded. That bis Majeiy had f,osg and ssiid s<s-
son, for 70 doing will appear not only from his
infruetions having been Violated, but from
the crcumftance that the violation of them
involved the iacrifee of great fyftem Of
policy deliberately adopted ard staed upon
in JUN and necenary retaliation of the un-
precedenfed modes of hoitiliiy relorted to BY
his enemy.
There appers to have prevailed through.
ost the whole of the tranfacfion fundamen.
tai miaske which would fuRgeit that his Ma
jefiy had propofed to propiiiate the govern
ment Of the United States in order to induce
Il TO content to the renewal Of the CONNER
cial intercourfe between the two countries !;
and il fuch had been the relations between
Great Britain and Americs, that the advan-
tages of thar intercourse were wholly on the
hde Of the former and IL in any arrange
mens, whether commercial or political, his
Majefty could condeicend to barter objects
ct national policy and dignity for permifiion
20 trade with another country.
Without infinitely calculating what may
be the degree Of prsiIure felt At Paris BY the
differences in the price of goods whether
landed at Havre or Hamburger, will, in my
turn. appsalt To your judgment, Sir, whether Il
be MOI Frssg and lid ,sssss worthy to guide
the councils Of great and powerful monarch,
to Get boupis TO that ipirit of encroachment
aud univerial dominion which would bend
all things to its own fiandardi L. il nothing
in the prefens llne Of the world, when the
agents Of France authoro,stiyely announce TO
their victims. That Europe i fubmitsing &
iurrendering by degrees" that the world
fhould 10 W, that there is ration which BY
that Divine goodneis, 70 arongly appealed to
in the paper to which aluSe.- is enabled TO
faihfy the aGer,;on Is il not important At
iuch moment, that Europe and America
fhould be convinced, that from whatever
countries honorable and manly reliance to
fuch fprit may have been hanilhed, il will
lsll be found in the fovereigu of the Sritifh
nation aud in the hearts of his fubjetfs!
As to the precautions taken in England TO
infurc from injury upon this occaiion the ci-
tizens OF the United States, and which appear
to you 20 be even ye, Insufficient, am conf
dent that in every doubtful cafe the ufuaI lib
crafty of cur tribunals will be exerciied in
determining upon the circumstances Of il;
and IT was at MIR. Pinkncys express requh-
! ton, that additional iniiruetions were given
to the commanders of his Majeiiys fhips of
war and privateers to extend to vetie:s ira
ding to the colonies, plantations and fettle-
ments of Holland, the fame exemption from
capture and mobilization, as was granted to
vehels failing for any of the ports ct Hol-
land,
On the fubjec of return cargocs from 'hofe
ports, mutt obferve, that although il was in
tended to prevent as far as was practicable the
inconveniences likely TO be created by the IN.
authorized Agreements made here in april lat,
yet il was not and could not be intended to OBJ
viate oil pofhble Inconvenience, even fuch as
might have arilen if no fuch agreement had
ever been made.
II an American vefel had failed from Amer
lea for Holland in time OF profound peace, or in
time of wal, the ports of Holland not being at
the date Of failing under blockade, it might
yet have happened that, in the period between
the commencement of fuch voyage and the ar
rival of the veleI Ut the port of defamation,
blockade might have been eifabliilisd before
thar port. The vei1el arriving would, 10 that
cafe, have been warned not to enter the port,
and would have been turned away with the
lois of the whole object IF the voyage. This
would be no extraordinary hardihip, and
would afford no legitimate ground Vt COM
| plant.
The Order in Council isfas 'efs itrid than
fuch biockads would be, for a. much as Il
provides foe the original voyage, commenced
in expectation OF being admitted TO the port
Of deitination, by permitting the entry into
the ports OF Holland and il is no juit ground
of complaint, that i, does no. lupcradd to that
petmii]ion the Liberty TO nc export a cargo OF
The enemy's goods or produce.
| reg leave briefly to recapi ala,e the iub-
aance of what have had The honor 20 con-
vey 10 you as well in verbal, Is in written
communications.
have Informed you of the rrafons of His
Msjeays dilavowal Of he agreement 10 often
mentioned | have fhewa them. in obedience
90 the authority which yon have quoted TO he
both isrcng and fold, and iucll TO weigh,
in the Judgement of HIS M.jeiiy'a Cavern.
ment, every other confederation which you
have contemplated have ihewn 'ha, thar
agreement was no, concluded III yrne OF
fun power, and ihai he rlllrucioes, given on
the nccstion, were violated
Beyond shisponr Of explanation, which was