Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1810-06-25

have g imci talized their fame, p0i b- r.
cording it on the brilliant pages OF illufri-
ous philanthropias, on the durable an
nails OF the great, the good, the Gcdlilst
benefactors of man--bui on the forrow.
ful tombs of faughtered millions on the
defolate ruins of mournful pfincipaIilies,
kingdoms, and empires"
We accord with your Excellency IN the
opinion, that the preient condition Of Eu-
rope indicates an inde6ratc continuance
of war, which has become neceiary to
the exillence of one OF the Belligerents, &
probably TO the future fafety of the whole
civilized world.
During this unprecedented ftruggle, If
is the firlt duty of the government 10 pre-
ferve an honef and impartial neutrality, 70
far as it can be maintained without haZ-
arding our national fafety and indepen-
dence. But as palt events afford us too
much reafon to apprehend, that fuch a
petition cannot be long Imported againft
the unceaiing efforts of the combattants,
to force us into participation ofther dan
gers and diltreles, we mot cordially
unite with your Excellency in the opinion,
that found policy, and even ordinary diff
cretion, demand of our Government Wig
curious and active preparations for fate
of open hoffilities with one of the Bsllig-
erent Powers.
Such courfe is the more obvioully me-
ccliary, inasmuch as we have been adj
moniihed by mott affective experience,
thar in this conflict Of determination, even
peace is but a fate of warfare in difguife !;
and that the rights of neutrality location
ally violated by both the contending par
ties,) are at length avowedly fubjeeted to
the arbitrary will of a government, which
acknowledges no other rule of action than
that every nation fhalI be Underwent to the
conquef of its enemies, and the unlimited
extenfion OF its power.
We mott cheerfully concur in the fenti-
ment ofyour Excellency, that " huiband-
ry and commerce are the two great pillars
OF the Commonwealth, and that not a
right ofeither ought to be invaded or i'm
paired, whit fhe, in fubordination to the
General Government, has an arm to pro-
tect them" The dittrenes we have endur-
ed from the futpeniion of the one, and the
confequent deprefiion of the Other admon-
iih rs, thai as We cannot long exit with.
out the t" aid'' of thefe 6 natural allies"
even war, with all its calamities, is to be
preferred to permanent abandonment of
either.
The entertainments which have refult-
ed from the unprotected fate of our CON-
merce during the prcfent war in Europe,
and which, at different periods, have dri-
ven rs to the very verge of open hoftilities
with both the beliigerents, cannot we be-
lieve, have Jeff " folltary doubt" in the
mind of any iincere and intelligent friend
OF his country, that fyftem of maratime
defence will be our only efficient fecurity
againit the future infults and aggrenions of
contending nations.
The Senate are deeply impreffed with
the Importance OF rendering every pofiible
facility TO the promotion of military difci-
pline. Our pacific policy having provid-
ed no other fyftem of national defence, the
exiting fate of things. imperioully demands
OF US, at the prefent moment, more than
ordinary attention to the organization,
equipment and difciplinc of the militia; &
your Excellency may ref affured of our
jealous cooperation in any practicable
meaiures which may be fuggeaed for that
purpofe.
The alacrlty with which the Legislature
OF Maiachufetts have, at all times, con-
trlbuted to the advancement Of &C religion,
literature, morality and the focal virtues"
viii, we truft, be deemed a fufficent pledge
TO your Excellency that, during the pre-
TENT year, the Senate will not be unmindful
ofstheie primary duties, * that their atten-
ton will be unremittingly directed to thefe
mott important and efTential interefts of
the Commonwealth.
AS our collective and individual happi-
nefsreits almoR excIu6vely on the fupport
OF religious and literary inftitutions, the
Senate will be prompted, at all times, by
a ienfe otPeriona as well as official duty,
10 regard them as the objects Of their frft
and mott iolemn confederation.
SO far as " induftry and economy" ap-
piled TO the extenfion of ufeful manufac-
lures, require the ftimulus of Legislative
patronage, we fhaIl, at ali times, be ready
to concur, with the other branches of the
government, in appropriate meafures for
their encouragement and reward.
Every enterprise which may tend to di.
ninth our dependence upon foreign ma
tons, Is laudable effort Of patriotifn, &
in the prefent condition of the world, has
peculiar claim to the foftering aid Of that
Government, which regards the indepen-
dence OF the people as the lait boon they
viii be willing TO inrrender.
The Senate duly appreciate /" the nu-
merous bleilings, political, civil and reli-
gious," which, amid 70 many periIs and
dhaiters, have been yet continued to US BY
a kind and indulgent Providence. In a
firm, but humble reliance on the future
protection of Heaven, they beg leave to
repeat their aiiurances of cordial fnpport
IN every exertion to advance the beft in
ffreffc ot their oouf1ifuap&e ,.,I -