Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1810-03-05

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or, vet we, cherish the same principles OF
moral obligation. We should deprecs'e AZ
unjust and unnecessary contest with any ma
ton which is disposed to respect our rights
and TO reciprccate, upon equitable 'ef'hs'
the advantages of friendship ana commerce.
RESOLVED, That the administrators OF
our Government have not manifested, SO iar
az we have the means to Judge, DISPOSE
ton to adjust and settle, upon honorable
terms. the causes Of difference between us
and Great Britain. And we deeply regret,
that our administration has discovered, to-
wa ds the British Messenger OF Peace,
disposition, which we canno- but believes, Is
calculated TO widen the breach, and thus
hazard the interest and welfare Of our coun-
try, by preventing a restoration OF those
commercial advantages on which our ma
tional prosperity so much depends.
RESOLVED, That we are reluctantly
compelled to believe, that mysterious and
alarming prediction in favor OF France "a
tai to our national prosperity, and exceed
ingly dangerous to our independence, exists
in the Administration since It isa plain, &
undeniable fact, that the aggressIons OF
France arc, beyond all comparison, greater
than those of Great Britain. Yet the for
mer are industriously concealed as much as
possible, while the latter are greatly magnl-
fed And even these seem 10 have been
practised upon us, because we do not re-
sist French aggressions upon our neutral
rights, which confessedly are intended BY
Napoleon to injure nation with which we
are at peace, and which wishes to cultivate
with us peace, commerce, and neutrality.
RESOLVED, That such a conduct, in
defiance of the neutral policy, which has ev-
er been consistent with our interest, in ia
vor Of power, which has swept from the
earth every free government except our
own /; q power, which has subjecte almost
all Europe to its despotic sway, while the
few governments which remain are totter-
ing upon the verge Of destruction, and that
nothing but the power of the British navy
prevents the subjugation of the world TO the
TyIant's dominion, is not more disgraceful
to the memory of our Fathers, nor more in
consistent with our rights and liberties, and
the honor Of our country, than It IS opposed
to the pure principles of Republicanlsm, to
which Napoleon and his adhercnts, both in
Europe, and in this country, have made such
loud, and hypocritical pretensions.
RESOLVED, That the dismissal of Mr..
Jackson, the Minister Of Great Britain, is,
in our opinion, unnecessary, impolitic, dan
gcrous, and unjust that from careful Pc
rusal of the correspondence between that
Minister and our Government, we cannot
perceive even the pretence of cause, nor
do we discover from the correspondence a.
ny other disposition in the British nation, or
its minister, than such as would be for the
best interests of our country to cultivate, and
more especially when treating with the
only power, which is contendng for the in
dependence of nations, and the only nation
which has power to do US any injury, but
whose interest it seems 10 be, as much as
our own, to cultivate with us peace & COM
merce.
RESOLVED, That the privations under
which our country has suffered by an EN-
barge, and other commercial restrictions,
have had no tendency TO coerce Great Bril-
tain, but have contributed greatly 10 The be-
nefit of her colonies, which have risen Ia
wealth and prosperity in proportion as we
have been sinking into ruin and disgrace.
And that these restrictions have given to
British merchants monopoly Of the carry
ing trade of the world, to which has been 50
much owing the prosperity of the NewET-
gland States, and O.. Massachusetts more
especially while from French newspapers,
and various other sources OF intelligence, our
ruined merchants are insulted with the in
formation, that BonSparte exults in the in.
fuence he has obtained over our national
councils.
RESOLVED, That we contemplate,
with the pride and satisfaction of freemen,
the patriotic and spirited resolutions passed
in our State Legislature at their present SEES
sion in which, after full and mature de-
liberation on their nlomentous subjecss, we
most cordially, fully, and en- rely acquiesce
and that we will with our votes and our
influence, support those principles, as tend
ing, we most solemnly believe, to the best
interests, welfare, and honor Of our country.
And we will employ allhonest, fair, and con-
Sttutional means, TO Counterfeit the iBsidi-
Gus designs of our foreign and domestic ene-
mes, contradict the numerous falsehoods,
by means of which they seek to deceive, &
endeavor as tar as in us lies, to promote the
cause OF truth, and the victory of correct
principles, and thus avert the impending G.
wis, to which, we believe, French influence
and intrigue have subjected us And to sup
port the pure principles of our forefathers,
and the magnanlmous policy of our depart
ed Washington, we pledge our honor, and
Will hazard, IT necessary, our property and
our lives.
Therefore RESOLVED, in the full con.
yicton that our present GovERNoR and
1t. GOVERNOR are actuated BY the same
principles and motives, we will on the first
Monday IN April next, give our united suf-
TRACES IN favor ofhis Excellency CHRISTIE
PHER GORE, as Governor, and his Honor
DAVID COBB, as Lieutenant Governor
And that for the same reasons we will
also support, with our votes and our inhu-