Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1810-07-16
Listers upon French influence.
NUMBER VII.


trench lunueace upon the affairs Of the u
nitcn States. This was precisely the pledge
which he gave To the Public. 1t was his
r5ect 10 examine IN succe sion the various
.s;ands and different dishes the CREST pol
i.ical entertainrent which France has Civ
sento the United Sta,es--u6 oro esgue nd ma
.g-lrom the egg to the apple of Thomas
Jefierson's noble feast Of Embargo. But
there is a certain impotence and ardour in
the public miad which the writer must
suiler to influence his conduct, though he
will not snifer them 10 goSern it. As pub
lic writer, he knows his rights, and viii
maintain them with firm and proud indie
pendence. The Public have their rights
also. They may manifest impatience, they
may exercise all the powers of criticism,
they may read or not read as they please.
But here they must stop. The writer viii
listen to advice, but he will repel dictation.
Some appear to require volumes in mo-
ment upon subject which has required
the reflection Of years in merely deciding
upon the proper mode 10 be pursued, and
every step III the progress of which, in his
own poor judgment, deman' q great dellb-
GRAFTON and great caution. Sdch SHALL be
disappointed. Such SHALL NOT be obey
ed. The author will, in this case, be gov
erhed by one Of the few Jeffcrsonan max
inns upon which lie now sets any value,
and will " manage his own affairs in his
own way" The cool judgment ofthe Pub
lie, however, viii be greatly respected. In
Difference 10 il, we now exhibit new, ex-
traordinarv, and most interesting iniorma-
ton, to the American people.
Descending, then, at once, to the memoir
able session or 1866, the readers recol-
lection is recalled, for one moment, 70 the
tpablic) message of the President, Jeifer-
son, at tine commencement of that session.
Il indicated, in terms the most unequivocal,
that the United States we're on the eve of
war with Spain. Speaking of the injuries
received from that power, the message
said. Some of Them are of a nature to be
met by force only, and all of them may lead
20 IL. I cannot therefore but recommend
such preparations as circumstances call for"
The message, indeed, abounded in that am
biguitv of expression, and in that general
cation Of censure upon "every belhgerent."
for which the luminous mind ofthat remar-
kable man was distinguished. Spain was
particularly complained of-the general
cersure upon " the belligerents," was evil
IDENTITY meant for Great tBritain--but MOTH
ing was said Of France. Mark ths-not
one zpord Of France Yet the President had
IN his possession documents from General
Armstrong, announcing to him, IN the most
perfect OF all official forms, that as it re-
spected the difficulties which appeared to
exist betzrseu the american and Spanish geo.
e-zpnents, there was in Fact, as Mr. Randolph
soon after said in the Hot of Representa-
tives, "no Spain" Speaking Of Spain a.
mong other matters, the President said,
Propositions for adjusting amica6ly the
boundaries of Louisiana have not been &C
ceded TO-" In private message soon after,
he said "It is policy of Spain to reserve
herself for events" Yet this arch deceiver
knew that the reason why the boundaries OF
Louisiana could not be adjusted with Spain
was that France would not suffer Spain to
adjust them with the. United States upon
any terms whatever And he was guilty of
the mos. unprincipled conduct IN telling
CONGRESS Ihis he would not say to the A
ncrican peonIe and the world) that it was
The policy oil Spain 10 reserve herself for
events. when his agents abroad had inform
ed him that It was the policy Of France 10
reserve Spain for events (Tbe public mes
Saga only three days aster.) The +" illustri-
Gus Jefferson the only man on earth OF
~hom the writer is at this time disposed to
suck with severity, and that he appeals to
his God for The truth Of the assertion, Tor no
private or personal reason, well knew that
fom The very origin Of the negotiations in
reference to the purchase Is wei as boun-
aaries of Louisiana, the government of
Spain was suffered 10 take no step whatev-
er without applying for the commands OF
France, and was in the constant habit. at e.
very stage OF the business, OF sending TO
know what those commands were,
facts which will not be denied by either OF
our Ministers who have been concerned IN
those negotiations, or ~ their privGfe Sere-
ta,ics. And vet this Man oftne People
tins President Of the " good cid United
sta&s'-told congress, in The private mes
sage. {" We have reason TO believe that ne
.France) was disposed to effect settle
ment (between the United States and
Spain) on a plan analogous to what our Min
isters proposed" WHAT a horrible vioiator
cfTrulh When lie said this he knew taat
if France "was disposed TO effect a settle
ment it would be /" effected" IN one mo-
ment But there is much virtue III that
word, /" analogous" Analogous 10 what
Our Minister'S IN tie offers they made,
proposed" TO RELINcuIsH OUR CLAIMS
foR sPoLIArIoNs, BOTH SPANISH
AND FRENCH, merely to obtain boun-
Diary for Louisiana For Spanish s2oiatIons
alone il is said we have lately been offered
Light 11iliions If DltloySl The 4" anala-
guus," therefore, as the private documents
do not shew that our Ministers, in making
those offers, said any thing about buying
Florida, undoubtedly meant this
FRANCE WANTS MONEY, AT
LEAST EIGHT MILLIONS, BESIDES
THE REIMBURSEMENT CT ALL
CLAIMS FOR SPANISH AND
FRENCH SPOLIATIONS, AND MUST