Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1810-05-21

Roger G isScold, ~
asa S.>alaiag, 4S
Msjorily, 50
The Council concurred in the appoint
| ment by AN unanimous vote,
| Governor TREADwELL then delivered an
| impressive SPEECH, OF winch the ioiloWiHS
extract will eyince fair specimen.
"Itis, / think, much 10 be regretted.
thai the present administration, and ina
which Immediately preceded 1t, IN conduc
| ting the affairs of tie nation, have SO tar ce
! parted from the principles and measures o.
the Immortal Washington, the father OF
| his country under whose administration,
the United States were, beyond parallel
prosperous, safe, and happy. The leading
4 principle Of his system continued by hls I'M
| mediate successor was, to defend the nation,
at every hazard, with an adequate force,
both by sea & land, against iawless aggres.
sion. Glorious things were achieved and
the great masters OF Europe, were compel
| led TO respect our rights a. an independent
/ and powerful nation. Our commerce under
| his plastic hand became second only 10 that
Of the great maritime nation OF Europe -
/ Our ships Of war rode the ocean with con-
| fdence Our treasury was over flowing
and debt, the price Of our Independence,
was uniformly and rapidly decreasing
! But now we experience the reverse OF all
| this. France invades the rights CT our neu-
trail commerce, in defiance OF saoslsuns
treaty We re monstrate, but nothing more.
! Our remonstrances are disregaided. Our
| commerce is seized and ssquestered. Our
vessels are burnt and the Gre ws imprisoned.
| We wholly abandon the idea ct opposing
| force 10 force. Great Britain retaliates on
her enemy the injury aimed al her CON-
merce by tins lawess attack on ours, and
seeks indemnity 1t our expense, because we
| neglect TO defend it, against her rival. We
! Justly complain, but without effect. We
| have recourse &c non importation, embargo,
| and non-intercourse, under the vain idea OF
bringing her to eur feet. Thus, TO revenge
| partial injury TO commerce, we by oar own
act, annihllzte II I; and instead Of woundIng
the great bellgerenis, We have grstified the
one, by falling in with her views, and taught
Tie other, to our lasting damage, new sour
ces of commerce. Our ships OF war have
dIsappe AIRED from the ocean. Our treasury
is exhausted. Our revenue il become ina
dequste to the ordinary expenses Ola peace
establishment and, as a nation, we have
become spIri,less, afflicted, fallen"
Still, in our deienceless condition, our Exc
cutive reject he messenger Of peace from
Great Britain, because its sensibility was
wounded by something indccorous, viii ch
it discerned, or thought it discerned, in The
A. ,..'t \, g.
thus, by regarding form more than sub
stance, we have lost an opportunity for an
honorable adjustment of the most interes-
ting concerns, which perhaps may never re-
turn. Had cur government asserted its
rights with an adequate force, GRATED with
small proportion of the millions winch
have been sacrificed in the prosecution of
this im5eCile system of measures, against
the agsi essIons of France, all these evils
might have been stiAed in their origin. A.
humble su67,ussfon to Freneh ynbae,fy, q, The
mann source Of our unhappy decline. The sys-
tenn OF restriction is now abandoned by its
advocates sijd the dreams of philososhic
theorists have at length, vanished into emp
~ air. Whence this visionary scheme Of
measures Is it 20 be ilpnuted to the want
OF spirit in the nation f, Or, to a defect Of
resources against the maritime power of
France, annihllate TO our hand by the Brit
ISL navy, No. The cause has long exis-
ted and become inseterate, cause which
can be better understood than expressed.
cause which viii be reflected on with re-
greet ny S.itrue Americans, as long a. the
names oi washington and Jefferson shall be
contr@A.ed upon the page OF history
Demecratic Consistency Demo.
Gratis are perPetually brawling against
the Clergy for meddling with Politics !;
bat their actions speak louder than
their words to the truth Of remark of
the late truly Rev. DR.. SrILLMAN,
!" haf IL zvas nor for Preaching hoHfics
me Crrsy rvere blamed, out for he hoE.
TICS they PREACHED" Very few ofthe
Massachusetts Clergy are democratic /;
but OF that lew all OF them are loudly
praised when they preach politics: be.
side which they are often chosen the
advocates of harry h0liacs. OF this
class there were four or FIVE in the last
Legislature and the number it seem,
IS to DC augmented by the election ola
Reverend Disputant in Etch6urg.
The last National intelEgencer con-
tains list ofappointments by the Pre-
sidsnt' with advice of the Senate, prin-
ciPally IN the southern States and Ter
ritories at the United States Cornell
rs q. pan Ness, is appointed Attorney,
aud John Wizard, Marshal, of Vermont.
Eornezcr 4. Derter, Marshal of
Rhode Island. Peter koacsoa. co,x,, :,