Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1810-04-30

ness OF the Legislature gain x, .'fsfi.
When we add to this, that the s,a "s'a
Per Of France represents our ~. ~.
I0 Mr.. Jackson az gross ind,,,... ''i
England, TO which nothing b,,. ny
fears and dangers would lei her "
nit, it must be agreed that the COM. suO'
ton given by the legislature i |.
Jackson's correspondence is not u n
ced and unnatural, as to argue a Nv ~
of sense or sincerity. '1f
Without entering into an arcun.
on this subject, of which all are bs. e
ly tired, and to which there SCENE
one SIDE, it may al least be said tina, i
members of the legislature were ~, =
gular in the opinion, that this NJ. III
triiling and unimportant an AFFAIR." Nv
mand the sacrifice Of our teoce-,ha,
| this era of political CONFUSION. The :.
of doubtful words did not REQUIRE !
dismissal of an ambassador Of 49,. il
from one Of The beiEgerant fo7eers. WI wI
the tlolicy Of the administration MA il il"
tated so long and fatient forbccross
1lnder gross and continued olltrages a.,
the other. When Gen. Turrear M
been suffered with IMMUNITY to char
Mr.. Jefferson's administration M
giving facility to rebellion and III
berry," was our legislature cuIpable E,
opposing The abrupt dismissal Of N,
/ Jackson for sHthos,d disresheclfli,
situation, especially when ACCORDING I
Mr.. Giles it tended necessarily TOM
volve our country in wal
The Report next states the anxiety
which arises from a view OF the disn,
sal of Mr.. Jackson considered in cen.
nectIon with the failure Of Mr.. Rosr,
mission, and the ungracious terms n
which the satisfaction subsequently, oe
fered by Mr.. Erskine was accepted"t
is serious subject Of complaint and re-.
greet, that the arrangement with Mr.
Erskine on this point would have been
ratified, if Secretary Smith had no, II.
suited the English government in Ii,
note, in which he accepted their Offers
by such language, as gentleman could
not use with IMMUNITY in the common
intercourse Of life This is a fact, which
no man Of am political information
viii! deny, as il IS generally known, that
all Parties id England were indignant
at this indelicaCy Of Mr. Smith. And
were not All these circumstances, these
| facts combined, sufficient to excite our
fears, that our government had adopted
a system of policy whose tendency
was to produce an open rupture with
England :" Ought not these fears %
be strengthened and increased by con.
sideration Of the forbearance Of our
government towards Frances" after lei
long continued insolence and Outrage;
at period too when by singular con.
currenCe in our views or fortunes, our
embargo had most efftctually hrom0sd
her commercial warfare against Eng.
land and had encouraged Bonapaut
to declare 7vor for as, as for one Of bis
provinces, against Great Britain! II
every man of candour must admit, that
these fears and suspicious may be ID.
dulged without illiberality, does the ex-
preston OF them by the Legislature, 1t
time which calls for truth, arguss
want or an excess of patriotism
The Report next presents US witha
true, but most melancholy state Of Our
national treasury. 1t declares thatln
the course of two years our revenue
had fallen from sixteen millionsto
nine and an half millions !" that our
government had been obliged to sur
port Itself by the surplus of forner
years ;--and that even in time OF peace
10 keepup heace establishment, It was
necessary to borrow four millions o.
dollars This statement had beios
been published by Congress in report
OF Mr.. Gallatin. Was it improperG
criminal TO inform our own people q
the poverty of the national treasury
he legislature publishes how muea
money we have lost by the defalcaiia's
OF our own treasury, and why moi aso
! publish the deficit in the national hnah'
ces Was the legislature to attemPs
y delnde the people like cOncla'e 2
! demagogues, or was it h9neSay IosN
pose 10 the country ali lis evils wa
Il not right 10 go farther, 10 shev ul''
II voluntary loans might supply the "
vernment IN times Of peace, that NJ Nj.
they would become enormous, and mus,