Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1810-01-22

mmons-arm oar public and private ships,
and unfurl the republican banner against
the imperial standard"
! II proposing a non intercourse be dec
/ laratiOn of war with France, the Kentucky
| Senator in his speech on {" Mr.. Hllhouse'S
resolution to repeal the embargo" has done
tthc same to that country and England also,
and we by our non intercourse law, are At
actual War with both nations II proposing
70 arm public and private ships can be call
Cd declaration Of var. may not the priNlI-
edge allowed US Of keeping fire arms III our
houses be termed measure Of hostiities
to human society? Wherein then does the
ln.quity Of arming vessels for fear Of the
worst exceed that Of providing soldiers
with guns, and training them to military
duty, that they may be ready to defend their
country IN the hour Of danger Those who
are opposed to a navy exhibit 4 selhshness
IN being willing that the mercantile inter-
est should sink, and the sea be overwhelm-
ed by pirates at the very time they would
consider it an arbitrary deprivation TO be
denied the liberty Of defending their farms
s Those who oppose arming our public and
private ships are guilty of as great an in
consistency. The Berlin decree was (as it
now isl in force, and under il we were
commanded not to trade with England -
Ships, having been visited 5y English CRUZ
ers were declared lawful prizes. The
question thence arose, what IS 10 be done
| The committee having deiiberated upon it,
made that famous report, which instead of
being declaration of war with France, is
a comprehensive history Of the executive
and Legislative folly of the general govern
ment. Had congress pursued the meas
ures recommended by that report, we
should have doubtless realised many benc-
fetal effects therefrom. The door of ne
Igociation set open with Britain, and nom
intercourse with France would IT once
have given into our hands large portion o.;
the trade which W. formerly enjoyed the
British orders in council would have been
removed, and France, from motives of poll
lcv have agreed to do US Justice
BY the imperial standard we are TO sup
lpOse is ment the Berlin decree, which was
the only ensign OF hostilities presented to
lour view by the French Emperor, which
the committee would rcpel by rearing the
Republican banner against, and thus obey
the Mosaical law Of ''an eye for an eye and
a tooth for a TOOTH" which is The real poll
CT nations profess 10 practice towards each
lo:her, and which the committee here took
he liberty to recommend. A treaty with
England and non-intercOurse with France
would have been a banner sufficiently coer-
Give for obtaining redress.
However Ubiquitous the democrats sup
pose saiu report 30 be, they must acknowl-
edge that Mr.. Adams, in sty ling it a dec
laration of war, has shown himself to be no
nomenclator of terms. The dialogue con-
tanned in the same letter, which ne said
passed between himself and Deodati, was
50 insignificant that many Of the democratic
printers did not publish il till they had first
given a circulation 10 an extract containing
the above named assertion, after which the
whole letter was promulgated 10 give au-
thenticlty to the part before pnbshed.-
Is not this proof that the party who ex-
press such affection for John Adams, are
convinced of his debiItated state, and are
happy to use him for electioneering purpos.
es?
In letter Of June s, he says that he
"has ever been ct opinion that the electors
Of president ought 10 be chosen bv tie PEG.
pie al large" If by this sentence he means
to express q disaprobauOa of the proceed.
ings of the Massachusetts General Court, il
VIII be equally applicabl TO tho Assem-.
blies Of Vermont, New-Yok, and many 9TH
er democratic states, which have for many
years used the method Of choosing electors
bv the legislature In this sense tie phrase
is as favorable TO the t,deralists as TO the
democrats. II lie alluded ID The Great
Caucus at Washington, loden during the
first session Of the last Congress, ID nay be
IA
latur. If IA ssachusetts had a constitutions
a right ID choose tie electors III president
tis I'D a,l manifest from he first sccti.n Of
Iile -ecurd article Of lie constitution Of he
| UaI.eG y ateS
Iu letter o. JIM 7, he says " in the
57,h page chat IS Of H4miltOn's tooE) an.
other is>raEce is gwen CT my jealousy and
,us, ic,3us sn0s.ton. The most open and
unsusriciuu, man ah>c is accused Cf silSpi-
Ct " To 50 &c min se.f tie most o;tn and
/ ,insus3ittlue nan alive, WAS not expected
! bv AN on II his better DAYS Il would
! lave bee cal I! raeco'.de now 1t may
/ BE- termed ne do'"ge Of 49, old man
II letter of Ma, II, he intimates that
I the k.ng NJ Britain had been held up to him
| IN magniyInF roint OF view, and that in
certain cases lie ''would treat her power
with total contempt" This principle Of
contempt has been advocated by many who
imagine that q treaty with Britain would
either be detrimental 10 the character Of
the last administration, or thai it would be
so beneficial to England 10 enable her 20
withstand the expenses of war, and prolong
her existence, which would be hurtlul to
the ambitious schemes of Bonapalte II
the former be the case, II is too selfish to
merit serious rcfutation if the latter, it is
unbecoming an American, and deserves to
be held in utter adherence.
Bonaparte, the emperor of France, has
o, errun the fiourishing fields Of Europe,