Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1811-03-04

toad the zles tv he2pIng Y WITH
;hefs rev acquihtions. Crap ~.
too eagerly Al your purpofc. III your
freed after uncontrolled fwav, tram
Die rot dowr Il is confitntion. Al
ready the cid Rates fink III the cIti-
nation Of members, when brought
INFO corparilon with thefe new
countries We have been told that
:" N'ew- Q, Ie1nJ zvss lie NAT important
paint IN tie tHisH.' a place out of
tn union, the mott important place
within i'll We have been siked
{" What are fome Of the fmall aates,
when compared with the Mililippi
Territory I" The gentleman from
that territory fMr. Poindexter) fpoke
the other day of the MiThppi, as
q of high road between" Good
heavens between what? Mr.. Speak
er.--Why " The eattern and WEI
tern 1ates." So that all the north
vetern territories, all the countries,
once the extreme wefern boundary
OF our union, are hereafter 10 be de-
nominated EaRsrn States -
mir. Poindexter explained. He
aid tha. he had not faid that the
Miniilippi was to be the boundary
between the eahern and wefern
ftatcs. He had merely thrown out
hint, that in creaing new Gates, it
might be good high road between
the itates on its waters. His idea
had not extended beyond the sew
ftates, on the waters of the Milhaip-
PHI
| make no great poin, of this mat
fer. The gentleman will find, in the
National Intelligence, the terms 20
which refer. There will be feen, |
prelume, what he has faid and what
he has not faid. The argument is
not Effected by the explanation New
itates are intended to be formed be-
yond the Miliihppi. There is no
limit 70 mems imaginations, on this
fubiea, ihort Of California and Co.
lumbia river. When faid that the
bill would jultify revolution and
would produce it, fpoke of its prin-
ciple and ito practical consequences.
10 this principle, and thoie COME
quences, would call the attention OF
this houfe and nation If il be about
TO Introduce a condition of things,
absolutely infupportablc, it becomes
wife and honeit men to anticipate the
evil; and TO warm and prepare the
people againt the event / have no
heftitation on the fubjca. The ex-
teniion Of this principle TO the ltates,
contemplated beyond this MiGiiippi,
cannot, will not, and ought not, to
be born, And the fooner the people
contemplate the unavoidable refult,
the better the more likely that
convullionS may be prevented; the
more hope that the evils may be pal
iiated or removed.
Mr. Speaker. What is this liber-
fy of which 70 much is laid Is it tc
walk about this earth, to breathe the
air, and 70 partake the common
blcllnes OF Gods providence. The
BEATS of the field and the birds of the
air unite with US in fuch privileges
as these. But man BOATS a purcr,
and more ETHEREAL temperature Hi:
mind CRAPS in its view the pat and
the future, as we'll as the prelent
We live not for ourleives alone
That which We call liberty is that
principle, on which the enential lecu.
rity Of our political condition de-
ponds. 1t rciults from the limita
rions of our political fyltem, pre-
fcribed in the. contribution. Thefc
limitations, 70 long as they are faith.
fully obferved, maintain order, peace
and fafety When th-y are violated
in efential particulars, all the con
current ipheres OF authority ruth a
gainit each other and diforder, de.
rangement and conVulfion arc, foon.
or or later, the necefAry cOnlequen.
ces.
With refpeG to this love of our u
MON, concerning which 70 much fen.
iibility is exprelled. have no fear
about analyGng it, nature. There i,
in it nothing Of mylery. Itdepend:
ppon the qualities of that union, and
it rcfults from its etFcds upon our
and our country's happiness Ii i:
valued for thar fobcr certainty Of
waking bIils," which it enables Us ,c
realize 1t grows out of the aftc.
flows and has not, and cannot be