Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1811-07-08

stand convicted OF exercising your fHqenftze
talents in order 10 render them obnox-
/ ious.
Ably. Your ENcellency has been proved
to iia,e displayed the meane It llypocricy in
| aewalling the unhappy prevalence OF earn
/ spiyif, AID IN appealing TO the Almighty,
that lie would be pleased 10 allay lis fersor,
while sou Lave endesyorcd, BY every ar,I
ice, and even misrepresentation, II Whet
tito the keenest edge. You have, i'll cyoc-
odile tears, bewailed the horrors Of civil
war, while your spirit and your reccnmen-
| datlons hage tended TO exclte and rzoauce
il, unless you sainiy hoped, tliatt tcrfors
which you held up TO one large mass Of the
| community would induce hem to submit 10
the iswtess and unbgidled rage Of the small
majority obtained by an abuse Of the right
of suffrage.
You affected 70 wish to reclaim your Oh.
Ponents by appeals to their reason, and 10
avoid "ruffling" even their teInpers, while
you adopted language which ieit them on
~ 70 choose between the character of con-
victed culprts, or an indignant spirit Of dis
dsn, and proud defence against unnerited
calunnies.
SHY. You have represented The French
DEGREES as absolutely repsalcd-which il
VIGOROUSLY untrue.
You have represented the obligation on
the President to accept the EmpeTur's emp.
ty and pesfidious declaration as equal 20 an
dctadE cessation Of hostiIities, as ln4lsteasa-
be
You have done more than The hssest syco.
plants in Amenca. Yos have declared
that the Emperor would have " had lust
cause Of war against us" If the President
had rot accepted bis Promise as equal TO an
actual restoration OF our property unjustly
surprised.
Only. You have minated that France
has done, not eOay thing" great deal
towards the work Of Justice. Yet you know
that SO far from dong eveyy thirF, she had
done nothing, but to increase the catalogue
of her wrongs, and to add nsAh to injus-
tlce.
In the very proposal of repeating her de-
crees, which she never meant TO perform,
She reproaches Congress with having Ie-
traced their steps,
She asserts her rights to re,sliale our
Non Intercourse, and 70 retain our property
on The pretext Of reprisals.
The minister az our court, Mr.. Turreau.
added, :" that her future measures would ne
governed by our coudlct--by the inca.
sures which we should Continue 10 adopt
ag.iFsi Tie common rgfeTny
50 insnItirg were these suggestions. thar
even our wise, impartial, and upright cab
met, for about three weeks started al them
and seemed 20 be awsknrg from their long
slumber of submission
Your Excelency knows that they suspen-
ded foe some weeks that tHat tioSo 10 our
trade, which the Boston rebels censured 1,
and ailured their citizens 60 new enterprises
BY the Gtpcayasce Of an intention TO return
10 state Ct impartallty and justice.
The Secretary Of State told Mr. Turreau,
that so long as I" France continued her nlu-
Hcfpaf edicts, the blockade Of Great Bri-
Lain against France was as Indifferent 20 as,
as the blockade of the Caspian seas.
Yet, TRANCE TO relate, these municipal
laws still continued, and we in three weeks
| after, came into the zshoie vieus Of France.
7thly Your eAcelIency declared that
while France had done " ifnot every thing"
yet something, Great Britain had refused
! to revoke her oruers, and had not done any
thing to relieve our trade. have proved,
that Great Britain far fiom refusing, has a.
gain jbromisedto revoke her orders, and has
also done great deal, has set the example
Of justice TO her enemy, by Withdrawing
Der orders from Russia, Denmark, Prussia,
Hamburg, Holland, Spain, Portugal and L.
tally. Where then Is your Excellencys
truth or accuracy.
Silly. Your Excellency asserted, that
the government Of the United States had
with anriUdlied ability commended for Our ma
tional and mciyidEal sights"
have shcwn, that in some casea, such as
Danish captures, they have not conteadel 1t
all, and in al instances have tai.ea " sscerss.
cannot form an idea Of any species ut yn.
rivalled ability which is aitogrthcr JIilf.tss
and tnefscfa1i in what ii uhdeltakes--un-
less your Excellency intended il as irony,
| and that their aJriv-3ea ati.itg consisted N
doing nothng.
91hiy. Your Exceilency praised the AT
mIhlstFation for . having warded oF re
6l0zgs ct their enemies By every poSsibie
| means''
have shewn that the blo4rs have moi
been ysafded off AZ All, but have fallen with
Iuli force; and have moreover shewn
that the measures they did adopt were cal
! culated to ihvise a repetition Ct faeiy 5.oErS
by pusIIlanInity towards one, and By MUS
tee towards the other. Their iast fhea
are viii, (Iteil your E1cellency,) terminate
IN blows Uf 4 more serious nature. And ~
your ENcellency understands NJ Fcr ln
Your speech, aud in subsequent message,
you make il evident that you think a BRITISH
war inevitable, and with view Of preparing
the public mind Tor tile horrors II tbs
vent, YOU wish 10 inAAme lis evils by stir
ring Up one citizen az aInst no.hsr. his
leads me 10 not.ce a separate D.essABe oi
your E1ceilcncy about. the Easern lasur-
gents Or SqHauets. 9tr, Who are SO aiile
to peaccAbte assembisge u citizens m tht
metropolis, do nos iesItzse ~ bvstow lhee
served and Shameless praise ~ \ class ri
men, scne 81 whom, Or mSrf snuAssd ''iSt
them, brother iresFasselss h.Ar bSen IT,
arms against lhe lsias, and have muiLsf, "
and muLiiSIed eeAc~ble clazcns SEEKS \
their Just vights uiLer Tie I~v- vi tie lana.