Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1811-12-30

chsslise the insolence Cfthc French 90
,ernment. The s,crnntss Of their re
Y publicanism had not then been mtltt,
down by the sunshine OF court. The
situation OF this nation Wa indeed no
vel and alarming, bui by no means un
accountable Every new attitude "a
ken had been productive CT additional
discontinue and calamity. The gra-
\ dation was as natural Is the scenes III
Hogarth's oelebrat, d prints called The
Rake's Progress he began at gam.
bling table, and il was by no means sur
prising 10 find him finishing his career
in Bedlam. Our misfoltunes com
menoed with the Republican schism OF
1905, when man from the east came
TO undertake the management of the
House (Bidwell J; and how faithful
he had discharged that duty might be
inferred from The fidelity with which
he Lad adhered 10 trust Of very in
fcrior nature. He said the refusal to
sanction the utaty negotiated With
Great Britain by Mr. MoNRoE was a
capital error for which no statesman
could atone 1t was astonishing that
The note attached 10 that treaty BY Lords
HOLLAND and AUCKLAND, should have
given such great offence TO those who
could pernse without sensation the in
sultlng letter OF the Duke OF Caaorc.
The prompt rejection of that treaty, he
repeated, was impolitic and insulting,
and particularly SO 10 the ministers who
negotiated it. He denied that we were
bourd 10 France 10y any pledge or sti
puiation whatever. He was not sur
Iyised to find this assertion made in
rrosiltuted journals, but he never had
expected TO hear il echoed Oh this floor,
and by men too, whom he respected.
1t was miserable, contemplate quib
ble, which even : Newgatc attorney
would not put in bar in an indictment
for capital offence. According 10 the
doctrine of our own government, the
French emperor had only changed the
mode aud not the measure Of his de-
trecs. We he'd therefore received 10
cuid FRO quo, as stipulated, not even
dish oil French b;oth, or soup maiSre,
for our birth right.-Iie contended that
American citizens and property had
been worse treated by tile French En-
peror, Tor some years past, than lie !
could have treated them consistently |
with the treaty concluded with him In |
1900, even illhe two nations had been
at open war. 1t was not pretended |
tiIat We had violated any Of the proyi- |!
sions Of that treaty yet lis most SOL
smn stipulations was VIGOROUSLY dis
rerardcdby The present ulrr Oh France,
IN time Of profound peace i'll proof Of
which Mr.. RANDoLpn read several cx-
tracts from the treaty. With all these
facfs staring US in the face, We talk Of
designating our enemy, and that enemy
not France. lie assisted that the war
now proposed 10 be waged against En-
gland was nut for tie defence oi mar
itinle rights, but merely for the purpose
oiidLing Canada. II the former was
the true object, We should have heard \
something about taking Halifax But
ihet plAce has not yet been spoken Of. |
The barren banks OF Bermuda were Of
mere consequence 10 the protection Of N
maritime rights, than Canada, because
more capable Of injuring our COM
merce. live were 10 go to war, Let il
be for some better effect than the con-
guest OF Canada, or filing the purses Of
Contractors ON the lakes.
AS 10 what had been said about cal
oulating avalice, lie believed this was
the first time nation wls called upon
10 take the most important Of III steps,
without making any calculations
his was the true Rake's Progress
and if such doctrines should prevail,
they would end in the ruin Of the
State MIR. Il alluded TO what kod lul. I
len from him relative TO Gen. WrLKIN-
son. lie said that as the gentlemen !.
from Maryland (Mr WRIGHr) bad .
publicly declared himself that mans
friend, he should cndeavor not 10 iniure \
his feelings ON tina, subject again !,
but he bad been compelled to wade |.
through such mass usles,imoay in !
relation To the Generals character, that
he had no more doubt of its true de- |
merits than he had cf the existence Of |
God and lie could lot renonnce his
belief Of either, but with the loss |
oil his reason Mr.. X. again asserted |
ihat he reioiced in our having descend 4
eG from the Anglo Saxo v. He said IL |,