Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1811-02-04

,...t.,5s..f,s VIZ MEAN the honest bcs
.A-.s,vs,i eosa.n9y, who, to- upHsht - he
y.h-f,hemsely.s !, Cannot easily be MADE
,,..,s.,ect co-runti0a IN others.
m. farmers and mechanics ore the very
..,-..,,rt ao,. cement 81 society bur many Of
Nm have been nj Head by the oBSee sefkess
,,rtbs dav. They ought no longer 90 be de
God let them attentivcly resd tins
eacb Ie, them repeat il to iher cnl-
asen taut thcy also may be tnugh' 10 re-
seect and support thelr own rights ava M
critics. Did Our tas2ss wash tins SON WIN
their blood for thsssof he Of -scolv'TSs
n fas earth Did tTs~1Iew-EHGiandS States
lain oar liberties, only g surrender them 70
,i.stxrt nations in tie west, Or to DIVIDE
Efnpire with thcm2
OF what use is a general government
cye- us If they legislsse exclusively tor the
bsneRt of the South and the West ( Has
che New-Englsnd farmer, ship builder or
merchant, received any acts ct Favor or en-
touragerent from our general government!
Have they not on tho contrary been opPfesS-
ed Nv Fribcr -pcs, Non iRereemsfS' &C h'a
,p..c we sot. al this moment, tRtestcneo wl'h
: new non.intercourse under which VIII ne
seized aad oonhspstss all vessels VA
FnnIisb yro,luce from this dAy The south.
- sastes will not feel ali this. Msssacau-
.eas owns mere than ore fhtyd Of .hesshis-
r,sr ofthe United S,ates-isd i 5s-.s Vm-
,rinia. no doubt the goyeC1r'snt wt!Sssss Fs
md. nrovig,ons for ner- UndeF he notion
&c hriar;r~ Dthcr naiiotss 10 terms, there IS
= r.ryctual war carried on by our own gov
ernrent agsins, The commerC and properly
&C osg own c,tizehs. Ara these things as
,hey should be VIII such proceedings
bring France TO terms No; 70 her We ara
,Iresdy tributary. VIII they snbdue C'e&i
g~;fsin No; sne f.els not the punishment
;,s;cted or the American citizen by has
own government. What is the language
~ our government TO her citizens Ii
q Rr;tais & France do us Justice, your YES
s,.ls may come home with their produce al
Ter the End of Teb. But executive officers
of government must seize on your property,
and hold il, (for safe keeplng,) until TINS tact
be ascertained IfGreat Britain shall have
revoked her Orders in Council, no harm IS
done, and you may take pe2ceable posses
sion of yOur OzUA properly; bat It she oost'-
natcly refuse Us justice, your property, land
rot that Of the English) is the forfeiture"
A.. { an il be pretended that you have commit
ted breach of the laws for sanding your
vessel to sea under regular clearanes-
when to your knowledge, or even the
knowledge Of government itself, no non
Intercourse law was IN operation To BIS
sure, the President by proolamatIon warned
YOU that such lazy might possibly 'ahs e.
fscf. But neither he nor you ara IN posses
sion of the fact, until your vessel had gone
go sea and without the most distant ideS,
on YOUR part, Of infringing any known law
of the land. But thanks DC TO the Governor
Of the universe, that although we owe alls-
glance to the general government, yet We
6rst owe our duty 20 our oEsB STATE SoVe-
yeigafy. The people have right 10 alter
the government, and take measures neces-
sary for their prosperity, safety and hapPI-
ness" But TO 10 urn 10 the subject OF the
.3esch-ihe general government cannot sx-
coed the powers grated or guaranteed to
them ~ the state governments. And If tho
,neenstitutionality of the act of AnncXiDg
New. Orleans TO the United States, as
separate and independent State, be not eyi.
IDENTIFY and clearly proved by the speech be-
fore us-yet we declare i. with eoldness,
Ard without the fear of being controverted,
that this power of making new States, with
cut the the territory OF the cid thirteen
States and without the consent ofthe other
States. has no where, and in no instance,
been guaranteed to Congress 10y The iSdi-
C.dual States. Read the 9th article Of our
State Constitution.
"The people of this Commonwealth
have the sole anu exclusive right of gov.
erning themselves, a a fee, sovereign and
Independent State /; and do, and forever here
after shall, exct else and enjoy every power,
Jurisdiction and right, which rs HVf, and ntGy
,.st hereafter, be by them expressly detegaJsd
10 the Unred States of America, Ia Con-
CESS assembled"
Now we maintain, that neither Massachu-
sets, or any other state IN he Usion, ,bss
delegated 10 Congress the right 70 conquer
OF purchase all the West India Island to
erect them into state sovereignlics, aud adj
NIT them to representation, whereby The
liberties, consequence and influence Of It's
Old thirteen Republicans States, wUgid most
certainly be annlhllsted aud destroyed
The principle is admitted, and we may i've
To see the day when the Representatives
of the esst will be ordered to dance vsssai
attendance 70 the nabobs Of lhe western
smpire.
A dissolution Of the Union, we should
most sincerely deprecnte but the State
soferelgnues nsast Is respected, or Il spsl
J9!lOsO.