Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1811-06-24

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ltheir Chief Magistrate with due res-
meet. and none more than !oQ, Sir. II,
Io,yht to be noticed TOO, thai ID the ne-
~ caucus or" nsacmblsge" which yoa
denounce, the most profound and
respectful silence was preserved to-
yards y0a,
Yonr Excellency ) pleased u ask,
"Whether the " Asscmblsge" NANTES
(" ted a quick discernment " beadiag c Htso-
+" tiation" un which may rest our JAwe fcucr
+" thus TO condemn our Maternal Govern
/" ment =
Your ExcelIency must be much
more ignorant Of cur public Affairs,
than you pretend, If you dl not know,
that there was al iisat time 10 hcsohG.
Hon Tending MIR PrNENEY, IN or.
der Of our Cabinet, had taken RS leave,
and the negotiation was wholly uptur-
eG.-Your Excellency simply inttodn.
ced this stale charge Of the Ghrc7Hcte Ill
order to throw an odium upon the fed
eralists, as if they were cndeavouring
to injure their ozyn country, apd en-
courage a foreign nalon.--Mech as
every high, and honorable and indeed
honest mind despises such ins ia-
tons, aud far as al 'irtuous men are
from suspecting the purity a other
mems motives, still when such irnsu-
tations proceed from man high il Of.
fee, and are calculated to do wide and
extensive mischief, your Excellcncy
will pardon me for saying one or TWO
words upon this suggestion or impuia.
ton
In the first place, what should make
The 5000 citizens Of the capital Of this
State :" nlany Of 7ghon, you undertake
" 10 knouy, and to declare 10 be menoF
"talents, property, influence and biyh
Offices" love their country less than
your ExcelIency, Or any foreign coun-
try more 2 Does your Excellency
Judge of their hearts BY your .ga i?
hops not--GoD forbid that any orc
should so Judge them.
Perhaps you viii say, that TO give any
opinions ipending a negociation)
against your own government is wrong
and argues toUe 10 foreign nation -
What a conUeniem doctrine for w.
rant! Though your foreign relations
often involve your peace, your proper
ityo your liberty, your lives, yet on this
most important Of all topics The peo-
pie must be silent, even IL they per
ceive they ale about to be sold or bar
tered away.
But you are to Be silent "tend.aF
" me negotiation" And 1eten are Won,
to speak ont 2--.Efler it is finished. and
your case ~ remediless -9y1rr vour
government has made il the suhreue
law are you fhen to ohkose IL 2-Or
does your Exceilency mean u avoid
The dilemma by refusing the right ID
speak on these nost Interesting tones az
aH Would your Excellencv rather
recommend to us the example orlour
oz0n party, who after President IyAsU-
INGToN had made treaty With Gr.a--
Britain, burnt the Chief Justice who
negotiated It, in efigy, and one Of your
leaders exclaimed, that he = would
KICK the damned treaty ID H@H"?
Your Excellsncy wiz perceive our en-.
barrasment how to please vou-.w4
would do i if We could.
a" REBEL"
Governor Ger,y, rs. TIE Bogtor. A.,enbi-r..
F." So faJ5on affecting. ne corca,ncr, IF
me =. States hare. By every ro.sibie
means 7oayded III the deadly blo4g Gis5rd y.
o~ commerce by joteisn na,ions."
LGerry's Ffeuch Specch.1
May Il P.ease jour ErceHcrcy,
NEVER was \ greater untruth uttered
by any political partisan. l do not men 10
contradict your Excellency, and rut lie
weight a my assertion against ours. bu,
more ny ne blessing Of heaven III move lat
am nght. A I'd II our country iealr- Dos.
seSses The intelligence and virtue v,irl, n,r
Fonucal nstitaHons fFcsuPtose. / do nos
rear The result. have proved Sat WI Rpr.
I'm decree WAS, by The tacit sdmission .fonr
own Cabln-t, and in truth, no, onlytIe FIRST.
nut The most tlgrant violation of eur rirhts'
! nave proved also, that it imposed ru1n IL
INC Gay or resistance under The Deralfv of
IoIIeltlng our Neutral cbar.c,,