Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1811-06-24


cree VS. uAation of cur rigiis WifhoIltI
apology, and hal our neutral duties obliged
Us 90 resent II, let US see by what means
whether as your EXcellency allcdgcx, " bg
rvs,y fossit.e n.c1nS," We waideG of that
blow
know of means adopted nv tie row
ernment for ihat purpose The means Ill
cur power, were war against France, OF
The fitting Out our pubic ships, and con-,
,otihg oor trade as adopted Ly your friend
lar. Adams. oc lastly, tie interdiciing
car tFAAe with France, tie ofIenGing natIun.
These were cur cnly ne1es, but the govern.
secnt INSTEAD q sdop0ng :" exe,y tassi5.e
7aseaCs, adopted neither But We NAV tie
cod. 1hzt France made az informal declara-
i.cn TIA; she did not intend 10 extend the
decrecs 70 rs. Yes sir, she did ~ "a IN
Official agent, yvhn debated az The moment
LIS wales Of power. inlinated that they were
nethtsnLed 10 extend 10 us. Her conduct
- 'bat case, Was precisely like her ia,e con
duct % relation 70 our proposal for the re-
newt 9! he nU-in.erc Sac talk d.
She prof ssed--sae promlacd-but size nev.
crperiorred On the contrary, in the hrst
case which happened. the Horizon, wLich
was stranded by the act OF God on her coast
she seized WHIST the ruthless elements had
spared She also seized al the s4me time,
n Hsmhirgh and Italy, ali American pro.
perry. Great Britgin waited four months
sfer these seizures to know If our govern
Tnent would resent them. She waited in
vain. So far from " wardnr off tile blow, I"
we licked the hand which was raised 10
she'd our blood
II November, 1907, twelve months after
The French declaration Of war on all neu-
trai trade. Great Britain retaliated bur did
she Tct@iiaie aftey ne manner a her enemy.
or did she, even IN her resentment, insult
ihe laws Cf Humanity aud Justice The de-
oFees - Ter enemy went III operation 7siB.
ezf n0tioe She allowed ample time q every
neutral q have knowledge al hers Her
enemy declared ~ Tie psssesrloHs of Great
Britain "a a STATE OF blockade The British
TNcnment resIri,ted theirs 10 the Cont4n-
ant at Europe. Rnn4parte fixed no time
ior the cessation Of his bu: that OF his having
en~rcrd Great Britain I'D maritime peace.
~ other words, % lis ooaqles, az that ISL
sat inhabited by tie oaiy nation Which re
SISTED lbs power Great Britain in Ter very
orders themselves, pledged herself 10 repeal
them a. som s., and Whenever France he
hrsi wroag dner IL 1uid repeal hers
We sec then the p2ruslity and unfairness
Il assHg Why Great Britain does not set
ter enemy che Example III generosity aud
justice Her orders are merely retaliatorv
were Size % repeal them to- morrow, tie
trade 81 the United States would not b. tile
less sLsckled. Il would be construed by
Ter naughty foe. as another proof If her
weakness, and ofthe success Of hrs CONT
Mental system. Has DEGREES would be en-
TrrfFl with NOR. rtrrr.r n
would be again compelled with reiterated
SHd inereased odium to restore her orders
But your zxceAsncy has told as, il sub.
stance, lcan believe III that E" France has
setthe iirst example by repeating her de-
etees." OF all the professions or asser-
toms ct Pary men. this st this late
day, a tie most attentive. In Ohio, or
TeHessec, such az assertion TO the Doors Of
that country, who are one thousand miles
from --- ocean, might be exCusabIe but
suri 1ynl@d, as is !oVr Exceilency, by adyi-
s~Fs coacerned III trade, visiting as YOU do
rha reftppths Of Massachusetts every dsv
alcL .H ssfcrtionIs evidence Of hardih0Cd
WtHch a-s-es conviction, and IS proof against
sh4nIl You know well sir That aItholeh
Giic .ncDmF alaPle Napoleon" tin ougb bis
ln n's.er asserted, that has DEGREES were re-
Tetel on the lst Of August, get tia, he 1T
fGc nae time, sad that they should ooeyde
r.H N0vfmber.
THIS nrw mode ofre7eslinE a law and
-.eDp;ng Il IL force, Wa hued only for men,
who are either sold T. foreign country or
who connect lis interests with their own.
= nation which could receive SO absurd
proposition as sincere, must nave been Al.
Fesdy halt sold, snd ha.f prepared u sut.
init 10 a masler- So Bonauarte understood
it -But your Excelienoy knew more tLan
'iIat when you wco;e your speech Yuu
Anew that after The dag set fer The rcreaPs
gong INTO c5sci, cur OWN agem in ancc,
declared that 8 not are case had occuied III
which lie repeal had been proved Ia exist,
tut that o. uie contrary, seiznres had taken
pace aiiey the period tAed " tie Em;eio J,
proving ihat the DEGREES grc,e s,lH r force"
Sec Mr. RuSscl's euer to our government
Your Exoeilenc, knew fartl.er-you kne "
that the due de Mssss, one Of lis ~. les
IT'S ministers, had declared HAT the de.
crees would not cease 10 operate till the "a
80 Feb knew still father, that tile In
comparable" Emperor himself had vice
declared since the 81 Of Feb. that his de-
crees should form the Law Of Continental
EagCpe - and that uH'ess the JT States
sh0ua conform 70 lis Gecccs. they should
he driven from his dominiOns n Ills Honor.
your Lieutenant, in principles, patriotism
aad rank, could have told you, that all cur
FrO. ,erty still remains seques 9 ca until he
Knows whether we fall INTO tbs continental
system Or not and the N IN tendency if
not the chIef object Of your Excel, ncy',
speech, IS TO force Us INTO this system b.
!nsitylng those who arc not vet prepared
iDr such a sUblugation. WHY then yCu ask
does not Great Britain initiate the exam