Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1812-09-21
RESOLVED,

RESOLVED,
AS the fcnfe of this Convention,
thar it is as well the duty as the right
Of Freemen, whether acting as indi
viduais or members Of an aGembly,
convened for the purPole Of" con-
fulting for the public good" to ex-
pre(s their opinions without reltraint
concerning public affairs and the Of
fetal conduct of the men who ad-
miniiter their government.
Ref5lUed, That this right, exerciled
even while we were Colonies, and
guaranteed to us by both our Nation
al and State Contributions, is not to
be furrendered but with our liberties
and lives and that we view with
indignation all attempts to deltroy it,
whether by armed nl9b5 or in any other
form which this tyranical pretenGon
msyfahume'
Rej6ived, That we conGder the u
Mon Of the States, as an ineffimable
blc1ing, and that we deeply deplore
couric of meafures which may diff
afea any portion of the community
10 this national compact.
ReiSiOed, That the protection and
exteniion Of commerce were among
the phncipal objects which induced
the people of the Nothern and Eaf-
tern States to become partners to the
compact upon the terms of the aiIo-
ciaticn.
Rei5fved, That we conGder the re-
futal OF our government 10 renew the
treaty with Great Britain negotiated
during the administration of our re-
yered WASHINGTON as alto the ne
gle6f of Prefdent Jefcr(on to fubmit
10 the Senate of the United States
the treaty made by Miniflers of his
own appointment and under his IN
ilru6tions, as'the principal caules Of
the long couIfe of commercial reRric-
tions, which have for feveral years
waited our country, and of our pre-
fent diitrels and embarrafments.
Rej5lved, That we conGder the de-
fencelefs fate of our fea COATS, and
the aln,of total annihilation of our
infant Many as eyincing extreme ne
gled Of our fafety and indifference
to the lecurity Of Commerce.
Rsf5lUed. That we conGder the
War commenced againlt Great -Bri-
tain, under exiting circumstances,
unneceiIary, impoitic and ruinous /;
aud that if our rulers felt themfelves
impelled by any considerations Of i'm
perious neoeility to refort TO this
dreadful expedient, it ihould not have
been declared until all attempts at ne
COLLATION. had failed, nor until our nu-
mcrous ablsnt fhips had returned and
an opportunity had been afforded to
our commercial citizens to withdraw
from Creat- Britain their immenfe
depoGts.
ReEIUed, That the conditional re-
peal of the Britiih Orders in Council
at the moment when war was declar-
ed, Whit it will furnilh the people
m9As Of tsfiRg the finceri,y Of the Ad-
miniitration in their projections Of a
fincere deGre to accommodate our
differences with Great Britain, az
fords additional evidence of the I'M
policy of prematurely cloGng the ne
gociations.
Rff5!De5, That the proclamation Of
the PRECEDENT Of the United States
declaring the repeal of the Berlin and
Milan DEGREES in Nov. 1870, now
appears beyond contradiction NOT to
have been founded in fact, and that
the hnehe and declaration of the
French cabinet refpe6ting that fub-
iea clearly prove that the condition
Of ultimate fufpenfon of thele de-
crees was a fubmilIion to the CONT
mental fylten Of BoNsrARTE, by re.
wing our non.intercourfe law a.
gain(t Great Britain
Rej5ived, That we conider the