Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1812-10-26

The Poit office department recel-
we'd bis early attention. The Feder-
al Republicans, generally fpeaking,
were fwept from office in that de-
partment, to make room for hungry
expe6tants of his own party And
all other officers, within The pref
dental grafp, have generally fhared
the fame fate; while their places
have been filed with The Il pc rers
of Jeferf2nian policy, to reward
them for their jealous opPoftIon to
the Federal administration.
During Jefferfon's administration,
the treaty with Great Britain, which
had been negotiated and ratified un-
der Warrington expired. The gov
eminent of Great Britain offered to
renew this fame treaty, under which
we had reapsd the greatef CONNER
clal advantages, ever known TO our
country Was this offer accepted !?
No-Why not Becaufe our admin
iitration was then competed Of the
fame men, who had ever been violent
oppofers Of this treaty.
Meflrs. Munroe and Pinkney were
then appointed minilters plenipoten-
tiary to negotiate with the Britilh
government, and to form a treaty,
which would be acceptable to Jeffer-
fon' They accordingly entered up
on the buGnefs Of negotiation, and a
treaty was formed, which they declar-
ed to be (" both fate, and honorable"
70 our nation. But what was the re-
fult OF this negotiation ? 1t was this
= Jefsrfon rejected this treaty, with
OUT ever laying it before the fenate,
who were his conftitutional advilers.
thus we fee, he has carefully avoid
ed an arrangement with Great Bril-
tain.
In 1907 a mott fragrant violation
Of our rights was committed by a
Britifh armed vehel, by an outrageous
attack on the Chetapeak (; and the 10
dignation of every American was
juitly routed. But what was the
conduct of our national executive in
this affair ? Did he firlt feek redrefs
Of the Britifh government ? No, in
ftead of aikirg for fatisfa6ion, an
hundred thouiand militia were de-
tached to redrels our wrong But
ON making application to the Britiih
government, it was found, that the
attack was wholly unauthorized,
and difavowed by that government /;
and reparation was offered, and has
lince been made, as foon as our
government could condeicend TO &C.
cept it.
About this time our commerce
was coniderably impeded by the bel
ligerents of Europe frt by the
French DEGREES, and then by the
Britifh orders in couHcil. Jefcrfon,
at the commencement Of his adminif-
tration, had 70 economical our ma
Wy, that we had now but a fmall
force executive of gunboatS, fer the
protection Of our commerce and
inltead of making any addition to
this, he recommended an embargo,
under the pretence of protecting our
commercial rights, and of coerciug
the beiligernts of Europe.
Purfuant TO bis recommendation an
embargo was laid in December 1867
on all our fhipping, and long train
of supplements followed in quick fuc.
Ceilion. Our harbourS were literally
blockaded by fleet of gunboats, and
the very force, which ihould have
protected our commerce againit the
aggrenions Of foreign nations was now
employed in fpecies of annihilation
Of it.
Before We approve, or disapprJve Of
the embargo, and its substitute, The nom
intercourse, let Us take a candid retro
spect Of the effects, which il has pro-
duced; and then su. civ We may b. al
lowed 10 Judge OF the measure by its
fruits. Although It was said by the
I Jetiersonlan party that the encroach-
ments, made by the belligercnts on our
commerce, were sufficient 10 render
such measure not only UNSUITABLE, bat
necessary yet it appears BY the most
incontestible evidence, that instead Of
relieving commerce from any of lis