Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1812-06-15

10 IS tmpoitble TO doubt X and, therefore,
z0JateVey Glena SrOfef4iioH, 1Hiaiqs,I may nezO
ats 70 tie contrary fbey nsf BE- Bed a. implicated
in fJi5 abouigaBle efair--as tho!e individuals on
/ " who are refponGhle 20 the nation which
they have 70 grofsly inlnlted, and on whole
heads ought TO fall that julf retribu,ion for the
crime which they have committed"
The Statesman IS a violent oppo Il
ton paper, and fome allowance no
doubt ought to be made on this &C
count--It mut be confefed that the
prefent alpe6 Of this affair affords
mott excellent opportunity for lafhing
the minlltry; which the editor Of the
Statesman has not fufered to elCaPe
But he has advanced fome things,
which, if he cannot fubRantiate and
lnconttitably prove, will put his liber-
ty IN jeopardy at leaf. We are fath-
or inclined to believe with the States
man that it will not be an eafy mat
ter for the minifry to Waih Their hands
of the pollution Of fate intrigue,
Especially if the following letter from
Lord LlverpooPs Secretary, MIR.
Peele, to Henry, proves to be genu-
inc.
ellis Lord1iP has direaed me to acquaint
you, that he has referred 10 the correspondence
N this Office of the year sos, and finds two
letters from Sir Iamea Craig, dated 10Th April
and 5th May frasimtting the Correspondence
that has paied during your reGdence IN the
Northern STATES Of America, and expecting
bis confidence your ability and judgment"
| We have never been the apologifs
! for Britifh ImPrefSm ents, or Britiih
Intrigue5 or for any other abufe We
may have received from that nation.
Heretofore we have drawn COmpari-
fons between Englilh and French
wrongs and aggreGions, and on max
ling up I'll. fun total of the indigni-
ties we have fufered from each, we
have invariably found France the
greatet agrehor. Should it turn out
that the Britilh MiniRry Cannot acquit
themleIves of the foul charges 70 en-
| phatically imputed to them by many
Of The Engliih editors, we fhall have
no heftatiOn in laying that no ground
which our own government can take
towards that nation would be too lof-
ty. We ought not to be fatjs6ed
with a mere AjdU9zUaI from thof> in
dividuals whole interelts, regulations,
and perhaps lives, are to be affected
by the deciion, but proof as trong
as holy writ fhould be required that
the Britilh Mlnifry were in no man
ner cOuntenancing the diabolical de-
iigns Of CEaig and Henry, egainf
the liberties of our country. No man
ought now 70 doubt that Craig was
the dupe Of Henry, that Henry was
the fPy Of Craig, perhaps Of the Min
ifry itfelf, and that Henry was una
be 70 make a Jingle convert TO his
fchemc Of dilunion Should the
Britilh miniRry be unable to clear
their characters from The lul picion Of
being the fomenters of this foul and
detett-bIe confPircy, they ought forth
with to b. difmii1ed from office, and
if the crime is proved upon them
their heads lhould anlwer for it. In
our opinion the Britifh editor views
the fubject in the light it ought to be,
by every real American, that is TO
fay, admitting the facts as alledged
To endeavour 70 iupprefs or evade
the conduct Of minilters in this I'M
pOrtant affair, would be a crimlnality
li;tla lhort Of Barlow's attempt to con.
ceal the exifence of the Berlin and
Milan decrees--it can neither be the
with, or policy Of any federal editor
in the union 70 do IT, and we are
perlUaded that they will not lpare the
laih in further difcuGion Of the
fubject when other and fubGantial
evidence is furnilhed.
This lubject however can at prefcnt
have no bearings with our adminiltra-
ton as to the great quetion Of peace
or WARRIOR the Britilh minihers, in
the name Of his fovereign, promptly
made a diGavowal-Ihe Prince Re-
gent will no doubt do the fame and
if he finds his minitry implicated, he
vii forthwith dlfmif5 and punilh
them. Should he neglect or refule
tO do this we 0nuld thi.[ ~ hin, N