Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1813-11-15

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red fh,ps Of the line of Great Britain,
their iuccefses will infufe frefh Wig
our into all her enmies, which
ought always to be counted as con-
fitting, or likely to con6lt Of every
nation that navigates the ocean.
The good citizens of London may
triumph in their victories in Spain
and Portugal but the conquerours
of Vitoria and the Pyrennes will
not lonp defend England, fhould fhe
ever fuifer the fceptre of the ocean to
slip out of her hands. Then in the
infultng language of one who hates
her, A." fhe mutt take the rank among
nations to which her population and
territorial refources entitle her :" the
rank from which her trade and fes-
men have RATED her /; we mutt re
oeive governors from Rome and kings
from Normandy"
HALIFAX, OCT. so-The extraa
we have given from the Quebec Ga
zette, has great merit, though alleged
by a mixture of freiiulnefs which,
perhaps, local circumstances may ex-
eule. SO far from queitioning the
right 4" the good citizens Of Lond5n"
may have OF triumphmg for the bat
ties of Pitt6,ia and the PyrenneS, WE
hold them as aufpicious 10 our ma
tional character, honor, and politely,
falvation +; the only thing to confole
as in the event OF the fceprre of the
oceans Tipping from our hands, is
the heroifm of our army; pofterity
Will do it juitice, and its leader, in
the future pages of history, will not
have a lefs diftinguiihed place than
the immortal Mellon. We cannot
imagine what power is to wrett from
US the I" fcep,re of the ocean,
handful Of Amariean frigates have e.
vaded our cruifcrs, but ~irhou taking
from their deferts, we may falely fay
they have been eYcefively IA, cured
by fortune--to fuch celebrity have
they arrived, that the defruetion Of
them would caufe more rejoicing
than the battle of the Me or Tdf1I
gar. We have been conquered on
Lake Ere, and 70 we (hall Dc on eve
ry other Lake if we rake as little care
to protect them-ther iuccehes is
leis owing TO their prowtis than to
our neglect fill we have not a
doubt blu, the citizens of Canada,
fhould a CONTEXT take place on ihore,
will have cauie TO Join chorus with
thoie Of London, tor battles won BY
our army.
The Montreal paper, of Oh IS,
fays-" AT Saoket's Harbor, ,he A
nericanS have laid the keeis of two
vehels equal in length to ,he Pike :
and we are a little further advance
in one that was begun iome three
months ago The fate of Con no.
dore Barclay cannot be iufhclently la
mented 90 OF 70 additional fsilo,s
would have enabled tina, brave officer
TO have iayed country larger than
the empire Of Alexander the great.
fsfraa q a letter frcni an sffsr IN
] The amy to bis ,,ie,sd IN Behon, dated
"Grenadier-ltland, 22d Cd. 1919.
eve moved to this place from
! Sacket's Harbor, on an inlepded ex-
rediIion, which | am perluaded will
end in the total difcomhture of our
army, or its emPiete nnmfb and Jne-
eG6. Never we're troops in better
ipirits or better health. and l am
confident there were never Generals
more anxious for their fucce Is. For
the particular objects or movements
Of the army, | refer you to the news
papers. No intelligence of this kird
is permitted 20 be given TO any per-
fon without the lines.
LateR }ra7, Gen. WiRinj5n'5 Aymy.
Ffom he Albany argus Nov 3
The Army under Gen. Wilkinlon
IL. In.-I ,La ~ a., n