Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1813-02-01

Countrles-but II vas the Oiind opinion
OF the noble Earl, and Of Statesman oil
his stamp, that concession never came
too late--and this, Notwithstanding the
historical experience of our first fatal
contest with America, where every year
concessions were made in vain, which,
If duly timed, would have been received
with gratitude. He thought the House
was indecently called upon in the Ad'
dress TO pledge themselves 10 the pro-
secution OF this war, tho not docu-
ment was produced to prove the justice
of such a measure-On this subject he
must say, that though he wished for
peace, he would not consent to sacrifice
one maratime right ofthe country-but
thi. view only aggravated the guilt of
those men who had unsuccesstully
plunged US into such state OF things !"
The Address was agreed to without
division.
In the House of Commons an Ad
dress TO the Prince was moved by Lord
ChUe, He said, 4" every person must re-
greet the war with America, and rejoice
a. the Declaration of the Prince r. gent,
that the earliest opportunity would be
taken to restore anil, between the two
countries"
Mr. Hart D1rts seconded the motion
and when the question was putting Mr..
Canning rose, and st America he said,
cit was his sincere and anxious
wish, that two nations SO related to
each other, by consanguinity, by ole
common language, and by mutual inie-
rests, as @. Britain and America,
should not only be in allIance-bui,
when disputes ran to so great an extent,
when once the die Was cast, and hoslll-
tiles had commenced, it became this
country to be more prompt, and by eve.
ry vigorous effort, 10 bring The strug-
giles OF war to speedy conclusion
He would go TO the EXTREMIST verge OF
torbearance to keep peace, but he would
not dilute MS war me sures into weak
and sickly regimen, unfit tor The occa-
sioa.-He would not convert the acute
dis,emper of war into a chronic dis
temper, and incorporate il with the
system. The present dispute was got
up with petty profits and small gains,
till at last actual war was fixed upon US.
Two years ago, to have prophecied that
after six months open war between A.
merics and England, America should
boast the only naval trophy .and that we
could only say that we had not bean
conqured An Englishman would have
resented such prophecy as an insult
He could not consider our military
success in America as matter OF great
triumph-He never supposed WE
should be conquered by America. He
never could have thought that the
mighty navy OF England would have
slept while her commerce was swept
from the seas, and that, at the end OF
six monshs We should be found pro
claiming speech from the throne,
that the time WIS at length come 10 be
active and energetic, and to sh.w Eng.
land and the world that England Is
what England was. Never, that We
should send our Ambassador with our
ships to our own North American lowns
and attack the American pofls with GU
flags of truce. There might, however
remain circumstances yet to be disclo.
sed, to account for all this but h.
would say, that OH the face oil appear
ance, and or the declaration of War,
there was evidently studied deter mi
nation 10 postpone the period Of all &C
commodation. As for the desire OF A
merica TO get possession OF Canadi, it
was projec, which ne thought not like
ly 10 be irovned upon severely, even by
those parties in America which were
considered friendly to us" ne noti-
ces the departure OF Barlow, to sigh
treaty ale thought it unfair to
SPEAK Of the sen,iments Of an Eng6sh
party IN America. When We spohe oil
an English party, We should think OF
them as good Americans merely, who
prefer on English TO a French alliance
He concluded by observing tina, every
effor, should be used to extend the
scale of warfare, and make IL decisive
LORD Castie,eagh followed, and deni
ed that Minister'S had conducted the
war with America upon any principlc
OF lorbearance. lie said /" il had been
conducted with all the means, both ma.
val and military, which the country
could have spared from Other fblec,s,"
sc. +" He wished as much a. any man
that peace could be maintain with