Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1813-02-08
y po7Uey Of Gyeat Britain.

.opePnIleIIeSs AOiiN AtN' N9ih
s"n,lv of the falling fortunes of the
P.;,ish empire, SO did her own states.
In and those of other nations nearly
century before the first adventurer
:, his foo, on this (at that period) saw
age wilderness
i. sixteen millions-her power ought
mi 10 be but little more than double to
What is the fact ! Including militia,
.bo are always embodied in Great Btit-
ain and are equal to regular troops, al
,.,st equal 10 what our regulars, enlist
a Car one year can become. Great
p.a;n has on foot more than 100000
vsll.appoin,ed men.
Ne were unable to raise 10 600 regu
u, troops during the last campaign.
w. do not talk OF raising more than
$1,000. which are at least $4,000 more
than We can pay.
We have $500 men in our Navy
,hs has 10000. We boast of having
Maid off in eleven years 35 millions oil
hopars of our de5t, besides our annual
sv,ences, which in III years have a.
,o,n,e6 to about 80 millions more,
making in the whole about los millions
which the American people have rails.
cd Our Treasury is now empty, and
., war, with extreme difficulty loan OF
II millions of dollars was completed.
In Grea, Brltain the least annual sum
raised and expended for / years past,
were So millions of pounds sterling, e.
anal to 27o millions Ut dollars, or Tour
Zines as great as oui whole National
dsbt-the greatest sum was los mi
ION pounds, equal 10 45o millions oil
dollars, and the whole aggregate OF
money expended and raised by the
BRUSH people in II years, is Also
millions of dollars, or 25 times as great
| as our expenditures, ard sums raised In
the same period OF time. Yet noiwith-
sanding this immense sum so raised,
such is the opulrnce of her subjects,
and such her credit, that she can fill a
loan of 100 millions OF dollars in 20
minutes, nay, there is a comprtiIion
who shall get ii. 1t is privilege 10
lend. Refeff'ry
The following prophecy - so appropriate
10, The present Il us,ion OF BondpWte, That =
Insertion Cannot be dispeaslns 10 cur read
er.
"Tbou hast said in thy heart, | will as
cend into Hesven; ] will exalt my throne
above the siars of God; ! Will sit also upon
the mount of the cong & uon an The s'deS Q,
me North will ascend shove the he'st
othe cloud / will he rs the Most High
Yet thou sta. be brought down TO he'll, 70
the sides Of the pit. They that see ,f' e shsl'
narrowly look upon thee, AMI consider thee,
saving, is this the man iha, msde the earth
tolremble, that did shbke Kingdoms That
made tie world as a WI de ness, and destroy
edihe oiies fkeresf that opened not tie house q
his prisoners %
hgaltimore v lunteer concludes letter
10 his frend thus: " God grant that H tsaS
SnigR that zge pnigkt slash quay - 'r ~
work ofhsvock and murder upon people
whose only crime it is 30 be polite ally con
necied wi h nation 5000 miles of aid a
ganst whom we have thought proper t.
wage war. Surely The curse of Simeon ant
Of LtVi, must rest UPON the men who pah'
after blood, and invoke the spirit OF he d.
ty hasten the hour Of destruction. tn
ed be their anger, for it was fierce: nd
thsir wrsth, FIR il was cruel. ! VII ditt'
them IN J4cob, and scatter ,hem IN lsrnei.'
A.ex Gag.
Gen Dodge, commanding at Sacket'
Harbor, is said to have resigned tha
communicative have heard no reason
assigned for this step.
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