Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1813-06-21
Jnterfsting 1oolitieai spisrfIlanp.
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.

IhEolOEN ) MLoShGE.
We are not in the number of those who
look to The Message for that "infoyma tion
on rhe state Of tie UriOn," which the Con.
stitution makes i, the Presidents bounden
duty to give. Mr.. leflersoh introduced the
fashion of fraud and chicanery in he man
agernent Of The government, aud in no par.
,lculsr more han in his public communities.
lions M. Madison is TOO thorough disci.
ple of that vicious school, 20 depart from his
masters example especially in the great
art Of deception.
The frst subject mentioned in the Mes
sage, is the Russian Mcd;aion. The offer
from the Emperor Alexander is stated to
have been made cat an ga .lv day after The
close OF the last session OF Congres,'-anG
Immediately accepted and "as farther
proof O. the disposition on the part Of the
United Sts,esto meet their adversary in hon.
orahle experiments for terminating the war,
it was determined to avoid in, ermediaie lie.
lay, incident to the distance of the parties,
by hnitiye provision for the con,empla.
ed negotiation" This sentence is transla-
ted into English, in letter from Mr.. Mon.
roe TO The governor OF Virginia, in which he
tells him, that Messrs. GaI,a,in and Bsyard
were appointed Il sen, 10 Peterborough on The
mission, without any knowledge on the part
OF cur government whether Great Britain
would accept The preferred mediation, or
not This course of proceeding. although
perhaps not adopted wi Ia strict regard TO
The poverty of our treasury, is marked with
the true charscieristics Of Jeffersonian Gun.
mig. Russia and Great Britain are figh,.
ing side by side against the greal Idol of our
Cabinet. Hitherto they have met with The
most Unexpected, and signal success. 4
great struggle is expected 10 be made this
summer 10 regain Bonaparte' s lost glory.
Shouio he succeed in bumbllng aud con
querng Russia, the point will be settled
soon enough TO "naee bact our steps," and
enable as to reinstaie ourselves in his good
grsces. Should Bonaparle fail of success in
his great projects against Russia, his Cont.
mental System will be abroga,ed, bis glory
WI have departed, Europe may be emsnci.
psIed, and our Commissioners will be in
Russia. ready to shape their course according
to human events, and peace, under the
auspices Of the Gar, may be patched up
with Grest'Britain, q. fer better for suO,se."
At ell events should Great Britain decline
the mediation, and not send COMMISSIONERS
to meet ours, the President will have a
chance, onee more, to lay the continuance
ct the war ut the door of Great Britain.
And though the mission will probably cost
this country at least .j5f,y thousand dollars.
(the sum paid Henry,) this money will be
considered as well laid out, if it makes the
President. or the war. popular, as was that
Indeed, fifty thousand dollars, may be view
ed hereafter as tie stated price for the pur.
chase Of popularity, BY a single bargain, un.
der this Administration.
One thing 10 very clear. The revolution in
the North of Europe, has opened q vast
market for British trade, and while that re-
mains, the immense pressure of our restrics
tive system will be much less felt by them,
and it will, of course, be much longer in
subdung their proud spirit, than its friends
have expected.
The subject of direct taxes, appears to
embarrass the President, - much as any
thing in our siisirs II we were 10 indulge
in conjectures on The Presidents real M IN.
ing. for we are not So pesumptuous as to
suppose tina, we certainly have found ii out,
we should incline to the belief, that he
wishes 10 these that affair off still further.