Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1813-06-21

more explici, on the point of interest The
following expression is not satisfactory.-
" Tie lean Of sixteen nsi!lions spas no, e0n''aet.
ed 70, AT a less fnieyes, than aboaf ssuen and
heH Der cent. Had he said IL was taken
al less Than seen and a half pei eent-we
should have been assured OF ono fse'--v'z.
tina, il did mol 20 above tiat sgHt. But -
i" So than sbout seven and halt per cent.
gives considerable eri.hmetsiai latitude.
WHY could not Mr.. Madison .sve Brought
this subject to absoI.se preessic.i, and told
us exactly The sum given II any thing an
nature is reducible to such precision, 1t -
this. We hope the gentlemen who took
this loan, have not received any bonsssss, or
dsuceu,s, to help the credit of the govern
menl to little eclG. juSs 70, the occasion.
At tie same time we cannot but remark,
thst the taking up Of this loan BY ibes or
for, foreigners, is no very decisive evidence
that the credl. of the government IS at that
high pitch in the country, which its trump
eters seem TO insist upon. They argue that
it is so merely from the fact that the lean
has been taten. The egidence would have
been stronger, If the advsnfucs hid been
natives.
H. making these few remsks on the Mes
sage, we hope Mr.. Gales will not be angry
with us. lie says, IN the Inielhgeneer oil
9Th of May, that" he Message is PIE
eisely such q paee, as he expected AT The hands
u on, beloved ChiJ Mas'Waie : asd, in all
me points r. touches, is in ueh pe,tea UNISON
With his GUN judgment y feelings. that he
suould not, he'd ITS import have been placed AZ
his discretion, haze c0ied sentiment IL con
yeys." AS Mr.. Msdison's object appears
10 nave been to gain the affection OF such
men as Mr.. Gsles, instead of acquiring a
Just title to The good will of his country, We
congratulate him that he has succeeded.
II in addition to this, he should happily OBJ.
tain the applause Of Lieutenant Irvine, OF
the Baltimore Wing, aud Adjutsnt General
Duane, ufthe Aurora. The circle. or at leas,
the triangle, OF his iellci,ies must be com.
plete. Mue,.
AS the war thlckrns upon 10, We thina
the public attention cannot be zoo frequent.
ly. or too earnestly. called TO tie state OF the
country. The government, and their par.
ssites. are endesvouTing w,h all their
atfrht A an ALL IL
thoughts of the inhabitants ct the Allan
tic States, from their own .ufsrings, either
10 the E, mote regions Of Russia IN ques, OF
symptoms OF peace, or TO lie confines of
Canada, to dazzle them wi The exploits Of
Gen. Desrbon. and The eonques OF LATHE
York, aud Fort George. In short, as he
physician draws blister on the breast e
distracted man. to force him. by dlnt of
external distress 10 forget the deep settled
melancholy within. SO our government are
exer,ing themselves. by all possible means.
10 make us forget that we are in the high
road TO devastation and ruin, while they are
ldiling our senses by the sing.song of victory
and glory In some parts Of our country,
however, the minds of our people residing
on the abused, deserted, and betrayed sea
coast, are forced home, where they are oo.
cupied with subjects pretty solemn re8eo.
ton. Such is unior unately the fact at New
London, in this state. That port having been
made the place ofrefuge fer several of our arr
med ships, the town is threatened with de.
s,ruction, merely because il has been chosen
as shelter for our gallant seamcn. And
what strikes the mind with peculiar force in
the case, is the fact, that our state militia
are ordered out by the state authority, and
il we are served in the same manner that
Maryland, &c. have been, il will be at our
own expense, to defend the ships # the
United States, whilst the troops of the said
u States are ordered away from our sea-
ports to Canada, and Sacket's Harbour, to
perform feass OF knight erranty, TO crafty n
Administration altogether more scatter.
Drained than Don Qnixote himself
1t is probable, that. for our comfort, as has
been told to Massachusetts,. when " eensy.
Gus Krntueiy' shall have teen saved. these
poor pr oscribed Eastern States may expect
to gain some slight attention from our i'm.
periai Admins tra'ion. We hope, however,
when rres,den, Madlson thinks il expedi.
ent to ,hew of his lnsolence towards c.is
state, MAT he will find some other. smsnu.
ensis Than John Armstrong. We shall no,
very patiently bear to be reminded by that
man ofour deficiencies in public spirit end
pat riotism until he has purped his cbsrsc