Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1813-02-15

OlnentloDs IN all par.t oi tue trt"e, snu . w
tai Iois of refpeca in the eyes OF foreign pow
ers, we may pronounce, without h.htat'on,
thar the government OF that country /" weak,
diifraeted and corrupt" Thefe obiefvations
are ihidly applicable TO the pfeient htuat'on
of the Union. Nor - ], unfair TO attribute
cur p.eieni mon wreiched condition 10 the
faulls or folly of our standardization The
dupes and paradies OF Msdhon will IN vain AZ.
tempt 10 periuade Us that the blame Is due TO
England aud France. What ! are we TO look
for protection or favour 10 the ieniiy or good
will OF foreign countries or - America 10 to-
tally impotent, and Eogiand 10 powerful and
urjuf, that no terms csu lie obisned which
would in ar. ie.ses relieve Y. BEN he iufier
ings Of our prefent ruinou; & uanoa line re
fcurces and patr,otin OF the country. with 40
efficient administration are srquesiionably e
quail to any Ell gency of Affairs. Nor has Eng
land been averie to an accommodation. We
only obierve hat Che gave US treaty, made
Dec s., so6, which emb raoed every impor-
tant otje9 OF that of November. 794, which
was approved by Warrington, and wa the
caute of the uneaampled PROPERTY and hap
pinefs OF our country during lite continuance
Til. treaty. negotiated by Meiirs Munfoe
and Pinkney, to ufe their own words, was
" concluded or all the points which had for
med The iubjee of cur negosiaiion, aud on
terms which we truit our government will ap.
prove" To ihis treaty was annexed an infor
ma arrangement on the iuhjcct Of ,mprth
mens, conf aimed IN note Of the Brltlfh commit.
lioners OF Nov 8, 4 o6, " hicn was IN The op,n
ION of Muuroe and pinkuey agreeanle 10 their
iniiruetors and by which It's "praolice' would
be efentialiy Il not com .lleley abandoned,
Yet this treaty was rejected; and an embargo,
= nonintercoutie, noaimportaiion and war,
tina, have tapped the vial ,n'erei.s OF our
country have been reforted 10, proiehed'y tor
the purpofe Of obtaining the lame terms.
The lources. Of the preient evils are there
fore 20 he fought, no, IN The couduct OF fore
ign governments, but OF our own. review
OF the wesknef. corruption, asd fuhierviency
10 France Vt our cabinet for the isit ten or
leven years. is diIgun'ng, tut An indiiPeni-
bic duty The degr adation OF our own Iulers
10 matter of regres ard aItonihment but It
nun be made pubic or it may be perpetual.
IL is cruel enough for the people OF New
England TO iufer he effect, of the deprivation
of their ufua iources of livelihood aud prof
PERRY, wilhoul being inlulted by the dereata
bic hypocricy of friendfhp for commerce
in the naturalization A isu,hera nabob of
only common maligniy would have been fat
is6ed with having ruined near 3,ooo,Ooo. Of
people, whole only crime is theiI geoghraph
ies' pei ION il remained for our prehdent TO
boaa the refinement 10 malice of pretending
that our commerce is znnihiiated only for the
fake OF It's protecuou. The merchanU and
trading part Of the community belt know their
own interefis YET MIR. Msliion in6ns that
their iuterelt fl,AlI be protected agsini their
will. and their trade deitloyed by 6gbiing 10
prevent its defructien. From the reIga of
Vug,nian dynaity, nothing better was to have
bsen expected ihan the deitruction Of cur
hopes but we were unprepared for the in-
iui, Of beng ruined under presence OF peeu-
liar favor.
The war 10 now confeGedly contirued for
the foe purpole Of competing the Eng''ih TO
diicontnue the practice Of taking their own
fezmen from our vefIels, ieit they ihould by
mGake take Tome of ours. This is the
mount Of MIR. Madifon', claim, when flnpped
Of The verbofity OF fate chieanery aud impoG.
tios l. j, ev,ceni thai the zequ, ht,on OF this
cain would only have the eiis& OF injur ng
our own iaiors, by bringing the who c Eng
l,iL many into competition with Them tor en-
ploy, our flag would be an lndiipusabe pro
iect,on tor defeners This, bad a. IL 10. will
be The lean injurious evesi OF the con,eR bus
,his, the tngith will never grant, eaceps IN
iuch method as was done by the rreAsy and
note of sec, which wee rejecled The
then m,nitess, Who iucceded TO power partly
on accoun, Of their friendDip for America,
would 60 no further, aud oois,ved thai giving
up the night OF imprsismsni would rum any
mininry concerned in the concsihon Certain
IL 1871 would rum heir navy aud Of courie
their nation We mutt therefore conquer the
EbgiIih or iuffer a defeat But What would
be he advantage OF iutjsetlng England TO
France and that 10 the only way IA which
The can be cobqusred.-spain, Portugal, Hol-
land Italy, kulIia. Aufcs asd Ruihs efecru.
atty p owe that no confederation can i.vs Us or
any o.her nation which the power OF France
can reach and we lhoud recolisct .hai Eng
land and hes navy, with the aniilaoce perhaps
Of kuils, are the only barriers Bet een France
and nniveriai dominion. SPAN, Aultr,a and
Pruna were more powerful than America !;
yet where are they spain was more iuoier
wen, to the views OF Bonaparse than America
has yet been, or independents America ever
can be.-Yst her iuoierv'ency has gained her
nothing but the moi barbaIou. and de-
folatng wars What hope then can We IN
uulge al. err having been waited by an eapen-
five ana proiracted war and fuch mutt be any
war, which america can fuccelsiully wage a
sga,na Eng and, even when aihlled by The
french tyrant, who has full employ, for the
uexi year a, lean. in the iutjuga,ion Of the
brave aud ipirned kuflian.. kApen6ve, not
o. v on accoun, OF the maions necefary 10
fup port an amy aud navy bui alto Oh account
OF The lois of trade, asgna,ion OF buliueis, and
consequent depreciation in value OF every ipe-
cicg Cl OLerty