Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1813-06-14

fact, and taken sucl' position in relation TO
that re Il ious power as the occasion RE-
CURED II i was true, and The wsr has
been produced by The coocehlment, Will not
"a - blood 1hat hss been OF mss b. shed ia
catfsiug IL on, be required ai he bsn..s ot
is h9rs
II nqnn te discovery of he pc fdy
81 lie fr,nch government. the Pre-, ideni
h- Il evoked 1t p.ezlsm-iIon. sc gre
WI i pou L. cheney. +" hat tie numerous
evils LAT nats f Nv from that uaiarfu
nate M -sufe a..t affs oeen rieyen'ed
fad considefirE - ie-t ie#iars which
% Euf0p, A. overs. - Vpe 4 pesce, us
rH4sses 80 ~ - j. eoIenes---
W. Deff1lt9 sptee VIII your Ezceiifncy
t1kls poi sal- In. q 0uf government
lad r,sm,.sastl s3sIem of inn srt,al neu.
.rsh .ad I'D inf,s d no restriction on
r. d.. hat HotBi hslandins th Sc decrees
and aroe's ~ night, by reason Of Our
neutfsi chs ace, have enjoyed CON-
mefes moit Hcratise fof The last seven
years .hen would have fallen to our sha.e
hsd he ~bo'e VOL. been al peace"
g., The Orders IN Council having been thus re-
moved he oriy remaning aiedgsd caule of
war was he rishi which Great Britain ela
TO take Ter own ieamen from our merchant
hip,
That canfe alone was not sonhdered as q
iuf'ieienl objection 10 the arrangement which
wzs made with Mr.. Ry.k,ne, and lutte doubt
con be enter AIMED thar another arrangement,
equally advan, sgeohs to the Unned states
might have bsen made and the war initantly
brought to clofe AZ impreaments had been
CONTINUALLY dlminifhing it is not esiy to per
ceive why the neceai y of war for that caufe
III, u d have encreAfed.
Behde the people had erpreHed great fa,if
faction with hat arrangement, and would 10
doobtedly have rejoiced had 6milAr conrfe
been ppfiued
BY This we DO rot mean that the manner
ihould have been ersctly followed for we
ihould exceedingly regret Ihss any ofieohve
terms ihou'd have been again introduced, hzv.
irg direer tenGsncy to defeai The nesot'a 100
rhe people fortunately undernand the f.io
iect If ,mptenmsnt much better than formerly
and IL will be d III u 10 perfrade them thar
they are 10 be henehfea ~ TIE employment x
protection of foreign feamen
The relult If he lac ioveflgation Upon
thi, fubisct IN ss Commonwealth, ablpdzntly
proves that the r,ique of imprefment of native
American feaIIlen 10 10 imall, that 1t fcascely
excite. their attention or regard Indeed it
mufi be conhtered ~ finguiar oiroumltanee
that cur weiiern brethren ihould eIprefs and
fsen, to ieel 10 much more fympzthy tor the
wrongs uttered by the ieAmen, n al the lea
men do for ,hemfeives
u oughI to be recoilett.d that the evidence
on that examination was taken under oath (;
from mel chants of this Gate who had en- , 10y ed
the greateit number Of iesmen, in voyages TO
al parts Of the world and IL IL much TO be
de6red that iuch further inv.iligafion Will be
had IN Other commercial nstes As will prefcGt
the whole truth upon this very iu,:relting
fubject.
We concur with your EIoeliency in the be.
lief, "tbat BrtIih fsa.nen have been pat, onired
at the e,pente OF our own. and that if G. b.
ihould content 10 reiinquiih he right of taking
her own iul jet. it would be of ne advan age
to our naive leamen, II would tend only to re-
duce their wages by inereAing the number of
hat elai, of men"
We believe there never was fubject more
grof ly mifreprsfen,ed, both q, to the eaule &
effect, than this Of impairment.
Give our gallant ieamen ID ps and employ
ment, aud they will nor call upon the lsadfmen
tor pro ecton or for bread
Your tIceilepcy very juay obferve, that
the rational contribution was formed and a.
dopted for our own defence, aud that there 10
| not "a e'auie in it in which an eI,enfon of
! our territorial limits was contemplated" At
tached as we are to the union of he nates up
on the principles Of the confli; uion, we are ~
srmed that Congress ihould ever have purified
a policy in the adm fiion of new fta,es 70 en-
rirely contrary TO thefe principles, and so fatal
TO the fate y of he union.
The duty impoied by the Coniti,u,ion upon
| The General Government TO provide for the
common defence. wa, undoubtedly q princi-
pal eaton tor IT'S adoption. But IN VIVA, mao
uer ha, tn. duty been performed
Although Mafaehuietts aud oshef grea, nav.
igsting States have contributed immenfe fun,
for the fupport of ,he General Government.
yet when they are plunged into the war by
States whole contributions have often fallen
ihort of the eIpence If the collection, they are
left 10 take care Of tbemfeives.
What meafures have been adopted for the
protection of our immenfe properly on the
ocean where are the troops, RATED and paid
by The United States They have been mon
improvidently drawn from the feaboard, the
non e,pofed part Of our Country, for the
porpoie of invading the territory, and attack
log the lnhab,ian's of neig hboring and unof
Tending province which vas lncerely deGr Gus
of eontinuiog upon the mon friendly tsrms
with vs. province too, the conquef Of which
IL made can he of 40 advantage, but may pro
duee inca'eulable evils to osr country
The refufal ofths PRECEDENT to furnfh this
State with hs proportion Of arms T. III
the State ha. already paid, we hop, u 4
-o,,.rt ,nd,ca ion of the inner and .,tnoG
ton entertained by he General Government ia
relation TO the aid which they propofe to af
ford, in ,hi, war which has been 10 wantonly
waged CouGder'ug tina, the diitribuiion was
peremp,orily required ny law to be made &C