Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1814-02-21

| f'"C3 cNtf itA Iallea 10 charge The
e-u'''hg from his own measures, upon those who had
nnot MY opposed those measures The peoule of III.
oHI'ea States may we'll remember The adminstra m
! II Lo N 'rth Tie lost America to his country Ye
le could md pfetencts sor throwing The odum on
ms opponents. HI could hlow i ueon hose who bad
orewarned him Of consequences f m the ST. ana who
hsu opposed him 81 every slage ofhs dsss erous oo-
c'' with all he force f truth md reason and tslent
! was not his own week.-mrs. his ambition, his own
rove OF orary power, winch dis If c.ed the col me
was not he lie. act, The Stamp A CT or the Boston
roh Bill, 'ha, severed he ire OF b tam o., no
IL was 0~re to no fault of admins /, was he
wJk II oppnsiiIon Il the impeitinsn M blness OF
ChsIham- the idle deol- ma,ion Of Fox; and he IN.
| ,easonabie sarcasm of Rairs These men, and men
IKE them. would not join he minister IN his American
W. - lhey would BOT give he name aud character Ut
wisdom 10 hat which hey believed be the extreme
! 4 folly. The. would net pronounce those measures
ust aud homo able which their principles led %. m o
tees The, declared the Ministers WI to be wanon
They iofesw rs end, and pom I'd out plsinv batb o
re mlh'sie. nnd 10 the county. He nfononnced the
opposition to be selfish and fotous. lie persisted in
| ms course; and he result is in history,
THIS ex mrie of ministerial justice seem. to have be-
come a m ,deiior these lines and this country VIII
slsht shades OF d ference, owing different degree
oil allen and ability, the INIT sufi cieniIy sx CT
'eqares little ex r1instion fancy ON. self some
he. 10 be listening 70 recital of he cap vslng
ofa"ohs Of The occupants OF Loud Norhs Tressu5
beheh We sfe told that our Opposition las divided
the government nd divided the ooun nv kene.oh.,
s, lie state ct The goyernme Mt and of the cun ~ when
the Wa was declared. Did not difference. .t onnio.
then exist Do know tins House was divided ,
DO we rot Know hat the other Hous, was .iil more
divided Does not every man, TO whom he n.hlic
uocumen's wee accessible, know, hat In The % lie
USE one single vote, having been giving olhe, wise
nan VS. would have rejected he &c declaring W o.
ma sdoteda ollie eni course of measures psr.n 4
guardian government would hsve reraded ,ha, s,aie
wings. would hAe weighed such considers,; n,
w'ad have lnqcred cooIly and dspsssionaely m -
"e state OIL pnolo mon n The Stales Of TIN. confd
| hak lob
most concerned N The proessed objects Of the war e.
whose inte'ess were Ia be deeply fected by -
Such cove nmen, know NJ hat It's srenet n
~ we UNION Oh op'noh among the people, would have
axe" 90 sep oi such IN ort .noe vi hou that union
'o' w7ud II have mistaken meIe party feeling for Ne
| ilonal sentiments
hat occasion, sir, called for large and liberal
view oil ID s. Not only The d,eles of union in
the sehim, nts oil the people ; but the ,lure end
siuc'e Oh the government the gen. al habits
and pursuits OF The community; the probable con
! sequences OF he war immediate and r. moi, On
ou' a'il ioslliu'in, the I, fleet of vast military
patronage; the vaiety of in, ant Loo interests
and eolec's; these were considerations essentially
Belonging to the subject Il was no, enough lba,
goVei nment could make on its Cause of war ON the
paper ana get the better Of Englapd in the aryu-
iheh.' ms VS. reqnisit. but Tot N lh., was
requisite he question Of War or Peace, in j,
~SN''1 wv 'bio 10 hOt ~ De COMPRESSED the
compass that would benefit small ltipation Il
ID not 10 Dc made to turn upon pin Incapable
IN it' na' u'e ofbeng decided upon technical rules
II is unfit 10 be discussed in the manner with
usuall, aPpe'tains to the forensic habi'. II should
Dc regarded "a great quts ion, MOI only Of right
OUT also oi prudence and expedieaoy. Reasons of
general ma ure reasons oil moral nature con.
sidefs'ions which go back to The origin of our IN.
sNulifn ms, and ohtr coDsidel ATOMS which look
io'wald 10 our hopeful progress in future times,
all oeionS IN thei Just proportions tJ giadations
10 question, In the determination Of which The
happne's OF the present and Of future generations
may be so much concerned
have heard no satisfactory ,ndication of the
war on grounds like those. They appear no, to
have suited the temper ofthst time UtterIy as.
lonlshed at The declaration OF w.r have been sur
prsed Ut nothing snce. Unless oil history de.
ceived me, saw how it would be Prosecuted.
when sa" how it was begun There is in tae na.
ture OF t'ings an unchangablc relation between
rash counsels and feeble execution
Ii was no., sir the minority that brought, on the
war Leok 10 your records, from The date Of the
Embargo, IN 807, 20 June 1872 Every hing
thai men could do lhey did, to stay your course
When at last they could eiIt ct 40 more, the, urp
ed you TO delay your measures Tey entreated
you TO give ye;a liiIie time for elaboration ard
10 wall ioi favorable events AS ii inspired Tor The
purpose OF arrrs'ing your progress, they laid be-
lore you tue consequences of your me sues, Just
ss we have seen them since take place hey
predicted to you their eff cts on pubic opnion.
hes told you, thai instead Of healing, they would
lntl me political disseDsions They pointed out
to you also what must happen on the frontier.
That winch since hath happened there is but their
prediction turned into history Vain is the hope
them oil escaping Just retrI5ution by irpu,ing 10
The minority OF the government to the opposi
tIon among people the disasters of these times
VAN Is the attempt TO impose ,lus on the common
sense OF manki d. | he world has had TOO much
experience OF minlsterisl shifts and evasions. Il