Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1814-03-28

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was not conGdered caufe of war in the
arrangement with Erskine. What are
we to be told that the Fave holders of
Virginia and the backwoodfmen Of Ken
lucky, and fennellee, and Ohio are the
executive champions of failor's rights
that the commercial ftatcs, thofe whole
fons failors are, and whole interclts fail
ors promote, are the only ones deaf to
iailors wrongs--and are we called on
to believe this No |! will not 70 out
rage the common fence of my fellow cit
liens, as for moment to fuppofe that
they will honeitly believe this is caufe
Of the Var.
The caules arc thofe pointed out in the
anfwcr. fhall not detain the Houte to
point out how our prefent rulers have a.
bandoned the policy Of Wilmington Bnt
will claim the indulgence Of the Houfe
in few remarks on the jcaloufy, which
is entertained of the Commercial States,
and the envy at their PROPERTY. This,
in my apprehension, is the caue of eayes.
1t is this which has caufed the departure
from the policy of Warrington this has
caufed the perfecution of his difciples-
this has been the parent of that brood Of
monitors, the refricfive meafures of gov
ernment--non importation, non. inter-
courle, embargo, war & this it is, which,
in the blacknefs of midnight, has produ-
ced this lait great plague fatty cal
led embargo, the mott unconstitutional.
opprcflive and tyrannical, law that ever
was paiicd by any nation. This has pro-
duced fuch wonderful coincidence be-
tween the DEGREES of France, and the
reitrietive meafures of this government,
as to raile All irreGltible prefumption Of
concert, and deGgn among the rulers of
the two nations. 10 nay mind, the proofs
Of this are manifea. discover it early
as when the contribution was debated
difcover it in every mcafure of Jeferion's
and Madifon's administrations.
There is not one which was not cal
culated to fink the intercas, and ruin
the PROPERTY Of the Commercial States.
They have been tapping the pillars Of our
glory and greatness. Our Commerce, the
main fupport of the fair fabric has been
undermining. Its entablature wac firit
itripped Off Unprotected it was left to
the attacks of all its enemes-to be pull
led down BY French Gnkings. to be rent
BY French con6lcations, or annihilsted
BY French burnings, poh. fling the
itrcngth and 6rmnsfs of our own native
oak. it did not give way. Its enemies
required the aid OF its pretended friends.
While thofe in open holtili,y have been
battering, our own government have
been rotting ii away. Mon importation
and on-intercourte. the offence of cor
ruption have been applied-the tug Of
war has been made, to wrench it from
its baie: Still it food. and bore up the
building. But The work is now done
The lait embargo has upturned from its
foundations, and proitrated it in the duit
10 my mind, Malachufetts now with |
the ref of New, England, exhibits bur
ga mighty pile of Wait deitruetion"
1t 10 not my defgn to waite much of
the time Of the Houfe, in proving this O.
dious huu unconstitutional Its provif.
ions are 70 grots a violation of that facred
initrument-they are il, fuch direct con.
tradietion to all the principles Of free
government-they 70 outrage all the in.
dependent feelings of freemsn, that to
Zee the apathy, with which it is heard
and read, produces in me the mott per.
feet attonilhment. l lcken while behol.
ding degenerate ions. patiently fubmit
ting to infractions Of their rights. ten
times more fragrant than what aroufed
the manly fpirit of their fathers, and
what they laid down their lives to oppofe
When we k to be directed TO that
part of the Contribution. which fanetions
the afumption Of this enormous power
one gentleman tells Us it is implied in the
right to regulate Commerce. What are
we feriouily told, tina, under the power to
regulate, Ccngrefs have right to deitroy
Commerce at Jingle blow that they
can prohibit the citizens of :his Com
monwca'th not only from pafing from
one State to another, but from going from
one part OF their own State, to another
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