Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1814-02-07
That article runs thus 49,

"The Inhabitants Of the ceded territory
shall be incorporated IN The Uq,on of The Uni
ted States, and admitted as soor rs Possible
according TO the principles Of The Consti,u
ton to the enjoyment Of all the rights, adj.
yantsges and immunities Of citizens of the
United States"
Now in the name of common sense,
what interest could France or Spain have
inthe insertion of that article in the trea.
~! None, except that it would tend to
destroy the balance OF power among the
States, and thus produce separation.
But France or Spain atcne never eff.
fected that stipulation. 1t was inserted
at the suggestion of Mr. Jefferson, to
counterbalance tie power and work the
downfall OF the Northern States. Thus
this point was gained, while we slept |:
New States al minimum must be crea-
ted; strangers to our wants and our in
teresis-hlled with prejudice aud ram
cour against us and at whose mercy
our dearest rights must forever be SUBJ
,nitted,
said that the Southern Jacobins ha
ted commerce and navy, 6ecause IA
them consulted the stregglh OF the
9orfh Tothis point proof, are abun-
dant. Take, as sample, the language
Of a distinguished democrat In the Vir.
ginia Convention.
"Le, U.s." said he, "consider how this
navy shall be raised What wsld be the
consequence under those general w1rd
80 provide and mailman naoy"l Al the
vessels u the intended feet would be 6uit and
EQUIPPED az the Northern Sfaes. where hey
have every necessary mater, and conye
nience for the purpose. Will any gentle.
man saw that ship of war can be raised to
the south Of Cape Cnsrles -" The nor
them States Will be principally benefited by
having n feet" Hence he argued against
empowering Congress ito provide nd main.
tAin navy" (Sce debates, page 305)
This was in 1888 Look now at the
Journals OF Congress, and you will Fl nd
that every measure proposed in the
days of Washington and Adams, for
the protection or benefi, of commerce,
was opposed, to the last, by the Demo.
Gratis Of the South.
This opposition was grounded on va.
rious pretences. But the true reason
why commerce must be DESTROYED, was
because 1t was the source whence New.
England derived her greatness
The embargo act of 1907. and its
brood of supplements, may be traced to
the same fountain. The same restric.
lions have been substantially continued.
The last embargo act is the cap of the
climax-the end of all experiments. If
the people will bea, this, they will bear
any thing.
The only clause in the constitution on
which the power 10 Law embargoes is
PRETENDED to be founded, is ,be 9th sec
lion oil the FIST article These words
"The Congress shall have POWER to reg.
ulate commerce with foreign nations. and
AMONG The sesera! sfstes, and with the In.
dian tribes"
Now it may we'll be said that the pow.
sr regulate does not imply power to
des,roy. If l send my watch to the
matchmaker TO be regulated, will any
man pretend he has right to sfoh it /?
But leaving this argument, which 9TH
els have discussed with ability, let us
consider The last embargo act in another
light. Congress has power to regulate
commerce among the several states /;
that Is, from state TO state-not from
One part OF state to another part
oil the same state. What article
or clause Of the Constitution for5ids me
togo from Eastport to Bos,oa by sulfer /?
Yet by the last act, this mode Of pass.
ageis forbidden. l may travel by land,
hhtrue, submitting to be searched by
every custom-house spy, pimp, and
scayinger, on the road-but BY water
no. Even families on the islands, after
consuming their present stock Of pro-
visions, mus, either smuggte more, and
be ruined for it-or starye.
Examine the act, and compare its
provisions, especially the fourth section,
with the Constitution and then say
whether it is warranted by the national
eompact--say II ii is not a mos, wanton
snd hagrant abuse of power,
These multiplied indigniiies, accom-.
panied with the foulest aspersions on
our Characters and pursui,s-s'yling us
land Of Scottish and onions"--" of
uo'lar and cent men," of shopkeep-
1sa and pedlars"--" tribe of priest Sc
acacons-"a land of blue laws, fasting
ssprayer ;"--heaped on New England
by the i,e ob,n:. l. At: Il :, - A,