Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1814-06-06
f,om London paper Of Feb. 10. 1874


from the Americans on the 18th Of De
xenber; and they add reports Of a difaff
'=r of a different kind, fnfained by the en-
envy, which may be Gill more important
IN it's refult Il is ffated that the Amer
lean fquadrons, on the Lakes of Ontario
and Erie, have beth fafered mott vio-
lent attacks from the fury of the elenness
in confequence of which five vei1cls on
the former Lake and ten on the latter
have been funk or branded, and two have
/. gone down the falls Of Niagara. To re
ioce at human iutferings as fuch, is not
human; but we may be permitted to in
, duge feelings Of iatisfaction in contemp
,ating the conlcquences which may enfoe
from this awful viiitation The field of
naval exertion mott important to our
national interelts will be again opened to
us with the farrell profpea OF success
Il will be our own fault if the American
nag ever again waves triumphant over
tholc inland (eas, which cover our vaina-
bic colonies in that quarter Of the world.
Il viii be our own fault, if the pre- emin
ancc on Lake Erie is ever again entruffed
to Fifty Bri;iih ieamen, whit three hun :.
cred picked men are tent from Jingle
American frigate to reinforce the enemy's
Gorilla Hitherto perhaps it has not been
poffible to divert from othev pseshng ob
;ccts, the naval force neceiFary to etsab
liih end maintain an abfol.uc fupcriority
on thefs waters hus we now fee that
fhrIc IS fcarcely any other objsss si4at can
Be more prsihng Let u.not dream 6
rynce with country that has tsrpifaed
oxr flag. until op the very fccnc of orr
defea,, abfolute and Anslsrisrd fubmiilon
u That flag fhali have wiped OUT an me-
r,sry OF the ciigrace. We anderitand
that government has mcitaiAuAably Tefolv.
ed lllas-she propof~i Assatiations with
America fhall not go fe.1sasd 10 long IS
die Prefident of the U.,,sed States per-
fits N his imprifonr. --f1saof eur officers.
or the monfrous p Of proceeding BRIT
NJ traitors from paniA nenu 1t appears
hy general order of 81 Gcovgr Rsesoif's
that sen Wilkinfou has fcIared
the Pr.Gdsss'., rcfslu4 herring
anatsra6, I az p,ln.,tl sse It
eau be called) on .shis3 be acts IN this
cafe, Sir Georges reply IS fYirisc1 and
iuit He obferves thai the American
government openly pasronifes and pro.
te6ts crime Of the mott infamous de.
fer;ption imc hsid in abhorrencc, &
devoted to capital pundhment. BY every
civilized nation in Europe, and in mott
elpecizl manner las we the other day
ihosea) BY France, the ally, he might
have faid tie leader and great exemplar
of policy to the u. S. If the Prefident's
rcfolution be unaltrrablc land, from his
itupid and muffin obaiuacy, We can eaG-
" believe it is 70, The Amefiean people,
the reA-c,ing and influential part OF them
At leaf, are the more imperiouiiy called
upon to review the ground on which that
refolution is formed. 1t is founded Oh
precedent, on authority, on reafon, on
analogy ]? If a ION has fed from his
father, if an indcnled iervant or appren-
tce has run away from his mater. # q
wife has eloped from her hufband, does
it follow, that the perfoa@ to when the
fugitive choofes to refort has right to
cenfider bis or her prior obligations and
duties as abfolulcly annihila,fa! The
modern protectors of improvement in civ
ilization and morals, however. hold that
there is, in the prefenr cafe, no duty, no
obligation that every individual of full
age and rsafonablc capacity has right to
elea his country. 1t may be 70 in the U
States, becauie the law of the y, S. may
have permitted its native born citizens to
make fuch election but if fhe law Of
the individuals native country has given
him no iuch right, in what code is it to
be found In no ne, nc, not even in that
monftrous production Of crazy philolo-
ply, the French Rights Of Man, Poh !
fays the PreGdcnt, care not for codes or
laws, my principle has metaphiiical fub
iira,um. 1t emen mates from the bright
region,
Where Entity and Qu'di'y.
The ghofs Of dsfuLc, bodies lie,
PROSPECT BEFORE US.