Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1814-01-31
Legislature Of wassartusstts.
ANS ~ Err Of IHF HOUSE
TO THE GoVERN0RS SP4EcR.
Nay it Please your ErceAencv

The House of Repre- seni atives sincerely
condoie with Jour Excellency in the loss
which he Common veal II has ssst aimed by
the death ct The late Chief Justice, whose
private char lcter was adorned by all the y,r
tues of domestic life and whose genius and
erudi,ion displayed in he performance Of
his Official duties. form a distinguished era
in the Jurisprudence Of Massachusetts.
The people of his Common wealth by the
seasonshle assertion Ut their righ, 10 inves,i.
gate political measures, have checked . ds.
position, manifested il some por ions of the
Country, to s,ifie fair inquiry, to su,nres.
The freedom of speech and Of The press. and
thus to protraCt the evils OF misgoyernment
and screen the errors or vices of q ruling
party from exposure.
We are glad to be informed, that. 4 nor.
ton of The arms which this 81, ate is entitled
TO receive from the General Government.
has 81 length been supplied, and shall in.
qulre mo The causes Of the neglect which
has prevented the state from receiving the
whole number intended for it by law.
While the rrivalions and burdens of wsr
deemed by the great portion or our f.liow
citizens 20 be both wicked and unjust, and
by a still more numerous class, wsnton and
p-boFS bSSu busA2lncu with
patient respect for constitutional principles
It's origin ought not to be forgotten. Il
should on the contrary be held in perpetual
remembrance, 80 warning to once delu
ded people, against yielding to the dominion
OF passions OF which a weak or 4 wicked ID.
mInlslr.;ion may take advantage TO iavol G
them IN the deepest satloBsl Calamity.
The British orders IN council, and the cas-.
usi abuses arising from the practice of i'm.
pressnent, have ceased to be considered by
impartial men. A. the causes of the present
war. These were probably, mere orelences
for precipitating Ihe nation into the gulph of
a fatal policy, to the verge which its authors
had been impeIled by their own passions
The real causes az the war must be traced
TO the first systemsucai sbs,.donr. ent of the
policy of Washington and the friends 4 fra.
mers OF the constitution to an imp lac able
luminosity against those men, &their univer-
sal exclusion from all concern in the govern.
ment Of the country TO the influence of
worthless fore. gners over the press, and tile
Deliberations OF the national government in
all its branches. To jealousy of CONNER.
cisi states. envy Of their prosperity, fear of
their power. contempt of their pursuits, and
ignorance Of their true character and impoi.
lance, To the cupidity Of certain; states for
the wilderness reserved for the miserable
sborigines. Toa violent passion for conquest.
and IN infatuated pe,suation that neishbor.
ing Provinces were enamoured of our ins,i.
tulioas. and would become sn easy Grey to
the arts and arms of raw and bosstfuI sdyen.
turecs and sbove ell to tho deusiye esli-
macs OF The relative power and resources
of France and Great Bri,sin, and a deter.
mined hostility towards the latter as The
hrmest basis OF party power. These will yet
be viewed " the present generation and by