Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1814-05-02
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The seiTion Of Congress was expected
10 clofe on Monday lat. 1t is devout1y
to be wifhed, that fome gentleman of the
minorit. may beitow time and labour
nough on its " rife, pfogrefs, and termi-
nasion," to give the publick concifc his
tory Of its proceedings Itas much to be
regretted, that the nation is obliged to be
to fuch degree dependent for its knowl
edge on the fubject of Congregational at
fairs, on the National In,eligencer-a pa
per, which, when placed betwixt the
Cabinet and the Country, cannot be reli
ed upon with any fafety. Enough how
ever, has tranfpired from the prefent fes
fion, to render it confpicuous in the his
tory of the United States; & it is of great
importance that the fubject fhould be
committed to black and 4ybite, before it is
forgotten.
The FELTON, continued between four and
Eve mopths. Immediately after its com.
mcncement, the Pre6dent, in fecfet
MeHaee, recommended Thorough tmbar.
20, as the latt hope of the nation. to bring
Great. Britain to terms, and to force her
10 put. an end to the war The recon.
snendation was fwallowed with the utmoit
svidity by the Cabinet ,egSlars /: and
bill. prepared to their hands, of the mott
ex;rayaeant, tyrannical and unconftitu
,ional character, was pa1ed with Zeal
and rapidity becoming French National
Convention, or Con(ervative Senate. So
perfectly devoted to the preident, as the
Head Of their party. were the friends of the
Administration, that. without the lealt
hefitation they not only fubmitted to, but
app. auded, meafuye, which placed in
his hands power more delpotic and op.
pseflive, than could have been enforced
under almof any abfolute monarchy in
Europe. 10 iuch mean and debated
fate Of mind had our boafted republican,
funk, that for the fake Of domineering
over frdrralifs, they would furrender not
only without murmur. and without hei
itation, their abfolutc and efcntial rights
aad liberties into the hands Of an arbi-
trary. and vindica,ive Chief Magiltra.e,
bu, they even went the length of fhout-
Jog their applaufe for the glorious oeca-
fon. Now mark the refult-Beforc the
end of the fourth month after claiming
the people Of this free country in letters,
the fame Chief Magiltrate informs the
public, that this meafurc, on which he !
had 10 implicitly relied for fuch overpow-
esing effects. and which his party had
fworn for him thoufand times would |
not be lightly abandoned. as the former
attempt of a fimlar kind had been--had
become altogether Intellectual, and there
fore the belt way to abandonit all at once
Iniantly, upon this his fovereign will &
pleafure being made know to his miferas
BE tools. the whole party became illumi
nared. they faw at once that great chang
es mad taken place in the world, that
their boaited fyitem Of coercion had no
efficacy at all-rhat it vas what federal
its always told them it would bs-a fyf-
TEN of mitchell, frauu, and folly-and
bysa fweeping act they fen: it all to
perdi,ion. Conn. Mryor. ]
B,ckering among brethren Of the fame
pr;ncipies III appears by Mr.. Cations
admirable fpeech on the Loan Bill, that
the majority in congrefs are not agreed
as to the cause for continuing the war,
Mr.. Ingerfol of Pennsylvania, (whoic de
fiction from the principles of Wafhing-
ton has made him to be great itatesman
in & ns eff nature --eudcavoured TO prove
either that the war is confequence Of
the violation on the part Of G. Britain Of
the principle, Free /bips make free gods.
or is to rrfult in the eltabli!hnent of this |
principle. On he other hand, Mr..
Jackfon. of Virginia, declared that this
maxim had never been aGerted by our
government under any administration az
founded on the common law Of nations.
But although they are pofed as TO the
particular objec, which we are contend
ing for. and there is con(idcrab!e dis
crepance among the leaders of-,he ma.
jori's on that point yet they all harmo.
nize in the great elential. They all vie
with each other in their zeal for the
continuance of the war, anu that at any |