Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1814-08-22

had men killed and II wounded.
FROM THE cENrlNEI.
The following article is copied from
the Baltimore Patriot, which will serve as
the ground work for the
Portrait IF Commerce Haters.
PUBLIC CREDIT.
/ !" ~ '5sfe y7ur treajure Is, there your hearts
are aL6."
We ssaie, as poltivs fact, on unou eit;onah,.
anthoFHy hat iarge amour, Of per cect IJn,.d
asAtss STOCK, ia. tecently been dilposed of in r.
and to Fs1e,atf. ffbe b R,s as.p We men,;or
ms 70 show has with all Their newfosper "a
llsgihA'ofe raving, ,hete very people ase fep6ble
OF the firm bats on which the cauie of the eoun,,v
feits aud OF The good faith Of the acm,niara,oo.
Hns,e TACT OF this sort. IS worth vo.ume Of Bsf.
ton Rs6sf ranting. or Soxm yard, of Bt.ks q,
MILLS Rs'o;sfioss; which in tedious gaconad, :.
sosO< uPon meafures 1hien they dare as well plunge
INTO me crater OF II "a as attemst to execute"
REMARK.
We do not believe a word of the above
aiiert'on is true. From perEaal irquyy
on the subject we are confident many Tim.
liar reports which have been playea IF
here, are wholly groundless we nev-
ertheleis deem it our duty TO copy this
article to shew to our Capitalists the read,
use which the hirelings of the adminii.
tration would make of it, were any Of
them so weak and incon6ffent as to lend
Money to help carry on the Mar Of De.
)fvuefioa to all their hopes The monied
men OF New England are principally Of
the Mercantile clafs Let such men then
reflect on the bold and alarming afIerion
OF MIR. Secretary NuNRoE to the Swedish
Minifter I'M KANIzow ~
"oIR-The support and protection Of
COMMERCE does not enter into the
policy of the American Administration.
Let them consider too, that this daring
in,imation came from the lips Of the sec.
rotary OF State-th very pitchpipe Of the
President and the Asplrant to the Pres
identiai chair and made too in an official
manner TO Foreign AIiniiter: and then
contemplate what mutt be their profpects
It they Patronize such an adminiifra-
ton I! I!
FROM The NEW BEDFORD MERCURY.
II has long been the inquiry of almoit
every one, why does not the General
Government protect our sea coat why
d. they not send on men to keep the enc
my from burning our shipping in our mar.
bours /! These inquiries are mace every
day, by men Of all parties. The Natinai
Lteagencer, the organ Of the adminilfras
ton. furnishes an answer. 1t says -
1.-THE Government ha. queniorably been EN-.
barraAed BY The denruc,on Of its commerce and
has tor en- years encouI' cred 6aancia Heterogeneous
but II an inqiry be RATED whether the nation has
been weakened or has been nrengihened, there
can be no doubt the refponse During the
Ian ten year, and particularly since the declaration
OF war, the nation has acquired degree of vigor
and aabiiy beyond all former example,
There is nothing in this extract ambig.
nous or equivocal. Ii may be underltood
by any one. 1t amounts to this Gmple,
plain propoGtion, that the deftruetion Of
commerce contributes in high degree to
the vigor and liability of the nation.
The "vigor and liability" of the nation,
has increased in proportion as " the des-
truction of its commerce" has been more
or lefs rapid. While commerce. had little
else than our own refrictions to contend
with, we were not doing quite so well
but since the declaration OF war;" ince
the Government engaged the navy Of G.
Britain to Artist US in I" defruc.ion )" fince
its 8. deitruction" has been little more
rapid, f" the nation has acquired degree
of vigor and liability beyond all former
example. And in bringing about this
great public good. our prudent Govern
ment has not heitated to encounter n
naneial arrangements"
Negro Fresdsm "A late Halifax paper
(tates, "that in one of the tranfports
from the Chefapeake, arc nearly 400 OF
he blacks of Virginia, who have deierted
their task matters, and fought their long
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