Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1814-10-31

az ~ the common slang that Britain derives in-
.r,,ot information from she Federal party, it be-
rs =, vulgar minds alone, and is too contempt
:tle IN need refutatIon. The public acts and the
10 nj our defences are published without scrupe
!. The urints of both parties. And as to private
,raitors. when the individual is named who has fur
nshed aid to the enemy, it will then be time e.
nourh to inquire who he Isl and whether he be gull
y. e.. p...o:
IN Ney- eng and the war is unpopular! Does she
nat know that the same prosecuted Federalsts will
defend themselves, though the national government
has abandoned them, and even invited her attacks
Iit not well known to the foe that the spirit OF n
Englandmeu is invincible, that they will not be
ensldved by James Madison, nor subdued by foreign
r,rce Did the enemy calculate on Federal aud
when they visited the city OF Washington, or when
they attacked baltimore, the very sink of Demo
crdcy! Or did they expect to profit by political
divisions in their expeditions to the county OF Han
COCK, to the state of georgia, democratic almost
TO manp No nation was so stupid as TO hone
for aid from invaded country, knowing at the
same time that the people thus invaded would u
unanimously rush to repei them.
Last of all ii is SAID that Britain demands exor-
bitant conditions of peace, knowing that we are a
DIVIDED people. The receipt of the dispatches from
Client, at this time, will be lucky for sir Madison,
il their publication should he hopes aud itsr.ds
work up the people to war-pitch. Ii the people
drawn in by this artifiCe, we shall have long
war but should they see and avoid the trap laid
for them, speedy peace must ensue Let us rec
object that treaties are but national bargains, the
highest price is asked first BY an attentive peru
sal Of the dispatches it will appear that both parties
sroposed subjects for discussion to be altered mod
lied or totally abandoned, they might afterwards
agree. One of our own propositions is, claim OF
indemnity for property taken from US by the enemy
during he acar! The only point insisted on by
Britain is that the Indians be included in the gen.
eral publications and that the limits Of their terri
tory be definitely marked out, as perpetual bar
rer between their dominiOns aud ours. On this
head she asks no terms of which she is not will
ling should be mutually binding herself.
On the policy of complying with this request say
nothing because much ADLER writers are now dis
cussing these questions. But little attention to
the state of things will show beyond doubt, that
Britains expects more and gains more from the in
capacity of our rulers than from any disunion OF
the people.
These propositions, the Madsonan party, true
to their system OF uggie, have trumpeted forth a.
though they terms TO be imposed on US, to our
total subjugation in expectation OF rousins the
whole nation to an unanimous support of the
The only union to be desired by weli-Wishers TO
the country, is union against Madison and his
war; union that shall put into Office whom
the enemy know to be men OF the first talents, OF
capacity adequate to any crisis, of real patriotism.
1t was such union of sober men that gave peace TO
Europe in the year 1888. When such union is
completed in this country, land its completion is
rapidly aproaching,) then and not till atel may we
expect an honor able and permanent pacifcation,
W.