Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1814-05-30

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nation had even ia our couns:ls nd with
the sad effects Of it our Commissioners for
peace, Jay and Adams, had 20 contend in
forming the treaty, and with difficulty over
came.
In the time Of Washington's admihistra-
ton, and before, many we,e not backward
to express their undue attachment TO France
and to utter their disappfobalion of those
measures, which were not partial 10 favor
OF that country Hear the llhguage OF a
democratic member Of Congress at tina,
time. Col. Parker, with reference to al
observation made BY Fisher Amos, sid ''he
wished there was q stamp on the forehead
OF every pei son to designale whether he
was for France or Brtai.. For himself, he
would not be silent, aud heir that nation
iusej, to sshosa .,.ssc. .1-Sss.s a.-l,b.ed fof
her rank ss nation. He'wss firmly pei
suaded, that bu, for the aid Of France in The
last war those gentlemen now on the floor,
who prided themselves in abusing her,
would not have had opportunity ia that place
Of doing it +" Were this pal,iaity to that
int igucing power now done away, these
things ought not to be mentioned; bot The
same evil is too apparent at the present
time TO be forgotten, or overlooked. Brelh.
rem, you cannot be Ignorant OF the excuses
made for the depredations committed on
our commerce by the armed vessels Of tina,
nation; and the many things mentioned TO
Justify, or at least to palliate her oppressive
DEGREES. And what is your opinion OF the
language Of Mr.. Madison before he was
President when in convei sation with
Randolph concerning purchasing the F!cri-
das he said, "that France wants money and
must have it," And tor what was the Span
ish minister refused by the President, it il
was not on, OF love, or fear Of the French, OF
both The poor Spaniards We're strug-
Cling for their very existence as people a
gainst the worst Of ,yrants, and wished for
friendly terms with This country, and accor
dinghy sent over their minister but he was
not received, forsooth, because their govern
meht WAS in an unstttied state, tina, is, it
was not known, whether they would finally
retain their own government, or be compel
led to submit to pef6dious enemy. And
finally, what but a prediction for France
could induce Our President so hastily TO
make proclamation, that her obnoxious de-
cress were removed, when in fact il was not
the case On Nov. 2, 1910, the President
made proclamation. tina, the edicts Of France
had been so revoked, that they ceased on the
first day Of that month TO violate the neu-
trail commerce OF the United States. But
still the fac, was not realized However, a
year ago last summer, we we're informed by
the hand Of Napoleon, that these edic,s we're
so revoked from the FIRST day Of Nov. 1910.
This instrument bears date, April %, 1871
Hence i, appears, that P,esiden, Madison's
proclamation Is dated abou, six months be-
fore NspoIeon's and was promulgated near.
ly eighteen months before his. On March
2, 1911, an act Of Congress confirmed the
non.intescourse agains, Great Britain ex-
clusively. This non.insercourss was revi.
we'd on account OF the supposed repeal Of the
Berlin and Milan DEGREES, and Napoleon's
declaration Of their repeal is founded on this
very act This rule may be said 10 work
both ways. The non intercourse was foun.
ded upon the ,tfeot Of The DEGREES, and the
repeal OF the DEGREES is founded on the non.
inferconr ee!
When That farce was FIRST prac,ised upon
our governmental required no great skill
to reach the bot.om ofu A pretended re-
movaf Of the decrees,it was conceived, would
furnish a presext for claim upon the En-
glish Government to take of the restrict.
ions oftheir Orders in Council; bu, as the
removal of the DEGREES was not realized, IL
was presumed that the English would make
no alteration in their OF ders on that account;
hence our ports, and our hearts, would be
opsned IN the French and rbs saro. shui