Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1814-02-28

FULLY poiieted OF their views and
wiihes, as to the all important fub.
ject of obtaining by further compact,
engrafted INTO the prefent Conititu.
ton, a permanent fecurity againit
future abufes OF power and OF feek
ing efectual redrets for the griev.
ances and oppreilions now endured
They will alio ademble, better &C.
quain,ed with the wiihes and difpo-
iilions of other States, iuilering alike
with this, to .act in cooperation for
thefe ehen,ial objects. in addition
to this, iomc among our conitituents
indulge hope of fuocefs from the
negotiation recently entered INTO Tor
the prg1ea purpote of reitorlng
peace to our attracted and divided
country.
Aldcnlly desiring peace, they are
Idlsposed 10 allow the government some
time longer To prove lis sincerity, and to
retrace lis steps But the committee
are constrained 10 say that for them
selves they can have no belief hat
pc &C is approaching. They do not see
II IN the vast armaments which arc pre-
paiing, the vast expence accruing,
tAe demands for Canada made in one
quarter, aud for Florida in another
hey do not see 1t in the late appoint.
ment OF Enyoys, enc of whom was the
most prominent author * adviser OF the
War, and the olher a Submissive agent
In producing it. They do not see i, in
The more recent addition oil man To
the mission, who was supposed TO be
the secret controller Of the former mis-
son and vested with powers 10 impede
its pacific course But above all, the
committee are inCfedulous on the sub
Ject of peace, because no armistice is
ag eed ON or proposed +; for they con
ceiVe 1t impossible, that any man at
the head oil Government would devote
10 Certain destruction, thousands OF his
innocent fellow beings, driven into the
ranks 10y want and distress OF lis own
creating, ii he believed In S terrible sac
rlhce would be iruiliess, and that before
their blood mad become cold, a Peace
would be declared
Jne return oil Peace womb undoubt.
IDLY relieve the people from many Of
&C burthens which ,hey now suffer
but IL Is moi 10 be forgotten, how the
war was produced, how it has been
Conducted, how l,ng It's baleiul cons
quences viii continue, and how easily
such evils may be again b ought upon
Us, unless an ,fiectual security be pro.
nded Without War, ex perience has
shewn US, our commerce may be des.
sroyed lnGeed there is now little nope
mat II will ever be restored, unless the
people oil Massachusetts and the other
commercial States shall exert their uni.
led sff"rts Ia bringing back the Consli
tuition o us first principles.
Under these i'm pressions the commit.
tee beg leave TO conclude ny r,commen
ding the ydopion of The following Res
~.utions All which rs respectfully
submitted, b, order OF the COMMITTEE
ID A. WHILE, Chairman.
Fesolces, That the &C, laying an Embargo
sn \. sir, an vessels Ia the por,s and
4. borsUf he u. S. "psssed by the Congress
OF he vi ed States on the 10 h day OF De.
lemoer, 1913, contains provisions not war.
anted oy the Constitution e the u. Slsie.,
I'D violating The rights OF the people Of this
CJmmonwr shh.
Reso!ved, hat The inhsbi,snl. Of the Stale
Massachusetts,, have enlo, ed. from it's
earliest settlement, the fight OF navigating
t. por, To port within lts limits and fish
Ing on ITS coass tina the tree exercise aud
enlo,meo. oil these righis are essential 10
'he comiort and Subsistence OF a numerous
class OF us citiz sns; lhst he power OF pro.
h'hiting 10 MS eiizens The exercise OF these
ighls WAS never delegated 20 the general
government, and hat all laws passed by
that government, intended 10 have such an ef
feet, are therefore anconst,t ulionai and void
Res0.Sed. That the people of this Com.
monwesltb " have RICH, 10 be secure frorn
Ill unreasonable sesiches and seizures of
t-e,r persons. houses, pagers, and all their
possessions = hat ell laws rendering liable
20 seizd'e lie properly u a ci,lzen, al he
disesrtiun oi an individual, wi,h.ut warrant
IL IN d magis ale, issued n complaint suo
port,d ca o. Oh % sIhr malloo, under the ore.
tenee ,ha, such properly rs apparently on
its way ,osad the terriio.y OF loleisn ns
Tn. or ,be vicinity thereof" are arbitrary
IN Iheir nature, tyrsnn,eal IA their .ye.clse,
and suosersHe OF lie ffs, prlneiple Vi c,yil
tDerfy.
Resolved, That the people Of this Com
monwea,ii. shave srigH, 20 TIE Protected N
ne enJc, menl Of hie, liberty, sn4 pfoperty.
&C riding 10 standing lava :" AM hat ii, Al
mos Il prohIbu d'em the ealo.ment of
this "a siI hv srcrts act NJ md 80, =. .