Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1814-04-25

their glound: there IS no accom-, ,rmed
french took any advantage afterwards os ne
success. hs |
The last French accounts make M -ro,,.
any negotiation for peace 'n o. |
An unsuccessful attempt has been mad.
ah'wefp; the French have consder,ble s.a ~
force at that place. naval |
We, Verbal reports are. that Lord Wellington w.,
~N''"s upo" noroeesx w"h powerful force
More Effects Of the Retaliation M.o.u
In late paper we gave the very able and -.
rest remarks Ct the Hon Mr.. CAsro. !,
gress relating to the strange and unpr.cea.,,'
conducted Mr.. Madison in confirming, as hostage.
British prisoners of war who are to .n.w., =
The lives OF certain persons taken in arm, NJ
subjects of England, by the British. ana .,J
De tried by the laws of England as Traitor,
late English paper gives an account Of II. ~,
and execution Of one of the Chesapeake ere.
Tor crime OF this kind. That it ia .. cr..,
crime for an Englishman as for an Amer;c.,
make war and bear arms against his country :.
one will pretend to deny they both de.erv. =.
same punishment and there is no doubt bu, ~.
tue british Government will execute their la.
IN every case Of this kind. The censeoo.,..
will be, if our Government execute . Br;,;.h =
"cer or soldier in retaliation. though the per.o,
punished may have been natural zed in hi. .o,.
Try, the British Cover nuen, wi, in ,u,, ,.,.r
ate 81 infiicting the same punishment uooa som.
American officer or soldier which the 70, u,s 80
war has put into their power and thus ,wo inn.
cent persons will be made victims of this ,;no.,..
policy. Shocking to humanity as this cours. sc
procedure mus, be, it threatens to involve other
considerations than those which relate to IN. nm.
fortunate individuals, who, in the cause Of hi.
detestable wa, may become TIE subiec,, oe;,
The tate OF war or peace may be suspended nm
this question Of re,slalion. A late Iondo, =,
per OF Feb IL, mentlons-s THas Gepeyn,ea,
Bfidsh has resolved that The Proposed nesocia;on
wth america shait no, go forward a. ions os ,he
hesiden' q the U S persists in his i,npyissnmer,
Of our officers as guar antee fo, the rRAIToRs vho
are 10 be riea By ow iaSvs- Tie Brush Co,n,.an.
ae, appears, mas ordered INTO co.faen,en, nil A.
mer;eaH officers as security 70, the fs,sy.s.x officer.
lass eo,faed"
he Embargo, non importation, non.
expectation, in short, the whole restrictive
system has gone over the dam together.
The bill fer annihilaiins our restrictive
energies" and that digniHed terrapIn a,,i.
tnde which the philosophical experiments
OF Jefferson aud Madison, for the las, seven
years, have placed this county in, has re.
ceiyec the signature of the President, and
Tor the honor OF the nation we could hay.
wished that this death warrant to the
schemes and projects of political quacks
and commerce haters had been enacted in
the stile Of the laws Of the Medes and Per.
slams, " never 10 be altered" But notwith.
standing The abandonment Of this system Of
ruin, folly, and imbecili,y, the commercial
int ests Of the country, SO long as the pres.
ent wal continues, will be but little if any
Battered thereby. Compare the situation
of the United States now with what it was
six years ago, before our wise rulers adopt.
ed the " Continental System" and embark
ed in the quixotic scheme Of protecting
British renegadoes While the policy
adopted by the Federal administrations OF
keeping up friendly intercourse with for
tign nations was adhered to, we were in the
enjoyment OF lucrative commerce with all
parts OF the world, enriching 10, only those
who were Immediately embarked in it, but
the farmer and mechanic received an ample
reward for their labor and industry. Com.
merce was the life blood Of the country,
and furnished revenue more than adequate
10 all the expenses OF Cover nment The
war IN Europe gave us an immense Carry
ing Trade by which thousands accquiled
wealth. BY this influx of wealth, the inter.
nal state Of the country was rapidly improv.
ing-in fact all classes ofpeople were com.
paratively prosperous md happy. In the
lull tide OF this national and individual pos
periiy, Mr. Jefferson, then at the head Of
the government, saw Fl, 10 decline renew.
al os our commercial relations with Eng
land, although treaty for tina, purpose had
been negotiated by Mr.. Munroe, which he
pronounced to be both "honorable and ad.
vantageous" to the United States.
With the rejection of this treaty our
government commenced their war upon
commerce by series OF regulations which
every man OF common sense foresaw would,
il the end, prove destructive only to the
interests md trade OF this country, and soon.