Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1814-10-03

TIC sentiment OOiitIdiy W aiS WISH
es of many of those VINO are within
the hearing of my voice, who may Us
pushed into vote which they wish,
If possible, to avold2 Is this a state
of things winch viii authorize Con.
gress to put the nation Into State OF
warp Ii War Was absolutely neces.
,ary, there would be no necessity for
individuals to act under such excite
ments-so that one half would enter
into it reluctantly, and the other bali
would be ashamed OF entering into
the measure-like some hapiess midi
vlduaL precipitated INTO a single com
Dat against his own VIII, .under the
lash OF the press, and the Busy talk OF
lhe coffee. nou.c saunterers OF the
day.
But, said Mr.. r, has it been taken
into consideration, that these two great
belligerents, who for twenty years
have been disturbing the reposc OF
mankind, during which period we
have had the wisdom and the virtue,
under men acknowledged on all hands
to be great-under MIR. Jefferson, the
idol OF one description Of people--un-
der Mr.. Adams, the idol of an OF.
poslte descriplon-and under Gen.
Washington, the Idol CT all, to steer
clear ofany connection with them
may make peace ? And II we are now
to take leave of our peaceful course,
under what auspices are we about to
do SO? Who are the Statesmen TO
plan, or the Military Chiefs to exc.
cute? But, as he said, these beIhg
erents may make peace, & peace IS
always made at the expence of a
weaker power, May not Great. Bsit-
ain and France, after perhaps we shall
have taken possession of Canada, find
ito their advantage TO make peace,
and In that Case VIC may be compel
led to surrender Canada to England
or Louisiana to France; or to enter
into any other condition, no matter
how much it may affect our interest,
if it produce, what these powers al.
ways keep in view, their own aggran.
dizement.
Are we going to war on the faith OF
the duration of the life of the present
Emperor ofFrance2 Are we prcpar-
ed to rest our whole hopes on the ex-
istence Of that man; O.. W hat is worse,
to attach ourselves To his Cause, and
number ourselves among those he
calls his allies2 and for what?
Mr.. Il. said it was six or seven
years since this question was first in.
cidentally touched, upon in this
House, on motion of a member
from Pennsylvania, since translated
to the other branch of the Legisla.
ture. He had lately looked into the
opinions which he entertained and
expressed on that occasion, and he
found them precisely to agree with
his present sentiments and it was
satisfactory to himself to find this
agreement but he regretted also to
discover that the forebodings of that
day had been unhappily realised in
respect TO our government.
Mr.. X. said it was not his inten.
ton when he came to the House this
morning, to have spoken on this sub
ject. He came TO enter his protest
against the system which is pa,ronis-
ed by those who call themselves the
friends of the people-who style
themselves Republicans.
And if he thought it would have
any effect, he would call upon the adj
vocates of the measure to pause upon
this fearful abyss---fhis labyrinth
of war, into which whomsoever has
entered, except the two great de-
vourers of mankind, the Tiger and
the Shark have most assuredly died.
With respect 10 the taxes in ques-