Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1815-04-17


er, loudly remonitrated agisnif the Pre-
fidential contribution of impeachment,
1t is well known that the principal
Importers of PRECEDENT Madifon were
found, in thoie ltates which had the
leait connection with commerce. Our
chief magifrate, by the aid of fweeping
and fubfervient majority, was able to OBJ
tain fanetion to his Interpretation of
this law; war was declared for this |
caule amongit Others, and after the 9TH
er caufes had been abandoned, for this
cauie it was excluGvely prolonged.
That no polIible doubt ihould be left,
our commifhonsrs were over and over
again initructed to Unfit on this point
In the midit of thefe declarations and
infruetions, The PreGdent directs our
commiiIioners to abondon this point
without iti2ulation i'm the treaty.
What is this, but to declare in 10 many
words, that if his former petition was
true, that the queition of impeachment
was 10 permanently and indifolubly con
nected with the deareit intereits and in
dependence of the United States, that he
has formally abandoned both. 1t admits
of no other conitruetion, and however
the Importers OF our cabinet may turn
and twiit and wriggle, it Is impoilible for
them 10 extricate either themielves or our
chief masiltrate from this Illuminating
dilemma.
But the Prelident knows now, and he
formerly knew that his continuation Of
the queition of impeachment was unda-
mentally wrong. lie has not the manli-
neiS the intrepid honeity when he aban-
dons his errors, and premedltated blum
ders, to acknowledge them. he fees no
other mode OF elcape than to raifc hue
and CRY againit the federal party, and to
repreient them as hottie 10 peace, be-
cauie he has been compelled 10 iurren
der his quettion of impreilment-becauie
he was forced by the uLparaIed diitreiies
of his country, to acknowledge, that the
contribution OF the federal party was
correct becauie he cannot bar the
! fpe2acle of his own mort,heatien and
! difgrace. This is as honorable as II
would be 20 hire flanderer to abule US,
and then to provide him with paliage
to foreign country to prelent detec-
ton lit would be as honorable, as II
would 20 fate this enorinlty as cauie
for declaration of war againlt foreign
nation as honorable as 1t would be, 10
have his panegyrics reiounding from the
walls of Newgate.
Whatever we may think of the rreh-
denr individually, we hope he feels Juiti-
fed in his own Conscience. tie has
tremendous and awful reiponilbiilty. 1t
is no. quefion, as many would repre-
fent it whether he enjoys his salary or not
To fuch empty flanders we diidain
reply 1t is queltion whether before
an eternal tribunal, where the iecrets OF
all hearts are TO be laid open, he Can de-
clare that his administration had foley
and exc!uGvsIy the permanent welfare OF
his native country for ITS object wheth
or he purified by The beit lights OF his
own Intelligence, with boldnefS and
honeit such iyttem ;-whether be re-
nouaced and abandoned all matters Tub :,
ordinate, which came n competition
with this grand principle; whether he
ever facrihced theie for little fugitive
and expiring popularity popularity
that dies in the bud.
rhefe are quefions which the Chief
magifrate of this country, now IN me
decline of his exiltence, will hereafter
have to anfwer, with his Creator tor
Judge.
mr.. Je0erson's Macy under the ham
McT.
We observe by an advertisement IN the
Phiiadelphi, papers, that government are
about TO. sell by auction, eighteen OF those
invaluable naval machines, commonly cal
LED Jefferson's Gun Boats, besides several !
other equally valuable water deiences, Bar
ges. i0m co.
The University OF Vermont, which has
been occupied for year past by United
States troops, is 10 be Immediately put
10 It's former scienuhck use. lne Rev.
Ebenezsr Porter, ID ID. Professor OF pa. !
cred Rhetorick In the Theological oemina
nv. Andover, is appointed President and,