Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1815-02-13
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rxoM THE FxAMINER.



PEACE.
,uare how delicate this subject is,
80 much injury arises from loose and
.',..ed accounts in relation TO IT, Even
,redy gusssings and confused rumin-
Y dreaming idiocy are capa5le Of pro-
.erioos Influence Upon the market.
-.;te 81 peace is, besides, so strong
..;.er,,l, that the most paIpable abb
M re converted with eagetness into
~ Il iii promise. In all things else,
Z deferred mskesh tie heart sick J"
n ,Ss,r4 10 race, il seems that to
y. serip,s hop<," is prudent anc wise
800 shtuld arrive, las certainly il maya
- e J blessing which no exisiing cir
<,.oces promise. Gensrally,i il is much
discfestilo calculate that a safe. OF
]. which already exists will continue,
that i will be changed. hnc 'hose'
rre(ore, Who DO not expect peace but
IS, ,tthe same TING, do not 're their 'l bus
~, bszald any serious part Of their Tor
=. upon continuance Of The war, will
. IL end, / think, be icund to have been
- uost .prudent.
notwithstanding the uniform disposition
I lie present administration TO keep up
si,fsusl quarrel with Great Britain, while
j bore F.ench insult and iojusy with
uekness at Least, if not with pleasure, it
= Ione before their followers, and this un-
~ ns,ion, could BE- pursuaded to plunge
ahe bloody vortex.
r make war requires ths assent OF but
& power; TO make peace, of t4vo.
bsn i powerful nation makes war upon
peskss one ii Can almost always terminate
s var By abandoning the pursui. Of the
Len il sought 70 obtain. Blu, when the
i is commenced not By, Blu, nfaoa the
~ powerful one, success on its par, pro-
- 81 the same process, resentment for
1nryf md prsssntions, which but for
= vi, thus made, would never have been
7l,6trd; unless i.dred the power attack.
1<kould chance to be singularly moderate,
iolgising and m, gDanimous.
|olnea4sgood men are frequently Sbut e
lb.lhxse to those are not always msgnan-
Nova TO enemies, lew, even OF The best
In<n, very few, are ever found even just
~ ptecrpls Of christianity, allhoughihe
l<dle,te forgiveness Of injuries, and that
\ 1hslI do good for evil, have done mira
ksby Introducing and establishing strong
- q justice in the world A few only,
= bit very few, have been disposed to go
rlher. In the cabinets of princes and
1Ies FIVE EXCEPT that of our own sainted
phington) forgiveness of injuries, and
y doing good for evils never found. JUS
IS IS sometimes observed towards friends,
c1Frely ever towards enemies.
lndeed, il would be difficult, to de6ne,pre.
l1ely, what Justice 10 an ossnl,ng enemy is.
'ehss attacked you, as you suppose, UNI
n.y. He has laid waste your ,errilories,
!undered your towns, and spread conster-
We, |error and blood over your unoffen-
a9s people. What then You are able TO
NE him feel your resentment you are
4oread him lesson, which future gen.
7PalQns shall remember you are able TO
= ssunder the sinews of lis power, and
PFos1q:e him bleeding and painting IN
= flst shorn likeSalnpson OF his strength.
y Pre- able 10 do this, o., and as it regards
s course you are 10 adopt, it comes TO the
'4e thing, you think you are able to DO II.
~ what would be The measure OF your
ys'eet speak not now 10 those whose
'aq aad maddened rage, whose hopes OF
''oasr and eagerness for conquest produ-
= zoe declaration Of war, on our part, but
eoo'' Judlcioas, thinking men, to ieder-
~; ask Them if G.. Britain, because
s ~ seduced her seamcn into our service,
E'''asy 20 their allegiance TO her, il, under
s'F"ce q tegaining them, . thing which
s eoulu never 90 by force, she had lnva-
3 'ae peaccahle inhabitants of Geor-
"'--u she had descended upon the