Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1815-03-27
the vital principle, TO him, and mott pro-
hlable to his friends.


Sir, 1vben l came to the h9ujs this mar
ming, and 5a1U Jq2ck gfexecutivs birds, Of
III omen, 1tttering round the hall, expect
ed a 1var 6yeeze-I expected that execmiUe
Influence zuoula be extaaafd to tie utulzjf, to
fix yaur peace efabtybueaf as high as PeG-
bic. 1bsjs mlinaus III JGtea birds. are neUer
On the qva1g bat a farm dslsruf7iOe Of some
unpo tant intersf Of the fe3pls, immediate
| y fol14vs A regular force Of 5000
men, nearly double the number of your
former peace caabliihnent, sre a. many
as ought 10 be retained. for any and ev-
cry beneficial purpofe; indeed are more
than can DC entrultsd with the present
abusers of power, with safety to the
people.
MIR Speaker On the subject of the
peace, and the events and progrets of the
late war, relative to which SO much has
here been sad, | would obferve, that mel
Their foreign nations, nor our own, will
| judge thereof by your harangues here, or
even by the deceptive meiSage of your
president No, sir, they have read in
your declaration of war the alledged
caules thereof, and will look into the
treaty OF peace, to see what you have
gained they will there see that not one
of the objects for which you went to
war, has been secured or Obtained.
That even the point CT honor rettS with
your late enemy, with the pofsel0ion Il
Moose Island. Your own envoys having
uery 7viSy submitted to commissioners,
whether part OF your own territory ant
inhabitants belong TO you or not
Administration should not deceive
themselves by the en;husiastick express
ion OF unbounded joy, on the return of
the Blessing Of peacc-a joy which has
spread ike lightning through our country
electrifying our citizens, and is echoed,
and re-echoed, aud echoed again, from
Maine to LouiGana. It's peals are fill
heard, like remote thunder, in the extreme
of our nation. 1t implies thc scvercit
ceusures on, and devoutIy hope and be
Iieve, will seal the doom of this worthless
Administration. It is NOT 10 commenda-
ton of the terms of peace because i
burlf forth spontaneously, before tho(e
terms were known. Yes, sir, it implies an
utter deteltation nd adherence of your
war and of war men and war meafuges.
Yes, sir, an adherence of a war, from
which the survivors rejoice to have e0ca
ped with their lives, aud with the milera
bic remnants of their properly, before you
had completed the ruin Of your country.
But mitake Tie not Fir mott cordi
ally do | unite with honorable gentle
men or this floor, and with all my fellow
citizens, in mutual congratulations on
the return of peace already our be-
loved country is faved from further dan
ger and defolation mott CO; Nially do /
Join with honorable gentlemen here, in
ooting thanks and n19aunasnt5, and Gv2rds
and medals. to the byave defenders gftbe
country By Ea and land; in 1yreatbiag tor
item the hwei5 Of implortaity-aHdm e.
cry otber te/fm9nial of national gratitude
to thofe who have preierved America
from the power and frength Of our late
enemy, and from the wickedneis and fol
ly Of our rulers. But, fir, in all this,
there is nothing to confole the wicked
administration, unlefs, like the foolilh
bird, they decorate their difgraced body
with the plumage of others. Notwith-
ltanding this truth, others might prefume
from the language of gentlemen this
day, that they had beaten their enemy at
all points, had indeed conquered him IN
the cabinet and in the field, and had G
merged from the horrors of this war,
covered with glory. Yes fir, that glory,
like the alI-extended mantle of charity,
had covered the multitude of their poliL
ical fms. But where are we to look tor
this glory l. it mounted on the fhould-
ers Of your officers (who fwarm our
ftreets) in the pretty form of epauletts,
right and left, or in the RUNS OF your
Capital In the heroic attacks of our
warriors, or in the precipitate and dill
graceful fight of your PRECEDENT, your
onititutional commander in chief, from
the unfought field OF Bladensburgh /?
In the numerous and fpIendid victories
of our gallant I" ocean warriors 5" or IN
the wreck of public credit, and IN the