Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1815-10-04

nfthe- Orders in Council. Still the war;
was continued, in contempt of proffered
armistice, FOR the attainment OF the two first
assigned objects OF it, viz the abandonment
Of impressment and of the principles of
blockade. The war was continued then at
an expense of nearly two hundred millions
OF dollars, and the sacrifice of the lives of
perhaps fifty thousand ofour citizens, for
the attainment Of the two remaining OBJ
iects of the war and after nearly years
nard fighting, peace is concluded, without
obtaining even one single specified object
for which 1t was continued-and il is sty led,
by the friends of the administration, an hon.
durable and glorious peace.
Il will also be reccoIlected that the hire
ling editors of the administration, have not
been unsparing Of their abuse OF the FEEDER
alists. for. asserting that the reasons con-
tanned in the manifesto OF government, were
not the reasons for which The government
went to war. We have now the words OF
one of the Hon. negoliators himself, that
the reasons assigned were not indeed the
| real objects of the war for in his reply to
! the complimentary resolves OF the mayor
and corporation of Washington, he says,
nothing about the first assigned objects OF
The war, but brings forward an ire new
one one, which we presume, no honoura-
bic American ever before thought of, viz
6 the establishment Of a national character"
| Does M. Clay intend to be understood,
4. IT,.
aefsr previous to the late war! Aud has
this immense sacrifice of lives. and monsy,
and consequent imposition of axes which
the country perhaps will never be freed
from again, been made for the attainment
OF this rational character Let us look at
this national character for moment. We
went TO war, and continued it, for the pu,
pose OF forcing Great Britain to abandon the
right OF impressment, and he plinci pies OF
blockade, neither of which have been af-
| Ice cd byit. Here then is no cb,ainms nj
| OF national charaCter In what then COLI
| sIsts The national character, which we art
| said 10 have obtained by the war ? Shall VT
be told that 1t consists in the bravery with
which our countrymen have fought Who
ever double d The native cou age OF the A
merlcans !-None bul the declarers of the
war, ever before dared 70 doubt it. Then
this war was declared for the wanton pul-
pose of exhibiting the bravery of The Amer.
lean character! A pretty object, indeed, on
which, fof a nation 10 waste two hundred
millions oil dollars, sacrifice fifty Thousand
lives, and saddle It's oitizens with perpetual
taxation.
II m9f jbecking Catastrophe took place
IN Huntington, on the 9th ult the par
ticulars of which as far as we have
learnt, are nearly as follow "A Mr..
Purdy, a man of loofe, incorporate
habits, had for fome time previous 10 the
fatal event, been embroiled in anger and
Enlargement with his wife, and having
come to mutual DETERMINATIONS to part,
he had fet out on journey, but unex-i
peefedly foon returned when on oatur-
day evening his barn was difcovered to be
on fire, the people cndea7ored to preferye
1t, but while endeavoring in vain TO ar
rest the flames, an unufnally bright light
was obierved in his houic, and ON exam
ination it appeared that it had been pur-
pofely fet on fire, but was foon extin-
guifhed AT this time Purdy appeared,
and faid that he bad fet FIRE to the barn,
and it had alto been his intention 10 de-
itroy the houfe. On this il was obfersed
to him, that he would be taken care of
till morning to which he replied he had
already taken care of himfelf, and had
taken fomething that would deitroy him
before that time He was very foon
thrown into convulGons, and died in the
courfe of few hours, in the mott agon-
izing fortunes. A loaded piftol was found
on him, from which and from his previs
Gus conduct, it was evident he intended
20 have murdered bis wife, which how
ever was happily prevented by her being
that night abfent fome difance at an eves
lling meeting.
WINDSOR. tyr J SEPT. Is.
Trial for Murder.