Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1815-02-06

letter to the Secretary of State, rsqucff
ing to know from the PRECEDENT, if the cx
pennies, thus neccaarily incurred for the
projection Of the fate, would be ulti
mately Reimbursed to that fate BY the
UEited States.
The anfwer was, that if the force thus
put into fervice BY the governor, had
been required by Gen. Dearborn, or re-
ceiyed BY him, and put under his com
mand, the expenfss attending it would be
betrayed by the United States If other
wife, in either Of thefe particulars, the
United States were not chargeablc with
the sxprnfc.
Here is diaina and plain cafe. in
which the United states had neglected
thar protection which rhry were expref,ly
bound u afford 10 the tate, and thereby
occaiioned the lofs Of fifth part Of is
territory And then called upon the
tate isgelfto project the remaining ter
ntorv The tate cbeyed the cali, and
referved only that right which the conlti
tuition, III exprefs terms refcrvcd, VIZ
the appointment ct officers to command
the militia requiTed-and the Unired
States lay this expence mutt be ne,by
the fate, aud thai they .ill not dbUgic
the amount, brc1uie the militia is nos
placed underline command of an officer
of he United States
For this act Of injutice, for this neg
left of dufy in the United States towards
the fate OF MaHachufstis, for this aban-
donmrrs of its territory TO the violence
ofthe enemy, | have never heard the
fmalleff apology.
forbcar to mention the rights of the
itate, the necsGi:y to which this walton
abandonment by thofr vho ousht 10 pro
tea shec,, may reduce the inha bitants.
The laws Of fclf prslervaslon, ant of
nature, confirmed BY shal of nations
afford the rule for any member OF CON-
fedrracy hus deferted and forlaken
mott carnehly hope, thar although
cruelty delerted by the governments,
which, contrary to their entreaties,
brought them into this perilors condition,
the cltizens of the country may DC able 10
defend tnrmlelyes. They nil 10 al thar
men can d under their circuwq 4ace5. But
| am confident. thar ifthis tax be colleoss
cd there and paid imto the treaiury ct the
Unised States, for the executive iupport
and defence OF others. they will be deiti
tute Of the means of mixing any adequate
reiiltaa &C Cannot, therefore, vote for
this bill.
he prelent year he commonwealth
has expended more than icyen hundred
,houiaad dollars in her own .-cfence. She
is now called on BY this BID for fix hun.
drcd thirty two thoufand Eve hundred
ninety two dollars to defend Other parts
Of tie territory Of the United States, and
her citizens more expoied than any other,
arc left to provide for sheir own defence
hey who calculate on the ability OF
Maflacnu!elts to pay, from the exactn-fs
and puncsualisy which the has heretofore
oblerved in The dilcharge of taxss, will
recolecf, that her faculty to meer the
demands Of the treafury, even in times
the mott prosperous, arofe principally
from the daring cnterprizr, unrivalled
induitry ard rigid economy Of the IN
Eabisants, that her reiources are now am
minated, and fhe is borne down by CD
loquy, iaiult and ooprethsn
: They who have oblr we'd the patience
wherewith ihe has iubmittcd TO fee the
public treafurc fquandcred, 70 pufch afe
flanders againll her ci,izcas, and notwl:hs
ltanding complete failure BY the full
confeiIion Of The hirellng, thar theic ci'i-
zens were 10 far beyond all temptation,
as nor even to be approached FOR diihon-
orab.e purpoiss. has been fnpjsoted 70
shc mott degrading intnuations, from the
frit authority Who has witneii.d all
the relources OF her wealth, all the
means Of her indnltry, the opjed Of una
batting peri. cu,lon from the guvrrnmcnt,
and her ponrilons coldly and expressly
lLere were, at The attack and capture of CAT
tire, sueuy es lit hen and i,eu,euAnt in the f,rs
Ihis was al The protet sicn Tor one Of he moli
i'm sortsn, ha.o III and rivers in the United ayes.
and sflording the belt htuaticn for naval depot
for Great britain
fIp he military dsftntl No 4 which inc'ad )
New Hampil,ire aud M.daehnissts. there we're ess
than 1900 men Il,sle were fcaueTed aver an
ex.enGye lrsA Of country Il the forts IN Bof a
ia shcr, there were not 26o men, and 10 the other
-. ttato wary snail rnrtns ttlaflern ~ !