Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1815-04-03

or the arguments WHICH had been urged
before the declaration of war. and been
rejected, would have more weight after
that experiment had been made IN vain,
qvouA bs an al Of toly, 4ubicb 1Dou4 exp9ys
~ to The Jcorn and dsryfon Of the Brifyb
eatior, and the zvbole 7vofld
In the inftructions to our miniiters. ap-
pointed to treat with Cteat Britain, bear
ing date the 27th of June, 1914, is the
following paragraph
" As it is not the intention of the
United States il fuffering the treaty to
be iilent on the fubjea Of iaprefEncpt,
TO admit the Britifh claim thereon, or TO
reIirquifh that of rhc United states, it's
blgb.l important that any /acb mfsrnee
JbouA Be enti ely pyecbded, d. declaration,
or protef, in ,isnse farm Or ofber. that the o.
miJTpn is nat TO haze any l,.cb fendency."
he treaty" has been made without
iecuriog" any of the contefed rights
No iuch " declaration or proteft is in.
corporared il it coniequentiy the " in
ference" mult be that here is COM
plete " rrlipquiihment" on our part of
all rights and claims Which formed the
alleds ed caules of the war. Can We here
after urge that our flag fha! protea tie
crew failing under it !? Can We denlaJ
that our imprefIed teamen fh,n B. 4ir-
CHARGED ? Can we object aga he
Britiih definition Of blockade 4a, W.
contend againlt the Legality of ihe pin,
ciples on which her orders in couucil
were founded, wnen we have reliuouuh-
ed compensation for captures made IN
der them
II we ihould attempt to negotiare heres
after on thefe topicks, it would, accord
ing 70 the opinion Of the committee on
foreign relations, 4" exboje us 10 the corr
and de, yi9n at the BritJlB nation, and the
rVb2!e 7UerA" Thus, intead of keeping
our claims alive, to be urged at favour
able moment which thought the coz.
rect policy, we have forever abandoned
them by engaging in the war.
II has indeed been laid that " the
caufes OF the war have ceafed 10 oper-
are on account of the general peace in
Europe, and consequently that il became
unn-cefary TO Unfit on any Population
recognizing our rights. Admitting for
moment the fact as fated, one Of two
concIuGons necefarily follows either.
that the objects in controverfy, particu-
larly that OF inpre 1iment, did not iulfify
the war which late,v terminated: or tIar
whenever Grear Britain (hall again be-
come beIllgerent, we fhaIl be immediats
ly under the necelfity Of recommenci
holtliities' For it would be prepoferans
TO calculate on her forbeararce, ID exc
cute in any future war, what fhe deems
a great and eflential righr, which ae
ihould not even fuffer to be queitioned in
the late negotiation To avoid the frit,
the authors Of the late war are obliged TO
admit the latter conclulion. in fublt4nce.
What profpe6 do thsie men prefent 70
the people of America, when they thus
jultify their former conduct
But il is not a fact that rhe claim OF
Great Britain to take her fubjeas from
private friendly vIhtls has ceafcd 70
operate. AT leaf there Is no evidence
TO warrant fuch an afsriiou. She has
made no declaration to thar effea, aud
the claim is not incident 10 war alone.
Our administration have contenGed, and
very correctly, that j, i not a hsiGgvsHf
rights bur that IT'S whole fupporr reas
on the duty of allegiance, due from the
fabject 70 the fovereign-conlequently il
operates at az times. Paf experience
ihews too, that in practice, impref,msne
is not confined 20 tate of war.
have laid, that nor only the claims
in controversy. have been abandoned,
but thar very important rights and priv
ieges which We enjoyed without inter-
ruption before the war, have been loft.
BY the treaty of peace concluded in
1873 Great Britain granted to US con-
current right in the hfheries, on the
banks Of Newfoundland and in the gulf
of ST. Lawrence. She granted us the
privilege alf1, TO care the fifh on her
iAores under certain reltrictions In the
late treaty, fhe refuied to renew the itips
ulatiou, and thus an important fource Of
national wealth has been cut off
Before the late war, Great Britain had
permitted us TO trade with her Eaf India
colonies "a privilege which her own fLb