Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1815-05-22
Total,

Total, Dolls 10 So ,0OO
Sixteen Millions, Thee Hundred and Seventy Nine
Thousand Dollars annually =! Z
Here let us remember, that Thousands OF our
Frcemen ave been SLAIN IN his mad war which
was declared In rashness, and OF which NOT one
single object for which IL was deola ed has been
obtained by il to compensate for the Blood and
Treasure it has cost
In addition to this, al, imported articles and
goods are charged with double The amount OF The
former duties Hence the presen; extrsysgsnt
prices of those artjcies--snd in particular those
Of Tea, Sail, Sugar and Molssses.
We have awaited with more than curios-
Iy, TO discover what would be The character
OF the political speculatlons OF the Court
Gazette, on the ie-ascension of Bonapaite
10 the throne of tie Boufhons. We have
not been deceived in the anticipations that
We had formed OIL this subject Mr.. Gales
can hardly contain his joy. He exults in
isoverAow of heart but bye and bye, rec
oliecting the pledge SO formally given, that
our government were not the fliends OF Bon
aparte, he endeavors to moderate his rap
lures. He states, that the depredatious
which his royal and imperial majesty for
merly committed ON our commerce, must
forever preclude the supposition, that our
government can ever entertain all attach
ment towards him. This miserable scape.
grace apology, is designed to preserve some
shew OF consistency. But why, IL may be
asked, does MIR. Gales, If The President Is
NOT partial TO Bonaparte if our chief mag
lstrate is sincerely friend to the commerce
OF the American merchant, testify such Joy
at The outset? Why does lie exult that
tue men, who by MIR. Gales own declaration
has perpetrated such outrages, is now III q
situation to repeat The injury with impuni-
iy ? 1t the President was not the friend OF
Bonaparte, Notwithstanding his plumber and
coufagration OF American property, would
Mr. Gales dare so TO express himself!
Ii is we'll known that this man does not
pen single paragraph hostile to the feele
ings of the executive. Nor is it too much
TO inier, that whatever Joseph Gales thinks
on this subject the President thinks also
Accordingly, we find that kind OF Madisonl-
an cunning in the last number Of the Ma
tonal Intelieencer, by which aretreat Is
in future to be provided lor. The plumber
OF American property is delicately touched,
as il he could not tread on this ground too
lightly When every sentence should
smoke with Indignation, the signing Editor
mildly shippers out complaint like poor
forlorn love-sick Corydon, who has been
doomed to encounter the iIowns OF Amaryl-
lis. We should recommend 10 Mr. Gales
to write despairins sonnet on the subject
as any other style Of complaint would be
too harsh for the delicate and susceptible
organs of the editor. But while the turtle
dove of the President COOS out his com
plants, another course is taken by the de-
mocraic EDITORS abroad. They are loud
ard yociferous in their Civilizations at the
fortunate Bonaparte, and they pour forth
teeir panegyricks with an unspaling hand
Thus, the President, without expressl,
committing his own character, can see al
this work done by other hands. tic has nc
control he can say over the American
press, and if his Editors will indulge In
such specula,ions, why forsoosh, is he no