Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1817-02-12

of events, de6niive direction as 10 the
two great powers Of Europe. | voted
for it, laid Mr.. r. after endeavouring,
with our doors fhut and with the doors
open, to arref hat career, and expoie
that fatal policy which brought US 70
what we have feen and what we now
feel And when | was aiksd why vo-
ted for this famous ST. Domingo act
an act which, it was 70 faid, | speak in
the imper(5nal to have been pahed IN
der terror Of the difp.eafnre of lis Ma
jefy the Emperor and King of France
Referring 10 the laying f ~hades XII
retPettng Riga, that Con had Civ Il IT
to hin, AID the Devil ihould not take /;
away from him, MIR r applied it to the
lcept,e OF N4pol, on which, whether or
not the Dc,h gave it to hin, we Ger
taiply know thar the hand Of God took il.
from that oppFeilor yes, thar mal-fsc
tor of manki I'd that 10Jti5 ktm7u gene
ris When he fpoke OF thar man iii hi
way, he iaid, it was with recolle efions of
the date of this act and not of his pref
ent condition In his prefent condition,
he would not triumph even over him, he
looked upon bis former elevation to have
been the re(uIt Of a timid acquielcence in
what had been calea public fentiment,
IN the reign of terror-wheh heads had
been Topped off, and men tortured in
every way thar ingenuity could desile =
all IN obedience TO public fentinent =.
when few 1xecutioners, with the words
+" pubic fenument" in their mouths.
maagIed and rnaAacred whatever was
valuable in that &c noble country
Yes, lie fad i. wa, noble country, AMI
The country of noble p>ope When,
laid he, re umlag the thread Of his il
coure) ~as ak Il, on what grounds /
fhoul jattlfy my vote | anf"ered. on
none thaJ had been aiii aued and unqu1l
tionabIv not On tome that were not atllsn-
ed Ivoled in favor OF ii, becaule con-
iidcred ST Domingo as az anomaly d
mong the nations Of the earth and |
conGdcrsd it my duty, as an american
politician as an American Hatesman, ii
you will allow me to apply that obltrya.
ton to myfelf as a Representative, a.
bove all, of the Southern portion OF the
United States, to leave nothing undone
which could poiIbly give to the white
population ii that iiland an aiccndancy
over The blacks; for, if ever any thing
called for perpetual embargo on all in
tercourf1, it was the itate of that coun
try.
am tired of war, faid Mr.. r. but |
do not therefore expe6f 10 efcape 1t
Little does he know of the condition OF
mankind little does he know OF the
iigns Of the times on the other ide of the
Atlantic or on this, who fupPofes the re
po(e Of the world is fetiled- he leaven
is at work in Europe, perhaps more &C
lively in England than in any other part
of it, and the virus has been received here,
that will produce fate Of things very
far from that fettied reFole which gen
tlemen feem to hatter themielves will
follow the late convuflons in the civilized
world But, believing as he oii, Mr.. K
faid he was willing TO put it eff iii the
latelt day He was attached 10 his own
country Let Jews, Turks or ln6deis
fight for their liberty or for their feli-
gion he would have nothing to do with
their liberty or their religion. lie would
not omit TO do any thing he could con
ititutionaily do, to prevent being involves
10 a quarrel in the name OF liberty
and religion, when fervitudc, and super
itition the mott dark and detachable that
was ever known, was at the bottom OF II.
tie would keep aloof from 1t.
Mir. Z faid he could lee 10 confi;u
tiona objections 70 the bill but il there
was, he could almolt agree TO fay, with
fome of the conititu ion tinanciers, away
with party 10 iecure the pAiiege of a
| bill TO refrain any If our citizens who
were fut1iclently bafe, or, if gentlemen
plealtd, Efficiently enterprizing 10 en-
gage in fuch expeditions as it was well
known had been fitted out, Gentlemen
fay, obferved Mr.. K that our enterpriz-
ing citizens mutt % and fight the wa,s
of the colonies with Spain. With all my
heart. rha, they mutt 20 and attack
her commerce. With all my heart, If
thcy viii NOT attack ours, nor involve
their country nthe var. Let opais
catch them when llc can, and treat them