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

which it is imp llibl- 10 refrle t. main
tain thar neutrality which It i our duty
TO MAINTAIN between The two bellisertnts,
without being at once party IN me
conIeh. Did gentlemen rocoilect Mr..
K affixed, the Gale between thet1 colo
MES ana Great Britain. aid in what way
France became a patty TO that war
In the fame way the U nlted states may
and probably will become a party to the
war between Spain aud ber colonies ;
by iirtlug out arms on colonial acCouns
from hex ports, for the PurPOie Of carry
ing on the war, public and private,
againft the mother country L. that
way, he repeated, France had b1come a
party to the war in that way we might
aud probably fhoulJ become party to
the pIeient war. Now, iaid Mr. K If
we are prepared to take 6des between
spain and her oionies. lei Us lay 10 :
but, it not, let US do thole things lncum-
bsnt on US, to prevent beng drawn in on
one iide or the other MIR k. marked
on the fanctul theory Of gentltmen, and
a fcrt OF vlGonary i ca hey appeared TO
have, OF the itrukgle N qusitIon being
one tor the right Of ieli government, &c
When the people Of Spain, tror the
rock OF Gibraltar to the pats OF Ronce
wales, was in arms agalnit the authority
of the government eitabllihed there by
the French, there had not been, Mr. K
laid, any OF this feeling tor great and
generous :natlon, affecting the right OF
iclf eovernment-nothing Of The tort.
On the contrary. the United States had
preietved what they called neutral att.
tudc neutrality calculated, as Tar as
our means went, to lubierve the caule Of
one OF the parties, he did not fay which
If, faid Mr. R we ar prepared to 'ake
part between Spain and her revolred col
onies, let us fay 70, and act an open,
manly and generous part. But, Tor my
ihare, have had enough OF revolutions.
and have had enough of war and
cannot say, with an honorable member
from Maryland before me (Gen. SH1ith)
that am not afraid OF a opanlth war.
| fhould be afraid of war with the
Sandwich lAands ihould be afraid Of
a war with the Cheroktcs or Creeks |
fhould be afraid of war with any thlng,
unels perchancc with the barbarlans OF
the Mediterranean coat OF .ltrlca. l
am afraid of war we have found the
conlcquences Of it,& if we 60 to war vi b
Spain it is nor Tor me or the gentleman
from Maryland to fay when OF en- villas
terms we ihaII make peace with the ALI
ed powers. | do not with 70 make peace
with them, faid Mr.. K. for the plain
reaion shat do not with 10 make war
with them, This bill had been called,
and properly called, bill for making
peace between his Catholic Maj1hy and
the town of Baltimore and, MIR. K
fald, he was willing TO contribute all in
his power to the lettoration of peace be
tween thele high contracting parties. |
have faid The continued) that | am tired
of war that am 6ck of revolutions.
am tired Of having the medicine of the
phyGcian fublti,uted for my daily food
am tired of having extreme cafes made
daily cafes, not Of exception bur Of prac
tice.
The honorable gentleman from New
York had faid that he rejoced that there
was now but one Gde of the Houie.
And, Mr.. r. faid, he rejoiced in it too
and nothing had more contributed TO
that fate of things, than the conduct OF
a part OF this Houfe, to which the gen
tleman from Kentucky had adverted, a
bout the Canadian fupples, and the
conduct of certain diRri6ts of the United
States, in relation to the late war
circumstances, he iaid calculated 70 COW
er forever, with confufion and difgrace,
tholc who were authors or partakers OF
them. Nothing had contrlbu e. 70 much
70 the unanirnity Of the late Prudential
Election, which was not owing 10 much
10 the confidence Of the people IN thoic
elected, as to the paralysis OF that oppo-
fiCion.
Mr.. r. faid he fnould not have troub
led the Houfc on the occalion, but tor
the alIufon TO the St Domingo act, pal
fed on the 18th day Of February. 1890
19u, FIR, faid Mr.. R. (addreillng the
chairmap) remember we'll thar day IL
was juft at the clofe Of period, within
which. after fitting for weeks in conelave.