The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1823-12-09

AA M~+ AtAtr1 1t kAM En6tfIzE ArNEHNuf nf ire
last session. thsi gresg effort vas then max.
ifg iu Spain and Furtural tn Improve thH r0n-
difion " tie people " those couniriea, and
thar u appeared 80 he conducted With ertra-
ordinary moderstiuu. w need scartaiy -
remarked, that tiia rssait has been. tn far. w..
Wv dlHeFunt fEpHn what wAE thsan anticipated
OF eFents ~ that qaarier q - gisbe. with
which we have H0 mach Intercourse. uH4
from which We derive our ofigia. we have 81.
ways been MnHlDuR and interested spectator.
The citizens cf the United States cbersh seq.
timenfs the most friendly, In favor of fhe hb-
erty an1 hsppiDess of their fellow men ou that
side Of the Atlantic In the wars of the 10.
ropean powers. In matters relating NV thr1-
selves, We have never taken any pari. nor
does ID comport with Cur policy NJ IN a1. Itn
only when 0ur rights are Invaded. ~ serioas.
ly menaccd. that we resent injuries. or maka
preparation f0r our defence. With the uoys-
ments 10 this hemisphere, we are, OF necesai-
IN, more Immediately connected. ana wv raUs-
Is which must be obvious 70 all enlightened
and impartial observers. The pai8tical rrs-
TEN Of the allied powers, i essentially 6iHer.
ent, Ia ghIs respect frUm that 0F America
This difference proceeds from that which *.
ISIS in their respective governments And Al
a.
chieved by the loss Of 80 much blood ana 4
y treasure, and matured TN thg wisdom WI their
most enlightened citizens, and under which
We have enjoyed uneSamped felicitF. tiae
whole nation u devoted.
We eve il therefore 40 candor ana Al thr
amicable relations existing between the JinH-
cd States and those powers, 10 declare thar 49,
should consider any attempt on their part Y,
extend their system 10 any porlion 81 al.
hemisphere, ~ dangerous III our peace ara
safety. With the existing colonies or deuen-
denotes Of any European power we have oot
interfered and shall not interfere. But VITA
the Governments who have declared their ~
dependence, and maintained II, ana whose H.
dependence. we have, On great Consideration
and on just principles. acknowledged wy could
not view any interposition Tor the purpose az
oppressiug them. OF controlling, in any other
manner, their destiny, BY any European nom.
er, 10 any other light than a. the manifesto
ton Of an unirendly disposition towards ths
United States. In the war between those
new governments and Spain. We declared our
neutrality al the time Of their recognition.
and to this we have adhered, and shall con-
tinue TO adhere, provided no change shall oo-
cur, which, in the Judgment oil the competent
authorities Of this government, shall make
corresponding change, On the part or the U.
states, indis pcnsable 70 their security.
The late events In Spain. and Portugal
shew that Europe Il still unsettled. OF Ills
important fact, no stronger proof can be addu-
ced, than that the allied powers should have
,houghtit proper, on any principle saisfacto.
~ % themselves, 10 have iuigrpssed Nv force,
in the internal concerns Of Spain. To what
extent such interposition may BE- carried, On
the same principle, is question, IN which al
independent powers, whose governments dif-
fer from theirs, are interested even those
most remote, and surely none are more -
than the III. States. Our policy. ii regard u
Europe, which was adopted al an early stage
Of the wars which have long agitated that
quarter oil the globe, nevertheless remains the
same, which is, not TO interfere ID the inter-
pal concerns Of any Ofils powers; 10 consider
the government de tGcto ~ the legitimate gov
ernment for Us 10 cultivate friendly rela lions
with 4, and 20 preserve those relations by
frank, firm and manly policy, NICE ing. in All
instances, the just claims Of every power; sub
milling TO injuries from none Bot. in regard
10 those continents, circumstances are emi-
nently and conspicnously different III IN in-
possible that the allied powers should extend
their political system 70 any portion Or either
continent, without endangering our peace &
happiness nor can any one believe that our
Southern brethren, III left u themselves,
would adopt Il Of their own accord. Id is
equally impossible, therefore, that we should
behold such interpositi0n, in any form- with
indifference. Ii we look 10 the comparative
strength and resources OF Spain and those new
governments, and their distance from each
ether, 1t must be obvious that she can never
suodue them. II is still the policy Of the U.
states, to leave the parties ~ themselves, IN
The hope that other powers will pursue the
same course.
II we compare the present condition Of our
Union with lis actual state AZ The close NJ our
Revolution, the history or the world furnishes
no example Of progress in improvement in all
me important circumstances which constitute the
happiness Of nation, which bears any resam-
1lance 70 ~ Al the first epoch, our population
diu not exceed three millions Bv the last cen
~ II amounted 70 about ten millions and what
y more extraordinary, il almost altogether Nv
i've Tor the emigration from other countries has
neen lnconsiderable AT the Erst epoch, half ths
territory within our acknowledged limits was
uninhabited and a wilderness.
oihce then, new territory has been acauired vi
fast exteHt, comprising within il mauv rivers.
particularly the Mississippi, the navigation VA
"aich 70 the ocean was Of the highest import
ance 70 the original states Over this TERRITORY
our population has expanded II every direction,
ana new states have been established. almost
equal In number, To those which formed the
nrs' pond Of our Union This expansion az our
population, and accession IA new States ~ cur
Suion, have bad the happiest effect on III NJ
nlsnest Interests. That il has eminently aug
nlehs1l our resources, and added ~ Ourstrrnrth
and respectability as power. : admitted ~ III
Dub n a not 10 these important rirrumstances
only, tnai this happy effect i felt II Y mani
49, nat oy enlarging the basis Of our system,
49, increasing the number of states. fhe system
,.sea a. Oeen greatly strengthened il boih is
,a.e'l- Consolidation and disunion hars
IrlersDy Deen rendered equally impracticsble.
800 l-ach government, confdine In itsoysn strength.