Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1803-03-04
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tusat q America TO make common cause
with them, committed the most Aarr.nt
violations Of treaty, spoiled our COM
mercA andrejected with seorn he solemn
embassies sent to conciliate with den.
WhEn every effort 1t negotiation failed.
and The United States had almost cxhausts
ed ne cup Of humiliation 10 the drers. the
national spirit rose, and loudly demanded
measures Of naval and military preparsti.
on, % Place the country ii posture az
delence, and TO yindicate the national M.
nor and character--Th call was obev.A.
and Congress- took measures 10 eqnip :
navy, totorm 4 provisional army, = for
tisY the defenceless seaports, and,fo pssr.
chase arms and amnaunition, and tke7 In
posed the taxea uecessaryto support ihIsa
expenditures. They also passed acts 81
which dangerous strangers lurkinf indie
bosom Of the community might Sc reno.
we'd, aud for die punishmeni of seditious
persons. These aen greM out of the
then state f public alfArs and were in
unison with the tong of the public mind.
The immortal Washington at that time
retired To Mount Vernon, reflected On
these measures with q heart ever alive Is
the public welfare, and highly anproyed
them, asappears BY kis letter Is pfesi-
dent Adams, fully '9e. Yettkose Who
had Increasingly disapproved every mea-
sure cfthe government, repfobafed them
rs unnecessary, prodigal, and even dan-
gerous 70 the public liberty.
An opposition so steady, organized.
active and virulent, could not be withhtood.
It's wonderful thatthe Observation-Disclosures
tion stood ito ground ~ long . II did,
Nothing but the wisdom Of the neasures,
ito caution and in sigilence, maintained
L.. Al thess ultimately were unavailine
against the continual MISREPRESENTATION
and FLANDERS which assailedit. The %.
position, by stimulating disconfents. on
the imposition Of the new taxes rendered
necessary BY the circumstances Of tho
times By infusing distrust in the minds
Of the people and BY shousand arts
psactised on their cfcsiuiity, confriyed &c
length 10 render the administrator unpo.
pular atthe election Of President and vice.
President, the Federal candidates were
rejected, and the democratic candidates.
were elected; amajority was also obtain
ed in the house Of Representatives Of the
United States. Il happened BY 4 pecu.
ir coincidence, thar this change Of no.
vernthent took place short time previous
20 the termination Of the war in Europe.
The Federalists, whose wisdom had ae
one period saved the United States from
fashly plunging into the war, were reject.
ed-and the democrats, whose counsel
would have produced that effece, were
elected to power.
lt 10 Of prime inportanee 10 remark
dat the individuals who were chiefly op-
posed 70 DE adoption Of the constitution.
or dissatisfied with Il, were the persons
generally who have also been~opposed %
ID great measures, which have been found
i practiee % Be productive of advantages
% the United States and they have been
(withssme exceptions the persons whose
actisity and violence, contributed chiefly
20 the change Of administrntion- and that
those men now 6llthc great stations in the
general government. il is also worthy of
remark dat the ablest and most influenti.
alhaen ofthis descriptions, are from tho
great-states. which so reluctantly came
into the union under the constituton.--
I mean Virginia, North Carolina, Penn
Sylyania and New-York. There are ex-
ceptions doubtless to these cases, but
they are not very numerous. How wise-
" the people Of the United States have
acted IN thus taking the government out
the hands Of those who formed it, and
nursed il, and maintained il In its con-
stitutional energy, lin order to place it in
the hands Of those who were opposed to
It's adoption and who resisted an It's mea-
sares calculated TO give il full and free
operation, IS not for an Individual to de-
eide. submit to the win of my coun-
ny, and none win rejoice more cordially
iDits prosperity under any adminisrati-
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