Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1803-04-15

the Union. Like sailors on sea, throwing
OUT q rub 70 ashoal of whales 10 draw their
attention from the ship.
Il issaid BY some stale, cold blcoded
politicians, Y. let us patiently wait until we
have ! balance of power on the west side
ofthe Allegheny Mountain, and then We
can 6x matters better In answer ! re-
ply, thar I've wait for that twill
TO passin my time j 80 Idont care wheth-
er It. ever comes 70 pass. For as to my
progeny (if ! secession from the Union
does not take place hortlyy or the politics
Of eastern America should not change
very mueh) | shall debark with them
on the Spanish shore. For ] had rather
bow the knee 70 the Spanish Monarch,
wear . cruci6x, and kiss the rope's lace
than 70 be any longer : subject of EASTERN
America, under the disadvantages above,
stated.
In support Of the jealousies Of our cas-
tern fraternity, let me now call the atten-
tion ofmy countrymen 70 . very sasPici-
ous circumstance. g. ..-s
Our executive has pitchedon the same
man, Monroe, Of defested memory a.
Envoy Extraordinary 70 the courts Of
France and Spain. 10 negotiate for the
opening Of the Spanish ports for rs; the.
same man Is chosen for this important
mission, who has already proved himself
to Be 30 inimical 70 this our Wester Coun-
my. We have now every reasonable hope
indeed from the negotiation Of him, for
the opening Of the ports, who no longer
ago than March, i795, refused the ac-
ceptation Of the Floridas from selfish and
clandestine motives I five may judge
Of the future BY the past, we may serions-
II suspect that his mission viii turn out
,lothiag, % the exeeutive intended il,
when he made choice Of him.
Although this talk may appear as sacri-
legious to some, still II Is my opinion,
and ! think time win prove it. For there
= no such thing in nature Is disinterest-
ed patriot! Il Is . mere chimera! the
puerile fancy Of . poets brain -!
A country i (as Voltaire expresses I'D
composed Of many families, and as self
love generally leads us to stand up Tor,
and support our particular families, when
. contrary interest does not intervene -
"a, from the like self-loye, 4 man stands
up for his Town or village, which he calls
his native home. r : Is
The more extended his native home is,
the less we love il, fora division weakens
love: Il IS Impossible IN nature to have
tender love for . family 80 numerous and
distant q scarcely 10 be known.
The Candidate amidst his ambitious IN
trigues to be chosen President, Vice
President, Governor, Senator or Repre-
sentative, makes noise about his love of
his country, whereas il Is only himself
thathe loves. Every one Is DESTROYS for
securing 70 himself thar freedom and pre-
eminence which ID denied 70 his neigh
bour, or the community 1t large. =
! now appeal to every western Ameri-
can, ifthe facts which i have stated, are
not too gtaring to escape our notice.
Eastern America may no longer attmpt
10 iull and sooth Us with her syren songs
Of friendship and amity. No more may
her harps (Which she may now hang on
the willows) vibrate on the organs Of our,
ears, the abusive and deceitfuI strains Of
'peace onEarth and good willtoward us.
No more can We chaunt 70 the sound of
her VOL the sprightly pastoral airs of i" the
Shepherds Wedding, and . The High
way 70 Dublin:" But she must expect
(except she renounces her selfish politi-
cal system) TO hear IN her turn the tunes
called the Viye "a, and the Marseilies
Hymn, and other strains Of martial mu-
sic, until Western America becomes dis
tinct PROVINCE or empire, and the Alleg-
hany the line. For Is she would NOT &C
eept ofterritory when il was offered 10 her
abe ought not 70 grieye much a. the loss
Of territory.
I forbode that her long farce Of athis
tAle Of . rub TO amuse and inveigle us,
toprevent accession from the General
Government, WILDE succeeded by mil
itary Tragedy. Magazines win be filing,