Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1803-11-18

attached to the equipage OF the colonia
project. Ifsir, we were obliged to resort
to the necessity. of purchasing theil
friendship, after they had procured ar
establishment, Il would not be confined
to one instance of humiliation and &C,
acknowledgement on our part, or one in.
stance only of insult on theirs. IF We
purchased their friendship once, we
should be compelled to make annual con-
tributions to their avarice and be annual.
ly subjected to theirinsolence. Repeat
ed concessions would only produce a
repetition of injury, and, at last when
we had completely compromised our
national dignity, and offered up our last
cent as an oblation to Gallo rapacity, we
should then be farther from Cancellation
than ever. The spirit Of universal do
mination instead Of being allayed by the
means which had been used for its .abate-
meat, would rage with redoubled fury /;
elated with the sacrifices which had been
intended to appease it, it would grow
more 6erce-it would soon stride across
the Mississippi, and every eneroach-
ment which conquest or which cunning
could effect might be expected the
tomahawk of the savage and the knife of
the negro would confederate in the league,
and there would be NO interval of peace
until we should either be able to drive
them from their location altogether, or
else offer up our sovereignty as an ho-
mage of our respect and permit the name
of our eountryto be -blotted out of the
list of nations forever. -
/ confess there are many gentlemen of
that nation for whom I entertain the sim
eerest respect; but they will be SO good
as to pardon me when I observe, that
although I love some of them as friends,
I cannot like all of them as neighbors.--
Blood, havoc and devastation have for
some years encircled their proximity,
& circumstances equally improbable they
have already achieved. Dove want any
evidences Of this truth! We can find
them in Switzerland, in Italy, in Egypt,
in Hanover, in France itself. We have
seen the ancient throne Of the Capets/
tumbled from its base we have seen
the tide of succession which had flowed
on uninterruptedly for ages damned up
forever, we have seen the sources Of the
life blood royal drained dry. And by
whom' BY the pert younglings of the
day. r. - / =
!" An eagle touring in his Pfide Of fight,
Fash amo"sing otU! hasokedat 8 titled"
We have afterwards seen these puny
upstairs, when their hands had been red
dened in the slaughterpens Of Paris kick
ed from their seats, and Corsiean sol
dier embellished with the majesty Of the
Bourbons. We have seen one half Of
the old world subjected to his Dominate
on, and the other half alarmed athis pow
er. And is it for America, alone
sir, with an army scarcely sufficient for
the defence Other garrisons, with navy
scarcely sufficient to punish ,Bashaw,
and with an executive who seems unwil-
ling 70 strain our energies-is ii, I say
sir, for America alone, under these
circumstances, to Withstand this ;gigan-
tic nation when fighting on her own
ground, fed from her own granaries,
and furnished from her own arsenals Z
The time once was when we were justi-
fable in redressing our wrongs, and had
an opportunity Of doing so but this oP-
portunity, and this necessity, / take it
sir, /haye both passed away.
y Yes, thank God, we need no longer
apprehend any danger from that mon
ster whicI1has alarmed the world. We
have now a treaty signed by themselves
in which they have voluntarily passed
away all the means Of annoyance which
they possessed. But lido not thank the ho-
norable gentleman who is at the head OF
our executive.-At the time the negoei-
atoms for this treaty were commenced
there. could be no hopes Of its proving
successful. The First Consul had pro-
cured it probably for the purpose Of car
rying into effect what is supposed to be
his favorise Plan--univers al domina-