Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1803-03-11
lWHoIE No. ao6.l

THO w y tneMlnIancy, we might promise
ourselves an honorable and . vigorous man
hood, If they were protected, d we had
led them toexpect; after alittie while their
strength and faculty Of self preseryatiou
would be complete. Certainly they yet
needed the kind fostering hand oftheir -
rent states. But ifthat Be now withdr.rr
where e the revenue on which you caleu.
late ! How can they pay for your lands .
How can they discharge the arrearaaes of
taxess How can they pay your merchanfa
in Baltimore, or Philadelphia / They GO.
not 60 70 Market They have no resoure-
ea but the produce Of their farms. You
suffer The Spaniards to lock them up. You
tel them that their crops NAV. INV musr
ROT on their hands, and yet they must pay.
you their debts and taxes. u this isstf
viii il be submitted to! These men
bought your lands in confidence that TIE
Spanish treaty would be maintained; IN
sales since the date of the treaty; now Won
suffer wanton violation oft without mai.
ing an effort to remove the obstruction.
and yet tell them they must pay you -
This cannot be expected. 1twould NOT
be the rule betweenh honest individuals, for
the seller of IN estate suffering an eviction
ofthe purchaser when he might and could
preventit would NOT be permitted 10 Ne.
cover the purchase money.
lift COMFORTS with your calculationeof
interest or convenience 20 submit sarnelv
70 this outrage, and TO witness the ruin IL
one part of your country for the sake az
peace in the residue, surely your IDEAS az
justice win compel you 10 absolve the wes-
tern people from all obligation topay what
it would ruin them to advance. win va,
prosecute them in your courts ! win Won
sell their little al BY your public oiicersf
VIII you not be contcntwith the loss Of an
the lively hopes that they had entertained
Of gaining new fortune and another name
IN the wild but anspicious new leountriea
Of the westl Il II not enough that tlieir
day i darkening and closing at noon I
Surely il cannot be thought reasonable DO
exact an impossibility. II Is undeniable
thafin their ruin many Of your merchants
on the Atlantic coast will Be inevitably n.
yolyed. Great this evil may Be land Ger
tainly tits Of immence magnitude) yetths
loss Of the affections Of 1 whole pcoule.
the destruction Of enterprise, Of hope, md
Of industry, through al the western world
i infinitely greater. s.ss4--:
Il may be said that this Is IN oyereharr.
ed description ofthe evil-side -four affairs
without offering any remedy. %
Mr.. r. said, that was Ear from his inten.
tiOn aAd he would now examine that sub
ject because to his mind the remedy vas
obvious. z : y
The experience Of IN time has proved
that with nations, as well as with individn-
ais, submission to aggression and insult
uniformly invites rePetitionand aggFayati.
on ofthe mischief To repei It the out
set more easy, ~ wen q more honors.
bic for the injured party:
Fortunately for this country there could
be no doubt II The present case our nati.
sonal right had been acknowledged and %.
lemnly secured by treaty. The treaty had
been long ina state Of execution. Itwas
now violated and denied without proyoes-
ton or apology. Treaty then was no o.
eurity. This evident right was one, he
security Of which ought not 70 be precari.
Gus, it was indispensable thar the enjoy.
rnentofits should beplaced beyondalldou6
He declared Il therefore TO Be his firm and
mature opinion thatso important right
would never be secure while he mouth of
the Mississippi was exclusively in the
hands OF the Spaniards. Caprice and en-
nifty occasion constant interuption.-
From the very position Of our country,
from It's geographical shape, from motives
of complete independence, the command
of the navigation of the river ought 10 be
in our hands. 'ss 4.
WeaEenow wsntonly provoked 10 take
il. Hostility in its most offensive shape
has been offered by those Who diyelaim III
right to the soil land the sovereignty Of that
country; an hostility fatal to de happiness
Of the WesternsWorld. yyhv nS,fs s;e1e then