Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1804-02-17

and The sineeresting of an prineiples,
that Of self preservation. There Is not
man, there Is NOT q besgar in England,
whose interest IS NOT 70 support il; when
Englishmen support itnot. chaos Is come
again. Its IN vain for any among you
to say, how canthe public funds, Be they
good bad or indifferent, affect me, I
have nothing in them. do not know
them. lido not know 4 friend in the !
whole world Of mine that has any thing,
But you have the very person who
gives you bread, if he does not depend
upon the public funds for his Immediate
support, depends upon one or other who
does. If he who does, suffers in his
fortune, the person depending on him.
must do the same, and you must be con-
sequen.ly ruined. Such i the scale Of
progression in public credit, but when
the upper link is Embossed, the whole Is
5undons. You're, my friends, toreaecs
how near, how very near the inroad of .
few banditti, in the year i745, brought
this precious gem to the verge ofruin.
Il could have been saved only upon the
principles I now recommend to you, that
OF self preservation. The merchants Of
London saw they themselves must be ru-
ined, if public credit was not supported;
& upon the principle Of seifpreservatiou,
and upon that principle only, some Of
them, who were far from being friends
to the present establishment, ceased 10
be its enemies they supported the ere
dit Of their country, aud thereby sup
ported, enriched, nay digni6ed them-
selves. q. L 4 II /
Having said thus much on the proba.
bic supposition thatthe French never can
effect q descent upon Great Britain, but
that theircven menacing Il, may have IN
effect detrimental 10 our public credit.
which every one amongst Us ought 10
guard against; letme now proceed . lit
ztletoexamine the conduct that every true
Briton ought TO observe in case (which
believe viii never be the case) $4,000
were actually landed on the Britishshores.
Other writerswill tell you, contribute,
subscribe, and associate -but for what !!
10 be sure 10 Eight. Isay fight yourselves
---eSefy man who owes allegiance to his
King and country, ought on such an e
Emergency as an invasion, not only 10 hire
other people to fight, but he ought to
fight himself aye trepsia persona. !
This Is not a dispute about Ministers
or modes of government, il is q dispute
about the existence of our own liberties
and properties, whether they shall be
destroyed, or whether they shall outlixs
j the ambition and revenge ofPeople who
have attempted to destroy both. Let us
n such aconjnncture initiate the Romans,
/ who whenever they were threatened
with : Gallic war, superseded III civil
business, and each betook himself to his
spear and shield. -. -
NY friends and countrymen, i Is bot
once that this dispute can happen, Il
you behave manfGlly, YOU never can have
occasion 70 renew Il, theiris not IN Great
Britain . denomination OF party, that i
not interested TO repel such an invasion.
In conquest there Is no respect ofParty,
look AZ your own history William the
Norman had . great party IN England,
Edgar Aaheling was . pretender to the
crown, and had an undoubted right oI
blood. But when William invaded and
conquered, what did these sonsiderati.
ons avail Nothing, the whole property
af England was parcelled out among his
followers Englishmen were reduced 20
a state of yassallage, and would have
been cxterminated, had it not been thai
they were useful in hewing wood and
drawing water.
Such my friends and conntrymen,
mustbe our fates. five exert not our
selves a. mem five are invaded, the
encouragement our enc mies have pro-
eeeds from their opinion Of our divisi-
ons.--Let our great men see they shall
be supported, and make the eommonal.
" sensible that there Il not 4 man in Eng
land too great TO draw 4 sword In de-
fence ofhis country. The man who un.