Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1805-11-01

n I.IIE91I-I1 % NJ ~ - -
<ommercc I md with every rAu material
Is snnply our manGl sctlrc, with the
best har5burs, and the most extensive
seacoaSf of sns nation within he tempe
rte zonS with ! population and resour.
e. Succeeding most q she indiyidual Eu-
ropean States, and which, within GENE
tury. will equal the whole ofthem with,
inteIlieence Is appreciate. and intrepidi-.
u d assert our fifhts. and % maintain
de advantage which nature has conferred
upou our country We have suffered III
these blessinEs 10 Be abused " The igno.
rance, prejudice and p0sillanimity ofthe
most incompetent cabinet that VIVA ever
called % administerthe government of I
cree people.
Yielding our belief 10 he winnings q
hypocrisy. and he sophisticated reason
ings Of self interested men We have cons,
iidcd The seeptFe 81 The nation, the sword
Of her defence, to weak and trembling
hands, We have proatrated the nation-
Il dignity II The foot 81 an idol. and We
have surTendefed The righta of her n !
mercial and sea fafing citizcns - the
prejpdicea &c visionary end bigoted
theorist.
We have placed q the head of our &C.
fairs i man, whom his best irieuds de-
clare 10 be destitute cf,he requisitrsmos
essential ID the present age 81 the world,
10 chief magistrate military :frmness
and military 81 ILL and the conse qucnces
bf such choice have Il length involved
u - allthe sulerings of war, without i
possibility 81 fetrihusion, other than may
be dsrised from the recruitment Of indi.
viduals. koaded into personal hostility
~ the robbery and insult Of foreign free
hooters Unless, indeed, the restraints
which are now imposed not only on our
eommerce. but On the rights ofsoyereign-
] y, Hhauld ronse the nation 10 such 4
style Of fenn6Astrahee Is win leave no IL
ternative but Resistance Or ahdicasion. Ia
] the later event. anslwe believe Il Il now
the wish of ! majority q he people, the
government would devolse On n officer.
whose rharaEter pledges him Il least Is
1 spirited exercise Of his trust.
Eneoufaged by our tame endurance 81
Fer smaller pirscies npon nur commerce,
the governnent 81 Great. britain has Is.
sumrd ! ground 81 ag gression which ont
strips every other Outrage, and reduces
~ our mercantile concerns 70 siavish
dependence on her viii and pleasure.
PsLficai Rsgisfey.1
Tie ollewiinx extract 81 Z ltfifs from on
81 fhe jfrsf Mekeoniiir housesin Enrcbe,
- anird Londsa, Allgnsi -. and sv;i
n sesd spith asiension ~ 80, Merea,s-
tiir yiends.
ave have been Il hopes ofbsing abb
to rive friends n America, some &.
planation of the grounds ofshe detention
Of American vessels, bound 10 the p6rts
Of the Continent. thar they may govern
themselves accordingly. ID specializing
on what ~ yss sranspired We sho1ld Sc
q likely q mislead = sssist them, and
weshall therefore principally conkne our.
selves tp.a ssltement 81 facts.
= Our courts maintain lhe principle
that neutral may not trade directly Sc.
tween he colonies md mosher country 81
our ehemiea, and q : necessary eonse.
queuxe a. thit principle Il has beendeci-
ded thas nsrely at5ppinS q their own
sports sochanee the ships papers and after.
wards 10 proceed 70 Eufopc Is eQuallyas