Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1805-11-22

tary belt q Ne Lava 0f Nalion1. ID the
same ipr1lti,l tenpcr ne wait q. y IN
fotned. through he proper ehanneis--
tint = @ ~, through the constituted
nuthnritie, 81 bo,h countries What The
grounds ore upon which he recent cap
tAfes made b England, md 81 Spain,
shall be justified Or else dis0Wned. "a
the i1ehoste statt q national differences
before parpo,ed insult and deliberate
design appear % the part g he nation
whose people eomm;f he aggression. III
j. matter nk counsel, expos(nht rea-
soning. and reference % Iavs. Righks
are e6hsidrrtd % hoth sides. Il Is only
when obstinacy % one tide q HE othef,
pfesenss adiustment. o. reparatiop for
insull Il fastid iously refused, that Il ~.
comes The duty 81 he p5ess to urge the
Wskissrste Is Ct, and L q nottill he has
refused % act uptothe honor of the coun-
ny thar Il ought 10 rehnke him Too nok
hcting Whcre there appears any want
Eof I lively sense ofwhat may Be due, %
the conntrys glory where there y )
pufpossd protraetiop 81 effort, making Z
feebleuess Of spirit and where Z con
tarfsnt iainry stises from delay az -
partition and adjustment, thet 4 = he
duty q tits che glory o. ! free pres 20
hold the language oftruth 10 the Magi.
ssrate, whip musf he supposed tullas VIII
ling, and fiom the superior knowledge
oftacts whiEh bis Official Information az
fords him, must s. prespmed better than
othef men qpali6ed % Judge Of The matt
Ter. i Il ff these feasons. which a5.
pear % us juit md satisfaetory that We
abstain from ntkrmedding il ihe affair
Of the late csllnres, ill they come with
more deknitike cipcumstance before VI,
Whep unjust encE0hthments were made
BY I British fgate h New X ork harbour,
Ne ytprobatA The facts haxardinf, q
he same tinje, IN assertion that repara-
stion would 81 made and that he Commas
ding 0HieeEwould Sc punished Repara-
sion was made, and the Oiscer was sus-
pended. And u may Be remembercdtha
We argued this vay- 1.-THE Brisish Court
has given brders uarranting such aekres-
siois, th{ orders would not Be- conkned
10 one ortuo vessels, they would he ke-
neral, I'D extend % I'll commanders !.
But L appears that they do not extend %
salgi Tor lhe same pspers that convey &C.
counts Il The aggression Of one. convey
aecountk Of marked kindness and civility
from many otherS. Tie eonciuaion Wa
obyions --that Il wa he failt 81 he on
Ger and miserable indeed would hc de
nation that was subjects Be implicated IT,
! Hasteful war for lie conduct of every,
inferior 0ficer, Where OI6cers are of
that rank and authority thar their acts
must he considered u tie deliberate acts
ofthe Executive, the demand Tor prompt
safisiactio1 becomes Inevitable. Such
men act from the hrsk counsel of the IA.
tion, and take their commands ifom the
6rst apthority.
WithresPecttothe captures ofoufSes-
GELS BY Spain, something Of hostile alter
cation has passed between the cabinets
ofthat conntry and this to give, perhaps
! tincturc ofuarfAre 70 Them 18TH they
may, for ought We know, Be yss justified
upon the basis of The Law of Nations
Astothe n0fiosdi vessels of France and
England, We nust suppose III absurdity
beyond The limits oflikelihood. Is ina
xine that they want 10 irritate Ne Il his
moment and Tor DE Rohbers ofthe Seas
who hoist their eags, there Il but one re-.
NEEDY Sinh iheM } lftheir courts ias-
tily them, itis good eanse Of war. A.