Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1806-11-07

1eFE1e0fy una III tuWet kLs00lo1o0e Wuulu
infallahly fall, should he governor Of
West Florida make amosement In tiieir
absence |, md ii we fall back from Nat
shitoches % defend die capital, the
whole of the western part Df the country
- he banks of che Mississippi must fail
adefeneeiess prey . tie Invader. and
den The enemy en- easily fDrma iuneti-
on and dictate condition. 10 u. This
Il nor ~, q zach . moment Of danger
We are artuslly without = government ;;
he gpssrnor and secretary ofthe terrific
~ are both absent from IL he laiter q
the seat &c eoperpmenss he former in
the Mississippi territory, md no nea-
suret ere adoptcd 70 put u ID q posture
ofdefrnee. The return u the COVER.
nor, vheneveri, nay happen. win nei.,
thef rive energy 20 our councils, nor rec
store nrinspife ccnfd cncc h our strength
md resonfce He y irreeoverably lost
10 pubic opin:on and thoe Re supposesI
his irienls cahdidly ecnfesi that bis res
Inoyafi s6eeome necessary thafhe has
, not cha snients, or knowledge e. man.
kind REGULATES for a9oveslor, and that
their motives for supportine him have
been merely q; prevenf the government
trom heeomtng tempsible IN the eyes.
of the people ~ seeing the eovcflof die.
respected, and his measures (which they
do not pretend 10 approve OF ,opposed
md thuarted. Such lathe seutiments
ofthe very few who sin apparensly sup
port him, but his eonduet on many occa-
sions j. y very ludicsous and inconsis-
tent, thae II, whether pretended friends
oropen enemies, are forced 70 ioinin he
RnerAridicnie and laugh 81 him. Were
The IN Elects arising from this eondnet
and his wane Of sysfenn 10 be kft only By
himself. i would be simply matter 81
pity % his real friends, if he hss any, J
and spork 10 hin enemies. but things have
nssaned : very serious appearance. and
it win require prompt. efieaeious md
energetic measures in the general go-
fernnenttc remedy them. The fear Of
hos6lities with Spain iast year, has pro-
cared - during The present. m addition
OF Cor 7eompaRies ofregulars % our dif-
fefspt garrisuns IN The provinces but
however brave he sroops, and however
capable and well disposed the officers 10
niaintain their country glory and honor,
what antheir small force effect alone.
"a The militia, on which CO due care
hsdbeeA taken hey nigh, have. relied
Tor support, has never been organized.
even IN the capital apdhas never been I
believe, assembled in any district Of the
province. There are il New. Orleans,
iti true, IN immense number Of militia,
{g whom theG oyernord delights to see a.
tend him with IN the pomp IF military
paradecn Sunday's, but allthese of6cers,
with the exception Of those belonging 70 J
the hssealiion Of volnnteers Whose mum.
bers have never been eompleat and who
In the aggregate, never tnrned our $50
men on review, (c) do nol know lhe !
troops they are % command, md the men
an equally equainted with tieir or.
9. On this suhisci, those whose duty
itvas 10 rive the commanders Of he
militia orders 10 make them really useful,
and afteruards see 70 the exeeufion of
them, must answer 70 their country; but
10 the mean time, The misCosfunes which
may happen from their neglcct. Ire meal
ealable-Athe tend to lessen The conf-
tenee ofthe people IN the gofefnmens %
which they we're led 70 look Tor measnres.
yeplete with wisdom, and Cor proseetion
IN moanents Of danger. Should the Go.
vernon. on his return % the territory.s