Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1806-06-13

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surd, as to suppose that our subjugation
to French despotism would cost the
great nation one single flask Of powder.
Take away the British navy. or give it
to France, and We, free Americans, so
valiant Of tongue, tie up in our stalls As
tamely as our oxen. The pen Of Tai
leyrand would be found sharper wea-
pom than Gen. Varnum's sword. 1t is
prePosterous to suppose that military
resistance to France would be att tempted.
Her fraction in this country would revive,
the clubs and the maxims of 1874, and
Genet woald again summon the enemies
Of British Influence, to rally under his
banner. We should be called the allies
OF France and our royal addresses would
accompany our tribute to conciliate the
friendship Of the great nation, and to
claim share in its gLories. The men
who could be nothing without France
would be invested with the tides and
powers Of magistracy, and property
would be made to shift hands till Il rest
ed with those who would be really inte-
rested to support France, that France
might support the N in keeping it. Thus
she woul1avoid the odium OF a violent
REVOLUTION and yet would reap all the ad.
vanyAges Of it, to rivet our dependence
on her power. The distance Of the Ro.
nan provinces a. Length favoured their
emancipation from her yoke. But with
the sole possession Of a navy, the trans
atlantic provinces Of France would not
be distant.
With these irrefragable proofs Of the
fatal certainty with which the power Of
France would reach US, and Of the un.
resisting tameness with which we should
endure il, if France should ruin the Bri.
fish naval power, what comments shall
We make on the sense or spirit ofthe nom
importation project Of Congress, which
thonsh Intellectual for its purpose, Is. in.
tended to impair the force audresources
Of that navy j.! How deep and considerase
will be- our scorn and exeeratioa Of the
Armstrong; and Livingseons and Mon.
roes, Who, to make their aatterv welcome
to tyrants ear, have blended it with
American inveetives against that navy.
We seem > be e'nulous Of the spirit Of
slavery b-f,re we descend to its cosdi.
ton; asif we we're resolved to merit
their eonte npt, byan earlier claim and
even by jnster tide than their yoke
For As long As the British navy may tri-
umph that yoke is no, Inevitable.
The most successful way to prevent
our servitude is faithfully toi expose
our dangers: So far as our fate may de-
pend on our wisdom or our choiee, it is
proper to call the attention Of OUT citizens
to the fact that Bonaparte, though he has
done much, has done it 10 vain, unless
he can do one thing more. Give him the
British navy, and he viii govern the u,
nited States as absolutely, and certainly
with as little mercy, as if our territory
were French department, and actually
lay between the Seine and the Loire
Let our ssribblers then extol the long
nreseeing wisdom of the Jeif.rsonian
administration. Let them boast of tAer
~ W kIIC CauSC VI people,
the m-n waos= chief merit is grounded
Ga his havtuy p.uacd the deciarati9n of
independence has done NOR than any o.
thsr N an tIvrIS:o un1o it. HshIs made
cow tons - j9ur the fullness OF our
treasu v into The coH:rs Of Bon parte, he
has dic.ated laws 10 aid and to carry into
effect Fr=nch authority. over the blacks
OF St. D1ming1 "a degree Of servile con-
deseensron beneath the inde pen1-nt spirit
ofshose blacks an1 now mis- minions in
Congress have begnn warfare against
tn. British trade. as if Without our own
active co-oper ration to cripple the mari.
tim: resources Of England, Bouaparte.
might meet with too great ob,tructions,
aad delay in su5vert;ng the independence
and liberty Of our country.
five love our country as We ought. we
cannot but wish that the conquered ma
tons Of Europe break their chains. w.
cannot but wish that Great. Rr;..;n MAJ