Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1807-04-24

CO |ons. uftIst amuSc every one who
read the Register Of the 2oth Of Deeem-
her but, to the truth, which he did me,
the honor to borrow from me, he has ad.
ded matter Of his own of a directly con-
rary description. The present minis
tiers have made no CONCESSIONS to the
American States and none, hope,
thew viii make. The CONCESSIONS were
all made by tho Pitts and the Adding
tons, while these latter were under the
absolute control Of the former. 1t was
they who gave up, in the meanest man
ner, the point so solemnly settled BY
the treaty Of 1894. Tha: concession not ,
only drew from US about three millions u
taxes, as will appear from the accounts
laid before parliament, butt encouraged
the Americans to demand further and
still more dangerous concessions now.
Had it not been for those concessions,
the concessions now dreaded BY the cn-
lightened and public spirited editor of
the Courier never would have been
dreamed Of on either side Of the Atlantic.
This wise man talks about injury to <our
commerce from the concessions, which,
in the tone Of the ignorat speech attribu-
ted to Mr.. Perceval, he affects &c dread
but, supposing the concessions to take
place, they would not at all iniure our
commerce, which consists Of buying and
selling goods. 1t is. our fleets that they
would inlure our naval powers our
means OF injuriug our enemy and, Of
course, our means of defending, our
selves /; all WHICH might be reduced to
nothing, and our commerce be still as
hourishing as ever.
AS to the practicabiiity, however, ofin-
ju ring even this commerce BY the means
Of non-importation act in America, the
intelligence which have received, and
which comes down SO late as the ed Of
December, fully warrants all that before
said upon the subject, and the sum total
of which was, that, to carry such an act
into execution, and to adhere to it for any
lenght of time, was impossible. Its said,
that some English goods have in virtue
OF the act, been seized at Charleston.-
But, at Philadelphia and New. York, if
my Intelligence be correct, there Was no
interruption at all 70 importation and,
SO little did any one expect that the
act would be enforced, thatvery few i'm
Porters had tho't it prudent to order any
additional supply In consequence OF it,
That the act may be partially excepted;
that clustering appearance of fesolu-
ton may be exhibited for soms>weeks OF
for some months, is possible but, that
it should be continued in force, or that
it should be at all, in ahy pou,. obeyed,
as !asO ought to be obeyed, as, again
assert, impossikte. Ii was hasty enISl-
on of vanity and ignorance: A sor, Of
trick>to try us. And in the minds ut
some len persons, amongst whom VIC
may number the President, perhaps, At
proceeded from philosophical nosIons,
very good in themselves. but tor tl,e az
ting upon which the Americans arc much
too far gone IN contempt Tor. every
thing not tending to the accumulated Uf
riches. ltwas upon the ground al opl-
MONS like these, ! hope, that Lord
CrenVIlle gave that ascribed to him
that he told the American merchants.
that The restraints could not be or long
duration aud not upon the ground OF
concessions that he had made, or was
about to make tor it he make such con.
cessions asare affected to be apprehs ndsd
by the speach ascribed to MIR, percsval.
then, indeed, will he be worthy of eve.
ry epithet descriptive of baseness and
aPostacy in their most odlous character
and degree, I do not however, b. l,eve
that he wiltnso act. To concsde a TIFF.
ling point as to particular vessel or two.
seized under peculiar circumstances, and
where the seizures may even appear
TO initiate against the conceding rcgula-
lations Of the Ptts and AddIngtons, I,
for my part, should have NO objection
but, to give up our right, or, in The least,
to relax in thesssertion and exercise Of,