Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1808-12-16

babe time when We may zee the
lend efshe evil; for uposthe salne
principle, thar the embargo Il
coutinued now, IL may Be con.
sinued isrtwenty years Or for In.
y year., lor at least during the
war between the two great Con-
tending powers Of Europe !; which.
fpresume, no gentlemsn here e..
Pects WILDE q % end ID the HE
Of the prqent emperor Of France.
and aslo5g % IN Engliskman e.
lists VIII Me means and ccurare
- deftAa the iadependepee &C Is
counsTy.
I On willing 70 believe, and do
believe, what The honourable een.
tleman rom Kentucky has iu,k
now In substance declared, thaf
the gentleuan who supported the
embargo lawsat the last sessioA
upon the hoor, supposed tkey-
would be speedily productive 81
great and beneficial results lioon
our foreign relations !, that shcy
would bring the Two great belli.
Serehts, and especially England,
to just and reasonable terms and
that there would Be no occasion
for containing tliein longer, than
until they could Be known on It'd
Other aide Of the Atlantic. Bud I
mall this they nov zee and know
their mistake !; they now knows
from the most authentic -sources,
that these laws have produced 90
liberation either ID the conduct 81
France or England II relation %
ne ; that in fact they are applaud
ed by one and treated with con.
tempt and derision BY the other.
RhilstWe are ourselves the sufer.
Ing and bleeding victims Of the
ratk upon which We Sainly IL.
pected to torture them:
Ltist the fate Of humanity 10 err
the wisest and the best Of men arc
liable 70 i, And an Ne geek Of
those honorable gentleman, now;
% 10 come out openly, and &C.
knowledge in the face pf The ha.
tion, the egregious mistake into
which they fell ] and unite with
~ redressiug the injuries and
healing the wounds they have 90
t,nnecessarily Indicted upoA their
dsgoted country. ! make this.
appeal tothem with themore con.
because Z know every.
gentleman herr has tDo much
character and pzsFiotism to 81 ID.
auenced, By the pride ofcpinion,
70 consistency u political error.
Twill submit % you, MI. Prem.
dent, whether Ne have NOT before
u sufficient evidence 10 shew
.hat The sdminfsttation then.
selves IRE now convinced Or The
impolicy Of this measure md
would willing y get nd of Il. d
they could do 90, consistently
with the character Of infallihility
they wish 10 preserve II the pubs
nc opinion. Idednce this con.
clnsioa BON lhe offer they aay
they have .Fecently made . the
British govesnment, 10 take or
the enbargo, @ 20 them, and
eonsinue d agaiast France, pro-
vided they would feseind their ors,
ders d council An oEer, which
if indeed made 0niAc1mbeFed Z
with osher terms, isa compleseac.
knoWledgemesit Of & .eenviction
on the part Of tie admins
istratioA |, because alier they
had subjeete9 lhe country 70 81
the deprivztions, and ruinons e.
fects % the smbargo for more
than six montM, Is ms coming ]
70 the precise ground We we're re-
q6ested 70 take 10 relation "a
France, By the British govern
men., ayear before the embargo
was laid, 10 the famous note of
lords Holland and Auckland, 10.
Messrs. Monroe and Piakney,
accompanying the British treaty
Formed By those gentlemen. AL
they then asked 81 Us was, that
We should !" NOT acquiesce in the
violations of our rights
erected BY the Berlin decree Is
attempted 10 be .eufoFcsd 2, bns