Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1808-02-05
- From late Lond'n papers.
TREATY

concluded with the pleniposentiaries Of
the u. States is not of force. The OBJ
igatlon on or the utility of such al in-
. sVumentHmust of course extend equally
10 all the parties. If the points settled
and adjusted in the proposed treaty are
to be again brought into DISCUSSION, we
have as good a right IS the Americans
20 new model them more in our own IA.
Eor. In the carrying trade between the
enemy's colonies and the mother coun-
try, wecontinue to think, too much has
been conceded to the Americans t; too
great draw back has been established,
from the, evils which a war with Britain
Is naturally andnecessariiy calculated to
bring upon her enemies. 1t is not only
in the advantage which the conveyance
gives to the Americans, that we think
the CONCESSIONS too great, but in thr
diminution Of that distress of war, by
which alone we can hope y compel Our
enemy to a steady and equitable peace.
The turn which the present war has
taken, and the unqualified rigor Of the
measures adopted to distress US has for
the present imposed upon US u necessity
Of cutting off all supplies from the couu-
tries under the dominion and control
ofBoaaparte. Surprising the treaty with
the u. States to have been rati6sd, the
paramount force of the great measure of
. general blockade would for a time su.
pereede it. But on every future oppor-
tnnity it would revive, and be attended
with all the misehiefs and inconvenience
which are the natural consequence of it.
In all former wars, the naval power of
the enemies of Britain kept some pro-
portion to that Of Britain. The inter.
course with the colonies was carried on
chielyio the ships Of the mother country,
- 1t always wiAbe whenever u can. Il
was only in the last war that the French
military aud naval marine was SO totally
destroyed, that no intercourse could any
longer exist without the Intervention Of
neutrals. The circumstances were uu-
Preeedented ; n ~beligerent power unable
20 maintain itsconnectiou with its depen-
denotes, without the aid Of aeutral ship.
ping almost as numerous as its own, and
. neutral nation ready to afford that aid
in the most convenient m4nner. The
unprecedented nature Of the case rem.
dered it difficult for along time to deter.
mine what measures ought to be adopt
cd ; and this uncertainty, added to the
singular good fortune of the American
states, which brought len such war as
tine last, so soon alter the -stabli ehmcnt
of their independence. But to britain
the Consequences of this indulgence have
been most detrimental. The distress Of
war has been SO materially diminished
BY il, that w when OUT power on the
sea is more irresistible than ever, our
enemies suffer comparatively little. Is
this a state OF things TO sanction and con-
hrm hv a treaty, at a time wheathe paw.
<r Of our enemy is labouring to accom-
Plish our destruction, by the violation
Of every established principle Of neu-
traiity, and by constituting every nea-
trial power to minister to his rage. The
practice Of the trade between the French
c~olonies and the mother country by
means Of American ships, was a, fest
but in usu'pa,iou gaining strength by
e%onnivauer, aud ultimately established
by consent aud regnlasion.-Ihis eou-
sent, aad those regulations ars now AZ.
nulled, blythe refusal Of the American
government To ratifv the late treaty. In
this refusal, it has been well observed
America has been guilw Of political sui.
eide. Undoubtedly she would HAYS
passed upon her rashness, # she had
been aware Of the change of the admin
istra.ion in this koua,ry } but she only
looked 70 a setof men. who, attentive
to internal Innovations Of doubtful or.
pernieious3 tendency, left Europe to its
destiny wf.houta thought, and dealt out
imtnunities and peculiar rights IF their
country with a careless and lavish hand
~ yHDrv greedy a,pif,nt. F,om such