Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1808-12-30

10 land our goods ii Great Bril-.
tain, and re.export them on the.
payment OF such, duties, . shall
be imposed 81 the Brisish Parlis.
ment. Thisis precisely the in
'dUlgence which We had while we
were colonies, and IL the British
Parliament has the right 20 inn
pose this mn % our trade, the
principle Of the revolution has ".
nished from under % We relapse
into subsection, and the blood Of
our fathers has been spilled il
vain. We return 10 she ground
which we pccapied before the de-
claration ofour Independence, tax.
ed BY q British Parliament in
which We are NOT Represented, and
that, without even the old core.
latiye claim Of maternal support
and protection. j !
Nor 10 il merely 81 commercial
restrictions and spoliations that
We have to complain against those
nations they seem 10 have We'd
with each other 10 adding insuits
to our injuries. Great Britain
comes within the line Of our iu.
risdiction. to violate the sove.
feIguty, Of our nation by burning O.
Preach ship stranded upon our
Coast. France arrogates 10 her
self the right 4of debating our
course towards Great Britain,
and BY way Of enforcing her die.
tate, she settles and burns our
ships upon the high seas, and
threatens 4 con6scation oil all A.
merican property sequestered BY
order Of his Imperial Majesty.---
Britain determined not 20 be bss
hind in this noble contest Of in.
sulsing and outraging q nation
whom she calls her friend, attacks
an American ship OF war within
sight ofour coast, and Ia q man.
ner, At once, the most per6dious
and dastardly, murders a part Of
her crew, and carries pa others
ofthem to bondage OF death
Us lie yer the wrongs and suffer.
,ings ofanation would Justify AIDE.
tlaritionsof war, that declaration
had hong since been made on the
part Of the United States. But
war, ifit can be avoided with no.
nor, is not the policy of this natl
ON. 1t is their true policy, as it
is their sincere wisK, 10 cultivate
peace withall the world. 4 he ad.
minissration Of the Juised States,
Influenced by this spirit Of concili.
alton and friendship, has labour-,
ed with equal zeal and energy to
obtain the redress Of our wrongs
BY amicable adjustment. These.
efforts have not, in the OPT MON of
your committee, been either too
often repeated or. tod long CONT
nued. They viii convince the
world, that peace is, indeed. our
wish, andi if at length we shall be
foreedzinto war, we shall take the
field with that animated and firm
DETERMINATION which injured no.
nor feels, when every effort at
peace has been fairly exhausted
and no alternative remains but
war, on the one,hands and dis.
grace and oppresson, on the O.
thef.. - - Z. y: >
Is Our negoeiatiois both. with
France and Great Bri,aia, pro-,
tracted Is a length which only the
purest spirit of peace could recon-
cile to itself, had sometimes wora
the most pleasing aspect |: VIXEN,
in the course OF the last winter,
information Of the hostile con-
ssruction Of the French 1edict, and
Of the meditated orders of the.
British councils arrived in this
country A: that time property
OF American citizens to 4 large
amount, and j great, number Of
American seamen were upon the
ocean, embarked in commerce
still active in spite ofall previous
restrictions. i Butthese new inca.
sures, which g. Britain, at least,
had the power 10 enforce, and
which seems to have been project