Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1808-07-29

nit the sheet erintsoned with the bushes Of A.
mericans, tothe remotest 2ses As patriot,
could wish the history Of the present administra-
ton, buried in oblivion, but As friend to society
must wish them to be held up in their proper
colours "as negative instruction to their sue
cessors forever" -.
Degrading as il this picture Of our external re-
lations, the friends Of Mr. Jefferson, turn from it
with sigh, to aview Of our internal state. The
contempt which foreigners entertain forour gov
ernmcnt, transfusirg itself into the minds Of our
own citizens, we sec them applying to other gov
ea1,ments for thaa protection which the weakness
Of their own cannot afford, all our resources de.
pending upon commerce and that entirely destroy
ed, our mariners emigrating in crowds to foreign
service; At one fell blow the enterprise of the
merchant extingtished, and the industry Of the
farmer palsied; The constitution the only safe
guard Of our civil liberties violated without re-
morse open rebellion resisting the execution Of
oppressive laws, without any system of defence,
unless few gun-boats deserve 10 be dignifed
with this appellasiOn, we arc told that We are ..
bout To enter into the war, with enc Of the most
roweriul natiais on earth. A sapient congress
passed in 1906 non.irnportaticn act. in 1907 the
same tame body enacted nOn-sxpdftation Inv, q
the instigAtion ola president Who displays no Ia
lents, even IN having acquired an unlimited con.
trodl. Ossr tie mias of majority II such alexis.
lasase. have lsk - without funds, and no other
rAsans provided kr the exis.ncies ofgovernmeut.
ss u N adninistas smarkat'e only for it,
SsAkness, esNdd -, sishsr s~-'e 'he gov.
eEMmsut " .:z3.a s,r;.s
Tn prs ssh Which ..se Eentiemen
te3ssteaaR ~ 10 reduce their own sala-
r'es ought cestaialy 10 have convinced thcsn, that
thaae hSnsst ,dAys sre now over, when men vo.
lanassss in TIN stftice otEleir country without: an
eyeto rsmuAsratioa Dothcy feel Conscious, that
they arc snaommoaly deficient in patriotism Or
do ihey suppose thas they alone, on accoun. Of
their supsrior sb.laies. deserve q recompense
Which Of these opinions was mos. prevalent a.
mongtt them. VIII not say, but which Is the
most correct. any one who viii view their con.
duct, may easily determine. =,
Topursas the subject of our domestic misery,
would be At present unnecessary Every man who
sees the whoc labor Of the last year lost, and re.
fleets that the want Of ftmhess. integrity, or ca.
paoiy in our administration, has, in the short
space ofone year COS. Us upwards Of IS millions Of
dollars, must be convinced, that to continue the
present system would be rlinous,s and that il ID
necessary 70 oppose such continuance with sigor
New.Yosk, Massachusetts and Rhode Island, have
already spoken awfully to the administration, and
their united voices, wilt 1'hope be the harbinges
Of its downfall. Vermont, in state Of actual n.
bellion, speaks at once, her own discontcnt, and
the imbecilisy Of : government, whose time serv
ing and debiitating policy, has rcDdered i i'm
possible to quell any insurrection, sithbut the as
sistsnce Of those very people, whom they aHsc
: to distast. The time for the election Of member,
Of cOngress in this state yet distant, but whsr
it arrives, hope the free holders Of this district
viii prove themselves worthy efindspendence il
they do not. it may perhaps be among the last in
which they VIII be called upon 70 take part
Nothing bat ekertions wanting to secure success.
= over an adversary Formidable only in intrigue
To rouse them to this excrtioa, they shall not
Z want the voice Of 49,. *
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