Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1808-07-08
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1t will be recollected that a few days
! ago It was stated in the National Intel
! hgencer with all the confidence of au-
thority, that contrary to the general re-
/ port which was then making deep i'm.
preston on the public mind, " The o.
sage hadn0t been detained by the French
government, but BY general armstrong;"
! When We 6rst saw this article we were
convinced Of its falsehood, and that it
was only part Of the system steadily
pursued BY our government of conceal
/ ing from the people the insults and out.
RACES Of honaparte, aud Of REFRESHING
the spirit Of indignation which is rising
to assert the dignity and honor of the
country.
We, indeed knew then by aletter re.
ceived from one Of the passengers who
went out 10 the Usage, a gentleman in
whom the utmost reliance might be re-
posed, that the ship, though chartered
by our government, to convey a mes.
senger with dispatches of the highest
importance, and commanded by an off.
Ger Ofthe navy, therefore Invested with
the rights a national vessel and the
immMu'ies Of diplomacy, 1Uas seized i'm.
mediately on her arrival in France and
condemned as good prize.
We further knew, from the same
source that the Usage, after an interval
of several weeks, was released, but on
the degrading condition, that if she went
to England with the dispatches for our
Minister, Mr.. Pinckney, she should
not be permitted to return to France,
however necessary it nigh, be to the in-
terests Of the United States.
The accuracy Of this state meat Is cor
roborated, ifnot confirmed, by the in.
teAigenee received this day from Lon.
don. these facts be not too hastily
forgotten. They prove beyond doubt
what has long been suspected, that there
is an = inuiSi6Ie influence behin4 The
throne, greater than the THRONE ITSELF"
They demonstrate the mean, submissive,
and daseardb' policy our government il
pursuing, and the awful crisis in which
our country is placed. They call upon
the people to shake of the lehorev Of
canfdtHce, which they have too much
iudulged- and now to examine, to re-
Acct, and to act for themselves.
~. S. GAG.
Inalate address Of James Sloan, me m.
Der of Congress from the state of New.
Jersey, to his constituents, giving an
account of his conduct during the las,
session, we 6ud this remarkable decla-
ration:
;" If could have reconciled II viii
my duty, as one of your Representatives.
to have voted for immense dbtrsSria.
tio"s, for the express PURPOSE d forpinr
chains far you and ysur P0S7,ERf
TT; instead Of insults. abuse. and
THREATS OF ASSASSINA.
TION.1 might have passed smoothly
along, and enjoyed the smiles of cour,tv
syeoPhdats, and se,uilt dependents ~
On executive patronage and the PUBLIC
TREASURY, but in so doing, I must
have acted contrary to both the interest
and liberty OF the people of the United
States"
/ Now, weappeal to;the friends Of Mr..
Jefferson, ifthere are not charges against
the administration Of more serious ma.
ture contained in the above short extract.
than they have ever seen made by fed.
eralist. Is Il any wonder that suspi,,
e'ons, unfavorable TO the administration
have seized the public mind, when so
many respectable democrats so openly
charge our rulers with the foulest eorrup-
ton?
, Fremont doings.-We are Informed
by gentle man from Vermont, that
Gov. Smith has given a p rmi, to break
open store, in Orwell. and seizefta