Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1808-11-25

.ihers q Il has teen kssnmpkSnts |
i stiisa by he e. ny, 4 raised
even. keforc & had been Ser 80
sablishrd and Il that systein, Of
which extent md 1onsiuuity were
The vial principle i bro Ken up
into fIagnents, utterly harmless
and contrnpti6le !; tits neyerfke-
less Important ii the highest de-
gree - Che Reputation Of This
country, reputation which
sconstitutes great part Of her pow.
Icf) that this sppointment Of
The hopes of her enemies should
not have been purchased BY any
concession |; that not doubt
shonld remain 10 distant times Of
her determination and Of her =
|bility % have continued her resis-
lance land that no step which
could even mistakenly be con-
stfned into concession should be
taken on her part, while the small
lest link Of the confederacy re.
| mains undissstyed j or while il
can Be ! question whether the plan
devised Tor her destriiction has
or has not either completely failed
or been unequiyocally abandoned.
These considerations compel
his majesty 70 adhere to the prin-
ciplcs on which the orders 10
council Of the 7th January and the
18th November are founded, 20
long % France adheres 10 that
systsm BY which his majesty's re.
taliatory measures were occasion.
ed and justifed. .es,.
Misnot improbable indeed that
some alterations may be made in
the ordsrs IN council, Is they are
IS present framed !, alterations
calculated not 70 abate their, spirit
Or impair their principie, but 70
adapt them more exactly TO the
different state ofthings which has
fortnnately grown up il Europe,
and 80 combine IN practicable re-
to neutrals, with 4 more &C.
we're pressure upon fhe enemy.
But Of alterations to Be made
withthis view only, il would be
uncandid to take any advantage
lin the present discussion how.
Lever, 4 might Be hoped, that 10
their practical effect, they might
prove Beneficial to Aulerica. pro-
yided The operation Of the embar.
60 were not 70 prevent her from
reaping that bene iit.
Il feinAins for Tie undersikned
70 take notice of,he last paragraph
Of Mr.. pinkney ! letter. There
cannot exist on the part Of Mr..
Pinkney, 4 stronger wish than
there does on that 81 The under
signed. and of,he British govern.
l.men,, for the adjustment Of az The.
| differences suhsisting betweenthe
two countries. 5 ,.sS.
His majesty has no other dis
position than 10 cultivate the most
friendly inssreouTss with the Uni
| ted States.
The pndersigned il persuaded
that Mr.. Pinkney would 81 one
| Of the last to imsgine, what l. Of.
ten idly asserted, that the depres-
sion Of any other country IL ne.
erssary. or serviceable to the.
prosperity ofthis. The prosperi-.
y Of America i essentially the.
prosperity of Great. Britain, and
the strength and power Of Great
Britain are not for herself onty,
but for. the world. When those
adjustmsnts shall take place. 70
which, though nfoftunately NOT
practicable II this moment, nor
under thu eonditions prescribed
By Mr.. Pinkney, the undersign-
led, Nevertheless, confidently
looks forward twill perhaps, be
no insecure pledge, for the con.
iinuapes Of the coed understand
ing between the two countries.
that they win have learnt duly to
appreciate each others friendship,
and shaEit will not hereafter Be
imputed d Great. Britain. either
on the one hand chat she epyies
Americad ndus,ry Is pfejudieial
10 British commerce, or on the
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