Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1808-01-01

| commerce !: andher eolefissw4NN
be cut of from the saleApf their pro
.ions, and The source of heirsuppiie
Spain will feet ii, more perhaps thsAV
anv, il the Esiiure ofimported food. nor
making enough within herself, and 10
her populous. and important colonies
which depend wholly on vi for the srp-t
ply oftheir daily wants.
Il is a happy consideration also at
tending this measure that although it
win have these effects, salutary il may
be hoped Oh the policy Of the great con-
tending nations, It affords neither aof
thsmthe slighiestground for eonplaint.
The embargo violates the tights ofnone.
lie object Is to secure ourselves. ]
q measure Of ~precautioh, not Of aggrss-
sion. il 10 Aresorted TO by all nations,
when their great interests require Il.
All of them have made Us on diiIsrtnk
occasions feel the effects Of sush 4 TesofE
on our commercial interests. Audi
could be the less nnurmured It, by those
who may be incidentally affected by de
present embargo ; inasmueh - thsy
have forced US into the measure, By the
direct effect on Us. of measures founded
10 an allsdged regard for their owntpea.
fual safety and essential interests.
Bot may not the embargo bring On wa
from some Of the nations affected by IL
Certainly not If war be not predetrr.
nined onagainst us. Being a msasuts
Of peace and preeaation ; being uhiter-
sal, and therefore impartial /; extendin2
in Eeality az well rs os,ensibly to III ne
iona, there is not a shadow of pretexk
to make it cause Of war. Was, her
fore, let it be repeated, cannot sc the
result; unless It be in pursuance .0fs 1
predetermined plan of hostility aEaiass
this country.
Win it NOT be an impediment q IAN;
cable negotiations with nations with
which We have unsettled diGerenceS}A
Not more than anS. other precauti6n
not more certainly than military Prep,fsz
tons, with which depending negoeiaii-
q are frequently :accompaniedy ana
sometimes professedfy armed. TIE pbs
hey Of President Washington scns Mi
Jay into negociasion, with al eAAharro
IN his hand. Would the treaty hsasnk6e
have been the worse, ifthe smbark % III
notbeen reseinded a.
Might not the embargo have heeD 81
ter modified? Might. Snnt, particuEsffF
the vessels Of the several foreign nsti6I
have been allowed 70 carry on trade frod
our ports /. - .' $3.50
The piausibility of such a~ndsxssp,ion
vanlshes At once, when tested BY ia liz.
vitabis and inadmiasible consequence.
T. It would have given SO decided md
exclusive an advantage 10 one ct the Ri.
llgetent parties, that II would have
difficult to justify il to the othsrs
Great Britain. having the co mmsad &
the sea and the means Of Con, eysate
would have supplied her wants, sWhiltt
her eneuies, having neither, would Is
left destitute. { -
2. Having the monopoly Of our
net. her agents would obtain supbi;x 4
half the n value.
5. The competitions to sell tos,ken
~oaldhave made every purchase afsJ6t.
and consequently . source of dreadlui i.
Auence.
a. Our mariners thrown out a
Pioyment, would have been easily.
eed into foreign service, never ~
bly, 10 be tegained. Our shipssm;SEs
perhaps be bought up ii Tie ams et;Ms
for haif their value, and Sc io.t.,n u
nation.
$. 10 fine the exception, thus antF
ting in tayor Of Great. Britain, Would
done what above all things she MdGil
wished. ltwould have .eivs1s htr
a monopoly OF the trade Of the world
would have secured al her suppliss
the bestterns, whilst her enemies 80 .
rivals would So without altogether. ind
to crown the whole, it would wi,hou, r.
dement, OF more than aser!y scanty maIkes
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