Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1808-05-06

ccssity be maintained; and sucn pfYr
ceeding has no. the plea Of ieeessit5 Is
assumes the character Of ago ession. Ia
these concurrent, securities against such
an apprehension have any v4ne, The ne
cessity no longer exists If fhsys are Of
NO value, negotiation cannotb be attempt
cd, Is the basis upon which rests, the.
mutual confidence of the two parties,
would be wholly wanting. 4. d.
From the moment after tkf untortn.
nate affair Of the Chesapeake that his
mairsty's naval commanders in these
waters had aseertainrd that they were
safe from the eferve scence 4 that PoPu-
lar fury, and under which ttk most glar-f
ing outrages were commitfd d, and by
which they were very nature led tothe
shpposition that they were \pbjeCts Of
particular hostility, and that state of
war against them, requiring p cautions
on their part, had Commenced no con-
duct has been imputed to the1 which
could vindicate the necessity Of main
tanning in force the presidents broeiama.
ton. Since that time such 81 those Of.
hcers as have been necessitated BY the
circumstances Of the war TO remain in
these waters, have held no communities,
ton with the shore, except in an instance
too triihng to dwell upon, and instantly
disavowed BY the commanding officer
and they have acquiesced quietl, in var,-
Gus privations, highly prejudieial TO the
service they were upon, and in conse-
quence of an interdict, which had they
been regardless oftheir duties towards a
state In amity with their sovereign, and
had they not carefully repressed the feel
ings les tome aud language had direct
tendency to provoke in them, would have
rather excited, than have averted the
evils It was stated to be intended to pre-
vent; were they regardful of these du.
ties, it was UNNECESSARY. Had they felt
themselves obliged completely TO evacu-
ATE the waters Of the United States, es.
peeially whilst an enemy's squadron was
hatbored in them, they could have done
IL; but under the admission of hostile
eompulsion, and under such compulsion,
carried into full effect, his majesty could
not have disse mblsd the extent of the
injury received.
Ia the several cases adduced, 10 which
Great Britain required certain prelimi.
naries, previously to entering into nego-
siatioo, she regulated her eondact BY the
same principles to which she NOW adj,
heres, and refused, whilst nd hostility
WAS exhibited on her part, to sreat with
powers, whose proceedings denoted it
towards her; and who maintained their
RICH, IN what they bad assume.
. From the considerations this offered,
Iuus. that neither the order of reason
or that ofusage are in contradiction to
the demand have urged, not am / a.
ware how the order of time or poses the
revocation 10 the first instance Of that
act. which Affects injuriously one Of the
parties and is still avowed BY the other.
The subject is thus presented to you,
sir, in the light which il was natural that
it should offer itself to his maies.y's GO
vernment. L. certainly conceived the
predicate proclamation to rest chiefly,
and most materially upon the attack
made upon the fdgate= ot the United
States, the Chesapeake, by his unajesty's
ship the Leopard, although other topics
were addueed As accessories. In this
apprehension il may be held TO have beeu
sufficiently NARRATED, BY the precise,
time at which, and the circumstances UNI
der which irwas issued, and by its whole
context, and the more so, as the i'm.
pulse under which il was drawn up, ap-
pears to have been so sudden as to have
preciuded DUE exzWtuzrsSssa Of AL the
grounds Of alleg atioa contained in it,
Aud h=rs l beg leave to assure you. that
with respect to the spirit and tone Of tia
Instrument. i. would be highly sasisfac.
toryto me, if could feel my self justified
iaexpressing on the part OF his. mtlesty
any degree Of coincidence with the O.
pinions you have announced, or when
thus appealed %, and making every al
lowance for the irritation of the moment,