Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1808-03-04

Raadolph's speech ia the senate, IN
which he declares, that congress ought
70 have been Immediately convened after
the affair of the Chesapeake, and the A.
merican minister recalled after redress
had been demanded that, if redress
had been refused, America should have
invaded Canada and Nova Scotia, and
nude descent upon Jamaica !! Poor
Mr.. Randolph, in the warmth Of his in
dignation, and in the flights ofhis fancy,
forgrts that the whole navy of the u. S.
could not resist tor half an hour two Bri-
tish so gun shiPs-and yet he would in
wade Jamaica
The extract of the decree of the
French emperor published in our last,
though it furnishes another instance of
the violence Of its author, excites little
or no sensation. Accustomed to his
violence, injustice and tyranny, neutral
and independent nations receive his e.
diets as the comuauds ut a master.
Miserable and degraded state Of the
world! The honor, the patriotism, and
the courage that once animated men are
gene bu. not we hope, forever. They
are in full vigor in America when called
into action.
America is not named in this decree,
but it is against her, AMI her only that il
is directed.
Neeonsider this decree as coming to
apoint, that is, that we shall declare for
or against France. It has never been
cur wish that America shouldbe a party
IN this dreadful conflict, and all that we
have said upon this subject will Justify
our declaration. hut this edict leaves
America nc choice. fla British ship of
WAY boards an American merchant ship,
she Is declared prize to a French crnizer.
1t this mighty emperor with al his pow
er cannot or dare not, encounter ire
British on the ocean, how are defenceless
Americans to resist? Bcsides-,he
right of belligerents to board and exa-
mine neutrals, is cr-evai with war. We
u not pay duties in an English port.
1t We pay duties in an English port our
vessels are forfeited. In the name of all,
that is just and reasonable, how can we
enter a British port OF possession without
being subjected to the payment of duties :
do nj British ships pay duties In our
ports?
Then it seems we should not even
'feeT a course that might lead to England
or any of her possessions-Would that
this mighty emperor would tell US how
we are to steer ifbound to oneofhis own
ports or islands for as to a greater part
OF the voyage, the course 70 the one, is
the course TO the other. The British
islands are in a state Of blockade BY sea
anil land :" SO says Bonaparte The
mind of m IN can be prepared for almost
n thing BY a previous disposition. If
tonaparte was to issue an edict, decla-
ing that any ship whose papers or docu-
ments were in the English language,
was for that reason forfeited-there
would be no astonishment. A celebrated
author tells, that the jealous and high
spirited Romans were so degraded and
BUNDLED, that when CaEgufa declared
" his horse ~forronsul" it excited no sen.
Gat'on. and was very pa.;eaely submitted
to-But Romans were thenin their de-.
representations are in their vignt,
and wetrust aud believe that they viii
not prystrate themselves at the fee. of a
1)TAat.
CNorEA Le4str.)
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