The Delaware gazette., 1810-02-14

withholding our purchasers or our p:o:ls.
ions--nor can she feel our enmisy through
the delicate nervous system OF a paper
credit.
Common sense leads us, therefore, TO reject
the phrenzy that would arm against the world
prudence leads us 10 choose between the two
parties--and wisdom to weigh the advantages
OF our choice. Let her dictates declde-ana
We shall see, should our measures produce
war, if directed against France, we gain no
one concession Of right from England-but
that if England is the object, we shall gain at
least, IN the event we have supposed, proper
justice from her enemy. But on the contrary,
it we can force England into an acknowledge
ment oil our rights, we have solemn stipula-
tlon, enforced by the sanction ot Interest, that
France will respect them. The wealth we
love SO much, will flow in upon us in abundance
and the patriot will not blush at the acquisition,
FOR it will be the reward of manly resistance.
For these reasons, the means shall propose
will relate to our claims on Britain. They are
calculated to shcw that power the necessity OF
! a compliance with our demands, or ii this APP
| peal should fail, to convince her we can do JUS
tice to ourselves BY means, consistent With ho-
nor, and completely within the resources Of our
country.
have delayed this part Of my subject, and
waited from day to day in hopes that our public
courcils would assume tone higher than the
runflng bass thar has growled through the
scorss OF our eternal commercial rsstrirtions-
| m9ft manly, than the penscroso style by which
they have long been distinguished. With this
hopel have continually inspected the records
| OF thtlr debates but must confess that have
found but little in them that ought to charae-
seriss their deliberations. Party animo.l'y
could have withheld the assent of one side,
from t,e most salutarv measures, shoald they
| have been proposed by the other. Even u
personal views, state interests, clectioncerns
nsfgnes, had not hitherto prevlhted Atrial OF
| the experiment. Two months OF most preci-
| ons time had elap7'-tl sance the situation OF our
country va; l."own 10 its representatives, yet
no one sure is taken for defence. We are
debating The propr.ety Of permitting our ner-
chant ships to visit the ports Of Britain, while
they are preparing TO enter ours with their fleets,
ana the six weeks we spsut in throwing light
| on the obscure passages Of an imperlinent let
ter. may have put our enemies in situation to
! make bonfire of New York. The fatal error
that We caa defend ourselves by laws, returns
| upon us Ike a topical haucination. Reason
| aue Oh every other point, on this we rave
strike bet the chord that sounds of war, and
we NJ as regularly to proclamatons as Quix-
| ottc 10 his arms. They are the battered basin
and the brnken lance with whic! we are to
combat in the lists against the gigantic knights
OF the ocean. meanwhile the prnnle- 90:
like the simple African they believe IN the effi-
| cacy OF Charms, gaze III silent astonlshment
while the college of state conju.ors prepare
! l,tap a.
Characters are sTaced--and when the Oby horn
Is Il led with ends of parchment and fragments
| OF paper, they fancy themselves invulnerable
and believe that all their evils will vanish wher
this wretchei mummery is at an end Wha
can be ting cause OF this delusion Do they see
any prospect of favorable change! Are they
content with our present situation, and do the,
seriously think il can be maintained? Or is i
a criminal inattention to your interests Ths
first Of these suggestions we have seen canuo
bc admitted consistent with the respect due te
their understandings--th last is equally in.
compatible with the idea hope we entertain o
their integrity. We must then believe, ane
certain sentiments expressed in the house, con
firm the opinion, that our presen, situation ha
some occult charm which renders it desirable
i. and that paper measures are supposed sufliclen
TO ensure its continuance. Admit the first par
OF this position, and We must have strange con
hdence IN the second, not to provide for th
possibility Of his failure. That war will b.
nearer By making preparations for carrying i
/. en- With vigor, is the reasoning of the dotard
I who Tears to make his will lest it should accel
Y crate his death. If indeed the consent of par
E ties were necessary to bring on that event.
y wars were never made until both the cham
r p!ons agreed on the condition OF the combat
and we're ready to enter The lists, we Nigh
. then safely delay our preparations; or even j
our present fallen state, if like the cowar
: which history figures in the Jest book, we coul
! Obtain an assurance of not being struck Will
! we were down, VIC smight then trust TO til
= humility OF our position for defence, and
= :. diseantally permitted to groyel with safety
:, :, the dust But no such promise has been givel
. our adversary has not the generous.smplicit
OF Joe Nliiler's hero, though we rival the d
gradaion, but not the ingenuity Of his opps
nent. We may creep and tawn in vain; bio
u Will succeed 10 blow-indgnty will be heapv
:" . upon injustice until we lose every feeling
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