Winchester gazette. [volume] (Winchester, Va.) 18??-1826, 1811-04-20

We aiS An'oiiueo there arc at shc pfciens
time, no LET'S than eleven veilels ON the ftocks
which will average more than 200 tons
each.-rrobably theie velIeIs are princi-
Paiiy building for the market; and if fo.
they mutt prove almcft dead lois TO the
owners, by the oper alton of this fatal
ichene of non intercourfe.
cy the law which is now going into
force, our trade with Great Britain and
her dependencies, is annihiIa,ed. That is
we. ARE not only cut off from the ifnpo,ta.
ton of goods from the iAand OF Great Bri.
tain, but the Wet India trade, SO im..
meniely intereifing to the people of New.
England, and especially of Come Client, ALI
goes with it.
The coniequence of this fate Of things
then mutt inevitably be, that our country
produce will fink in value to almoH no.
thing-the mechanic trades, immediately
connected with commerce, will fufer ex-
trernely; our feamen and day laborers, ia
great mcaiure De thrown out of empIoy-
n:ent, aad OF courie be reduced 10 exsrene
diarefs.
10 jufify congrefs in bringing thefe
into!crabie evils once more upon Us, there
ought TO be fomc powerful reafon. Let
us enquire tor momear what thev are.
what new thing has taken place, which
mas thrown US into our prelent difficulties.
Are our circumstances with the belliger
ent powers OF Europe 70 materially
changed, as to render it nccenary 10 hop
all intercourse with G. Britain and to opcu
it with France?
In the frf place, what benefit are We
likely 10 receive, bv an intercourse with
France, even if itwerc true that their De.
crees are revoked! We cannot iupply our.
felves with the articles of merchandise
which are necefary for the country, be.
cauie France does NOT poHefs them. Ii
we undertake TO carry colonial or any o.
Their produce there, wa run the rifaue OF be-
ing topped by Biitifh cruizers; or if they
thould arrivein France, of being robbed
by the orders of Bonaparte. A trade Of
this nature, is not likely to fupport our
exhanaed revenue, nor TO enrich cur MGR
chants.
BY cutting of trade with Great Britain
we in effect cutting it off from all the
world. However tyranpical it may be in
her TO fay, that we fhall not plow the
deep wishour her leave, il is no more than
ii is for France TO fay, that we fiall not
let foot on the continent of Europe Without
her Permltilon: But by keeping an OPEN
intercourfe with Great Britain, we obtain
the articles of merchandise which we
want, we find fure market for our own
our -farrrers a-n ,,.iaII,s-~
their labor, cur mechanics, ieameD, and
.aoorers find erpioymen and wages, our
merchants in the purfuit Of all honorable
trade, enrich themfclve, and their neigh
bots, and the revenue is fuppled without
reiortins to loans or taxes. 1o fettle this
point beyond al contradiction, an appeal
may be made &c the univerfal experience of
the country. Ha, not the fate Of things
for the laft twelve or eighteen months,
been preferable TO the period OF the en-
barge and -ihteiconrfe No man can
deny this. Il IS true, the merchants have
Blu: sheil fulfelings have proceed
ed from the worse than Algerine fraud and
pclhdy OF Bonapaste. He, IN violation of
all moral obligation, which be now riots
the enjoyment of while in our trade wit.
Great Britain has been in great deg,ee,
unmoleited and prosperous.
The true Iccrst lies IN this ona-
parte has ordered US TO Cop intercouri.
wuh Great Britain, ard tie adminittrs.
ton obeyed-Eatrcd of Great Britain
and a fear of France have led US
to the prcicnt criis. As for the boat
cd importantly of our mcafu.es towards
thofc two rival powers, il is a mookcry to
pretend TIVE fuder ourfelvcs to be
bulied, csjoled, or Hsttered INFO any
UcaiuFes Fcance may pleafe to- direct
white we irritate and iniult q. Britain IN
every mode we dare.
As we are about trying the terapin pe
icy once more, let the people bear in mind
IN the Inidt Of their sufc:ings to whom
they ere indebted for them.--It is Tho
mas JoiFcrfon, James Mad;fon, and their
particular fworn friends and Importers.
-Federaliits have oppo!ed Embargo &
Nom niercourfe, with all their might, in
every fhapc, though without ipeceis.
The democrats in every ouartcr of the
Un;on are divided into angry fs6fion,y
Whole principal buGnefs feems to conGR in
accutations and rccrimina,ion againit each
other. The following paragraph refpe6t-
ing De Witt Clinton is copied from the
New York Public Advertiser, one of the
mot viEulcnt democratic papers in the L..
States....U. S. Gasefn.
De WITT CLINTON. On the evening
Of the day on which the Proclamation Law
ing an Embargo arrived in this CITY, De
Wit, in convcrtation upon the iubjef Of