Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1811-04-19

tess myself utterly at loss how to introduce .bery
to my countrymen. They will be read by men Of all
classes, they win be believed, and they win b. for
gotten. Dishonoured As this nation has lonr been.
BY tame, corrupt and trcacherous atlm;n;s,rat;ou
under the secret direction Of the very worst mar i;
the country, the people have lost all spirit to resent
injuries from France, however atrocious. and have
become so familiar with French insult. thar they
bow to It as a thing Of course We have seen them
openly upbraided in official letter from the French
minister, as being destitute Of honour and inteerty
only Mt to become again colonists to foreign power.
and to be governed by foreign master. This has
been told their government to their teeth, and the
reproach has been pocketed in silence----Buss II IL
not now my intention to enter into review Of the
past will only, therefore observe that il has hap
pened here, a. It always happens, a. well 70 COM
ranity to individual, that an object submisscn
to one injury and insult. Is only 70 invite another.
Mcanness and concession only leads to further mean
ness and concession, and every step acceeratcs tho
velocity OF the descent, until At length shall dis
cover, just before we reach the bottom that we are
about TO be plunged headlong into an abyss Of ire-
trievsble ruin.
In the following prcteat il VII be seen, that the
commanding officer, who boarded the brig En,lca-
Your, insolcntiy remarked, that "the French were
no more at war with America, at this moment, than
they had been for six years past, that is to burn.
sink and destroy all American vessels, to from an
enemy port" Yes. many years, have we been GO
ing on in the same course; act Of timidty and
submission only serving lead on to another, until
every one, at length, admits, that we are in worse
state than if we had been engagcd. all this time; in
| open war-nay, in an unsuccessful war. No war,
however unsuccessful, would have cost us one half
so much it has, to yield to Be buled and beaten
| and robbed during this period, without show Of
resistance In that case, at the worst, we should
have preserved our national character unblemshcd.
and should have cultivated, instead Of smotherng,
that honorable spirit which is 80 essential to secure
ty. and to which, after all sacrifices, we shall
yet find ourselves compelled to have recourse. before
we have either redress, which believe has be-
come hopeless. or real peace, on which we may
| rely.
It win be BY the protests, that the vessels il
question, sailed from home since the FIRST Of Noven,-
ber and that they captured after the Cd Of re.
brary. It will next be seen that the Americans are
treated worse than enemies at open war. In war,
vessels captured sent into port for adjudication;
and they have bearing before tribunals Of the coun-
try, appointed for the purpose, before they are con.
demncd Here, the boarding officer Is the sole AZ.
bitra Judge, and the carpenter with his aager, sole
executioner. Dispatch Is the only order, and five
minutes the utmost time allowed, even to save life
itself@-The vessel, with her cargo, 10 scuttled.
and the bottom Of the sea- and the 6tiscusys
Of neural naion, after amounting to thirty, are
turned off for their homes, short allowances, being
barbarously refused permission to take with them
the sustenancc that is about sink in their own ves-
sells before their eyes. Bot am OBTAINING my rea-
ders long from the facts they appear under tho
oaths Of the sufferers themselves.
PROTESTS.
DY this Public instrument and DECLARE
- ton of protest BE it known unto all
whom the same doth or may concern, that
on this third day of April, in the year of
our Lord 1911, before me, George w.
Strong Notary Public in and for the
state Of Nsw-York, duly commissioned
and sworn, residing in the city Of New
York, personally came and appeared.
Andrew Malcolm, master. William Snow.
mate, Peter Marsh and John Weber. two
of the seamen late of the brig Sumner, Of
Warren, in the District Of Maine, be-
longing to James w. Head. who being by
me the said Notary severally duly sworn
upon the Holy Evangelists, did respects
lively and each one for himself depose pro-
test and say, That on the 5th Of January
last past, they scvefally set sail and departed
in and on board the said brig in the several
capacities above mentioned, from Liver
pool, bound to Lisbon. with = cargo Of
wheat and rice-That on The 1iah day Of
February following, being in lat. ~ SON.
and in ling. IS, W. about eight O'clock re
fhe morning, they discovered three sail
astcrn, distant about ten miles, coming
directly after the Sumner. with good
breeze. That the Sumner kept her course,