Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1811-03-08
Frantic Fesv.TorE E0e0iaz P5s..

French DEGREES were htat promulgated Is
this country, our Democratic as.psD9Der.
came out with q justihcation Vi tiie;n, on til
ground that they were oniy ni4aic;5a st41s
ations. Every r@atlon, said jefcj SOM
paper at RichE1oGl. has a fisht 10 pass ssicl,
municipal lu1.s as she pieasss to adopt; PIX.
vided she respects the o1Iig tiou OF trrl.
ties" :. Has not France, me con,iaues
to ask a fright to make regulations [ar her
own ports! May she not exclude or adrs,
any species OF cargo OF 6~2tto1:s, IS her 10.
licy or CAPRICE may dictate, !" &c.? @Bae
does France allow the benest Of the same
distraction to U.S. W. passed an act pro.
hibiting the vessels OF boso bthigervnts to
enter our harbours or waters, On penalty Of
confscasion, If they insisted up3n doinp
SO, after due and proper notice rot to q,
SO. If there ever was a municipal regula.
ton, that is a regulation extending t. lie
territory, harbors and waters OF the nation
adopting 1t, surely this was ooe But what
says the French emperor Or rather what
does he for his way is to strike first and
then speak? He seizcs al American pso-
perty in France, s(ques'ets II, conliscAles
it, and when our good President asks, wita
amazcment, "wEat all this means" he an.
swers, with a sneer, oh! 'us oalg By
way of sebrisal friend YUu have seen ct
to pass a noo-intcrcourse kaw, exposing
French ships to couhsca,iou if they enter
YOUR ports, after notice; this YOU call a
municipal feeulation call ltso If GU please,
but ] have seized and confiseatrd all a.
merican property in France"-s1 But you
surely CAM BE- serious, brother honey
mine is onlya manicfb4iregukatiaa arworst,
soch as we both have long since, you know,
maintained that every nation has a light to
make for itself. On this ground alone,
have our friends here, always justified your
Berlin decree, in spite OF facts. 1t was a
distinction thar has saved your cause" :.
don't care a fig for y9ur distinctions. Talk
till you're blind, still you'll fad that here
there is no law, municipal or national, thar
can stand = moment in the way Of the En-
peror Of France" +" But, brother. hear
me one word the amount Of what we have
seized, ii we have seized any thing, which
| have never heard OF, must be very trla ling
whereas you have sequestered millions OPP
on millions; It's out OF all proportion. and'
--" What is that to me? SO much the
more in my favor" wei, but, consi-
der it will be impossible, really Impossible
for me 10 carry on any further this negocia.
ton with yoe,s against England it will be
out OF my power u bring the country to con-
sent to withdraw the operation Of this mu-
nicipal regulation as to you, and revive il
against Gfeat.B Brit -, unless the business
OF the late sequestrations, can somehow be
put oa a better, or at least a more plausible
footing than this you must rccollect thar
G. Britain not having seized and sequestcr-
ed our property on the ground of repfissl
for our non.intercouEse, it will have a bad,
8 very bad effect among our friends here,
If we attempt harsh measures against her,
while we strive TO increase the bonds ofami-
ty between US and France ; I therefore. an
really constrainedt TO say that I cannot go
on with the negotiation until / obtain, at
least, a promise that the eonhscation of this
property shall not at present fellow the Sc
questrations." q tell YOU, again, once
for all, that this property thus seized and
sequesteted, shall be confsca.ed." PRO-
mise then, that you will consider this sub
lect, as, at any rate, open to negotiation
uCicaitCI' give nC suihetiituS 10 SLY I'd the
people" mo, will not triae about il.
the law of reprisal shall govern ; it shall be
sold for the benefit of my treasury" II
cannot possibly then go On with this nego-
citation, without some preliminary promise,
or, some plausible encouragement, res
pecting these seizures, for the Americans
are very impatient about them."-t Thas
we shall see"
What did we in fact see? We saw Mi.
Madison take the first m TO issue a
proclamation, stating to the nation what
was nottrue, for the purpse Of admitting
I Erench racreIn "a a fec entr,. H. frrr