Winchester gazette. [volume] (Winchester, Va.) 18??-1826, 1811-11-20

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L is worthy ofno,ice, that the men no
are ieemingly 70 hot Tor war with Emo
land, never have ihown any difpoftien 10
iift finger againft France. Yer no
VIII informed reatonable man will pretend
that our country has received fewer pro.
vacations oI iafered lcis injuries, from
the latte than from the former: much
lets can it Dc pretended with any ihadow
OF reai'n, si'at war with England wsuld
be iei' calainitous to US, than war with
France.
The tnglilh and the French have taken
our ve,ieis at flea. In this they have acted
Dot dAke, with this one exception the
bngliih never have burnt the American
veiieis upon the high fcas as the French
repeatedly have done thing that 10
deeply wounded the fenfibilitics of our
f'fenient IN nie,, ,ha, he pronounced 1T 10
be mode oi warfare the mott dltieiiiap
OF any
Again, toe Englinh have inpreEtd ma.
tive American leaTen. By the way there
were very lew ait noes OF this KIND, If a.
ny, duf'nA tie CONTINUANCE Of Jays treaty;
nor problpiy would there have been, up
10 tbs ddy, If that Treaty nad been renew.
ed, OK Il the one made nv Monroe and
Pinkney had been accep ed. N thin,,
however, vas further from the heart OF
Mr.. JcG.lion than fuch an accommodation
which would have deprived him OF his
principal means for keeping alive parry
raucour. Bat 10 the point. The Englnh
as was fad before, have impreGeJ native
American fcsucp. Have not the French,
in this very refpeft, done as bad ard even
worfc Have they nor, in ID iniiold inaan.
ees, after tripping tmeEicar citizens of all
their property, have they not marched
them from place to- place, halt farved and
bait naked, and thrown them into ioath.
iome dungeons, and there LETT them leiti-
tute of all means OF comfortable fubGience.
Nay, did not congreis, lda winter, vote to
leod over ieyenty FIVE thoufand dollars for
the relief Of american citizcns in the tails
of France f--5li this is AZ leaf d full Offset
sgaiut Birth in2reHments.
In the following refpects, France has
treated America with unpa. aliclcG iniuaice
and info cree.
I. B,naparte, at one fweep, and with.
out IhIdpv of jl!ice or the leaf retext
ictzca all the American veGcls and cargoes
in the ports Of France and IL thofe OF his
F. allies (; and conifcated this property, of
great MANY miihons amount, AID has uf.
Iefly reiufci TO mike sny replration.-
Waegcas Americsn oeGcis have no, teen
feizei ~ the ports ofihe Bntifl Aoniniops.
bur all along have had free ingIe(s ana E.
grefs.
Z. Thofc Americans who are permitted
to trade in France, are compelled to fell
their cargocs at prices fiHed by the French
government, and 10 receive in return, GIL $
and certain other f,'ecidel articles of lux
ury. Whereas, in all the ports OF the
Britilh aoninipns the Americans have been
ever permitted to make their own bar
ms, ana 20 fell AID by accor ling 70
their own choice, without an Interference
of government.
8. france has given certain Ss-port
towns in Aneri,a the loe AMI exclu6 ye
pri ilege OF tr'iing wi,h her, aud that
through nssns Of French iiee iles, VII; r
have been publicly aiveftieI tor ia.e If
this country. This fpccies Of infoience
Great Bri'sia has not, as yet, been guilty
Of.
4. Bonaparte, over and over again, hs,
imperiouily dictated to DER government
AMI has hespsd, DO hu2on cur adninilrs.
tion a I'd the people at large, alHoa cyerr
epihct OF rcproao1 and fcorl. Where,
the Bntiih governmenr has never adv,E 1
much lefs crdered, tie Americans 10 make
war with France; roT has i. treated osr