Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1811-07-26

the irresistible power of the Emperor and
King under which England must inevitably
be crushed. The adhesion of the United
States to the measures of France may, in
deed hasten the epocha, but nothing can
save the British Empire from certain ruin.
A wise and patriotic chief OF nation cam
not long deliberate, about the choice, of
sharing the trophies with the conqueror, or
the calamities with the victim. The En-
peror has in his port folio. peace with the
present government of England, or its SUBJ
version by internal factions and domestic
conspirators. In either case, he may land
anarmy on the American shores, and assist
his numerous partizans there, to punish his
and their opposers. Let not deferring
yarillation or pusillanimity make the alliance
of the u. States ungracious, and alter the
love the Emperor bears the Americans
His Imperial aud Royal Majesty will guar
antee to the u. States the Canadas and No.
va-Scotia. AT present these colonies have
neither the power, nor the inclination to re-
sist an invader. They are garrisoned by
raw boys and Irish Catholics, that is to say,
by inexperience and disafection. This
guarantee is painful concession on the part
of his Majesty, as the French Canadians
have long sighed to be again received into
the bosom of the grand nation.
AS to the captures, sequestrations, and
COMBINATIONS of American property by
Imperial and Royal Orders, they were pro-
voked by the American Government itself
and by its non-intercourse law and are
triAing reprisals to your Masters so deeply
wounded honor, by this unjust and auda.
cious act. 1T, however, vigor and patriot
ism should guide the future steps of the ru
lers of the United States, his Majesty is
willing to indemnify the American sufferers
by their own folly, to the full amount of
their claims: but your Imperial and Royal
Master is not willing to confer his benefac-
tons on ungrateful towards, or on per6di.
Gus and trembling friends. The Americans
must enter, honestly, boldly, and openly
into all his plans against Great. Britain, if
they value his amlty and their own indepen-
dence. Sacrihces-great sacrifices will be
required as security for their fidelity. These,
shall, however, only be temporary, while
the benefits of their regeneratad policy, will
be permanent and invariable. His Imperi-
al and Royal Majesty demands from the
United States loan of twenty FIVE millions
dollars. For this loan yearly interest of
five per cent. will be paid, and the Emperor
and his Royal Brother the King of Spain
will pledge for it to the United States, the
gold and silver mines of Spanish America.
both capital and interest shall be repaid
within eighteen months after general pa.
clhcation. In return, the Emperor offers
to deliver up (within four months from the
date of the ratification of an offensive and
defensive treaty with the United States)
fully armed and equipped, twenty ships of
the line, with proportionate number OF
frigates, corvettes, and smaller vessels, to
be manned with American seamen, and to
be commanded by American officers. AT
all times, but when a combined attack a.
gainst the common enemy is resolved upon,
this feet shall be under the exclusive direc.
ton of the American Government, and
employed as it thinks proper. All British
colonies conquered by the aid of this fleet,
his Majesty will secure to the United States
unconditional, and all the harbors and ar
senals in Europe, or in other parts of the
world, under the Emperor's control, shall
be open FOR their reception and repair. If
the United States should desire any land
troops either for foreign conquests or for
the maintenance Of int rnal tranquility, you
may agree to the number of sc, 600 French
auxiliaries, who, when once accepted, are
to be supported and paid by the United
States alone.
If the President or his Ministers should
object to the loan on account of the low
state of the American Treasury, you may
suggest the easy method ofprocuring it by
a direct and forced requisition by the Con.
gress of fifty per cent. or more OF all the