Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1811-01-18
gee @a5ette.
Martinsburgh, Jan. IS.

The particular attention Of our readers is requested
to the documents which we republish to-day from
the National Inteligencer.
That American who can read them without blush
ing for the degradation of his country, must be cal
lous to its interests and its honor and that man
must possess a very "Job-lke'' patience who does
not also feel an irresistible glow of indignation against
the stupidity or the dishonesty of our rulers, who
have either been most grossly and stupidity duped
themselves, or have most wilfully and w~ickedly, con-
spired with a foreign power to dupe others.
1t now appears, concluslvely, not only that there
is no proof of the Berlin and Milan DEGREES having
been repealed, but that even if their revocation has
taken place it has afforded no new facilities to our
commercial intercourse with France and furnished
no proof of the good will and friendly dispositions OF
her rulers. The actual prohibition of many OF the
most important articles of our own growth or manu-
facture, and the enormous duties imposed upon all
others, amount in fact to a complete non-intercourse
Yet Mr.. Madison, who had or ought to have had a
full knowledge of all these facts, gravely went to
work to announce that France had CEASED to vtelate
our neutral commerce..
Cvir. Patriot.
The House of Representatives were occu-
pied on Saturday till a late hour with closed
doors.
Upon reading the letter of the secretary OF
state to Turreau of the 18th December Ia let
ter which from the nerve and vigor of the
style we take to have proceeded immedi ateEy
from the pen of Mr.. Madisonl the first re
mark which we heard made was, that if the
actions of our administration comported with
the language of this letter, we should have
no occasion TO complain Of our government
or rather, as at present, of the Udnt of a go
vernment. But even the language of indie
%pendence is too much to be born by the par
tizans of the naughty, imperial plunderer.
Accordingly we find in the Aurora of this
morning, Napoleon's principal gazette, the
following ironical and sarcastic remarks.
he French ambassador has been at a
critical period taken without his BRET, and
it is rather unfortunate for him, that when
he appears 10 priot. it is In some cases IN.
favorable to the interests of the states
Another idea very naturally occurs on read
ing these letters of diplomacy, and which
further testlhes the extreme imbarnahfu
with which our affairs are conducted, that
the British government being unrepresent-
ed at this place Mr.. M2rier residing i is
said at Hsltimore) arguments are gratui-
tously furnished in ats behalf in advance,
for the pefmanenceo of their orders ia coun
CHI which that government would of course
be wrong in resembling, whilst such salts
factory reasons do exist in the minds of our
executive tor their continuance.o
Now, to us all this is very comforting
When we can have such undoubted patriots
as Mr.. Madison and Dir. Smith, to share with
US in the odium of being actuated by British
partiality or British gold, we feel our own
shoulders greatly relieved. Should America
much longer delay to rush into the arms Of
her mighty "loUer'' we shall be considered as
a nation of British hirelings and treated ac-
cordingly. The only exception win consist
of those worthy men who have. taken the
trouble to come to this country and set up
newspapers for the kind and charitable, pur-
pose of warning us Of our danger.
IL. S. Gas.
VTR GINA LIE GISL4TUR e.