Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1811-06-21
TO the maintenance of his power,

baid. With his soldiers he levies money,
and with money he levies soldiers. War,
therefore he will continue while ne lives ana
re;ons. The ruffian principle OF the high
wavmau is the rule of his conduct. When
in Spain, of which he expected to make
speedy conquest, he Proclaimed" That
God had given him the power and the dis.
position" to subjugate that country AND
death and destruction were denounced TO
those who should resist. The language OF
the robber, in words or in action, is the same.
Strong and armed, he says to the innocent
traveller" God has given me the power
and the disposition" to take your purse
deliver it or you die.
But of the power and the tyranny OF this
bold blasphemer will there be no abatement!
Shall we see no end!-Or, while some may
sheer, will not the believer 10 righteous,
experimenting Providence, look forward
to Heavens appointed time, when the de.
nuuciation against the proud monarch of
Assyria shall be applicable to the proud mo.
march Of France . Q Assyrian, the rod OF
mine anger, and the staff 10 their band Is
mine indignation. l will send him against
an hypocritical nation, and against the peo-
pie OF my wrath will give him a charge,
TO take The spoil and to take heprey, and 10
tread them d9zvn like the mire in the streets.
Howbeit, ne meaneth not SO, neither doth
his heart think so; but it is in his heart to
destroy and cut oft nations not a tev.-For
he saith, are not my princes altogether kings!
Shall not I, as have done unto Samarla
and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her
idols Wherefore it shall come to pass,
that when the Lord shall have performed
his whole work upon Mount Zion and on
Jerusalem. Twill punish the stout heart Of
he king Of Assy,ia, and the glory 81 MS
high looks. For he saith, by the strength /,
of my hand have done it, and by my wis
dom for am prudent: and have re.
moved the b0unds Of the people, and have
robbed their treasures, and Ihave put down |
the inhabitants like valiant man"
But to return to the embargo, remark
ed, that although considered 1t as demon
strated, that Mr.. Jefferson did not recon-.
mend that measure for the reasons publicly
expressed /; yet that other proof might be
adduced. All these reasons regarded the
operations of the belligerent nations on the
seas. And neither our vessels nor our sea.
IDGu nor our WcICuduulLG CouIo oS IA oou-
ger by trade carried on wholly by land
and therefore our trade with the British
provinces on our borders might have been
safely continued. But this trade was as
strictly forbidden as that by sea: An addi-
tional evidence that it was against the Bri.
fish that the embargo was exclusively aim
ed, in order to render " complete" the exc.
cution of the French emperor's system
Will it be said that some parts ofthe French
dominions suffered by the embargo BIO.
naparte expected it, and was satisfied; see-
ing all commerce with his British enemy |
was interdicted. To the same principle of
reducing the British commerce, he has been |
willing to sacrifice the trade of all his COM
merci4l ports, and the comfort, the conve-
niences and the habitual necessaries of lite |
to the many millions of people who are the
wretched subjects and victims of his tyran.
ny.---He has expressed his appreciation OF
the embargo. While that law was in force,
he, partly to soo,he his own subjects, and
partly to compliment his American friends
and supporters, told his legislative body
that " The u. States of America have pre-
ferred to renounce commerce and the sea,
rather than acknowledge the slavery OF
them."t The explicit appreciation OF the
embargo by the French emperor, while it
is an additional evidence of its being re.
commended in conformity with his wishes,
as measure of cooperation with his Der.
lin decree ;-demonstrates that the formal |
overture made to him by Mr.. Jefrrson's |
orders to repeal the embargo, as against
France, provided he would revoke that
same decree with its appendage from Mi
lan-was mere farce, calculated further |
to gull the good people of the U. States.