Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1812-05-29
since the first settlement u
the country, and mounted
up to twice the export OF
tba nrecaHiny year 70

the preceding year, to %V,1gI,ooo
And the present year the crops present a
vastly more abundant harvest than the coun
try ever before produced, with a glorious mar
ket to carry il to, not afforded, however, by
France, for Of our vegetable export she takes
scarcely any-4but a market furnished almost
exclusively bv Great Britain for her own sup
ply and that Of the countries under her pos
session.
Now fit has been shewn that IT the orders
in council were off Tomorrow, you could get
no new market for the new staple OF the eoun
try, cotton and it has been also shewn, that
the export of wheat, -four, and vegetable pro
ducts was never any thing near SO great as at
present let the farmers and planters OF New
York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia,
and the western states tell what they are 90
ing to war for?
Look at the same tatement for the situa-
ton of the export of our domestic manuiae-
lures
In 1871 the expectation OF domes-
tic manufacture amounted to $6o0,ooo
In 1911, notwithstanding the res
t%rictions, TO SZ,ooZ,VVo
Having increased more than three times
since 1921, and giving also to the manutac-
lures a larger export than in any former year,
in addition to their having in many articles
the entire supply Of the home market-thus
a%fTording to the manufacturers a much greater
degree Of encouragement than they ever be
fore experienced. Let the manufacturers OF
Philadelphia, and other parts OF the Union,
also tell then, what are they going to war Tor :
Ii this be the situation Of our domestic manu-
features, and if our agriculture Is IN a hlga
state OF prosperity except for a few articles,
which a war would not improve the demand
t - atardanad II
must follow if we go to war, we must, AZ has
been stated, 60 to war for our honor
Well, sir, this is a noble theme, perhaps a
boon worth contendine fort is the fruitful
parent of many virtues-it is the germ of.
whatever adorns and s~anctiies urbanity, cour-
tesy, and confidence of polished life. The
honorable gentleman from Maryland, in the
fervor Of his imagination possibly may think,
dit were an easy task,
To pluck bright honor from the p&le-faced moon,
Or dive into he bottom Of the deep,
Where fathom line ne'er sounded,
And fetch up drowned honor by the locks,
So he lhat brought her thence
Might without co-riyal wear all her d~gnlhes."
Sir, the feelings if it exist, is creditable to
him but / can assure him if this be a contest
for honor, he will not alone fetch up drown
ed honor by the l0cks' nor = without ~co-rfvai
wear all her dignities" In this contest, ten
thousand gallant spirits will start with him IN
the race-ten thousand other gallant spirits
will struggle with him for the goal
Where the fugitive has been for the last
twelve years, know not; but, whether she
has been drinking salt and bitter tears in the
fathomless caves Of ocean-or wandering an
outcast, deserted and forloYn, among the
wilds beyond the western mouutaIns-it IS e
quaily our duty TO welcome her return-we
should consider it as the harhinger OF better
times-as the morning-star OF a new day-we
should make it a Jubilee for the nation.
The tutelary Genius of America should re
ceiye her with open arms-should endeavor
to make her teach US in the high-wrought
language of one of our native bards to attempt
once again,
"Anid our own stars"
"To inscube a nations name :"
and in a war for honor, in the words OF the
came poet, over whose tomb the cypress has
recently been suspended, she should make Us
remember as regards more than one power,
that
"Bsse submission, inviting both ind,gnlty and plum
der,
Like d worm, kills the oak that could have brayed
the thunder
Bot, sir, it is more especially the part of
honor to discriminate, to draw even nice dis
tinctions-against whom then should we cont
mence this war Of honor? Most unQuestion-
ably in the first instance against France, for
let me ask YOU, sir, without going far back,
when General Turreau wrote his most inso-
lent letter TO the American government, de
manGing an Introduction of the trade To San
Domingo, and YOU complied with it-where
was your honor When France undertook to
deprive you Of one of your most essential
rights OF sovereignty TO declare war for you,
TO state that you were at war, and She would
so consider you-and you remain quiet
where was your honor ? When She told you