Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1812-01-03

depart as sooa as possible. lie put these fat.
TO gentlemenwho now sickle about the dira.,
trade to and from France, and who eensrs'
the orders in council for interruptinr tha,
trade Was he therefore the defender Of ~.
orders in council No, sir lie stated To-
parallel cases, to chow that when France bs5
issued her anti-neutral DEGREES, the reoulJ;.
cans had Indignantly refused to vote for u,e,.
to fight against her on that account.-B.e
those times had passed away. The sternnas,
of our republican principles had not the.
melted down by basking in the sunshine IS
imperial influence. He meant not to enter IN
to disgusting recital of other French ip;,.
ries, aggrsssioas and abominations lie wonIS
coniine himself to those daring maritime IL
suits, which had been chastised by tie brav..
ry of American tars, tho pinioned down "a
their own vessels, to prevent them from tough
ing at an English port. It was matter of en-.
riosity to look into the letters Of the famon.
citizen Talleyrand, ex-bishop of Autun, &c
in which he had complained in the name Of
the French republic, of the gross inv.ct;ses Of
the court newspapers at the time to which IA
had adverted chad greater Inducements
to raise men in 'gS than we have now.-Ws
then had French possessions in our neighbor-
hood, from which q predatory war had been
French and Spanish colors, which had NO
parallel, not even in the dcpredations, the rs-
pine and plumber, committed by the Barbara
cruizers on the trade of all Chris,enGom,..
France had interdicted the direct import and
export trade with England--the trade from
london to Newly DIRK, and from New Yorl, ia
London. And here he observed, that the ex.
port trade could no more exist without the i'm
port trade, than there could be wife without
husband or chiidwithout mother.-Not
only was our fair, direct commerce prohibited
with England, but it was stamped with tbs
character of an enemys tlaGe.
The nation had been brought into its pre-.
sent novel and alarming situation, by means
In no wise unaccOuntable by steps as direct
and Successive as Hogarths celebrated series
of prints, called the Ra>e's Progress, begin.
ming at the gaming table, and ending in Jail
or Bedlam. Our difficulties commenced in.
1866, when wise man from the east bid.
welf1 was seat to govern the American house
OF commons in quality of manager With
what degree offdelity he discharged his trusts
In this capacity, we may Judge from the tideli.
ty he displayed in far Inferior situation
we had not commenced our system precisely
as Catharine Of Russia had formed her celebrs-
ted coalition we had, to be sure dealt more
profusely than she had in paper and in resolu-
Tons; we began under the influence of mer-
camille c1pidity, by manifsstoes, to contend
for tie empire of the sea we shall carry ou
the war by cannon and lie supposed tha. a.G
ter second battle of Frisdland, we should
have our peace of Tilsit He gave the little
minority praise, for having kept the admins
traton in check, although that administration
had run away with the credit of taking
cfp L. III -. Al
thwarting their measures on the opposition
The opposition had been composed of all sects
and persuasions but he perceived that now
tie greater part of them the federalists) had
gone over TO the court party, 70. very obvious
reason-because they foresaw that at the end
OF the journey, your defeat, Mr.. Speaker.
would secure their triumph-(A general
smile or the side Of opposition) give the
gentlemen to my left, the majority, JOY for
their new travelling companions! (Aiaugh.)
But he could trace the origin of present g.
wills little further back than 1866, to tho
refusal of this government at the truce of A.
miens, fer such only it was, to prolong tho
treaty of London, negotiated by Mr. JAY
This was capital error, for which no states
man could atone. He admitted the treaty to
have been at first ruinous and impoitic But
we had the treaty; and under its operation,
when the late President came into the chair OF
state, or rather the throne, for he understood
that throne was only a magnificent chair,
the country was in " the full tide of successful
experiment."-lt was within, it was madness,
it was the widest of vagaries, to refuse to pro.
long that treaty. which had been pressed up
on us by the British government, because they
dreaded, from the language of prostituted
Presses-he meant the presses of both parties,
they were all prostituted alike-the British
government apprehended from what they saw
IN our papers, that this nation would be
thrown altogether into the French scale Bus