Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1812-06-05
Mr.. SPEECH.
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once thought that Great B .itain was CON
tending for her existence-that dream has
now completely passed away. And how is il
possible, that a third AMI neutral party can
axe itself a fair object of retaliation for mea
.dres w lich it did not counsel-w1ich it die
no. approve-wlich initiate strongly with
its interest which it is, and never has been
ankiolsly desirous to remove-which it has
resisted by every means in its power which il
though expe 1ient to use, and of these mean.
the government Of the neutral country ouehI
to be the sole ~ludge-which it has endeavor
ed to get rid OF even at great sacrifee-Hov
is it possible that a neutral country thus con
Quoting can make itself a fair object of retail
alton for measures which it did not originate
which it would not prevent, and cannot con
trout The contrary doctrine cannot be con
tended for by the diplomatist in obedience t
his Internationally the statesman in confor
nifty with what he considers the interest ant
the policy of his country, but that it shoult
now be supported by any man Of sober, IN
impassionei mind, can, to my perceptions BIZ
accounted for, only from the existence of {
prejudice as gross as ignorance made drunk
Thus sir, to my view, the orders in counci
are waolly unjustiiable, let them be bottom
II ~ OH NtAE rFt1EEAtEs OtF EClltf9N1DFl. O.
self preservation-they might not be untena
Bile, if they could rest, which they never coalC
do, on a revocation, a bona fide, virtual re
vocation of the French decrees-for every ga
zette from the sea-board furnishes damnino
evidence Of their existence and almost ever,
arrival in our ports showers upon US proofs a.
thick as hail stones in a summers storm A
mong others, look at the snip General Eaton
totyan yyhop hn1nI from V.nnIoo = I.--i
ton in ballast, exclusively American. thu
memorial establishing the facts, has been pre-
sented to the senate by the gentleman from
n, Hampshire (NIr. Cutts) Look at the ac
count of captain lie Fevre, who has lust ar
rived at Norfolk, and whose vessel was burn
at sea by a couple Of French frigates that hat
sailed from France after the pretended abro
cation of the French DEGREES, the capt. o
which told him he had orders to DESTROY al
American vessels bound to. or from A British
port, but that if he captured a British vessel
avesSel of their open. acknowledged, invete
rate enemy, ne could give her to captain LIZ
fevre.-The frigates afterwards did not fal
In with an English vessel, and the French
captain humanely gave her to captain LIZ
feVre and his crew, VINO by this means alone
reached the United States
LUX az Lhc Case VI the orig Julian, CARR
Ell into Norway AMI acquitted after the pa y.
mant OF costs-.hen agai. captured by a
French privatees and condemned for this. a.
mony other allegations. that if she were an
American vessel, she was entitled to be res.
pected by Denmark, and to be released with,
out expense, and that the payment of these
costs, without which the whole property had
been sacrificed in the FIRST instance, was eyi-
dence of her being British property
Look at a case still more atrocious-the
statement Of which | hold in my hand. and
which | have been requested to present to
The senate-its authenticity cannot be cues
noned-It comes from a highly respectable
merchant, waom I personally well know
ana is upoortel by the process verbal, which
also have, AMI other evidence of the facts
contained in it.
1t is the case o. the brig Catharine, capt
O1kington-and BY the memorial it appears
that this vessel sailed from Boston, April 10th
1919, with a cargo consisting of coffee, sugar
cocoa, diewoods, and cotton, bound to Got
teaburg. in Sweden, and from thence to any
other port in the Baltic, which on her arri
Fsiat Gotteaburg, would appear to offer the
most advantageous market. The vessel and
cargo were exclusively owned by American
citizens, AMI were furnished with every docu
ment required by our laws, or by the laws
ami usages of nations, including the mos
ample certificates from his Majesty the En-
peror of France. On her passage to Gotten
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