Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1812-06-26


sentatives. This Speech begins thus
AS have not been engaged in the pub.
lie business cf the State for the last FIVE
wears, and had no expectation that should
again take part IN administering the Go.
vernment-I have paid no other attention
to the proceedings of the Legislature, or an,
| public transactions, than my duty as pri-
| vate citizen required. am therefore una.
bic 20 lay before you the state of ocr affairs
-or to suggest for your consideration these
subjects OF particular interest which in O..
Their circumstances might have occurred to
me. But have no reason to regret this
lnability-several of you, gentlemen, in
each House, have been many wears en-.
ployed in the government, and will readily
discern what measures are necessary for the
general good"
he residue of the Speech, is on the sub.
Ject ofthe pernicious tendency of PARTY.
SPIRIT, in the course of which he oh.
serves:
81 he people ofthese States seem to have
been placed BY Providence in situation of
peculiar safety. Our territory is sufficient.
~ extensive either for security or convent.
euce. We are remote from the nations of
EUROPE who for several ears have been
involved IN fatal and extensive war. As
a commercial people we have had utter
course with all OF them, and as neutral
nation must have expected, IN such mighty
conflicts, TO suffer injuries from each. liz,
| however, the merchant fnds that any
branch oftrade is too hazardous to be pur.
sued with advantage, his own prudence
will induce him to relinquish it. Bot |
! think we can have no reasonable motive to
Din 10 this ruinous contest, aud thus imi
tate those Princes, who hazard all that is
dear to their subjects, merely to display
their spirit or crafty their revenge. We
may possibly be engaged hereafter in just
and necessary wars OF self-defence, and we
hope never to be engaged in any other.
But, so long as the people are united in af-
fiction, there is no danger that any foreign
power will think Of reducing US to their do
minion. This security will be diminished
in the same proportion as the violence OF
party increases--for state with ten mil
| lions of men may be conquered as easily as
one with ten thousand, il the people are di.
vided, and one half are willing to assist 10
| snbiugating the other. Such dispositions,
presume, are not any where cherished at
the present time: But if the spirit Of dis
cord shall increase and become more exas,
perated, we may hereafter be as frantic
| with passion and as blind to our own int.
rest, as those nations, whose governments
have been subverted by the violence or trea.
ri ~ tha;v c:e,xava -
From the WesV. 1oyk Herald.
We are very sorry to learn by the ship
Woodbine, from Savannah, that serious
riot occurred in that city, on the night of
the 5th instant, in consequence of some un-
principled fellows taking Mr.. Mitchell,
Editor of the American Patriot. out Of his
house. On their entering his room, Mr.
M presented his pistols, and warned them
to desst They notwithstanding, perse.
vered, and Mr.. Mitchell in defence, would
have killed twp of them, had not one of his
pistols snappdd, and the other flashed,
without going off. They succeeded in drag
ing Mr.. M. out of the house, took him to
the pump, and pumped on him, and other
ways abused him. His friends intcrfercd,
and he was rescued. The situation of Sa.
vannah was in a most riotous state when
the Woodbine sailed the next morning.
The particulars of this disgraceful transac-
ton will probably reach us in day or two.
The inhabitants of Burlington, New
Jersey, at public meeting on the Goth ult.
ANONYMOUSLY resolved, That the restrictive
and embargo measures have been injurious
to the United States and to their best inter-
ests, and ought not to be persevered in any
further.
And that the war measures pursued by
Congress, are against the interest, welfare
and sense of the people of this country.