Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1812-08-28

Msryisnd. The editor after detailing in his
own way the massacre IN Baltimore, proceeds
thus. We regret that any lives should have
been lost in the affair; but when set of men
will knowingly court their own destruction by
the expression of sentiments obnoxious to tho
people of the present time, they must abide
by the consequences, however hard and un-
fortunate they may be- II should be recollect-
ed that the country is now in state of war,
and the measures of government must and will
be supported, amicably if we can, forcibly
if we must. They who arc not for us are a.
gainst us." Thus after the worse than infa-
nous doctrine of the National lntellicencer
had been carried into effect by a bloody, in
human and diabolica massacre, another edi-
tor quotes the very expressions used in that
paper in justification of the atrocious deed
The mob of Baltimore were not slow in
obeying the mandate of the official paper
Within ten days after this language was used
they levellcd the office of the Federal Repub-
lican with the dust The editor of the Natl
onal intelligencer, and his right honorable
promptcrs, perhaps, did not wish to drive
matters to this extremity They perhaps ex-
! pscted to put down federal opposition BY init
midation alone, without resorting to actual
violence. BE this as it may we have seen.
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their violent and intlammatory language 1t
will not avail him who has let loose wild
beast in croud, TO say, after hundreds have
been destroyed, that he did not intend that
such mischief should ensuc--ti.at he intended
merely to terrify those whom he has destroy
ed
But there is reason to believe that editorial
hints and admonitions were not the only
means by which the flame was kindled II is
known with what severity the editors Of the
| Federal Republican animadvertcd on the sys-
tematic vilainy, the shameless perfdy, and
mad ambition, OF the emperor Of France. And
it is also well known that the emperor, who
has entirely destroyed the liberty of the press,
and extinsguished the light of knowledge, in
his own dominions. views with jealous eve
every animadversion on his conduct in the
journals of other countries OF his want of
magnanimity in this respect sufficient evil
dence may be found, in the cruel murder Of
the printer Palm, in Germany, and in the
prosecution of Pelletier, for an alledged libel,
instituted in England at his request, short
time after the peace Of Amisns.
The ability with which the editors D the
Federal Republican have uniformly exposed
his villainies to the American people, has no
doubt excited the notice and aroused the re-
vengeful spirit ofhimself or of his agents in
this country. When they saw that the de-
moliton of the federal presses, by means Of
mobs was plainly limited at, even in the GO
, vernment paper, what expedent more obvi-
Gus than to hire few desperadoes to excite
5 the mob into action and to direct their opera
tionsa Could any more simple and easy way
be devised for suppressing the American jour
nails which dared to expose imperial villainy ?
In addition to these probabilities it is noto-
rious fact, that Frenchman was at the head
of the mob Of June 22d, and that vagabonds
Of that nation have composed very great
; proportion of those which have succeeded it,
Such were the causes which led to the de-
moltion Of the Federal Republican Office, on
the ED of June The details of that lawless
deed are known to the world 1t is known
that the rabble who demolished the office, did
not confine their views to the destruction Of
property, but, even then, thirsted for the
blood of the editors. Their intention to muir
der Mr. Wagner was distinctly announced.
Ishall not stop to inquire, whether the po-
lice of Baltimore could have dispersed this
mob, before it had effected its purpose or,
whether, while it was still employed in the
work ofdestruction, the villains most active
| ly engaged could have been seized and
imprisoned will even suppose these
things to have been impossible. But
after the mob had effected its purpose,
and dispersed, what was done by the mayor,
what by the other conscrvators Of the peace,
to bring the offenders to punishment, to pre-
vent the recurrence of similar outrages Did
| they issue warrants for the apprehension Of
the riotersP Did they, by increasing the num-
Der of the constables, and ordering them to
be on the alert in various parts of the city, en-
deavour to prevent the assemblagc of another
mob? Did they say to the editors Of the Fe-
deral Republican, {" Resume the exercise Of
your lawful occupation, and we will protect