Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1812-06-05

condemnation of the Catharine and cargo
was decreed at Paris, by the highest prise
court, on the 10th September, and was con-
frmed by the emperor in person on the llth,
alter a full knowledge of the circumstances.
and after a favourable decision ore the case
had been promised by the French minister of
foreign affairs.
Thus, sir, is situated our a. il
respects France-and such |, the evidence of
the virtual, actual repeal of her DEGREES.
Still, sir, if we are going to with G. Britain,
let 1t be a real, effectual, vigorous war. Give
us a naval force this is the sensitive chord
youeean touch, and which would have more
effect on her than ten armies-Give us thirty
swift sailing, well appointed frigates-they
are better than 7fs-two SO gun frigates can
be built and maintained for the same expense
as one "a, and for purposes OF annoyance for
which we want them, they are better than
two IFS they are managed easier-ought to
sail faster and Can be navigated in siloaler
water-we do not want 7Fs-couraee being
equal, in line of battle ships, skill and expert,
ence viii always ensure successive are not
ripe for thcm-but bolt the sides of an Ameri-
can to that OF a British frigate, and though
we should lose sometimes, we would win as
OitCh CO WV ouOhld lOSG III WtlUIG 0IStOIf
of the revolutionary war, when we met at sea
on equal terms, would bear testimony in ia
your of this opinion. Give us then this little
feet well appointed-place your navy depart.
ment under an able and spirited administra-
tion-Give tone to the service. Let a senti-
ment like the following precede every letter
of instruction to the captain of a ship Of war
" Sir the honor of the nation is in a degree
attached to the flag of your vessel remember
that it may be sunk without disgrace, but can
never be struck without dishonor.n Do this
cashier every officer VINO struck his flag.
and you would soon have a good account of
your navy. This may be said to be a hard
tenure OF scrvice-hard or easy. s~ir-embark
in an actual, vigorous war. and in a few
weeks, perhaps days, | would engage com
| p~leteiy to officer your whole feet from New
England alone.
Give us this little fleet, and in a quarter
part of the time you could operate upon her
in any other way. we would bring her to
terms with you-not to your feet-No sir
Great-Britain is at present the most ~colossa
power the world ever witnes-ed-her domi
| Mon extends from the rising to the setting sun
| Survey it for a moment Commencing with
| the newfYfound continent OF New Holland,
as she proceeds she embrace under her pro
lection, or in her possession, the PHILIPPINE
islands, Java, S1matra, passes the coast OF
| Malacca-rests for a short time fruitlessly to
endeavour to number the countless millions OF
| her subjects in Hindoostan-winds into the
sea of Arabia ; skirts along the coast of I orc
mandel and Cevlon stops for a moment for
refreshment at the Cape of Good Hope; visits
her plantations of the Isles of France and
Bourbon; sweeps along the whole of the An
titles, doubles Cape Horn to protect her
whalemen in the northern and southern Paci-
fck Oceans crosses the American continent
from Queen Charlotte's Sound to Hudson's
Bay; glancing in the passage at her colonies
! of the Canadas, Nova Scotia and New Bruins
wick theme continues to Newfoundland, to
look after and foster her fisheries, and
then takes her departure for the united king
doms of England, Ireland and Scotland, nor
rests until she reaches the Orknies; the Uhi-
ma Thule of the geography of the ancients.
Such an v eygrown commercial and colonial
power as this never before existed. True sir,
She has en- enormous national debt of 700 mil
lions of pounds sterling, and a diurnal expen-
diture of million of dollars, which while we
are whining about a want of resources, would
in six short weeks wipe off the whole public
debt of the United States.
Will these mill stones sink her? Will they
subject her to the power of France No sir,
burst the bubble to-morrow-destroy the fra
gle basis on which her public credit stands,
the single word contdencc-spunge her ma
tional debt-revolntionize her government
cut the throats of all her royal family-and
dreadful as would be the process, she would
rise with renovated vigour from the fall, and
present to her enemy a more imposing, ire
sistable front than ever. No sir-Great- Bri-
tain cannot be ~subjugated by France-the ge-
MUS of her institutions-the genuine, game
cock, bulldog spirit of her people will lift her
head above the waves long after the dynasty
of Bonaparte-the i'll gotten power of France,