Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1812-05-08

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c,I Il Of? He considered this as an efficient
MEASURE. lie said we were living in a land
flowing with milk and honey. his better to
keep our wheat and -four at home, than to
LET i 90 abroad and be aiken. ale may be
asked. is he willing to withhold supplies from,
and starve the people of that country lie
would deliberately answer yes, when by re
scinding their DEGREES they can so easily do us
justice.
ton of the island OF Barbadocs-the situation
of the planters, who are obliged to substitute
beets for cane. In the most plaintiye terms
they represent their situation as Desperate
They have not a stave for a rum puncheon-
In eonsca .ence of the mortgages on their es-
tates ana the danger Of instruction OF their
blacks. they are reduced almost to despair.
When YOU talk Of the omnipotence of that
nation fcek at their impotence. We are as
different from them as angels are from internal
spirits.
lie knew that this measure IS not desirable
per Sc. Although inconVenlent, 1t Is not to
be viewed only as to its hardships. AS cen
nected with another part of policy, it is very
important. lie said, in proportion to his
worldly substance, no one pro rata VIII suffer
more by it than himself He resided with a
nAtrl0tc set Oh U1Bb, wiz VII Jun III bppDs-I
ING a noble front, and who are determined to
avenge our wrongs
NJ Randolph said he had listened with at
,ention to the observations of the gentleman
from New-York, Mr.. Mitcbell-Tae gentle
mans reasons, If there is any weight in them,
are IN favor OF letters of marque and reprisal.
hut not in favor, Of the ruinous. measure now
under consideration. When the gentleman.
~iustiies himself, in shielding himself under
authority, in his appreciation OF the measure.
he should have supposed he ought to have
been influenced by the authority of a respect
able gentleman, (1neaning the vice president
first in war, first in peace, and first in the
hearts OF his countr ylnen, within the state Of
New York, who is now insenslble to the dis
tresses of the country. The gentleman saws.
we ought to take our stand among the belli
gerents. We cannot take this stand. We are
but a young people. We are just emerging
from a revolution "a revolution, which was
soon succeeded bv an European war, which
has been TO US, like the DRAWINGS Of q farm
yard. which mas enriched Us beyond measure,
which has raised our halnlets and villages to
FIRST rate cities. To this ve owe our present
greatness. To this we owe the language the
gentleman has this evening used. Sir, what
las been the fate Of those nations who have
undertaken to take their stand among the bel
Igerents T4.ev have become, like humble
gun boats, in the wake Of European belliger-
ents. WAT mas become Of Prussia ? she is
extinct. What of Austria? she is crippled.
What of Rassia9 sac with a territory and
population Ear beyond ours, has been anxious
10 take ne stand which the gentleman wishes
hut s1e dare not. Sir, we may become to the
war. under The name of allies bat we shall
be the first servants of those whose cause we
esnouse. We NAV escape this conflict with
honor. Wat Is honor ~ a nation ! Is it no.
mar TO cone wit those who are our superiors ?
1t il our duty and inte'es to wait. He very
well knew. that in times of f%everish anxiety
and impotent restlcssness, nothing is more
.sksorae than to preach up patience, and that
we ought TO wait for events.
Mr.. R said he did not pay much regard to
the argument that the belligerents calculate
,uon oar divisions. 1t is an old, and if he
might be permitted to say, a stale apology,
calculated by ministers to unite a people.--
The charge Of the majority, which is SO often
made against the minority, is futile. 1t is ri
diculous for them to urge it. The president
of the United States can indisputably carry
his measure in congress, as much as any mi
mister ever did. No minority is, or ever has
been of any effect, All experience proves it.
lie would eXhort Doth houses OF congress 10
follow the dictates of their own minds. and
not adopt the sentiment Of The gentleman from
New York. There is no danger from an OPP
position. TIE president Of the United States
for fourteen Years has been omnipotent. The
evil has not oeen nom TIE minority, but from
gentlemen not pursuing the dictates of their
own understandings
Mr. r. then brought to the view of the
house the diminutive trade Of the country to
France. and which has been diminished by
her own regulations, in comparison with our
trade to ali the rest of the world. lie said, if