Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1812-06-05
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did l not rejoice that the sepulehres of our
forefathers which are in that country, would
remain unsscked, and their cotins rest I'M
disturbed, by the unhallowed rapacitv of the
Cloths and Saracens OF modern Europe,
How then sir will IL be asked, are we to o.
pcrate on a power such as | have described.
Let us nave these thirty frigaies-shc can
not blockade them-our coasts are in our "a.
yor-tle elements are in our favor-from No
vember to March, in the Northern States
mean, all the Navies cf the world could not
blockade them in our ports-with our incle.
ment weather and northeast and southeast
storms and hazardous shores, and tempessa-
Gus north west gales which aiIard the hest
chances to 20 Oft the coast-enemy ships Of
war could not Keep their stations. Divide
these thirty frigates into six squadrons-place
them in the northern ports ready for sea-and
at favorable moments we would po0nce upou
her West-lndia Islands. and repeat the game
of De Grasse and u Estaing in '79 and So
BY the time she was looking for us there. we
would be round Cape Horn cutting up her
whalemen. When pursued there we would
skim away to the India Ocean, and look after
her China and India fleets, of whom we would
give a far different account than that of I.inois
the F~renchman. Occasionally we would look
after her Quebec fletcher Jamaica fleet
sometimes we would do as the French priva-
teers now do, make our appearance in the
chops of the Channel and now and then wa
might even wind north about, and look into
the Baltic. We should sometimes meet with
disasters, but we should have abundant means
to repair them,-well managed, it would re-
qaire a hundred British frigates to watch the
movements of these thirty.
These are the means, sir, BY which I would
bring Great Britain, not to our feet but TO her
senses. The government of G.. Britain is in
some degree a popular one-two branches of
her COVE rnmeht, the king and the
are governed by the popular sentiment, and
the hospital Of incurables must always follow
suit--touch the popular sentiment etfcctually.
and you %controul the commons-the Commons.
by withholding the supplies and the civil list.
c~ontroul the king, and obtain a CT angc Of
ministry and a change Of measnrcsEIn this
way you obtained the peace Of l7s3-had IL
depended on the king and the lords, you
would not have had a peace until this time.
We can touch the popular sentiment. With
the fleet l have mentioned we could harrass
greatly the commerce of Great. Br1tain-we
could make them ask their government for
wnat object they continued thus to violate orr
rights whether it was for the interest Of
GreatB Britain to throw US into the lap of her
enemy-whsther it was for her interest to
embitter US towards her still more p-wbetber
it was for her interest to sever the principal
lines Of connexion between her and us. by O.
bliging US to become a manufacturing peoplep
and on this head we could already make an
exhibit that would astonish both our friends
and foes, whether it was for her interest to
force us to become prematurely a great mari
time nation, destined one day or other to dis
pute with her the sceptre of the ocean ? In
short, | would make the people ask the 90.
vernment cmi bono is this war ? and the mo-
ment this is effected on both sides the water.
the war is terminated-the business is finish
ed-aud you have only to agree on fair and e.
quail terms Of peace.
Look at the expense aud effect OF the mea-
sures you have adopted, You are to have !
standing army of $4,000 men, $4,000 volun.
teers, and 100000 of the militia These YOU
cannot get into actual service without the mi
litia, at a less expense than a., 600, 900 of dol
lars annually-the ways and means proposed
being less is no evidence to TO the contrary
no experienced military man can estimate 10
at less. What are you TO do with it You
overrur Canada without material difficulty.
.0uebeck excepted-that Gibraltar of the A.
merican continent can only be taken by regu-
lar siege, and investment-you must starye it
out but it will be provisioned for three years
at least, and before you get there it will be
fully garrisoned by experienced troops Thus,
then, to get Quebeck you have got to sum-
mer and winter a siege in the face of an able
and veteran garrison for three years, and in a
climate, where during its long winters, the
thermometer sometimes stands at 80 below
Zero, and s~entinels freeze at their posts
suppose it then falls what do you get P Tho
gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Gilesl has al
ready told you your enemy takes possession of
New Orleans, New-York. Newport, or some