Winchester gazette. [volume] (Winchester, Va.) 18??-1826, 1813-06-26

JUNE 2S, 1918.
would willingly bestow pon us their
admiration in exchange fes the profit to
be derived from avoiding BUR example
|-CertainIy when the prssioas of these
Ieyil times shall have su;Sided, the A.
american nation will be CO Minced, as the
lpeople Of Massachusetts sse convinced,
THAT this is not war of iltnor. intere 81
or independence, but be miserable ca
Itastrophe of a plan Of 2oiicy founded
one nation s. pa: sIty to another
passions which in heb march towards
the great objects of bel asgrandize-
aent and party pow@ 1--WE trampied
upon the Interests of| II Union, and
threaten those of Newysng!and with
final destrnxiHt
policy in GA ny We reason to la
..neHt the .iessShsy 100 cipitanry
which have preciniea Is from rcapiag
line advantage ola state OF affairs which
can never, never be expected to reeur
the advocates for republican govern
ments throughout the world will deplore
the failure of this experiment of.the
capacity of such governments to snun
the faults aud vices incident to other
forms. No essay was ever made under
circumstances equally favorable. A
loof and distant from the storms which
ravaged Europe the attention of man
kind was directed towards these states
As the sanctuary of the oppressed& the
chosen residence ofliberiy and peace.
The harrassed subjects of other cavern
ments, whose lives and fortunes are de-
voted to war at the nod of a master
regarded with envy the condition of a
great people who holding the sword in
their own hand would not permit il t.
be welded for the purposes Of amhtio,
or conquest OF vanity or revenge. But
this deiusion has vanished. and uales.
better counsels prevail, we shall hence
forth be distinguished from other repub
lies, only by the increased facility Will
which the people have surrendered
their interests and understanding, tt
their plausible and presumptuous lead
ers.
Admitting however. that our contro
versies with other nations had arrived
TO a crisis-which left no alternative
but way, we still most fully assent ia
your exeeiiency's intimation that the Sc
lection OF Great Britain for an enemy
in preference to her adversary, cannot
be Justified. That nation by her supe.
Mort - i,-,'vcss lsys,, r, :,..iiv ~
,nished from it every hostile flag. The
achievements of cur laval heroes on
that element, exhib satisfactory de-
monstration of their II tive prowess and
.skilI and excite val regret, for The
Inesicct to foster this atural and preci.
ious safeguard and orr lment of the ma
ton. Still it was ne to be concealed
that in war with orr disparity of force
our commerce must b:ome prey Il
Jour enemy. Canada ar from Offering
inducements to conquet, would prov,
ia fatal present If il should be cedeo
by grant. The agsses,ions Of Britain
were last in order, lea i'll degree, ant
accompanied by the be Eefit arising from
the convoy of our ships aud the prolec
!tion every where ;forded against
French depredations. Her interests in
many particulars coincide with those OF
Our own country. Her land was the
birth place of our ancestors her reli.
,Sion, her laws are ours aud her down.
fall would draw after the destruction
of civil liberty throughout the world
If then preference wis due in entering
the lists for honor to AIRY nation, it wa:
due to her. At peace nth Great Bri.
tain we should now haze shared large
~ in the commerce ofi1e world, CONT
lnued to be prospectus and united
people. In short, alithe motives oil
prudence, justice and patriotism, which
iare characteristics ofsOund policy for.
bid this unhappy controversy in a tone
so loud, that we are compelled to lool
TO other causes. These may be com
prised in the fixed determination d
those who displaced the fri nds and I'M
dermined the policy of Washington Il
retain power, and as subservIent to thi,
object TO cherish the prejudiees which
grew out of the revolutionary war as q
convenient and ready means of popular
excitement. Hence too probably, the
uniformly cold, captious, ard ua sraci
Gus department towards one nation
and the tame and tolerant and submit,
sive attitude towards another.
We are duly impressed by your ex-
ceIlency's suggestion that the extern
sion of territorial limits was never
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