Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1813-04-02
FOR THE GAZETTE.
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operating upon the partiality OF our admin,
istration for France, and their hatred to
England, we are now engaged in right old
fashioned war with Great Britain in which,
the considerations of private interest or am
bition hath not been entirely without their
influence This, think will be manifest
BY view of the circumstances which pre-
ssded, and which led to that event
Without adverting to the order in which
the DEGREES and orders in council, OF France
and England made their appearance, in
che pretended repeal of the former, the
Emperor has displayed perfidy unequalIed
in the history of modern times.
In letter from the Duke of Galore on
the 9TH of August 1910, it was announced
to Mr.. Armstrong, our minister in France,
that the DEGREES of Berlin and Milan acre
repealed and would cease to operate on
the first day of November following IL be-
sng understood that Great Britain should
TeUoke her orders IN council and illegal
Mockddes. or, that Iaericd should cause
her F0g 10 be respected. However equiyo-
cal the terms of this letter were in them
selves, the president thought himself jus
titled to restore commerce with France,
and interdict it with England, if she should
not in three months thereafter revoke her
Orders in Council, and those principles of
blockade, said by France to be new
On the I'd day of November 1910, the
president issued his proclamation declaring
the fact, that the French DEGREES were re
{ pealed but when the Dukes letter, which
was all the evidence we had, was present
ed to the British government, it was deem.
ed insufficient, and our non intercourse law
went into operation against her While
she complained of this as an act Of injustice,
she was urged to accept the evidence we
offered ofthe repeal ofthe DEGREES of France
as a motive to revoke her orders. When
she would not accept the evidence which
our administration had deemed satisfacto-
ny, France was urged to furnish such eyi-
dence as would be indisputable 9'hese ap-
plications were unattended to; perhaps our
non-intercourse alone, was not deemed by
France sufficient to cause oar flag to be
respected, but that we must go to war
and when, in 1919, he found us preparing
Tor 1T, by voting an army and borrowing
money, and consequently pledged to 90 to
war, he furnished the evidence we required
OF the repeal of his DEGREES, and which we
had moro than twelve months solicited in
vain and then, the more deeply to crimi-
nate England, and Justify our administra-
ton in going to war with her, his repeating
decree was dated more than twelve months
before it was issued
I II the DEGREES were actually repealed on
the LIST of November 1910, why did Bora
parte withhold the evidence of it, until it
would be of no use to us ? The reason is |
plain. tie knew that if he did furnish that
evidence, the orders in council would be re- !
voked and we should not 90 to war at all !
and being determined we should be drawn
INTO 1T, he played us off till the repeal of
his DEGREES would be ofno more importance
TO Us thanto the Emperor of China Of
t'ls artlhce our administration appear to
have been the willing dupes for notwith-
standing it Is now apparent that the DEGREES
were not repealed until May 1912, they
have showed no disposition to put an end
to the war. To account for this it will be
necessary to enquire whether some other
causes may not be included with those
which are avowed to have produced it.
When the declaration of war took place,
the presidential election was approaching
and have the authority of a member Of
Congress to say, that upon recommends
ton OF that measure by the president, de-
pended his hopes of obtaining the votes of
the Western States in his favour fit be
asked, tor what purpose the Western States
could want war ? Il answer, that their
natural course oftrade has a tendency to
diminish their circulating cash and as the
seat Of war would be contiguous to them
and afford an abundant market for supplies,
with which they abound, the war would
necessarily throw immense sums of money
into circulation among them Ihave heard
citizens Of Kentucky express their wishes
for an Indian war every eight or ten years,
for the purpose of carrying money into
their country, and they are now gratified.
Letters from Ohio, state that money is now
very plenty there, although there is nothing
10 purchase with it. The Indian war com
- lf1mE !