Winchester gazette. [volume] (Winchester, Va.) 18??-1826, 1813-01-23

NOUS Is sun held by the laws as eX
pounded BY tine chief magistrate to b.
u citizen.
lho casa Of naturaliZed subjects Of
foreign countries, Mr.. Pitkin observed
vas more delicate and difficult
snp9ect-and this was an evil induced
10y the facility uY Observation-Disclosures
eyii we did MT experience I'LL war
brought 1t to unr very dUors. Fortu-
|nasely very few of them were scanlen.
only t532 nuturaIized seamen in ali.
OF which not one half new in service.
And that number surely would not be
sufficient to duplicate nation in !.
inischievous war. To that class he
'"ou'd have the csuxt,y fulfill its obi
s5aiions-aut what were ti.eSe:s Full
protection OH or shores in our ter
rilorlal jurisdictians-but not when
they put thens!ies4in Contact viii.
precedent claims upon them.
AS to the recognition ortbe rights
o. the neutral ilAS, it Was attempted to
be obtained by Observation-Disclosures
ed by Acknowledgment by Jefferson
,-alo"roe end pinckney were unable
20 e.teet it. even i'll Mr.. Fox's admins
tration, so Favourable to America
~" adnlnistration--nay the very op.
position IN England-ail the friends oi
Ame7iea-1tr. Barring himself decl ,r.
ed that ii was Il pcint which in the PIE.
sent state of the wur!d, ccu!d not be
yielded. Did gentlemen then really
Halter themselves it could be done sy
war Did they think ii worth Will,
TO siied oceans Of blood in such Il cun.
[: st: The result 0f the late elections IL
England -howed what was to Be expec.
tea, and what ought to b. done
W hat did .Tr. .Ioaroe say when he
AID Mar. Pinchney were unable !.
accomplish it ? After describing Ill,
isliei;ous tlation of America, he gae.
on, saying: " An STRONGLY OF or.
MON THAT SUCH BLESSINGS oUGul
NOT To BE hAzARDED ON suca 4
QUESTION - Is there any NOR;
cause new (asked MIR. PitIsiH) al
sure not; but rather less-for the in.
PFesshcats are :uuch less nxmerou..'
II then there was SO little prospec
OF gaining the poiat, and il, wila,
gained II would be SO little Esnencial
| tAr. Z. wished TIE house to consiIeI
how much on the other hand ,ni.,l
and would be lost by tie pursuit OF il
our commerce quite lost-our reyenu,
annilii!ated or reduced next to not.,in.
ourcilies laid in asiles-a debt accunnu
lated OF size to sink us--and al end
less train OF taxes.
MIR. L. observed that before the re
strIction this country was second oul,
TO England, In commerce and in car, :,
'ns-ln lS05& tSO7, our exports were
greater than those of France ever wer,
even IN her most Furnishing periud.--
with 30 millions OF population, Russi,
had not quite 30 millions oi dollar.
while we had $50 miilions--cuualiins
la our exports that OF England in f7o-
and i793.
! In Il whole century Great Dritai,
had not increased in as grea, u rati,
10 commerce as We had in IS years on
Iiy.-bat ali this is lost by Or prescn
;lavll poiicy-so lost that cur rcyenu
has fallen from II millions n year to
t-2 while our debt for two years is lift,
millions, and that Of the whole ReYo
ldtionary war, was but forty.
j " For such Il point at issue as thi
!; tsaid Mr.. L. are we to sacrifice al
good past, present and 20 come? ar
we to be entanSled iii the brolis Of Au
rope 1t was madness aud worse thai
madness to enter into the contest
Set oct Off as soon and as whole =
you can. But if you make those sacri
|iices Tor honour so through with it, an
s,ake Bonaparte do US justice! What
:lsir, has HE not impressed and imprisou
led our citizens; p,undered our com
merce; robbed us OF millions ana hun
dred Of millions, and refused as tb
least satisfaction. We're not OIL
ships most inavishly decoyed i'll by
: treacheTous invitation, and then comiis
f!cated under the RambouiiIet decree, t
rtbe amonnt 0f20 millions Of dollars >
/, Has he yet made, or are you wild e
= DouSh 20 hope that iie ever will ma x
!any compensation Has he not 10!
ijyou that he would compel you TO
his ally or has enemy ? If honour the
, be Your object, be Impartial TO both
. and do not let the nation be- the ope
,i5uli OF his prcteDc. ANA false promi
! ses, and pretended repeats of the Bel
lin aud Milan decress, done TO cher
c: you into u war with Great Britain, bt
ieven now nvowed by him not to be n
i pealed !.!!---As TO the talk of n,
5 tiO1al rights, and laws OF nations, cor
| tinucd Mir. z. they are bat the tale