Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1813-04-02

stiO Oht tTAbdillAliE tduHO VI "dt1 40 biiN
impressment of our seamen, which has
furnished Dir. Clay from Kentucky with a
| theme to display his syInpathies upon, al
though there is not one sailor in that State
This proves they have not money enough
| yet. 1t was maxim with Washington, te
| place his enemies clearly in the wrong, BY
doing justice TO them first. Have we done
this to Great Britain by ihterdicting effec
tuaIly, the employment Of her seamen
! She as engaged an a dangerous foreign
udr, with determined, enterprising ano
powerful enemy, who has vowed her des
truction and her seamen are essential tc
her defence Speaking the same language
with ourselves, and tempted by higher
wages and easier duty, they easily insinuatt
themselves into our service. Great Britain
claims right to their services, and the
privilege of taking them from merchant
vessels on the high seas But it is com
planned of, that she is not scrupulous in
inquiring into the rights of citizenship, and
sometimes seize our citizens SO neither
perhaps are we sufficiently cautious ii scru-
tinizing the pretensions of those who apply
| for American projections the evil then ii
at least reciprocal, and a subject for nego.
citation rather than cause of war Ii we
REJECT her seamen altogether, and restore
such as are now in our service, she will alb
stain from the practice of impressing mer
from our ships and restore such of our eli
tlzens as are III her possession.
AS the war is apparently to be continued
it is proper to inquire how it ia to be sup
ported Money is the sinew of war, with.
out which it cannot possibly go on. Histo
rians tell us, that the wing administration
in England in the reign of William the Sd
were advised to borrow money upon par.
liamentary securities, which laid the foun.
dation of an overwhelming national debt
which threatens the nation with bankruptcy
They represent it as the most pernicious
counsel that was ever practised and which
ought to have consigned to infamy the au.
thor OF IT. And what is more remarkable.
the war, thus to be supported originated in
foreign influence, in which the people OF
England were little, if at all interested, and
consequently unnecessary.
Our administration is now pursuing the
measures, which experience has stamped
WITH the eplthet-pernieious The unns-
cesSdry war into which we have been driven
is to be supported by loans Notwithstand.
ing the people are said to have called for
the war, they will not bear to be taxed for
ITS support and therefore the example of
England must be followed-borrow money
and leave 1t to posterity to find ways and
means to repay both principal and interest
viii the people sanction this method of
obtaining money? If the whole force is
raised which is authorised by law, ard we
take the actual expenditures of four months
ending with December, for the ratio of ex-
pence for one year, it will amount to fftv
millions of dollars, the interest of which at
o per cent, will amount to three millions .
a sum greater by one third, than the direct
tax of 1900 amounted to; what that was
every man who paid it, can estimate by his
receipt. Besides, we shall have fifty mil
lions OF principal added to our national
debt for each year the war continues which
l am sensible cannot be discharged by DIN.
ties on commerce In half a century. And
IT our posterity should find it their inclina-
ton to so to war as we have done. and no
person will imagine it impossible that thew
may have as much cause, they will find
themselves involved in debt. by our foIlv
and perhaps their own, of which the fourth
generation will not see the end A high
price to be given for English sailors.
The progress of the war hath hitherto
been as iIausPicious as its commencement
was wicked. Indeed one would almost con.
clude that just Deity had frowned upon it.
1t, IN eight months, we have lost territory
ana at the lowest calculation 5000 men,
how long will it take to conquer a territory
Inhabited by 100000 people, defended by
$4,000 troops? and if one years expense be
fifty millions, what will the CONQUEST a.
mount to 1t will perhaps be said, | have
greatly exaggerated the expense; those
who think SO, are referred TO the speech O.
Mr., Shelly on the army bill When the
reader Is informed that every barrel of flour
consumed by the North Western Army is
stated to cost the nation GO dollars, he will
conceive it probable that the whole expense
of 81 OO0 men will not fol