Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1814-07-07

peace conferred on a vast continents ans
finally, our own beloved country, tho s,ai
involved in war, relieved from the DANE
of subjugation.
Events SO propitious to the happiness u
the human race have awakened in oul ca
SONS the most lively and heartfelt Joy,
ioy which is dsmped but not repIessed ~
the consideration that ue are still %safferins
the calamities of war.
We rejoice, that the baleful 6espo;i,m
which threatened to engnlf the happiness a
half the human race has been de,troyed
We rejoice that national iBdGpendelea
and native rulers have been restored to N
many states, bat lately groaning under
foreign rule ;
We rejoice that limited and comparative
iy free forms of government, have been
guaranteed to two Of the most considerable
monarehies of Europe
We rejoice at the d~ethronement of Tie
blood. stained tyrant, who, while he svgs,sd
the sceptre IF France, never ceasedlo heap
insults and injuries upon US ;
We rejoice, in iine, that peace has been
restored to bleeding Earepe-and that
these monentoUS ecentS haDe epsned to
as a prospect 9f sharing ia the asssihg.
We believe tilat we have not adopted this
opinion on light or frivolous gfounda-
That all the causes of dispute set forth bv
the administration at the enent OF
the war have beef iendered much more easy
of adjustment by the general pacifcatiohin
Europe, nc reasonable man can Geny.
We pass over the orders IN counr;I
whose repeal was coeval with our deeiars.
ton Of war.
Concerning the principles which should
govern maritime blockade. there is no
dispute between the two governments -
it is the practical departure from these ad-
mitted principles, in the blockads, Of the
coasts of Europe by the British, that the
administration complained OF. These ex.
tensive b!ockades Of the coasts of Eufole
can Only take place in time of war betwset.
England and the Continent. During the
continuance therefore of this peace, which
promises to be the longest Europe has ever
known, England will, on that subject, at.
ford us no ground for complaint; and all
adjustment of all the difficulties attendant
on the question can much more easily be
made. when there is little prospect of new
Pfo'SS"eoh " many years 20 come.
The same may be said of the subject Of
smpressment. The return of peace in En-
rope, and the consequent reduction of her
naval establishment. have taken from g.
Britain the chief motive for impressing her
sea men from our merchant vessels, and the
two governments will have ample leisure,
eefore the recurrence of an European war,
to ad just this delicate question in a manner
satisfactory to both.
Moreover we believe that the true inter-
ests Of Great Britain call for a peace with
the United States, and that she is wise e.
nough to perceive It. Her proposal to ne
gotiate, made in November last, when the
destruction of ~Bonaparte's army in Gerrna-
ny had sealed has fate, and insured the de-
liverance of Europe, eonvinces us that she
has just impressions on this subject-that
she will not suffer a childish resentment 10
stand in the way of her interest~-that she
has never conceived the foolish and chin.
erieal scheme imputed to her, Of s~ubjsgs.-
ing our country. She learned a lesson on
that subject a few years since which she
has not forgotten.
Impressed with the correctness of these
views, we see no cause to appretend that
the late events in Europe, in every ether
point of view SO propitious, will p~rotFact
the war in which we are engaged, or rem
der the terms of peace less favourable to oGr
beloved country. We see no reason for res
training the Joy which the late events in
Europe have kindled in our bosoms, or to
refrain from expressing it by a public festi-
val.
If this public expression of our joy shall
subject US to charges like those which have
been made against cur fellow citizens in the
north, by certain ~incendiary editors-a
those editors, and even honest men, the
dupes of their nefarious arts. shall wickedIy
or unjustIy charge vi with want Of at.
tachment to our country, and with criminal
devotion TO It's enemies-the mems eonscs
sibi recti-the consciousness of just and
patriotic views and feelings, will enable Us
to despise the one class and to pity the o.
Their. Therefore
ist. Resolved. That, with feelings of de-