Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1815-02-23

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stance al the treaty as ratified by 'he
Prince Regeut-the same paper states the
general satisfaction with which the news
of oeAce was received in the interior of
ENGLAND. particularly in the great rfsnu
featuring towns. The Times, which Is
also a ministerial paper. speaks OF the
Treaty in the strongest terms OF disaPpro-
baton.
From the Lonfon Times Of Dec 80.
The state of the funds may be said to al
ford most striking comment on the text OF
those who have the front TO call the treaty
of G hent honorable to this country. What
An honorable peace, with the last oil our
adversaries, with populous and CONNER
cial nation and yet a depression in the pub
lie funds the thing is impossible There
is moral Inconsistency in the facts. But
the truth, unhapply, peeps out in the course
of the eulogy bestowed on this famous spe
cimen of diplomatic ingenuity. The peace
is, like that of Amiens, apeace OF necessity
and upon what grounds " A leaning to
certain points" it seems has been =" hinted
at tie Congress of Vienna--Now, let US put
this mysterious language into PLAIN English
1t can bear no other construction than this
! that Russia, or Austria, or Prussia, has
! avowed an inclination to support the inno-
vations on public law which Mr. Madison
asserts. Might not this have been foretold I;
was it not foretold in this paper six month
ago? was it not the very argument we ar
ged for pushing the war in America with
the utmost vigor, whilst yet the field was o
pen, and our adversary without allies And
! is it not motive for the same conduct, even
at this late period? If any of the powers
who have received our subsidies, or have
been rescued from destruction by our cou-
rage and example, have had the baseness
to turn against us. it is morally certain,
that the treaty of Client will confirm them
in their resolution. They will reflect that
we have attempted to force our principles on
America, and have failed-Nay, that we
have retired from the combat with the
stripes yet bleeding on our blacksmith the
recent defeats at Pittsburgh and at Lake
Champlain, unavenged. To make peace at
such moment, they will think betrays
deafness to the feelings of honor, and shews
timidity OF disposition, inviting further
insult. If we could have pointed to Ameri-
| ca overthrown, we should surely have stood
on much higher ground at Vienna, and eve
ry where else, than we can possibly do now
J Even vet, however, if we could but close
the war with some great naval triumph,
the reputation OF cur maritime greatness
: might be partially restored but 10 say, that
it las not hitherto suffered in the estimation
of all Europe, and what is worse, of Anne
RIGA herself is to belle common sense and
universal experience" Two or three of our
ships have struck to force vastly superior P
| No, not TO two or three, but many, on the
ocean, and whole squadrons on the Lakes
and the numbers are to DE viewed with re
lation to the comparative magnitude of the
| two nav ies
Scarcely is there one A merican ship Of
war which has not to boast a victory owe,
the British flag scarcely one British ship
in thirty or forty, that has beaten an Anne
riean. Our seamen, it is urged, have on all
occasions fought beavely. Who denies it 2
Our complaint is, that with the bravest sea
men and most powerful navy in the world
wc..'etire from the contest, when the balance
of defeat is so heavily against US. BE it ac-
cident, or be it misconduct, we inquire not
now into the cause the certain, the eDevi-
table consequences are what we look to-
and these may be summed up in few words
the speedy growth of an American navy
and the recurrence of new and much more
formidable American war From that fatal
moment when the flag of the Gurriere was
struck, there has been quite a rage foi
building ships of war in the United States
Their navy has been nearly doubled, end
their vessels are OF extraordinary magnitude
The people, naturally vain, boastful and in
soient, have been filled with an absolute
contempt of our maritime power, and fu-
rious eagerness to beat down our maritime
Pretensions. Those passions, which have
been inlamed by success, could only have
: been cooled by what in vulssr but emphatic
language has been termed" a sound floging .
but, unfortunately, our christian meekness,
has induced US rather to kiss the rod than
to retaliate its exercise Such false and
| fee bio humo nftv IL mi aaIonlatad g.. a.