Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1824-02-26

The. British sloop DIVA. Arab was
lost on the Irish Coast, and all her
crew persisted.
We haze heard, Too, that the Rus
StdnS at Paris hue oppressed equal
surprise and anger ut The Message
Of The President Of the United Sta
les. They loe,e not prepared tor 1t
-nay, they had not disguised tLfeir
expectations, that Russia had con
siderable influence ouer the Cabinet
Of Washington Bm the Message
has deprived them ofthis betief-and
they now see if South Americd should
be the cause of dny al aoW or rup.
tire, England and america lUontd
be found on the same side
JANUARY 3.
We have received this morning,
New York papers to the 18th ult.-
The proceedings of Congress are
brought down to the 10Th inst There
had been no business before either the
Senate or the House of Representative
If any general interest, except a mo
ton made BY Mr.. Webster Of Massa
chusetts, in the sitting of the latter as
sembly, on the 9Th alt. The motion
was, "that provision ought to be made
by law, fhr defraying the expense in
cident TO the appointment of an agent
or Commissioner to Greece, when
ever the President shall deem it
expedient 1o make such appointment"
We dare say Mr.. Webster was
quite sincere in the wish he expressed.
that the U. States government should
not commit itselfin any European con
test; but we know of no way so likely
to lead to that which is deprecated, as
oroneness to NEEDLE ana interfere
with European questions. II is very
true that the u. States have divers in
terests in the Mediterranean" nut There
are other Powers, too, whe have di.
verse, and more immediate, and more
important interests there, and who may
seasonably be expected to look with
a Jealous eye upon the creating of con-
flictiDg interests. Our radical poll
ticians are very fond of reproaching
the old MonarchicaI Governments of
Europe, with ambition and ofiicious
interference. Let .t'lem look at the
young Republican Government across
the Atlantic, and note its policy. The
whole New World is too limited for
its movements already. To Europe,
it says, here YOU shall COLOMBO no
more-here you shall interfere not
while, in tie sanhe breath almost, it
betrays a disposition TO proclaim its
own right of being Heard and recog-
nized upon matter o, purely European
We know not what may be
the fate of Mr. Webster's motion,
but. in our opinion, it would be wis
dom to reject it 'a'he adoption would
on'y excite the suspicion that interior
ence of some kind or other as meant
to follow. If Agents Or Comms sion
ers be sent to Greece, it may be suppo
sed their inquiries will not lead, like
the poets "long passages" to nothing.
Commissioners, we remember, were
sentto Buenos Ayres Columbia, and,
we believe, Chill; and the recognition
of their independence by the United
States followed We do not say that
an exactly similar course is to be ex
peced with regard TO Greece; but we
do think, as matter Of proprlety and
good taste, merely, that it will he as
well, while the U. States government
prohibits European interference with
Eorh and South America, fit abstain
from all shadow Interference with
regard tie greece.
Our readers will perceive, among
the extracts which we give from these
papers, some confident assertions,
founded upon passage in the Presi
dents Message, of negotiations in
progress between this country and
the United States, having for their OBJ
ject to conclude a treaty of offensive
and defensive alliance in support Of
South American Independence.
The following are extracts from the
correspondence that took place between
the Emperor Alexander and Ferdinand:
"To consolidate the beginning of the
restoration of Spain at home and abroad,
she appears to me to be called upon to
unite herself closely io'the general sys-
TEN Of Europe, without regard to any
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