Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1825-12-08

October.
The Congress Of Panama, in the
New World. which we have announced
from the English journals, as about TO
be held, will be an important event-It
will fix the destinies of the American
continent, and determi he great
question Of the existence, and the mode
thereof, of the new States, which but
lately were Colonies. Such a subject
properly belonged to VI the Able de
! Pradt, to whom we are already indebted
for important works on other Congress.
es of di erent nature. "a Congress
in Americaw he exclaims; "a Congress
of peoplei each in his turn! A Con-
| gress intended to terminate the war of
Europe against america, and to settle
the rights of one portion Of the globe
in reference TO the othersi Gracious
Heaven. in what time do we hve9-
In view of so many novelties and grand
objects, what will become of other his.
tory, even that of antiquity What
period OF the would ever witnessed an
assembly brought together from the
bosom OF territory so vast in extent.
and destined to decide upon interests SO
great?"
"Ahln continues M. de Pradt, "were
II not for envious old age. which con-
fines me to my native soil, I would not
speak Of the great council which A
merica is about to hold, while on the
European shore; but would go to the
very place which is to be honored bv
the presence of this new Senate. and
far happier than the Envoy of the rash
| Pyrrhus. | would there contemplate,
and then pourtray to the world, men
equal in majesty to those Romans
whose aspect impressed reverence, and
! would describe interests whose supe
ri ritv is equal to that of America over
Latium and Epirus.
After acknowledging the genius of
Bolivar in convoking this august assem-
bly,, NJ. de Pradt confesses that our
distance from the Americas deprive us
of the means OF passing judgment on
what may occur therein, and that our
only guide 10 the nature of things and
the probabilities furnished by all hu-
man evidence. If the Congress of Pa
mama were not to take place, the truths
anr ounced by NJ. de Pradt would lose
nothing of their usefulness. tie can
reflect with just pride, that twenty sew.
en- years ago, even before they had a
beginning, he considered American af-
fairs; that he has followed them through
all their successive phases; and that he
has predicted the ultimate triumph of
these ci-devant colonies, even al the
most perilous crisis of their contest
with the metropolis. His predictions
have been fulfilled. America is triumph.
ant 1t is rot just, therefore, that he
should assist at the ovation.
| VI. de Pradt thinks that the Congress
of Panama has two objects: lst, l he
measures necessary to oblige Spain to
terminate the war with America. I'd,
The establishment and the declaration
of public law, relative to the continen
tal right, both colonial and maritime in
peace and war; The Congress has there
fore a special object; to conclude the
war with Spain, and settle principles OF
public law, and to establish relations
with the world This last is not the
least that interests us, if we contem-
plate the commercial advantages that
will result from the emancipation of
America. NJ. de Villele confessed, in
the session of the 10th of May last,
that since 1908, England has monopo.
lized the commerce with the American
States; that she has not only millions,
but thousands of millions embarked in
this country; and that France, which
has traded with them but very lately.
exported, in 1924, thirty millions, whilst
her imports amounted to but sixteen
millions. If we reflect that we main
tanned no relations with these countries
before the revolution, what may we not
expect from the future' When Nj. de
Pradt predicted that the American re-
volution would cause the sea to be in.
habited, as well as the land, and that
/ Europe would need America more than
America Europe, he did not in the least
exaggerate.
This pamphlet, like all the works of
nj. de Pradt, is remarkable for lively
vein, an original and animated sly le, by
a native eloquence, which displays the
fitness of the thought and the liveliness
OF the impression. The questions
therein agitated are discussed with lu-
minous reasoning. The recognition of
Hayti, for instance, is considered in its
true relations. In regard to the diplo-