The Ohio Democrat and Dover advertiser. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1839-1840, 1840-05-08

contemplation and support OF your ma
lional honor and national interests, our
first and only object will be attained.
That tempest Of passion and of law
less violence which has hitherto almost
exclusively ragged 10 the old world, which
has raVaged the fairest portions Of the
earth, and caused her sons to drink
deep Of the cup Of human misery-not I
satiated by The myriads Of victims which
have been sacEiiced at its shrine, has
reached our hitherto peaceful shores.
Alter years Of fOrbeaTance, in despite
Of concessions without number, and, we
had almost said, without limitation, that
cruel and unrelenting spirit Of Opprss-
sion and injustice which has for centu--
RES characterized the spirit of the Brit
ish Cabinet. overwhelmed nation after
nation, and caused humanity to shed
tears Of blood, has involved us in war,
on The termination Of which are staked
the present honor and the future welfare
Of America.
While thus engaged in an arduous &
interesting struggle with the open eD~
emies Of our land from without, the for>
nation Of your Government requires
that you should exercise the elective
franchise, right which 10 every other
country has been destroyed by the ruth~
less hand Of power, or blasted by the
unhallowed touch Of corruption; buI
which by the blessings Of munifcieDi
Providence, has as yet been preserved
to yOu in it's purity.
The selection ol your most important
iunclIonaries 10 at hand. In a Govern
ment like ours, where oil power and so~
vereignty rests with the people, the ex-
erciee Of this right, and the consequent
expression Of public interes, and public
feeling,is on ordinary occasions mat
ter Of deep concern; but at period like
the present, OF vital importance; 10 sat
isfy you ofthat Importance, and TO ad-
wise you in lie exercise, IL the object Of
this address.
Fellow ciizens: Your country 10 at
war, and Great Britain is her enemy.
Indulge us in brief examination OF the
causes which have led 10 il; and brief
as from the necessary limits Of an ad-
dress it must be, we yet hope it will be
found sufficient TO convince every hon.
esl man oflhe high justice and indispen.
sable necessity Of the altitude which our
Government has taken; Sf the sacred du
~ every real American TO support il
10 that attitude, and Of the parricidal
views of those who refuse to do 80.
Here follows an eloquent summa-
ry Of the causes which led to the war
Of the preliminary efforts, the embargo,
non intercourse, &c, 10 induce the bell
Iigerent nations 10 do US justice, without
resort TO that alternative, and of the
series Of aggressions on the part Of
Great Britain, which rendered i: in the
language of the address, a measure of
"h'gh justice and indispensable neces-
sity."
By this last act lhe disavowal by
the British Government of the arrange.
ment with Mr.. Erskine, and the formal
re.enactment, by that Government, Of
the orders in council the doors of con-
ciIiation were effectually closed. The
American people; people rich in re.
sources, possessed of high sense Of
national honor, the only free people on
earth--had resolved in the face OF an
observing world, that those orders were
a direct attack upon their sovereignty;
that submission 10 them involved o
surrender of their independence-and
solemn determination TO adhere 10 them
was officially declared by the ruler Of
the British nation. Thus situated, what
was your Government 10 dol Was
there room for doubt or hesitation as to
the hostile views of England : No.
lest such doubts might prevent a rup-
tuge, to acts of violent injustice, were
continually added acts Of the most op.
probrieus insult. While the formal re-
lations Of amity renamed yet unbroken,
while peace was yet supposed 10 exist,
an upprovoked attack 10 made upon one
of your national ships, and several A.
merican citizens basely aud cowardly
murdered. AT the moment your feel
ings were at the highest pitch Of irrita-
ton in consequence Of the perEdious
disavowal of Erskine's agreement, a
Minister is sent, not TO minister to your
rights, not 10 extenuate tho conduct Of
bis predecessor, but to beard yOur sr-
ccutive, to add insult to injury, and to
fling cOntm'els and reprOGch in the face
Of the Erseutivs ofthc american aGtiOn
in the presence efMs american peOle.
To cap the climax Of her iniquity; to
fiji up the measure Of our wroDgs, she
resolved 10 persist in another measure,
surpassed BY none in fiagran. enormity,
a measure which Of itself was adequate
cause Of war; measure which had eK-