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Editorial June 16, 1814

Martinsburgh Gazette

Martinsburg, Berkeley County, West Virginia

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The editorial expresses optimism about impending peace with Britain, viewing her recent successes as fostering magnanimous negotiations similar to 1806 terms acknowledged by Monroe. It highlights France's friendly stance and Europe's changes as harbingers of general pacification including the US.

Merged-components note: These two consecutive pieces are editorials discussing the implications of the French revolution for peace prospects with Great Britain and the United States, forming a cohesive opinion segment.

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We regard this arrival as another harbinger of that desirable peace which awaits our own country. Far from being of the number of those who imagine that the late unparalleled successes of Great Britain will have the effect to render her impenetrable to the proposals for an accommodation at length so ardently desired by our administration itself. as conveyed by its five Envoys, we view it in the directly contrary light. Had she been unsuccessful, then, indeed, I should have apprehended difficulties from that proud spirit which is, at once, her glory and her security--never would she have consented. to yield from apprehension, what she will readily, cheerfully grant from magnanimity. Whether I am mistaken when I pronounce as I now fearlessly do, that she will agree to a peace upon terms, as " advantageous and honorable to this country, " as she offered us, in 1806, as confessed by Mr. Monroe himself, let the event shew. No great length of time will elapse before the truth will be known.

OUR PROSPECTS BRIGHTEN.

Every day furnishes information of some new and important event which increases our hopes of a general peace. The gloom which had very generally pervaded the ranks of democracy, and which had even extended its influence over some few federalists through a mistaken fear that the late astonishing revolution in Europe might operate injuriously to the U. States, will now be dispersed by the late cheering assurance of a friendly disposition towards this country, which is so promptly manifested on the part of the new government of France: as it affords evidence that Great Britain, to whom the French monarch is so much indebted, cannot be averse to include us in a general pacification.

Fed. Gazette.

What sub-type of article is it?

War Or Peace Foreign Affairs

What keywords are associated?

Peace Prospects Britain France Monroe Envoys European Revolution

What entities or persons were involved?

Great Britain United States Administration Five Envoys Mr. Monroe France French Monarch

Editorial Details

Primary Topic

Prospects For Peace With Britain And France

Stance / Tone

Optimistic And Hopeful

Key Figures

Great Britain United States Administration Five Envoys Mr. Monroe France French Monarch

Key Arguments

Arrival Signals Desirable Peace For The Country Britain's Successes Make Her More Amenable To Peace Proposals From Magnanimity Britain Will Agree To Terms As Advantageous And Honorable As Offered In 1806 New Events Increase Hopes For General Peace France's Friendly Disposition Toward The Us Suggests Inclusion In Pacification Britain, As Creditor To French Monarch, Unlikely To Oppose Us Inclusion

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