Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1806-10-15
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saws your ministerial writer. Have Won SO
soon forgotten the origin of her last war
with YOU? It was not ~ vindcate wrongs
aniin;uries which she had reccivcd-;t was
simply 10 ward off those with which she
was threatened. 1t was not to get rid a
$ obnoxious taxes. which Won had already re-
pea'ed, hut obli%e YOU To rencunce forever
vour claim 10 impose them. II then 1,soo,-
O00 Door, divided colonists, with unexam-
pied courage braved alone for some wears
YOUR rage, for the sake OF maintaining an
, abstract principle of right, when the re-
naming sentiments of LOYALTY and dreat, oi
your mower, were IN the scale against them,
what win 900, coo Of free citizens, inaamed
by the most atrocious viei2tinns Of their
, national RIGHTS, decide? VIII they tamelv
( submit without a struggle tn laws as humili-
atius as, ifvanquishcd, the conqueror could
imDose9
| At the commencement of the American
| war we FOUGHT YOU alone, singie-hande1,
! when YOU had no other enemy to contend
with; md it'was not until rter we had van
uuishnd and captured ono or vaur armies,
that France even promised us succor Vet
j il is pretended, that at moment when e
! verv maritime nation Of Eurnne is AGAINST
Won. we dare not enter the field with you
| No! People of Great-Pritain. vour minis
trv themselves 10 not believe this nonsense
! Fbev know war viii be tho inevitable con-
I sequence Of the proposed measures. Il is
( only to a'lav the Fears OF your manuFac-
/ t2rers, and YOUR merchants interested in the
! American commerce., chat these pretensi-
/ ons Of cur timidity and Submission are lieid
! ur.
! The real question then, IS reduced - this,
is war with the Unite States preferable
t0an honest policy tn an indulgence to
this Neutral Nation, to exercise its lawful
right, the rights which Cod and Nature
have assured toall natinnS2 What benefit
could Great Britain derive fyrm war which
viii balance the eternal infaTuy attached TO
It's INJUSTICE?
| America is not tho copntrv most congeni-
a. 81 pritiGh kaW~eis. Che climatic is ton
/ warm. aud however yer s.nlt s.,ae NAV he II
the momept q etrapsplantation, thcY always
! fade. Scarcely hero IN vour armies, who
| gathered laurelsin cuyp'sins ~ OF 7urn,our :
tains, who dill not sec them witl,er 1T Sara
toisa, or within the walls Of York Town.
Y is TO be presumed, therefHre, We shall
hear no more Of landed expeditions.
! 7 much doubt wl1erher your maritime ad-
| vantaGes fer which alone you undertake TIE
! war will he much Greater. tits i fact. pcr-
| haDs not generally known TO vou chat the
| Starr If NaSS0chhsetf& alone took i, 100 of
! Your s,Iics during che colonial war.
| Massachusetts, thou possessed hut 9CO,CC0
fnhah;tants and ah>ut 100000 tons oe
shipping. She now possesses 100000 inra-
bitants, and $4,000 tons Of shipping.
! The United States could then euuip da@-
inr the whole wer. hut three or for;. fridetce.
! Their present cstaSIishrnent consists Of ten
stout frisates, and thcv have t6e- neaus of
| eonipDing and mannipe III 4 months fiftv
more. If cxigencies Should require II.
The plan Of blochadine eco rnilrs of sea
| coest by frigates, won'd become impossible,
| and the american commerce woul1 still ~
val yours notwithstanding vour hostilite.
| Bat the loss sustained BY v0nr ypanpfac-
! furers enters for VothiHg with YOU IN your
estimate Of the consequences tVhot! then
I if al the ports of Europe and America are
shut % you, your pro1uGtior@ viii still find
their way without iniury 20 YOU, INFO every
country Of the globe Admitting for mo-
ment this absurd doctrine, do vcu Ccu7t fer
nothing, the shock which viii be piven 20
| your manufacturing towns BY the FIRST effects
! Of the stoppage? Dovou eet;nate as Of To
moment the bankruptcies Of capitalists, and
! the GToans of the poor, deprived O. their
! daily bread DO YOU consider as of little
| importance tlic suspension Of al renittan-
! ces from the United States VIII 10000
900 Of dollars suddenly withdrawn from the
usual supplies of vour manufacturing shops,
produce no sensation? IF the Americans
have not patriotism encugh 70 forcgo who'll
w the use of your manufacturers, which.
insist, are mt accessory to them, it Is to Ne
, hoped they have sufficient to sushend i'm
portaticns, till the existing two wears stock
; which they alwuYs keep, he consumed.
Bot Won miscllcuiatc grossIv the spirit of
the American people in suDposng thev cam
not manufacture. Eav, there is not one
which she does not, or has not ~ some peri
Oh or other, manufactured. The two Great
staple articles necessary in America are
wooilen and cotton goods. Possessing these,
sde can forogo all others. America can
raise WOO enough for her own consumption
am yeer she plcascs. And you know, that
hercot.on has become drug n vour market.
She has already established woollcn and
cotton r1auufsctories, ana she is in pcsaeesi-
on Of ali your mechanism necessary to rem
der them profitable.
ilvonrreasoningi favor ofvois Miami
I features is prcdicstcd, upon the idea that
YOU crh undcrscl other na.ions, and there
/ fore t'nt they wiz buy fyog----but Won frr-
( ret, tIat q war, forcing q circpitau5 trade,
/ and Increased ris1ucs, enhances the price
Of votir manufactures and oilers premium
60 domestic Industry. III the late war. Br;.
tieh C00is IN America Sold ut three eo,. ,y,.,.