Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1806-08-13
FOR THE ARGUS.
Observations IN otnosition 10 tie otiinioz,
ana PRINCIPLES, connerded for in tan,
Z f'hleS Gated War in Disguise.
(coN3IHuED.


The sentence which will be frs. motto
ed, Is in page s26 and as follows.
The ennlily of ,lls usurpcr One aiming
Z" Bonaparte) Then is rooted in u cause
(which, trust will never be removed
"unless by the rnin OF his power. He
Essays "there is room enough in the
"wofid both for himself and us!" IT'S
iaise-there is not room enough in i,
" Tor his own despotism, md TIE liberties
/" Of England"
Such is the language IF the pamphlet.
he writer seems altogether 10 have
forgotten that France, or Europe, OF the
rest OF the world have, or were enltIeo
10 have any rights or privileges, ,xcee,
such as England thought fiji 10 lesm,,.
In what wy or by what meaos does he
shew, that the declaration OF BJDapar,e 10
false II is by denial. Let The princi-
pies Of the denial b. examined, ana wha,
VIII be the result the author 81 the PAM
Phiet calls it the liberty of England. He
might as we'll have called il The win, OF
The despotism, or the usurpstion of Eng
lsnd-He no doubt means the libertt
~hich England assumes of enforcing by
,iIs wealth Of her people, and the SUPERB
ori,y of her fleets, a species of tyrann,
@hich tho exercised upon the ocean find.
us way at last into all the Cottages of tu-
roP:. He cais it " libsrty :'s using his
oSn language, us faLse"--It is tyrsn-
ny, II rs oppression. il is AN usurpation
upon the whole civilized world.
1t rs AN immediate and individual iniu-
~ 10 all IN the same way, that a family
would be injured, if by tile stronger pow
CIR oil nelsnbor, a stream Of water neces-
sary 10 their comfort and subsistence, was
diiected into other channels.
But leaving this, it is false in other
still mere important views; II is false in
the extreme even as il relates to Eng.
land. BY England is here understood
the people vi England. How does this
Liberty apply 10 them? Do they enjoy it
Do they grow rich and fatten throughout
the realm, by the advantages which this H..
beriy procurcs While the blood of mil.
lions has been waDtonly sqaandered by
the contrissnces OF the Cabinet of Eng.
land, do the millions in England who pay
dearly for this blood, injoy any new advan-
tages Year alter year, war after war,
battle after battle have passed away, and
according to the doctrines Contained in
the pamphlet, the same or similar rou.
tines are to be kept up for ever. To any
one who calls this English liberty except
it be IN dsrision, the proper answer IS,
"'hs .faise"--sut If it be liberty where
will j, BE- foundl Who are its bsnefcio-
ries, whs are they who have fed and fat
tened upon the hecatombs of Russians,
Austrisns, Germans aud Frenchmen,
and even Of Englishmen, who have fallen
in the long and vide course Of this gene
raj and disastrous contest? The people
No: the culIivslors No: the manuGac.
rers? No: The merchants No the no.
bIlity = No: the gentry! No: the corn.
monsltyl No : the parliamentl No: the
majority of parliament No: nov hear
the answer. They who have enjoyed
the benefits, are a paricidal copartnery of
three parts, formed by The king and Ger.
tain persons Gated The cabinet, with op-
Puient money lenders. The king and the
cabinet who compose two of the parties
by the means Of the money or the irlu.
ence Of the throne procure fnsiorities
~ the house, who receive the price cftheit
woes, and have 10 further interest in the
consequence. Loans are Obtained and
a., IS I'll A.