Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1806-03-25

t'"' N''Sh't "c'fu appear 20 your JOURNALS,
! would caiifor the reading of them, bu,
thnt know they are not torsbrofsne efes
10 look upon. confess ;hatI :, j more rea
dy TO surrender TO naval power a square
league OF ocean, than 10 territorial ono q
square inch Of land Within our limits
and am ready TO meet the friend. of
me resolution Oh this ground a, any time.
Let them take OF the iniuaGt o. Of Sc
crecy They dare rot. Tue, are asham-
cd and afraid TO do il. They NAV give
w'nks ars mods, and pretend 10 be wise
but they dare rot come out and tel, the
nation what they have done Gentlemen
may take notes if they plea.e--bu wi,
ever,irom any motive shor, of self 6e.
fence, enter upon war. l wall n.ver b,
instrumental 10 the ambitious achenes of
bonapsrie---nor put into his hands wha,
VIII enable HIM 10 WELD the world land
on the very principle thar wished sue
cess 10 the French arms in 1859. And
wherefore! because the case Is changed
Ereat britain can never aga,n see the
year 1850. Her continental influence Is
gone for ever. Let who will be upper.
most on the continen, of Europe, she
| must hnd more than counlerpose for
her strength. Her race is run. She can
only be formidable as maritime power
--And' even as such perhaps not long.
are you going to Justify the acts of the last
administration, for which they have been
deprived st the government al our in
s:ance Are you going back to the ground
Oh if9S-s! ask any man who now adj
'oea'es rupture with England, TO assign
single reason lnr his opinion, tba, would
not have justified French war in l7ss.
Ii injury and insult abroad, would have
justified it, we had them in abundance
'hen. but what did the republicans say,
a. that dayf That uader the cover Of a
war with France, the executive would be
armed with patronage and power which
might enable 1t to master our liberties.
hey deprecated foreign war, and nsy;es.
and standing armies, and loans, and INK.
es' lhe deiIrium passed away - IN.
good sense OF The people ttiumphsd;-&
our differences were accommodated with.
out q war. And what iS there in the al
tuat'on OF England that invites to war with
her. lis true she does not deal $, l.foe
~ In perlectabllty, but she suppiies Won
70.
with coarse wooilens. With less prof, =,
SION indeed, she occupies the place of
France IN 1893. She IS the sole bulyark
OF the human race agaIns, universal do
mInien - No thanks to her for Il. In nr.,.
tectlpg her own existence, she ensures
| theirs. / care not who stands in this 81.
tna;lon, whether England o, Bonapar.e-
l practise the doctrines now that | nro.
fessed II: 1898. Gentlemen may hun, nm
The Journals IT they please voted ,ainst
all such projetls under he admins. ration
OF John Adams and viii continue TO do
so under that of Thomas Jefferson. Ar
you not con ented with being free and
happy al home ! Or viii you surrender
these blessings that youc me chants may
tread on Turkish 3 Persian carpets 6 burn
the perfumes OF he east in their yaultrd
rooms Gentlemen, say Ills but an annual
million lost, ard' even if it we're five time.
that amount, what is it compared win
your neutral rights i--Sir, let me tell
them hundred millions will be but a dron
III the oucket,It once they launch without
rudder or compass into this ocean of ia.
reign warfare. Whom do they wan, In
atiack--England, They hope it is mn
puiar thing--and talk about Bunkrr,s
Hill, and TIE gaIlan: feats of our reyob,,;
ON. But is BIZ ker's Hill to be the thea.
ire OF var! No, s.r, you have seIe cted the
ccean--and The objecr of attack Is ,ba,
very navy which pr evented the combined
fleets oi France and Spain from leyyinr
contribution upon you in your own seas
I--tbat very navy which in the famou,
war OF 1893, sIocd between you Sc DANGER.
Whilst the fleets of The enemy were pen,
up IN foulon, or pin,oned in Brest. we
performed wonders, To be sure :--bur. air
ii England bad drawn of, France would
have told you quite different tale--You
@cald have struck no medals. This ;e
not the, sort Of coDflicf that Won are n
count upon, II you SO to war with Great
Britain Qnem Deas vHif hcrdere hrius
demenfaf. And are you mad enough to
take up the cudgels that have been struck
! from the Deryeiess hands of the three
great maritime powers of Europe 7 Shall
the piantermortgage his little crop and
leopardize the constitution in suppor, NJ
commercial monopoly ?--In The vain hone
OF satisfying the Unsuitable greediness of
| trade Administer The Constitution unso
its own principlcs--for the general vel.
faTe, and not for the benefit Of any parti.