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

fcf the coRmittee-but as ] know nc
whether it will be in my power I,
tsoIbls them again on this subject,
must beg leave 10 continue my crude
and deshltory observations. am no
ashamed to confess that they are SO.
AT the commencement of this session
we received printed message from the
I PRESIDENT of the y, ). breathing grea,
= deal OF national hoaor and indignation al
c the outraScs we had endured, particulars
), ly irem Spain. She was specially name d
and pointed at. She had pirated upon
c your commerce, imprisoned your ci,izeps.
!, violated your actual territory invaded the
very limits solemnly established between
the two nations, by the treaty of San Lo.
re"zo. Some of the state legislatures.
lamong o;hers the very state on which
sne gentleman from Pennsylvania relies
Tor supporO sent forward resolutions
pledgng their lives, their fortunes 4 their
sacred honor, IN suppo,t of any measures
\ you might take ~ vindICation OF your in
Jnred rights. We'll. sis, what have Won
done You have had resoiutioI,s land up.
on your table-agone TO some expense of
printing aud s,atlonary--m@re Den, ink
aod paper, aud that's all. Like true po-
Ilticai qnacks, you deal only ia bandbilIs
aud nUstrums. Sir, blush to see the re.
cord OF our Proceedings, they reese mble
tnothins but The advertisements of pstent
| meeiicines. Here you have " the Worm
destroying I.ozenges." there. I" Chusch's
cough Drops, and to crewn the whole.
Sisan's, vegetable Specihc,' an inraIli-,
bic remedy for all nervous disorders and
yerugoes of brain sick politicians :-each
nan earnestly adjuriug you 10 give his
medicine only a;iar iria.- If indeed these
Notwithstanding nostrums could perform
out one bail OF what they promise, there
IS i'ttle danger of our dying political
death. atthis limo at least. Hut, sir. in
poitics as IN physics, the Doctor is Of
times the most dangerous disease-an,l
tNis take 10 be our case at present.
Dut, sir, why do talk of Spain There
are noionger PyreEees. There exists no
such nation--no such being as a Spanish
kiBg, or minister. 1t is a mere iupele,
played off for the benefit ofthose who pur
the mechanism into motion. You know
sir, that you have no differences win
-apain-that she is the passive TOOL of q,
superior power, to whom at this mon1ene
you are crouchins. Areyour differences
indeed with Spain And where are YOU
goiHg to send your political panacca, re.
solutions and handbills excepted, your
sole arcanum of OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES king
cure-aIl ITO Madrid No--You are
DOT such qnacks as not TO know where the,
shoe Pinches--to Paris. You know ri
ieast where the disease lies, * there you
apply your remedy. When the nation
anSiousiy demands the result of your de-
iiberatIons, you hang your head and blush
10 tell. You are afraid 10 tel Your mouth.
is Theoretically sealed. Your nonor ba.
received a wound winch msst no. take air.
Gentlemen dare no, come forward S a.
vow their work, much less defend il i'm
tue presence bt the nation. Give them
all they ask, that Spain exists, and what
men! After shrinking from The Spanish
Isck-aii do you presume 10 bully the Bril-
ish lion. But mere The sec. CT comes out.
britain your rival in trade, and governs,
ed as you are by compiling house polite
cans, you would sacrifice The paramount
INTERESTS of The country, to wound that ri.
val. For Spain and France you are car.
riers---aud from good customers every
indignity is to be endured And what ;s
the nature OF this trade! Is il that carry.
'"S ~ NoS WhtSh S6fuo abroad The Hour.
tobacco, cotton, beef, pork, fish and ium.
Der OF thiscounlry and brings back inre.
turn foreign articles necessary for our
exIstenee, or comfort! No, sir, lis trade
carried on, the Lord knows where, or nv
whom ;--now doubling Cape Horn, now
The Cape OF Good Hope. do not saw
that there is no profit in it--for il would
cot then be pursued--but tits trade that
tends to assimilate our manners and po.
vernment TO those Of the most corrunt
countries of Europe. Yes, sir, and when
a question Of great national magnitude
presents itself 10 you, causes tbos. Who
now pra.e about nationai honor and spirir
topocket any insuIl--lo consider il as a
mere matter Of debit aud credit, busi-
ness ofprofit and loss---and nothing Else.
The FIRST thing that struck INV mind
when this resolution was laid on the table
was u'sde derivatar 2 question always
pui TO rs at school, whence comes1ti ls
/ this only the putativs father of the bant-
ling ne IS taxed to maintain. or indeed The
actual parent, the real progeDitor of the
child ! or IS il the produc1ton If The ca.