Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1806-03-28

HfflS+tNt5 S'tNkS Vi arr TIC Nv u SfTtil CVila-
para,ivc compass. The neutral trade can !
carry thsn-t, Your. produce rots in the
ware hoi'se--Ynu go 10 'Statia or ST.
rhomas's aud &c, sniped blanket for
jde ir you can raise one--Double freight,
charges and comniSsion----Who re-
ceiyes the pro6t! The csrrier-Who
pays itf The consumer. All your pro
duce that finds its way to England mus,
bear the same accumulated charges
With this difference :--ihat here the
!. :bnr,hcn falls on the home price. ]
appeal TO the experience of the last war
vTich.has been so often cited. What,
then, was the price Of produce, and broad
cioa,h3
But YOU are told England. viii not make
war--she has her hands full--Holland cal
cnss,ed 10 the same way in 1891: -how
rid it turn out! You stand now in the
plSce of Holland, then---witlput her
navy. uhaidesl by the preponderasing fleets
ntFrsnce and Spain.--to say nothing Of
! the Baltic powers. DO YOU want to take
up the T: gels wieye these grea, mari
time sia,es have been forced to drop
them! to meet Great Britain on the o
crsn and ,de;ve her Of IFS face. If you
ave so far gone IS this. every capital
measure OF your policy has hitherto been
wrong. You should have nurturcd the
old, and devised new systens of taxation
have cherished your navy--Begih this
business when you may, land taxes, stamp
aels, window taxes, hearth money, excise,
in all its notifications cfvexation and OPP
.rfession, mus precede. or follow after.
Z but, sir, as French is the fashion of the
: day, ] may be asked for my hrget. I can
readily tell gentlemen what will nor do.
I viii ,ef f,rcj,tfinte any. foreign ndiios Min
money will not launch into naval rsr
with Great Britain, al,ho' am ready TO
meet her at the Cowpsns or on Bunker's
Hill. And for this plain reason. We
are grest land animal, and cur business
is on shore. ] will send her no money,
: sir, on any pretext whatsoever, much less
ON pre;enCe of buying Labrador,or' Beta
ny Bay, when my real Object was to Sc
cure limits, which she formally acknow-
lodged at the peace of 1888. l go fur
thsr--l would (if any thing) have laid an
EMBARGO. This would have got our pro
perry home. and our ,adyersary's into our
power Ifthere is any wisdom left a.
T5obg us, the first step towards hostility
viii always be an embargo. IN six
n;oabts ell your mercantile msgrirhs would,
r vanish. As'io Us, although il would cut
deecs we can stand it. Without such
precsuiicn, go TO war whenyou will, you
so TO ,be wall AS 10 deb,s--srike The ba
,iauel 10 morrow, and England is believe
in 'Gur debt.
ilicFe sir. 10 be excused for proceed.
jfg ia this desulsory course. fistter
myself shall 1'et have occasion again
to- tfoGhie yov-f kEow not that shall
be sh,e--cer'aihiy not willing, unless
provoked in self defence. / ask your
j attention to the character to The inIIsbt
apts ,ef that southern country, on whom
gentlemen rely For support of their mea
sure. Who and what are they! A sim
PIE, agricultural people, accustomed 20.
travel in peace TO market, with the pro
duce CT :heir labor. who takcsit from
us TAnoFher people devoted 20 manu-
foGiures--our sole source o! supply. i
have seen some stuff in the news papers
about manufactures in Saxony, and n
bout u man no is no lopge, the chicf
of q dominant jcsiion. The greatest man
2. Thorn ever lew--ths immortal author
Of ,be letters Of Curiius--has renfsi ked
the pronepess Of cunning people to wrap
= up and Disguise in well selected phrases
doctrines toe deiormed and de,es,ab!c 10
bear exposure in naked words ;--by
sjndcious choice of epithcts to draw the
attention from the luikirg principle be-
meath, < perpetuate delusion--Ba alittle
while ago and any man might be proud
10 be considered as the head OF the rxfu6
fcan Furry. Now, il seems it's reprtaCn
fi!t. be deemed the cbiJ or dorpnan
faction. Mark The nsgic Of vords. Head,
ehiJ. Republican parry. domsaan fac
non. But as to these Saxon msnuisc
,ofes. What became If their d. esden
4 China Why the Prussian ayone -
have broken all the pots, and you ere
content with NVorcestershre or Stafford
shire ware. Ihefe are some other ffne
EanufectuHes on.Ihe continent, but no
spffly, except perhaps OF linens, the arr
tic,c we can best dispense with A lew
individuals, sir, may have coat OF Lou-
viers cloth or service of Sevc China
but there is too little, and that little too
dear, 10 furnish tie nation. You rlusl
9cpend sn the fur trade 10 earnest and