Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1806-10-11
FROM a PARIS PAPER.
THIRD ADDRESS

10 ItE BEitiSit NATION.
A pamphlet has lately appeared from
one C., yaur presses, si;d TO be wtit'eu under
he sanction o'yourn MIS- r. * which, f.um
the notice taken OF Il IN The Journals de-
voted 10 your administration, mus, at least
be counteuancsd oy them Far nc il irD.n
me To impuse TO 4 whole nation, the lnla>
my which attaches 70 The author and sup.
po,ters OF thus wo,l.. Mankind are ell
dom corrupt and proh;gals III great mas
SEES. a waywarSi, 81 PCT sighted, peridi-
Gus policy may disg. ace a Cabinet COM
osed Ola few individuals, bat rare indeed
aye The eX ,npies of whole nations giving
way to ths deba.ing iuilne e OF sel.sh,
dishonorabie, aud disg, acc tui motives.
The history of The nc.jtical relations of
all nations had taught us, Lat Interested
considerali lbs too often entered in,o ,h=
discussion. Of cabinets, aRd decided the
tate OF EN- llres. Sill thafe had been all
ways pres ;rVed some regard for tho.- me-
raj prncl,,les whirh CagM 10 form the
bass OF tie intercourse OF nalions---and,
amidst all the struggles of ambition CT
aVarlce, every sovereign had hitherto en-
deavcred 20 cloak his designs under the
specious appearance cf Justice. Hence
n.ddeIn history scarcely furnishes us All exc
ample of war, which ha, 40 be, prece-
ded by maniiestoes, in which the Justice
OF the war, on the part OF the assailaut has
been attempted tobe supno'tet. | was re-
ryedto your ministry nthc bsginn ng of
the !9th Cenn,y TO c;ier l,he first exam
pie OF a sham eless avowai Of i contempt
Cor justice, AMI oG determination to re.
gulate its condu:i not by a regard either
10 lis own rights OF the rights Of neutral
Nations, but by tie simple measures of ils
supposed, lis imaginary. and ! believe ii
viii prove, its iaiiacious interests.
The most bitter aspersions of your en-
euics have been mild, compared to the
Infamous Confessions Of your friends.--
No nation bad conceived against your
ministry opinions, so uniayorab'e. No
foe had ascribed 20 the 10 sentiment so un-
principed as Tins ministerial agent has
dared to avow.
Leaving as unfenq5le ground, the cues.
ton OF right, knowing, as he well did,
toai neutrais had already submitted to
more than he could maintain on this point,
ne enters into cuci and Infamous cal.
cula,ion OF interest, and treats Of the
rights and privileges OF neu'rsls and
independent nations, rs he would az spe.
culation IN sugar or co3ee---as mere
question of eXpediency n which the o.
mount to be gated vas to be cnolly weigh
ed against the quantity 90 be hazarded or
lost IL upon tbis groundof erfediency
a'one, that one car meet this alrocious en-.
envy, because he has not designed 60 give
us single argument to prove that Great
Britain had right 10 extend her pTnci-
pies against the neutral traffic. Setting
out Therefore upon the basis, that ii is u
mere question Of plunder and profit which
your government is now agitating, you
vii suil suffer me TO throw a few ideas
into The scale, 10 shew thal plumber may
De IN one side Of the balance, aud real
pr0ii; IN the other.
he only argument cf any moment adj.
vanced TO slew that ii is the interest of
Greai-Bfiiain to shake Of the shaekes of
Justice, public faith and morality, is, that
he neutrais Cha, is, toe Americans Jor
Hsy Hione are intended } bring the produce
oi their enemy's colonies to market so
much cheaper, that they undersell the
WesI-lndia merchants Of Grca, Britain,
AID 'hUs ruin the planters 10 their Caiibee
islands. Thus then, it is to preserve the
Caubse islands from destruction, that
fiieal-Brtain would force America into
war. And have your ministry so soon
forgotten, the distress which PFC waited in
thc Csr'bee ISLANDS last year, when The
American trade wag only lcr one moment
! suspended! Itls possible to supply yoar