Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1806-08-16
FOR THE ARGUS.

fhies caH.d War in Disguise.
(coN7YwUED.
DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE GOVERN.
NENT AND PEorLE OF GREAT BRI.
TAIN.
Before we proceed to discuss some of
the important considerations which have
oeeh noticed II Is proper 10 examine and
Illustrate the d 'sunclion bct7veen The govern.
0'ew and feoflc Of Grca, Britain, and to
Shew mat The general conduct and de-
signs ot the rulers, are inconsistent with
the feelings and interests of their sub.
jeG(s.
The natural temper of the British natl.
o" ''' industrious, enterprising, brave, no.
n"raole and benevolent. The people at
large know we'll that ,hsy COLLECTIVELY de.
serve this character; hence il is, they ar
rogate, both al home and abroad, hph
considerations Of personal respeGlability.
winch often wears The appearance of pride
ana hau5htiaess, and sometimes pro.
cures ior them the enmity, disrespect and
coniumely OF others. Wherever En-
giishmeu are found, and particularly. ;f
their minds have been expanded by sci
ence or enlarged by commerce, this cha.
racler, with Jesy exceptions, appears to
be just.
Such people, Influenced by such sen.
''nepls' deserving The conf !ence of all
the world ought 20 bold CONSPICUOUS
station, not only in the scale of nations.
oui IN the records of phiiaulhrophy ard
philosophy. What better general matt.
onaicha' acter can be given OF whole peo.
pis ihap hasbeen just read! Ought mo, 10
be expected that such nation nigh be
safely conhded in, as The arbiter, of The
rights and happiness of all the world ?
ne observations which have been alr,a-
ny published, that the public character of
inns respectable nation presents very
different picture. 1t IS "a picture from
wh.ch the philan,hrophst and pnilosopher
'afh Away IN disgust, & anxiously enquire
mo ,iie causes which exhib such REQ.
pie IN the character OF scourges, ms cad
OF 6eneiact0rs If he human race. T. is
In vain to seek for he Causes in the
ccunlIng hooses, m1EufActorIes farms
'nd private dwcili0gs oi the great mass
ct he people. /, viii be IN vain TO cav.
Ihal thy, whose souls are alive to all the
oea' at'rihnle, OF man, turn the.s back, up-
on 'heii own principles and become the
sc"nrges ot theirsieilow creatures. These
are Suange inconsisie ncies. They are ne.
cuiar 10 the British ration. They pro.
Coed from causes wl CHI ex st onIy in that
Island, and cannot b. ass,infja,ed n any
thing which ever did exist a, any former
period "r IN any o Der country. This
requires explanation. A few words
would suffice, buI Illus alton shall be ei.,
ven.
When George the Is. OF the House Of
Hanover, was elevated 10 tn. pritisb
throne, he brought wit, him Ill he NEE
j"d'ces ct a military education IL q Ger.
man army ne had been taupht.,he se.
'e'est discipline, & being ofpr,ncely rahk,
mad irom his infancy considered ne mass
OF nation as the automa'a or mcchines,
by the means of which the rre.c,;nts of
sovereign power should be execu,, e., The
BRUSH raiioU at that time rearir,r he
restoration of The fugitive S,ua,ts ard the
revival OF popery, bore with he tenper
ana schemes Of The king as the leas, of
e''S'--hlS psrtlslity for Germany s. the
interest which he felt in every ,hinc s. hlch
related 10 his Hsnoverian Domipinns. in
vowed bimseltin disputes and the na.,on
IN war; IN the issue of which the people
mad no other interest !han rcspeA Zoe
me feelings Of their king, The eIeSu-
rate OF Hanover rs far as relates 10 he
nation a, large, was and has ever been an
ihcumbranc-. /, has proved to ne the
greatest curse which could have befaiien
That ration. Happy indeed woeld Il have
osen, 1t the electorate and a.! i,s depen-
denceS, had been transferred, ,n ruli save-
feign'y tn some prince or nation.
Thus entangied in the schemes and in
,erests of king, who had been educated
IN The schools of Gespotism, y hose If.
nod been babituated TO the authority ed
submission of a camp, on one side. and by
me tears of revival of popery on the o.
'her, II affords no establishment. that he
" b"ie people became, also en'a. lied in
The dl'pulcs and wars, which related only
10 the personal pride and feelings Of the
king.
Thus began that system of policy IN Re.
Ia'ion 10 n. continent OF Europe. which.
besides involving the nation in the meet
destructive wars, has Teen The cause, by
winch they have not only expended many