Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1808-12-23

! OF per cent. upon her goods sen, 10 the
=. >. which produces TO her, an annual
revenue OF aboa' S 100000 probably much
more and tina, .his is Discrimination
duty ssainst the U S. which ough, to have
been replied The moment ii was laid and
especially, as It was avowed. that il was
Imposed upon the u. 5. with the view of
placing them on The same footing with the
British colonies.
The gentleman from Massachusetts.
(Mr. Lloyd tells US, even suppose thar
your embargo laws drive fifty thousand.
or more, manufacturers from their en-.
pioyment IN Great Britain, it will only
add 10 her naval and military streugtb,-.
II VIII only give her fifty Thousand seamcn
or soldiers more than she now has. RI.
oir,'is an unfortunate specimen of The pr,,.,
Perity' which Great BtI,an is supposed -
oer've from the embargo laws. iii an,
tightly informed, GENERALLY, and parto,,
iarly yesterday, by the learned gentl.m,,
from New York, (Mr MiichilD Of In.
materials of which the manufacturers r.,,.
slst, l am disposed to think they ,vo,lJ
make poor seamen, and sorry soldiers.
do no' think The world would have rnurh
TO fear from their proves. rhev ara e,
tor manufacturers, and nothing rl and
u driven from their habItual employmep,x.
they must starve, OF become a cbar,.,
on The nation. But, Sir, the conversion
oihily thousand productive, into lif y ,bor.
sand unproduc:ive, and even exoens,v..
iaoorers, could nos contribute much 10 liz.
wealth or power of any nation and snch
IN operation in Great Britain, wbar4 lie
poor rates are sufficiently high AFRAID.
would command the serious attention IF
the government.
There is something essential 10 the,
physical power oil nation, besides The
numbers OF seamen and soldiers. Il il
money--it is revenue. This operation ~.
on labor, could not be productive OF reye-
nue., bui would be an enormous Charge Cd
on IL. am therefore inclined TO ihux
that the British cabinet would mt feel any
great obligation TO The gentleman far hrs
ingenious discovery. All these con>;ds-
rauons must present strong Inducements
TO Great Britain 10 revoke her hostile NJ
ders but she has hitherto refused 10 do
so.
Let candid inquiry be now made into
the actual causes OF this refusal. rhe
| gentleman from Massachusetts, (alr.
Lioyd) informs US, that the British cabi-
net showed some sohcitude about the en-.
oargo laws, till some time between the 29d
OF June and The 29lh OF July last, within
which time, information flowed in upon
them, which relieved them from this so-
icitude, & reconciled Them 10 the embar-
so. Mr.. Lloyd rose 10 explain. He
aid he referred TO the months of June and
July, without mentioning any particular
days of those months.1 / admit that the
gentleman did not mention the particular
days; took the particular days for grea.
ter precision, from The correspondence
between Mr.. Pinkuey and Mr.. Madison,
from which presume the gentleman hal
drawn his information.
What was the information that 20 "
ed In upon the British cabinet, from the
l22c June to the 29th of July? That
lPerlod announced two events. First,
he wonderful revolution in Spain al
though this event must haze been pref
~ well understood in London before
even the 22d June, perhaps not to It's
tull extent. The other event was. the
! paltry attempt at the resistance of the
embargo laws in Vermont, magniRed
into formidable insurrection against
the government and the unh ppy dis
contents manifested in Boston and its
nei9hborhood, together with the results
OF the elections in Massachusetts. All
these circumstances were certainly
greatly exaggerated, or, perhaps, utter
ly misrepresented. Here, then, Sir,
we clearly discern the real causes of
the refusal of the British cabinet to
meet the just andhonorable proposition
OF the United States, and to revoke
their orders in council. The Spanish
revolution, no doubt, contributed to
their determination but the principal
cause, was our own divisions and dis
contents, either wholly misrepresented
or highly exaggerated.
Before the 22d June, MIR Pinkney
and Mr. Canning were engaged in the
most informal and friendly commune
cations: Mr. Canning had gone SO
far as to intimate to Mr. Pinkney, that
ne might in few days expect to be a.
bic TO communicate TO his government,
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