Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1808-04-15

ehler INTO the community of another nation
ouch IS the law OF Eng and, rightly constru-
ed ; and notwithstanding any different con
S'rucSion ny implication, the day cannot be
very distant when 1t must be formally &C
knowiedged by the British in practice if
not in theory.
1t must be very clear to every man who
wiii give himself the trouble to examine the
SUBJECT, that impossible instructions 10 COM
rnanuers OF vessels OF war, no arrangement
which depends solely upon the British them
selves, can prove efectual against the abu-
sive exercise of the privilege which they
ciaim; and that by the least and mosr in
FORMED act OH our part, with regard to- the
REIMBURSEMENT of our rights or suffering
Oy acquiescence the smallest in erval To-
creep into the continuity of our claim ON
that mead, we tacitly yield to @ Britain
supremacy over us, which in fact amounts
IN that particular to sovereign Jurisdiction.
On the grounds which colonel Monroe be.
ieVes to be both honorable and ADVANTAGE
Gus 20 TINS country, the u. s were placed
IN .he situation OF perpetual plaintiff,
whist U. Britain is at the same time the
oVeroearlng defendant and the inexorablc
Juege. Our scamen are forciDlv taken and
detained by the British. To whom do we
appeal for redress To a third power
No! To the British 1t is IN vain that the
EhSlish government quotes in its iu stifica
eion her ancient usages they are not ap-
pltCaoie- Admitting that one inn roper act
Cou'o JUSTIFY anothef, there has lever exis>
Fed nation on whom the exercise of i'm
pressment on their part could create such
numerous Observation-Disclosures. Our Ian
guage, our habits, our appearance are the
same.-Do these circumstances apolopize
tor her frequent ndiscriminations !-Tnen
IL ought To teach her more delicacv in re-
Sa'u 10 our citizens; and make her cauti.
Gus III exercising power where i'm doing
herself a little righi she may do us a Great
deal OF wrong. Would she submit to 81.
miiar conduct from the u. States? feel
assured she would not. Yet we are, like
ner, an independent nation, and entitled in
'ne estimation of the world to a community
~ natiohai rights and a reciprocity of natl
onal privileges. The more i consider this
subjects the more firmly and solemnIv an,
I convinced, hat colonel Monroe suffered
himself to he led counter to that course of
procedure which the dignity and interests
or hIs country required.
Let me now draw the attention of the
reader to Monroe's treaty, and to sew
observations which / shalt Of. r on the lea \
ding articles Of it For it is in Ibis wav
snail more efectually answer colonel Mon.
roe's defence.
select the third article, Gas embracing
d su Ject Oh deep interest to the commerce.
al portion OF the American people,) for pri-
mary consideration. That article Involves
the traffic entertained between The citizens |
OF the U > and the posse sions of the Ri |
tish an the East Indies: q Navigation and |
trade which IN times past have been very |
Dehs ncla' u TINS country, and which, with |
regard TO u Britain, have been extremely |
PrcntaoIe TO her possessions in the east.
IL IS wen known to men intimately acouain.
tea with the business, thar sikvei. i, actual. !
ly necessary to the very existence of that
quarter OF the British empire, and thar at
all times 1t IS difficult for them TO procure
it! more particularly during the prevalence
W war. ne intercourse between the u |
.. ana british India is maintained with sill
Ver' "hich IS tnere invested in the refuse Of
those goods which remain on / nd af,crthe
most choice and exc llent of them have
been selected by the EngI sh India COMPANY
TOT their own purposes; and the goods thus
purchased by the Americans are taken at
very high prices. Theorists, at first view.
might suppose this trade TO be detrimental
TO the British but in truth so profitable has
L been found to the Company by affordino
the means of disposng of their surplus arr
-icles alter their own demands had been sa-
.lssed, that they have never thrown the
Sdst CONSTRUCTION In the way of il. Among |
the native and British inhabitants of India
he trade is extremely popular: and being
80 hIghly beneficial to them they could not
consider the loss of it otherwise than hurt-
al to their interests in the highest decree.
| ne data upon which these factsare fOun.
led are within the knowledge ofevery per-
ION engaged in that commerce, and afF5rd-
'd great room for an American negociator
most strenuously to urge more favorable
erms than those which the third article Of
ers. Col Monroe's habits of study. I an.
orehend, have not led him profoundly into
he consideration of mercantile or CONNER
;ial SUBJECTS and Go not think | venture
an assertion wide of the mark, when I SUP
pose him not to have been sufficiently YER
SEQ IN the various branches of traffic IN
which the merchants Of this country are
most Immediately concerned. Navigatjon
and trade to India is of the most eminent
advantage to the u. S. Prior to Jaws trea
Ly those who adventured in it derived inn
nense gain, and even after the operation
Ot that treaty moderate profits have resuls.
ed. Will go little into detail upon the
subject ~ order more clearly to lay it open
to public view.
Previously to Jays treaty American YES
sels freely navigated to and from British In
dia direct, or in any other way which an
DearCU to them tho u,cct Iuc-,,,..o