Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1808-07-05

NtNa-N llsN At vac mi lfeSS'i tS o. tOcSc A.
ready put in boudage--coneznt L. become
once more the vassnis and sIbiec.s of our
| ancient tyrant--abandon Independence
proclaim the absnrdity Of free commerce
and bu2za Tor the sovereign oS Jhs OCEAN
! in this desperate case indeed, that we
should be at war with France, there can be
no doubt, nay that we should he VI war with
all the world--ard with oomn,on sense
This case, however, is rather TOO absurd,
though there are hundreds among us who
would be proud TO see it; as to the other
case, Of the fiaSsio'l u conquest: on this
point We entertain some opinions which rem
der 1T as ridiculous as the idea OF our enter
| ing into an alliance with England.
| For czample--z9e do nor bciieUe thc fact
GssW0'ed, TO be founded on, eLilerience or
probability.
! Any man who has studied the history of
| Europe, ancient and modern, must know
! that many of the revolutions Of modern DAYS,
had their foundations in events which had
| birth long before the French revolution:
and had only changed the Jlirection Of their
progression by the impulsion Of that great
event.
Inc same powers that from the fall of the
duchy of Burgundy, down to the establ;s h-
ment ot the usurped power OF the stadthol.
der by the force of Prussia, in 1887, had al
lternate!y aggrandizcd each oincr, upon the
plumber OF their neigh hors, and called it
| preserving the balance of power-in the
, distracted state of France, arising from the
same dispositions in the old French govern
ment, saw only new object upon which 10
! prey-a new provocation to settle the ba-
.ence u ho5rer, by cutting of rom France
| certain skirts and sections as large as kinr-
| do.:s-merely to preserve the equilibrium
The spirit of the four last centuries, which
made force the supreme law, was not chRs-
tened by the disasters Of the first coalition,
which proclaimed its purposes co partition
| France, as Prussia anc Russia and Austria,
had before partioned Poland a second 60.
aiition taught that Tx nrenaces oi desoIati-
on and eXtirpation were not the best means
20 assure confidence or conquest, assumed
pTetensions more medtrate IN profession,
but means more desperate 49,. but it IS mt
necessary to trace the chain of effects thro'
their progression---the nations Of Europe.
by repeated conspira.ions to fycr.ftics, 20
sHbjugafc, To e.rtirFate Jor il was avow..
ediy an erfeTn9iHRtfn5" wary 10 starVe-aud
to blot from the mao, have cga7yn ssHon
Themselves me gerry ills zv6ich thea avedi-
f0teG. and there is no instance in The W r..
IN which the French invaded or conquered
any territory, to which they were not pro-
voked by military aggression actually cuyn.
! mitted, or coHSf,fy0ctes cReri shcd 10 Gro-
I
trance..tiIere is not an instance i'm VA.
whole war.-.ali the invasons have been acts
Of Tefahafion, or rendered essential to the
preservation of France. for example Hot
land, alter the conquest IN I79A~5. in an
uneXampled manner, Was declared free. apF
the victor troops W thdrawn they had
scarcely departed when the stattholder re-
vyed new conspiracies, and the armies OF
England were twice invited into its BOSOM.
out driven out with iguomny-
These faclt nigh. b detailed in yo-
umes--Ihsy are oaly glanced al 10 shew
he sbsuTdiiy of the hugbear which Ea
e!ish cunning holds forth TO delude Anne.
ricap simplicity.
The English missionaries, do indeed, by
their Presses hired, I'D their cmfssa,iss
emhi yed 10 Produce cjUii co,amotion, and
excie diuision --they Do labor TO impose
upon Europe the belief that this gqsion is
s1if foi:s oneifas ohf!rrSsoys the agents oil
EoGlaGd, no. they have no 8taatAokicy
aud his IaD'ily, 10 WORK Upon the lrsiud..
ces o. fears OF his dependents they have
traitors wi houlianv olber rite, wh1 receive
their pay and labor To produce he samr
hostility, and the same consequences, tha,
we're produced in Holland by the prince
Of o a0ge, end in Swisseiland by The
HaffcrOiAeS aud the d'Erh chs--..fd in
Spain by me Goa9gs--and n Aus.lia by
} IareW5ergs and Nacks-n NaDIes by
the land in Prussia by the
, Hatdenbergs, and % forth.
These observations are made to expose
those prei4dices, by which The British Ia.
Dor TO bland the American pubic, aud by
placing the truth before every man, 10
r guard every man against ;he operation Of
the British delusor.
The year cPnno, pass before you ere
= irY0lyed N war and the GdAe.ents Of
Great Britain and Ter eniiesGries, are pur.
SURG the Yc'y course, that IS, OF III
Tiers the mos' certainly calculated 20
produce it, even if Britain was no, aifea
! dy pro,iting q force 80 accomplish hfr
f UieIrs On me eastern 5faseS.
! I h embargo IS he only means BY which
war is syoidable-.f1r # YOU take /, Fl,
you must arm your ships, and If yauJ ships
are taken, reprisals are meyNabie- here
!, then is war as lhe only alternative Of en-
baruo.
II From France you have nothing 10 ap-
prehepd al sea If she were Inclined, aud
2 every man can draw The inleIeDce.
y =-.=es
2 Extract ofa letter from Wa8hi7gtou, 10 q
. gentleman la HgffUfOre. dgtrd .Jiue ~