Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1808-09-09


he IN mister, the use made of his allega
tinns on this side of The Atlantic is such as
| might well have been foreseen. They are
| every where republ. shed, with copious com.
| mentaries, by the enemies of the admi
nts;ra,ion, on the eve of several impor-
ant elections, tn shew its culpab!e supine.
ness or partially, and To ralliate, il not
TO justify, the temper of the British cabi-
net. We may shortly take occasion to no.
ice somewhat in detail the several topics
adverted to by Mr.. Canning at present
we propose 20 cGnhne our remarks TO that
part of his observations which applies
most pointedly 10 the conduct of our CO.
lyernment relative To The orders in Coun-
Gil. These are rs follow:
Sir Stnce TIE rct,irn nf Mr.. Rose, no
communication has been made on tie >ime
= can government, in The form of complaint.
or remonsuanee, or irritation OF any des..
cription wha'eveS. mention This parti-
cularIy, because il is notorious that there
have been several arrivals from America,
supposed TO &c Ct great importance, and
tina several special messengers have fea-
4 chsd this country from thence, after hav
ling touched al irauce. But, Sir, If the
honorabls gentleman, in execution of his
puhlic duty had thought ft 10 move for
: apy COMMUNICATIONS that had been made
! By the American gnVetnmtnt, Si;sce the
! de1tornu~e Of Mr. Rose, my answe; mast
have been, not 'hs,- has maies,y's govern
ment were disincined TO mske them, but
that absolutely th-re were none 10 make.
II ii be asked why,' am un,ble salts
! acioriiy to reply; l can conjecture, that
America has entered into negotiations
with France. which are expected II cad
to some result, and ihat the csmmunica
tons OF America 10 this county are 10 be
cl1tlngenG on that result. This, sir, Is
conjecture alone, but /, is fonpded On The
extraordinary circums'ancs. oil SO many
arrivals wi,houl any communca,, on."
This part Of Mr. Canning's remarks re-
quires the more distiuc' notice, as it is
made the foundation Of charg- aeains,
\ our government. OF evipcing cHiainal IN
| difference to ne res Grafton Of harmony
with England By Withholding all re;non
| strancss TO her government on the or
ders OF Council while il is more than in
simulated that repealed circumstances have
been made to the Fcench government 49,
We pronounce this charge gross and
palpab!e faIsehood, and aver that the mea-
sdre, either of circumstances or Of action.
has been eqlailg and inYartially dealt out
| 10 both governments, The fact is, that
no important aggression on neutral rights
has been perpetrated by either France or
J England without immediate and strenuous
remonstrance on the part of our govern
ment. The fact is, that with respect 10 G..
POI ICh
! ment has been felt, and an invariable
course pursued. When injured, no mat
ter by which nation, redress has been de-
manded for The wrong, and security against
its repetition. The documents published
prove this to have been the case down TO
late period, and those, which in all pro
liability viii be submitted to Congress az
their next session, will equally prove il
| down TO the present moment.
To substantiate our allegations beyond
the reach ofcontroversy, we shall proceed
to specify some of the grounds on which
! they are made. If they bear hard upon
the honor, the yeracity or the dejcacy OF
MIR. Canning, it will not be our fault; but
that either of himself or his reporter. We
shall be perfectly satisfied with underslan-
ding that the facts asserted by him, or the
impression which the artful structure OF
the terms in which they are couched is
fitted to make, are surrepiltious. We
shall in the mean time, demonstrate eli.
Their the falsehood of the facts, or % The
impression evidently intended to be pro
duced.
The celebrated British orders bear dale
The II th, but we're not promulgsd until
the I7h Of November last. For some
days, however, previous to their pubIica-
ton in the Gazette, general rumor pre-
vailed that some such measure was on
the eve of adoption, and The American
merchants, consequently, took the alarm.
So sUong was this rumor that MIR Pink
ney, our minister at London, deemed il
his duty to wait on MIR Canning, and he
accordingly did wait on him on the
lth of November, the very day on
which these orders we're signed, to en-
quire with regard TO the correctness Of the
rumor, and to demonstrate, IN such case,
against the conte mplated measure. NJ,
2ukoey did not succeed = seeing NJ ca d.
ming, but he saw the under Secretary Han.
Nond, to whom he communicated the lead.
| ing considerations that offered themselves
% his mind aceiucf h. or,lets. Al. TIar,