Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1808-11-18
Dlr9laia Aruna.
R / c H M o N d:
FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 10, 1905.

lhere is no circumstance which tends to
confirm the belief, that Great Britain CAL
cuates upon our disaffection to the present
administration. more than the flatterng re-
ceptios with which Aaron Burr has been
saluted i'm that country. 1t appears that
upon his arrival, they dispensed with all
those solemnities and qualifications which
have been hitherto invariably and rigidly
required OF every stranger. He was per.
mitted to pass without the smallest hin.
drance or enquiry, and has already rivet-
ted the conviction upon their minds, that
the people OF this coun ry are extremely
dissatisfied, and extremely anxious to over
turn the present system of things. People
of America, your virtue is suspected, and
the suspicion is the great source of all your
injuries and privations. So long as you per-
NIT this tincture TO be thrown upon your cha
racter, you must not expect to enjoy those
rights, ant, that undsturbed tranquility
which belong to you. 1t can no logger be
doubted, even by "A scepic, but that there
| IS British party in this country, more nu-
lmerqns and active than you are aware. It
is equally true that some of tn Sc cIoicesni.
rits are to be found in the highest Council
OF our nation.
Under these circumstances is il not pro-
per that local and unimportant differences
| should be thrown away, and that every ho-
nest man should unite in finding out these
horrid monsters, and exposing them 10 the
blasting indignation of the people II can
not be expected that Great Britain Will
change the course of policy which she has
| pursued; it cannot be expected that she will
suffer us TO carry on our commerce, or that
she will forbear from unexampied injury
and insolence, so long as she is cheered
with The hepe of divisions among us, from
which she may calculate on becoming the
mistress OF our citizens, our vessels and our
property.
| Yes, Fellow.Citizens, if ever there was
an awful crisis since our republican birth,
! it is now before you, and hing but your
virtue can ensure your safety and success
Tie important documents accompanying
the Presidents Message, are now pu }lish-
ing in the Argus, and shall be completed
with the least possible delay
They will dlfflse the mosr ample salts
faction. that our government has acted with
| great wisdom, and that il never has been
unmndful of the real sitnaton Of ghe coui-
TRY. That it has gone to the very utmost
mark ofmildness and Cancellation and far
ther than this, we venture to say that no
| American in "heart and sentiment, would
consent to have gone. The great question
then recurs-WHAT SHALL WE DO? You
may have been frightened, Fellow Citizens,
Iby the insidions cries of the minor ty-men
and the federalsts, about heavy t;sxation
in consequence of the sources of our reye-
nue. beng closed by the embargo But in
order to dissipste these fears. il is only ne
cessaiy oiook at the Presidential Message,
from whence we shall learn that cur re-
ceip,s in the trea sury of this year, exceed
more than two millions those of the last.
Extraordinary times and eXigcncies must
be expected by every rationa mind, to re-
Quire extraordinary resources. But it so
happens, Fellow Citizens, and we rejoice
IN the information, that near eighteen mill
lions were the receipts OF the present We ar.
Hence, you will not give WY to the idle
clamor about oppressive taxation. The
continuance of the embargo must b. expect
ed to be attended with some little priyati.
ons; but let those who are so violently op-
posed tn 1t, suggest some other remedy, e.
qually effective, and less painful in its npe.
ration. They will tell US that war is pre-.
ferable, not because they believe it, but be-
cause they wish to brighten US from the
stand we hive taken, knowing how eZ
tremey averse the people are to a war
that Can afford them little or no benefit, and
their enemies every advantage they can
! wish. There are Others who are well a.
ware that the proposition in this form will
never succeed, add therefore, qualify their
WISHES by different expedient, which they
are Certain will pracIce the very same re-
sult--That of ARMINC our MERCHANT
MEN. Thus, it is evident, that in no point
of view which we Can cake of this subject
does any other alternative arise, than war
Ror the embargo. BY the first, we shall
lose our sea port towns, our shipping, an
immense quantity of property, aud, per-
haps, many thous snds of onr citizens-we
can gain nothing by it, for our conquest,
would be poor compensation for the blood
o. our friends and countrymen, which woult
be shed in their accomplishment BY the
last, to say nothing more, we save ali these
and, at the same time, we do most harm
TO our eHemies.
This is the great question for the consi
Iteration of the people. And if the horror
of war should be averted from us, we trus
that their fortitude will never give way I,
the pressure Of the embargo.
The letter of Mr. Canning, the Britisl
minister, to Mr.. Pinkney, our ambassador
in answer to the Presidents pacific propo