Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1808-07-01

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tier once os. t9vice a zuceedt J q dedncti2n
from tie above price q tzyc'sty Per cent.
as maze.
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10 &c Electors Of fhe Congressional Dis
srscr. COMPOSED Of ft~ C2us'ies Of .4'nierat.
.El1suarte aid Fiapanna. Concluded.
fELLow.cITIzENs,
II has been repeatedly
stated. that wc might have prevented the STATE
of things that gave riss TO t'is embargo; ths'
The necessity qre,s our OF our own fa&li our own
renaissness. ard no, ont CT the 6ecrees and
ders of COUNCIL. Il ;his be tFue, IL is indeed
vi-,v of the subject that onght II he tnes with
great ssfiousress ant, allo'it is reason for not
defending ','i,a, ~ aS'ce. our unqusssionable
rights, i, IS sufficient Yeason for bringing 20 IN
nishr1ent and disgrace, those who have sacrih
e ccd Inc public interest and unnecessarily enian
yered the l,eace of lie ra,on. Let US examine
the sus@ct. II il safl we could have pvouac,ed
the treaty made nv Mr. Iay--'has we could c.
ven have naGc bet,cr treaty--ihat bad a. AS
treaty was, il would lave been better II have
p,otrnc,ci il, than > hive been in our presen,
situation. I disliked M Jay 's,reaty but
have no doubt it was q better treaty when
it was made in 1884, than il would have
been IN 1867 when it is considered in
relation TO the situation of the two countries
AZ that time; its intrinsic merit or the rela-
tive situation OF the two nations in 1867.
In 1874, Great britain was associated with
al the great continental powers, except
France. She bad swept from the ocean a
great part of the commerce of the United
States she was in possession of cur pests,
that enabled her TO command all the Indian
tribes. The United States had not rec ov-
cred from the effects OF the revolutionary
war, from the close of which, we had been
harrasscd by a cruel and bloody war with
our savage neighbors; we had at the same
time very serious difficulties with the Spa
niards, upon points of great Importance !;
our commerce was exposed to the Barbary
powers; danger so serious, as to exclude
our vessels from the Mediterranean sea.
These circumstances would certainly have
Qualified treaty then, that ought not to be
accepted ut this day then it could have
been SAID with propriety, we ought TO exc
out the time, and delay al appeal TO arms.
Under all these circumstances, IL was tho't,
by great proportion Of the american peo-
pie we ought not TO have accepted Jays
treaty: altha' by it we procured the sur.
render of the posts, at leas. 1900 ,00O
pounds sterling for spolations alshH by
its adoption we gained time, and in all pro-
liability procured an adjustment of our diff
ferences with Spain, then the ally of Great
Britain, and the nay;gatioa of the M ississip-
pi--tor il is probable as long as we were
embroiied with England, spain would not
have made the conct ssions She did and al.
the We hefbgaincd peace and safety to our
extensive F.Ontier This treaty, that wa,
then bad, and ought 10 have been rejected
would be now good, and onsht to have beer
contirued--tIat j. 10 say, when 1t held GU
10 ms advantages, it ought 10 have been &c
jected; but when every part OF it was eX
ecuSed from which we we're 20 expect adj
vantage, we orght to- have continued tht
execution Uf those parts that had been in
serted for the benefit of Great Britain, AN,
to which We had objected, when, as the
said, they had given rs 81 equivalent. !
this treaty was Bad in 1904, it was mucl
worse, il was idadmisslbe, 10 1867. &
Britain had chen fallen from the imposin
aititu lie IN which she ia stood our re
sources. our means OF defence and offence
as well Us our population, had increase
in a ratio, never before experienced by a
ny people upon earth. IF this treaty ha
been renewed, there is A certainty, 1t woul
not have prevented onr being ~ our presen
situation, us will be shewn. But &c IS SAID
we could net have obtained q better treaty
IF by this it is meant 10 shy, that our situ
ation in a commercial ov political pUint
view would have been better, e we had a
d0pied the treaty ucgociaycd ny Messrs
Monroe s. Pinknty, it is believed that ser
timent will DC found greatly erroneous,
the subject IS considered either with refer
eHce to the advantages 70 be gained BY tn
country from that treatv, or the time AZ
circumstances under wHicn 1t was propC
sed. The correct mode Of hidgiug OF
treaty, is, by knowledge Of the points
dispute, as we'll as Of the OBJECTS % The con
tracing parties. Unless something is gair
ed, il is obvious that a treaty is bad, an
sltho' il may be said, certain rights are r,
served, not abandoned, yet / assert,
most cases that is the effect, and that sue
is the usage Of nations and that reserv5
lions arc made more with a view 70 al
character and feelings Of the nation tn,
makes the reservation, than with an e.
pectation that such claims will ever be r,
vived. It's therefore more frank and maj
Iy to abandon claims at once, than to kec
them alive in this way, after a general a,
justmcnt of other differences all histor
affords proof Of the propriety Of this opin
on. The application of it to the late neg
station, needs no further illustration to she