Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1808-08-12

ca 70 lneir present system OF polity, and
every account furnishes evidence of their
infatuated attachment, it surely would be
the veriest excess of Intolerance, to tell
tlie4 that unless they would give it up, it
should be taken away, and that unless they
would accept the one that is preferred
they should be sacrificed. The opinion to
which We allude, must be suggested by a
cold, calculating sympathy, FOR it could
have had no birth in The heart, and it
must spring from jeSuica, brain whose
policy has never been Tempered by the
soft touches of pity and humanity. If a.
ny one prefers to remain in darkness and
will not follow the light wen presented to
his eyes, let him enjoy hi preference. If
the enthusiast adores thea per ofthe night
rather than the orb oflay, OF ic a bigot
will fix his faith in toy more than in the
Holy Ghost, or if the 1iiel chooses to
laugh at them all as thcmockcry of fools,
and # reason cannot brig them right, it
isunpardonable to employforce.
These remarks are suggested in conse.
quence Of hearing the Onion loudly aud
sfu5borniy supported tha6psin would gain
by losing, 7vou d rise byfMng. =
Without enquiring into.he mode ofGo
vernment that Bonap ;rtentends o admin
lister to Spain, or the consequences that vii,
arise from its being anneed to France, we
will only ask if Bonaparl is to Judge Of the
happiness of Nations, All if it d ,cs not
come up to his standard hat he shall in
stantly subdue it, and stablish his own
Suppose he was to formhe same opinion
of the American people This theory is too
wild for reflection, too sohisticaI for arru-
ment and almost too childish for discus
sion, and yet it has bee, aad is now adj.
yahced BY many to justify all the blood
he has wasted and the cna,res he has con-
quered. When we leave this speculation.
which is in fact nothing more than that Bona
na"te is entitled to every nati,n in the wor Id
that he wishes, we are presented with
another enquiry more suce pti1le of
reasoning and more imp ortart in its conse-
quence Here the CAIN tights IF mild nm
hosohhy concentrate in the fcw of policy, s
in this point of view VIC mus, b,luce T. .
case between Spin and En- aid s, France.
What wilt be the preclude consequences to
he United States When we say that the
conquest OF Sp ain by France win not be in
furious 70 the u. States, we are in great
measure authorised by fact and expert.
mao, For- - - sl,fnICteu on all HAMS, that
Spalnals been Cor a long time to every IN.
tent and purpose completely under the con-
,roul and direction OF Bonaparte. The de-
sign which some ghost-bslieying minds APP
prehend from his conquest ought to have
been apprehended long since, for surely il
he ever was giidy enough to think of at
tacking the United States, he would no:
have waited until this time, when hispow
er is diminished by distracting a country,
which before was undivided in his service
We also take it for granted that the same
causes which have existed to prevent him
hitherto. viii continue to exist. This sus-
picion is entirely a federal trick to frigh-
ten the mind into British love and ALI
nncc.
When we say that the preservation oil
Spain by the all of Great Britain will be
injurious to the U. S We are also autho
riscd by fact and experience. The evil
lence and the guilt of British injustice is
too recent for RECITATION, her overbearine
temper is too cbdurates for conviction, and
but For ihe embargo we might expect a
repetition with double atrocity. Any new
trade that IS opened to Great Rritei in eL-
cts Glow orhealth upon her ;ystem and
softens the rigor Of her orders in council
IN regard to hcrself, and tendsto weaken
the force Of our embargo; in as much as
it does this, the preservstion6 Anglo
Spain willprove extremely iniuri.us. The
advantage which England has alisdy deri-
we'd from Spain IS considerable, and will
be infinitely more so, When she caabiishe,
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