Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1808-08-23
THE REAL TRUTH ABOUT THE EN-
BARGO.

ne British and French governments
and the powers co operating with them.
and under their influence in December last.
prohIoited all our trade, under the henal-
~ OF co1hScattnS onr shihs and cargoes,-
IL was serious state of things to our ex-
ecutlve government, whose duty it was to
protect our Roatmg ftrohefrv. by all the
me ms which the laws put into their mower
Inc orders of council and DEGREES. direct.
ing the seizure OF neutral ships and cargoes.
our government could M, 1nnul But thew
considered, that they could render them
"nrmless. by keeping our vessels and car
goes, Tor time at home. The British or.
iers and DEGREES might continue in force,
put our government saw, that they could re-
move the odions and fatal faenQiiy of con-
.fscaifon by an embargo.
tue Press dent therefore recom-o,n,,el
me confederation of an embargo to congress-
The consolation requires the President 70
do such things from time to time. for If
directs the President to inform. congress of
tae state OF the Union and of our public
prospects, dangers sufferngs or prosperity.
siad the President thought an EMBARGO
possibly right, or probably right, he was in
duty b und TO communicate his belief or
know'edgr, with the necessary explanations
10 Congress.
Ii is greed by vast number of feder
alistS, that the embargo was a wise mea
snre. President John adams and his son,
senator John Quincy adams both agree now
mat the embargo is a wise and necessary
measure. People who know and think Il
rlght' and yet abuse the government for a
DOPING 1t must be deeply dangerous, and
pr"fhgately base and unprincipled. They
are very foolish also. For when thev
say that Mr. Ross would have prevented, or
remove the embargo, they say as much as
that he would take the fleets of Britain,
France and I'll their allies, and bring them
INTO water fo1dsas easy as CULVER did
the Lilhpution fleet. Berkeiy would be as
harmless as ga sucking dove" in the hands
OF that great Hecromdncer James Ross. He
would, in the very first week of his govern
ment, get the British and French fleets into
feet water, in the Connestoga or Connego.
cheague, or the Youghiogeny, and keep
them there till the end of the war.
No; the only way TO subdue tie raven
Gus sea monsters, that devoured our pro.
perry on the ocean was to keep back their
1000 mo fTTzes-no sailors TO iBlhress-
no raw materials to 7pork o1t-no fod 10
maintain their /leohke--1lo hurchasers for
their manufacturer lit is certain. that
some OF the English here have openly con-
demned their own government for not be-
ginning 70 capture all our ships at an ear
~ period--Men with our oath of allegiance
yet in their mouths, for il never reached
the hearts Of such men, tho they attesfed
their fidelity to thisprotectng country 7yifh
aHfhe soiemnifes ofrehgion The extreme
wickedness of many English and federal
men on the subject Of the EMBARGO is
really awful. Their deepest, deadliest
crime IS the shameful pretence that the
Embargo IS produced by French influence
Z tfrn I II. n
government. Wicked men, who have en-
couraged England to capture our vessels
by their apologies for her, now say that an
honorable and wise resistance TO her fatal
conduct is the fruit Of French terror or pur-
chase. --D Dem. Press