Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1809-10-20

the renewal of hostiliies would have led, |
and the most speedily, to the extinction |
of the Austrian Monarchy. Whatever
may be 'he duiusive expectations of the
impo,sibiy of restraining commerce the
crisis is approaching with accelerated vo.
cil;iy in which the Continent of Europe,
as To our commerce, will be herms ically
sealed Thea. aud not till then, will the
people of England be taught, that too
widely extended commerce cannot confer
permsnen. power on any nation. The
contest in which England is now strug-
Cling, S specifically war for commerce
Do We approach the subject for which we
drew the sword l. that object in III
belief Of any man of ordinary understand
rg. no at;ainable by the furthec eH>r's
Of England! We have preserved until
EaroIeo has surrendered h mself, as M
Sh-r,n an most truely observed, with
ihrnnc He has Mnuarchs tor his ce.,;'
nels. THY are fixed, inmoveably 6xei
and l. ,n;s on he Scheid' Joachim in Ma
pie. anh Joseph in Spain. will, in spitc ol
all iur sfflr S, reign where Napoleon has
plac II them England mus a 'ast return
To tbs, peace which she wantooIy brok
---and here Can be no possible conseq en
Co.'S resni:in.; from p ace which may not
be Anticipated by continuance OF war.
Mapo'son will acqulre ships comm rec
and colonies and suppose he does is not
the world wide enough foe us all? Is j.
possible that an Island in The West m
part Of Europe shall be able to permanent
ly maintain ts monopoly, against which
not only France but also all Europe is
have spent SO ne hundred millions in war,
nothing will bu, that those whom we
cannot subdue, shall contribute to pay
their shares of our expenditure. That in
fac is the true state of the case. w
eve 700 millions how can we pay the
interest without trade ard how can We
have. trade il we make Peace :" To
this we would simply ask, What trade
Will you have in Twelve months If the wa
is no. terminated Where are we to
hgh' mex, ? Suppose the Isles nj
Franc. and Bourbon IN The Easl--and
Gauda,nuye in the West Indies, 10 be i'll
our posse SION tina even all ntercnurs
between Asia, America, and Africa shall
be in erdicled 20 the Continent of Europe
Will that, Introduction diminish the pSwr
of Eapoeon and his tributary E nperor'
and Kings? The hope is vain Eng ana
has always been formidable and is now
more capable of defending herself agains'
any effort thai may b. m d. by Mp lean
than she was IN the retgn of Elizabeth, -
The power and milay repu alton OF
Spain a, that period bore 5 ong 'esem
Z ace TO hat OF Y ance IA hi, mpmen :.
No hing so certainly tends o CO s5lodate
invigorate and extend the power OF F,ance
as war, and nothing would so certau Iy
dispose her people to a permanent peace,
as ship. colonies and commerce.
The Intelligence received from Lord
Wellington, contains no information Of
which we were 70, before possessed; He
was al DeIeiiefa on the 9Th. II is
the opinion Of well informed persons, that
If ne has the good fortune to CO dnct The
British army 10 a pom! o. emba ka ion
his ,aients wili b. made more consp cuou-Iy
HirCla' han in any Former s6a on Of his
lfe.4-The Spapiafds are rootedly averse
to the presence of British army IN Spain
This is an imI orlani faGl, OF which we
have not ne smallest doubt. The Span.
iards are Jealous of our presence 10 Spain
---ard lie appointment Of Lord Yelling
the cause the Spsniards are no longer
unanimous they are adiyidcd people.
i is at leng h discovered that The Expe
d itnwa. undertaken Oh erroneous mfr
ma on -----~ So IA from he Dutch receiy
ing rs wIih.op arms, as he City Nero
Giant, who furnishes M nistefs with that
fu;iie intelligence | them to b leve, IN.
ID .ch ha e u wiih The spirit Of a, enyiou
rival NJ comm cree has risen On he m
ms of rs of Holland once pre-em nent.
We have destroyed their navy, CAP II I'd
their colonies, ruined their trade--.nd y
pes TO be rec.i. ed with open armslll
We DO s;td OF whai cou d be effected bv
commerce i'ra"ce -a~ IT; all Puror,.
nav I; a the Continent of Europe de
terniioed o have manufactures and corn
ne co. There IS room enough for Ell
We have capital, ex erience. i,eenuiv
ard = du'irg. AID may hove happiness and
comfort by peace--inesiiable, certain m
serv uy war.
he German papers contain no positive
Information Of peace but thai even, is IN,
be ond all doubt. The French trco,.