Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1810-04-13

tnains OF his army, atiCv having been forced
-, an expedition INTO the heart OF Spain, en-
tireiy a a'nst h remunstrances md better
judgement. tie hoped every noole Lord
has rs al the mas ra,.vs o, the campaign pub.
lished by the neares, relat We OF that gai-
Iant oihcer. For those who had not read
it could not rly appreciate the merits
OF that expedition. BY the authentic doc
utnents there adducsd, 1t appeared thai. !
Gen. Moore wished TO go to the South OF
Spain-he was ,orced to the North-he " as
taught to expect co-ope ratInn from the
Spanish armies-he found no armies e. CO.
operate with him he found no provision
made 4 r his recS ptlon-- he was uusuppli.
ed with mnney--apd lastly he was Co obey
the orders, not OF a superior military com
mandery but OF civil accredited agent, of
whom atpresen,, ne wished to say nothing
In examining, however, the conduct OF
ministers, he was willing to concede to
them what he by no means considered a
fact, namely, that the Sc hundred thousand
men, properly employ ed, might have turn
ed the fate of the war on the continent.
He admitted It might have turned the fate
OF asinsle campaign, bu; not OF the war.
HOWEVER, acCeuing that TO ministers, had
they wisely emPioyel the army n Spain {
J iney had the recent experience Of : ri
! Mcore's Campaign before their eyes. He
mad met no CO. operation he found no re-
guiar army, on winch he could rely he
could not provision and eed hiss army yet.
they pl"nned ano,h.r expedition TO the
heart of SPAN. The gallant officer wac
led thsm and his troops did all that vaior
Could do, but they met precisely the same
disasters, ard after losing many 10y the
sword, aad many more by sickness, the
! commander was forced TO abandon his enA
\ a.,I Ill. h.,
mans of brave army. With respect 10 the
Walcheren expedition. thing more disas-
I1rtus IN lis .couseQuenc S. more dssgracetul
III those WHO planned It. the country n yer
lyet saw 1t had been loudly asserted, that It
was to assist in the dslver.rce OF Europe, Il
ard The rising spirit III the nCrth OF Sstus-
ny. He supposed that 1t would be admit
ted, that II WAS necessary IN, all these ex-
peditions that they should be prompt-that
1 they should pc cooperative, aud tuat they
| should be designed 10 act cn some material
point. In ali these points mad this expe-
di.ion been most miserabiy detectives. And
nov we were gravely told, mat 1t I'D rem.
dered essential service, IN blowing up a
dock yard and cap urins few SHIPS. If
it were known, as he believed ir Was in
/ Sept. 1908 that Aus,ria was peep3r,ng Tor
war, 1t w-s not very prompt 10 have an
expedition a diversion IN her favor
w,.ich did not arrive in the Schelat until
the last day OF July 1869. But IN truth,
before that period Austria had drawn fuTth
her al mics III battle array before tbac
period sae had fou, ltt three hard battles
and mad been completely subdued, K vas
jcbjiged 10 receive Tue law ION the Wet.
or; and above all, those facts were known
I to adTniCsstr alton before the expedition sail
I'd IRON cur own shores. Yst because the
capture OF lew ships at Copenhagen gu
ded that exploit wt.n lew people at
hong, he ally believed taat MINISTERS &C.
ted WITH me .aiseraDle policy vi hop ny, by
the capture or few saips IN The Scheldt,
to vafn,sh over Their tardy inethciency.
Hut even mere they were So n,serAb,y de
h ent al INFORMATION, hat they foGad gar.
I rison ut ID 900 men wneie they expe cted 60
ind only 20JU, aad place wnIca they sup.
po,ed was pen and wholly dsie1Ceiess, It
appeared had oeen regularly fortified al
long back as the memory of m.n could
reach. 90 much Tor the ptompt,tuae Of the
measure. lie wcu.d next ask new il Could
operate as CiYefsiCn ~ favor of Austria
even admitting At had Deln more in tine /!
Ii were meant 10 aid Au,tria, the dI.
version should have Oeen Un the side of
tne MeuIterranean. for ny not assaliing
France Oh mat s.de, bonapartc was ena.
IL.
mont q M'DonaM, wnIcu w-re Doth mo ,.
eHectuai Iu the Reduction Ut Vienna. BY
what fatal intatuatIUn ministers Chose the
INFECTIOUS nArsnes OF WaicBsrsn as the
scenc OF he.r iii .iary OPP rasio,is IL was ,m
poss.0ie u tell. II was known 10 be Il most
/ pestiieutial Climate, ani they chose the
most peStIlenuat sess0n ior their opeT 4tIons.
They mad III II enoc &C ot ground lit was
not me Case Ut retreatIng army winch
vas comp leo 20 pursue .hAt lins of march,
pat hey were aIv,sediy se0t there by min.
Users. IheIr nsconiu ct However dad not
sop heie. i e troops landed GA the first
Oi Juiy, and before mcnIn mad elapsed,
It was obvicus To every military man, that
ali We obJeo.s OF tht expedition had faIl-
ed, au1 th Commander oad 50 distinctly
stated il to tue government at nome yes
were the troops lett TO perish ia that
swamp until the mtddie OF n vemoer. And
wndt was the al nmistratIJn doing AL Inat
ulme I Insy were exhibiting aissrace-
~, scene nom Of broiis, cabals, attempts
At reeOucindtIons and more snanefui p1o-
lie exposures, winch rendered, and must
render them cont mpuole IN tue eyes OF
ne world. HIS LOrdshIp then Concluded
~ conJuring their I.ordsh'ps TO express
their opinion ont his poist by agreeing
WITH him IN the following amendment
" That tnIs House has elt VITA che
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