Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1810-06-22

of their own dignity and honor; or Why
DO they not epply the powers entrusted
them by divine providence, 10 complete,
not the misery, but the happiness ofman!
Why do they not immortalize their lame
by recording 1t, not on the sorrowful
iombs OF slaughtered millions, not on the
desolate ruins of mournful municipalities,
kingdoms and empires-but on The bril-
liant pages of illustrious philsniroplst-, on
1 the durable annals of the great, the good,
the Cod.like benefaaors ofmanl To the
civilized world the answer is subejeet
OF the deepest regret and grief. Inordi-
nate ambition and power allies on the land,
allies on the ocean. are as Unsuitable aud
numerical as the relentless grave. TO-
parallelled wealth, agriculture, manufac.
lures, and commerce, but furnish endless
magazines of fuel TO feed the unouench
able fame of Ambition and power, law.
less and bouudless power, is On both sides
implicitly obsdlcni TO her sovereign will.
Obligations of every kind, poli,icaL mo-
raj and religious, arising from the rights
of neutrals, from the most solemn treaties,
4 from public law in general. and from hui
manity itself, are neglected, cancelled &
treated with inefable contempt, every
beam Of hope that national iustiee would
resume her elevated station, has been
ephemeral -glittering in the morn, i, has
been dina a, noon, and extinct in the
! eve.
/ France has charged Great Britain with
the establishment of despotic CONNER.
cial monopoly; and has viewed Ter own
conduct, as The meritorious effect of a
magnanimous volunteer, in commons.
cause, to defeat the measure. The King
lot Great Britain in return has charged
| France with the fabrication of this as pre- .
text to cover her deep designs Of universal
domination. Neighboring nations, by
their vibrating conduct towards these
mighty belligerents, have declared that
both are in the right, and both in the wrong
land the U. s. careful to offend neither,
have, with uniform soieitude, cultivated
the friendship OF each. May their Iaudable
jendeavors be crowned with merited sue.
fcess
/ France previously to her revolutionary
war, Tor series of years, trcmbled at the
rod of mighty Britain. The unparalleled
event has reversed the scene, and France
thercatens the overthrow of her great
enemy-The Emperor Napoleon has in
substance declared il. Napoleon that
great arbiter of the East is most for.
midable foes His equals is not to be found
IN the annals of man. Other monarchs
have been called great bu, as states.
man x warrior, he is supsr-eminent. He
is q prodigy of human nature. He is view
ed by his enemies as comet of the FIRST
magnitude; al distsnce, they admire
The awful grandeur OF both, but the APP.
proach of either they dread, az the pre-
cursor of certain destruction.
! Thus unhapppily circums, anced is G.
Britain. and she views her safety in war.
she conceives that by a peace her great
and only national safeguard, her Navy,
must be dsmantled; that her numerous
foreign seamen must return with 10y TO
their native shores; that her national sea.
men, in part, win be compelled 10 seek
employment abroad; and that when i'm.
Perious necessity shall again require her
navy, IN It's present vigorous state an event
which would rapidly follow, the measure
would be impractcable, and the result her
conquest. Her eagle-eyed statesman act
on this principle. and have declared it.
They have even declared that a peace
must establish their national safety; and
this they view as political impossiblili;y
! On the part, then, ofthe United States,
will not good policy look forward to the
continuance of war, in the participation
OF which they have been, and will conf.
nue. to be in danger.
:. Zach oil these tremendous powers, pre-.
sents itself at different times TO United A..
merica, with the affected attachment of a
disinleTested admrer. But are not disin.
genuous and inexborable competitors
And however impartialIy she may con-
duct towards them, when either merely
suspects that she iayprs the ether, is moi
Jealous phreDzy thereby excited, urging
the decree OF American destruction In
such imminent danger, is there not an in.
dispensabie necessity of unioni
Shall we not then cordially invite
the other great department. Of our 20.
Vernment, the Judiciary, containing
our luminaries of law, the able and
( learned counsellors and practitioners
at the bar--our respectable and pious
! instructors, the clergy, whose love oil
. country and promotion of union during
the revolution, is pledge Of their sup.
port--the citizens of the other learned
, profession, who, at that eventful pc.