Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1810-01-02


onr e y-roiueIit; but admitting he had
been severely ciOl t, cue secretary %
sta e .Was he county, 10 Sxrcnd ni..ions
OLIVES ai:d reasnvS III surpcE. OF the am
bilious attiie OF ind,sidaal,? " We so TO
war, and ihds iias,eD he duwnf4ll Of Eo
& add. shall Ne &c clear Of he sheekies ~
he sSsa ma .,,tf Of Eur pc whea he be-
Comes Q s-ssed of H. d IN n'.n of The
ocean co I! We may esca - the fate O.
Gopeniag N; u We II y met, the sia.s
d SPAN and S@ltzegiaEd We may have
o benlan the lass of sto', lr:.id.n.
and hail The arrival Of kisg 'iom the Ia.
my ST the Bonapartes. Shi we 20 20
way f1r this supposed insnl, .f ca we'hsyc
recei'ed so macy niuriss uf d ep-I
ldye! II vas preccpt rfc n,nan SECS.
as well as OF revsianon ta,l We should
c9un; he COS. of VA before we en:er in,o
4. he timbec Tor a navy is ye; in aus
Dress oar cd hcers are gens. Wh.re
are our means & resources iur a war ;
Tins phlssophers Of one Sge ami na.ior
nave ;au ght Us to be,teve, hat ,he un5io.
htab'e c7n;esi' be.W-en nati1as, Of " ny.
og wheriI can do tue o,her ths mos,
harrn," would soon yield 10 tx. supesio
iorec of reason. We should BIZ conies,
with the Iit.rali.y of ctr govegnEeas 10
permitting u, 20 re urn 10 our, c5mme,ciaI
aYoca,ioas. Blu. ssal! we abandon The
cean altogether. becau we caonot trads
eyerg Nhe-e? Re a.se my orchard IS
robbed nIu give up my cornfisid
We may be happy peosie a home,
win the privilege OF trading where we
can, free AID pfosperous, Inul old lime.
like Sampson shall crush The pillars walcb
suPpc the void.
Mr.. lohn Oh went into review oil
our relations with Great Britain since
the last wihter session of congress
Respecting the arrangem cnt with Mr..
Erskine, some gentlemen had ghsll hi
its terIps were the maximum Of what
we ought to ask from Great Britain :;
Others believed they were the miai-
mum he vas anon gst tie Latter nun.
Der. The different parsies were con
tending at the last session for the Gre
dit of the arrangem ept but none tho'.
that England had male concessions 70
us. The few who doub,ed B. i1ish
faith were Denounced, In this honor
able house, all expected the coun nv
was relieved from its difficulties; he
believed none suspected the disavowa al
] Of the arrangement. 1t was disavow-
led and; aud our golden dreams have
been destroyed. Oar ports were o.
lpened the produce of our farmers
was permitted to launch upon the o.
cean; and now the enquiry is, who
was 20 blame fox the disas,rous conse.
@qusnces of the disavowall Did our
government know that Mr.. Erskine
had Violated lis ;nstruciions1 Mr..
! Madison was above suspicion, so was
Mr.. Erskinc We must attribute it &c
the misconceptions of Mr.. Erskine, O,
TO the per6dy of the British govern.
\ mert; bscausc neither the President
nor Mr.. Erskine could have any mo
tive to violate their faith. Why, there
fore, charge our government with ba,
faith? He denied that the govern
ment had 2 right 10 demand a sigh
of Mr.. Erskiue's instructions. Their,
was a difference between full powe
and instructions to public minister
, There were different grades of ins;ruc
, tions and would any gentleman say
! that government would have a RICH
t to demand sight Of all these ! II on
{ President had done SO, Mr.. Erskin
. would have taken it as an insult a
. an invasion of his prerogstiyes as
u diplomatic functionary. The execu
tive would have been charged wit
! the odium OF having refused to accep
: the terms offered by Mr.. Erskine
hue and cry would have been raise
against him. The resolution was nc
Z a national chTllenge buff j. had re
4 commended the sending hosae OF MI
. Jackson, and the recall OF MIR. Prnkne,
D che measure would meet his approbs
ten. II only went to pledge the cor
( sress to the assertion Of the country
Z fights. lie was not resolution mar
lie shoOld lie in favor Of war, whe
+ our Independence was attacked. NJ
= Jackson was sent here wilh the TIRE
conditions, which we had befol
( lspurnsd the idea Of sccediaz 10. N,
satisfied with trampling our rag und,
foot, 6. Britain would ask us to pi,
! / Up every thing: we must next ser