Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1811-08-22
From the .Auroya:
u n A NfMITY

The period is rapidly approaching, when
| 1t would seem that there is to be perfect har-
mony and unanimity amongst all ranks, and
| classes OF the American people. The fcde-
raiists depreciate with Great Britain, aud so
| do the Republicans. Antecedcnt 10 tile eiec-
| ton or Mr.. Jefferson to the presidency--;lll
the old women and children in the nation
were frightened half to death with the pre-
dctions OF the fedcralists, and that the mo-
mept the republicans came into power, they
would so 20 war with England, and that G.
| very church in the country would be levelled
with the earth Many nervous folks were
laimidated from going TO church, lett the
J building should tumble about their ears, and
they lie buried in the ruins. Experience,
however, hath cvinced that those terrific re-
| publicans are quite different sort of people
from what they were taken for. They are
| as fond of churches as their federal brethren,
and have no stomach for fighting unless they
| are forced to it. We challenge precedent
IN history TO be produced of any nation under
heaven enduring without resistance half such
injuries and insults as have been inflicted on
the United States by Great Britain since the
republicans came into power, and even at
this period when our produce is rotting upon
our hands because Great Britain viU7iot fer
MI as TO carry IL 10 the continent Of Eurohe-
! our government is not disposed to go to war
with England. The United States simply
Exercise right which cannot be,uucstioned,
that OF refusing to receive from Great Bri-
tam her produce and manufactures until She
thinks INT to permit us to have that commerce
with every part of the world to which we are
naturally entitled &C. an independent nation
and we presume little experience of our
own capacity for manufacturing will induce
our government to make the admission of
american manufactures into England sine
qua non to future importation of British ma
nutacturcs into this country. Nothing can be
more important to our planters and farmers
than to secure a certain demand for their rice,
cotton, wheat, corn, &c. This can be effect
ed only by encouraging domestic manufac-
lures, which will give occupation to portion
OF the community, who will consume the pro-
duce of the farmer and planter on the shot
thus securing their interests against the ty-
ranny and caprice of foreign nations. True
1t IS, that ut present we are great gamers by
our trade with Spain and Portugal !; but sup
posing the British troops were driven cut of
those countries Gan event more than proba-
ble) is 1t to be presumed that Great Britain
would permit us to carry provisions to Por-
tugal or Spain. Certainly she would not.
She would do exactly what she did in 1907,
that is blockade every port in Spain and Por-
tugal, and consign her dear friends the Spa
nisa and. Portuguese patriots to starvation,
and America would be left without any com
mcrce, except commerce with Great Britain,
which has been so wonderfully profitable that
no less than 1400 persons in the city of New
York have within the last three months ta-
ken the benefit OF an insolvency law which
was passed by the legislature of that state IN
the session. 1t is truly delightful to look
forward TO the unaninity which is likely We
ny soon to exist between all parties in this
country, the tories always excepted.
Our government has at last hit upon mea-
sure that must be exceedingly agreeable to
the .fede7ahstS, because it is quite pacific and
zcW certainly fs,eUent rs from making .oar
nflon England. We allude to the non-im-
portation act. The REPUBLICANS are perfect
ly satisfied with it, and it is worth great
deal--England cannot, nor does not complain
OF 1t, and it is so satisfactory to France that
she has IN consequence effectually abrogated
her offensive dccress against our commerce,
and liberated our ships under sequestration,
which is one step towards doing the United
States complete justice, by the restoration Of
the American property seized, 6ut nor yer
condemned, under the Berlin and Milan de-
crees, tor which Barlow, our minister at Pa
RS, IS instructed to negotiate; upon the whole
the state Of the nation is TAR from being gloo-
my. We have TO turn our eyes from foreign
to domestic commerce and the prospectbriglr-
tens. The wickedness and folly Of foreign
nations supply the want of wisdom in cur
selves; land efiecuLaHons have subjected the
country to policy of impost, and subjected
the nation to foreign commerce foreign COM
merce now corrects the corrupt policy of
land speculation by forcing the nation to its
natural resources, human industry within, in
stead Of waste of hands abroad to favor land
monopolies at home