Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1811-09-05
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mouths of the Ems, of the Weser, and of the
Elbe place in our Possession all the timber
which Germany furnishes. The frontiers
OF the Empire lean on the Baltic, and thug
having direct communication with the
North it viii be easy for US to draw from IL
the spars, the hemp, the copper, and other
naval stores which we may have occasion for
We now command all the materials neces.
sary in the construction OF ships, produced
by France, Germany and Italy.
The Simplon having become French Sc
cures to uS = new communication with tia
ly.
The rc-lrion Of Rome, has caused to dis
appear the inconvenient Intermediary space
which existed between our armies Of the
north OF Italy, and those of the south, and
has given US on the Mediterranean new and
useful coasts, necessary to Tculon, as those
Of the Adriatic are to Venice. The re-uni-
On Carries also with it the double advantage,
that the Popes are no longer sovereigns and
strangers to France. We have only to ex-
anime history to discover the evils which the
confusion Of the temporal and spiritual pow
er have occasioned to religion. The Popes
have necessarily sacrificed holy things to
those of a temporal nature.
1t was not the divorce Of Henry the Eighth
that separated England from the church cf
Rome; 1t was the tribute to ST. Peter IF it
is advantageous TO the state, and TO religion,
that the Pope should no longer be sovereign,
1t is equally advantageous to the Empire
that the Bishop OF Rome, the chief Of our
church should not be a stranger to us, and
that he should unite to the love of Religion.
that of the country, which characterizes ele-
waited minds. This is besides the only way
TO render compatible the Just influence which
the Pope is To have over spiritual matters,
with the principles of the Empire, which do
not permit that any foreign bishop may OF
should exercise any influence in it.
Here follows the paragraphs on religion,
Judiciary, administration, public instruction,
arts and sciences, public works, fortifcati-
ons, harbors, canals, roads, and works Of
Paris, comprizing six columns of the French
journal.l
MARINE.
We have lost Gaudaloupe and the Isle Of
France. The wish to assist those colonies
was not SO great as to cause us to risk our
fleets in their relative inferior state. Since
the reunion of Holland, that country has fur
nished us with ten thousand sailors and thir-
1 teen ships CT the line. We have considera-
BILE fleets in the Scheldt, and at Toulon. DE-
visions of ships of the line, more or less strong
lie in our different ports, and fifteen ships in
the docks of Antwerp.-Every thing is ar
ranged so as to add each year great num-
Der of vessels of war to our fleet of the
Scheldt Two ships of the line are building
at Cherberg, and the supplies of timber and
materials OF every sort are so plentiful in
! that port, that we may have FIVE more on the
| stocks before the close OF the rear 1911, L.
Orient, Rochefort, Toulon, have all their
docks ccupied.-Numerous vessels are bull
ding at Venice. According to treaty, Ma
plies was this year to have six ships of the
line and six frigates. That kingdom has not
fulfilled this engagement.-The government
of that country will be convinced of the ne
| cesSity of repairing that failure. Our re-
sources, our interior navigation are sufficient
to raise the material part of our navy, in a
| few years, to the same degree of elevation.
| as that of our enemies. Our experiments ON
the maratime conscription have succee-
| ded; the young men of Is, 10 and 20
years of age, put on board of our ships, show
the best disposition and are rapidly progress
sing. The frequent excursions of our fleets.
the coasting navigation, the evolutions of our
| sluadrons and fiotillaS in the Zuyder Zee, the
! Scheldt, and our roads, have so far improved
our young conscripts, as to excite the highest
hopes.
| WAR.
| In one year, the greatest part of the stron-
| gest places in Spain have been taken, after
| sleges which do honor TO the genius and ar
| tilery of the French armies. More than two
hundred standards, eighty thousand prison.
ers, and an hundred pieces of cannon, have
been taken from the Spaniards in several
pitched battles. This war was drawing to a
close, when England, departing from her ac-
customed policy, took the lead in the field.
1t is easy to foresee the result of this struggle
and to comprehendall its consequences on the
| destinics ofth world.
The population of England, insufficient for
| the occupation of the two Indies, America.
and many establishments in the Mediterra-
mean insufficient for the defence of ireland
and her own coasts for her garrisons and
immense fleets and for the loss Of men in an
obstinate war sustained against France in the
| peninsula of Spain, leave many chances in
| our favor; and England is placed between
the ruin of her population if she persist in
maintaining this war; or shame if She aban-
| don it after having taken so conspicuous a
part.
France has eight hundred thousand men
under arms; and when new forces, new ar
mics, march towards Spain to fight these our
internal enemies, four hundred thousand in
fantry and fifty thousand cavalry will remain
| m our interior, on our Coast, and on our from
| tiers, ready to march 20 the defence of our
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