Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1811-02-12

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by victory bur hey ought. by pee-
dy peace, % revert new aegrsnd re
n,en,s which tie continuance Of he
war would render inevitable. That
minister did not hide from himself
an Of the advantages whirh i C
had rsaped from the false politics OF
England nut ne had before his eyes
those winch she mig0t still reap. He
believed that England woold gair
much, If none of the powers of the
Icon,irent should lose more. His sys.
tear OF pc it,cs Yves 20 disarm France,
to cause the confederation of tn north
OF Germany to be ack owleged in OPP
POSITION TO the confederation of the
Rhine. He felt that Prussia could be
saved oaly BY peace, and that upon the
fate OF that power depended the sys.
tenn of Saxony, of Hesse, OF Hanover,
and the fate oFthc mouths of the L ms,
The Jade, the Weser. the Elbe, the
Oder and the Vls,ula, so necessa- Y
to the English commerce. A man OF
a superior mind COX aid not content
! himself with uselsssly regr s,ing the
rupsure of the tre ATTY of Amiyns, aud
the losaes theNcefofth irrepsra lie he
wished TO prevent still greater ones,
and he sens lord Lauderdale to Pa.
is.
The negotiations began, and eve.
ry thing presaged happy issue to
them when Fox died.
They thin only larguished. Ths
ministry were ne Their sufficiently EN-
| iiehtened or sufficiently cool blooded
TO feel tn necessity OF peace. Prus-
STA insii saled by hat spirit with which
! England Inspired all Europe, .pu, her
troops in motion. The perial
guard had orders to set on lord Lau-
derdale appeared afraid of the conse-
! qnences of the new events which
were preparing. He proposed to sign
the treaty, to include ia it Prussia,
and TO acknowledge the. consideration
of the north of Germany. Your ma
icsty, from that spirit of moderation
OF which you have given such frs quert
examples to Europe, consented to it.
Ths departure of tn imperial guard
. was delayed several days but lord
Laudsrdale hesitated he was of OPT
mon thar he ought to send courier
70 his court, and that coorisr brought
him back the order which recalled
him. a few davs afterwards, Prussia
no longer existed as preponderating
Pewet.
Posterity will mark that period as
one of the most decisive in the histo-
~ of England and in that of France.
Tht trea'y Of Tilsit terminated the
F4th coaliyion.
Two great sovereigns, lately enc
mics, united to offer peace to Eng
land but that power, which noewith-
standing all her presentiments, could
not prevail upoa herself to subscribe
to conditions, which left France in a
more advanta geous position than that
10 which she was after the treaty of
AmieBs would not open negotiations,
The Inevitable result of which would
insure 70 France, more advantage.
Gus POSITION. We have TT fused, they
said in England treaty maintained in
independ nee Of France, the north of
Germany, Prussia, Saxony, Hesse,
Hanover, and which guaranteed all
the openings Tor our commerce how
can we now CONSENT to sign with the
emperor of the French, when he has
Just extended the confederation of
che Rhine as far as the North of Ger.
many, and founded on the banks of
the Elbe French throne, peace
which fror the nature of things, what
ever might be the stipulstions contain
ed 10 il, would leave under his irRu-
enee Hanover and all the markets of
the north, those principal arteries of
our commerce.
Men who calmly consider the sitaa-
ton % England, answered Two
coalitions, each ofwhich ought to hive
lasted ten years, hsve been vanquished
III a few months the new advanta-
ges acquired .by Fiaace are The Gomez
quence Of those events, and England
can no longer oppose them; doubtless
we ought not 10 have violated the
treaty of Amiens. We ought since
TO have adhered 10 The poiiics Of Fox.
Let US at least profit now from the
lesgone of experience, and avoid
third fault. Instead If looking back,
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