Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1811-09-09

plant and measures of vindication and in
demnity, is told that those measures of vim
dication and indemnity are to be refuhated,
it must be designed by the aggressor to avoid
the justice originally applied for, and to COW
err this evasion of justice with new wrongs,
pretending to be remedies for injuries done
BY the person aggressed on.
II The Little Bell comes within the twenty
leagues, solemnly stipulated at least between
AmericA and Great Britain by the treaty of
1888, To be the limits of the United States.
She herecruizes az her zvui, as if there were
no such treaty, and fires upon our ship of
war, before she was fred upon by our COM
mander. For this measure Of mere defence
and correct resistance of violence, the voca-
bulary of censIre and abuse is exhausted a
gainst Commodore Rodgers, our government
and our country. Satisfaction is talked of as
il the use of defensive arms, in our own wa
tiers, were aggression.
Things seem to be going rapidly, indeed,
to a solemn pass. There appears very little
hope of avoiding rupture, unless the Re-
gent of Great Britain will at length take its
important government with firm hand, a
magnanimous spirit and virtuous soul, UNI
der his own direction. We are told often
that the navy governs Great Britain. What
Is this to avowf 1t is to declare, that the
Prince. Regent of the British Empire is Vice
roy. but that the officers of his own navy are
' Piceroys over him :" This may do for
IfincHlo in a Temhesf, but not for great
head of The British nation, nor for the Presi-
dent and Congress of the United States
We may add, further, that if the navy of
Britain governs England, it governs its three
estates in Parliament and robs the body po-
litc of Britain of all its rights, as it attempts
to rob us OF our rights, our property, cur
commerce and our tiersonal liberty.
If the doctrine of realization be once made
the future ground between the United States
of America and Great Britain, it will lead us
on the consideration ofmany great measures.
The ,expences of the last war TO maintain
the right to bind this country in all cases
whatever by a foreign borough Parliament,
which pretension was formally abandoned in
the Case of Ireland, will be the first pecunia-
ry item. The second will be the damages
sustained from the illegitimate proclamation
OF November 18th, 1892, to this time. To
these are TO be added the expences of Indian
wars notoriously excited by G.. Britains and
the depredations brought on us by her known
excitement and by her misleading the adver-
sary belligerents. The whole will require
to be crowned by the expences and damages
oil the newwar of 1911 OF 10, if one shall take
place.
For all these, there can be no indemnity
6ut one; and that is the passage of law
providing an excluding duty upon ali their
staple manufacturers, as the Fl st act of orr
war legislation, and to continue in force for
fD1u years.
Further retaliations and indemnities for
the seizure of the hcrsons of our citizens and
other persons on board our vessels; and for
several things requiring special and appro-
PIRATE consideration, will re main for attenti-
on: And it Cannot be forgotten, that the
detention of many thousands Of British sub
jects would be the consequence of mere
retaliation of that British belligerent con-
sc7ihhon of our neutral citizens, during the
last twenty years, which has been called
:" Imfrsesmenf.''
PEYTON RANDOLPH.
- See mr.. Pickering's steech to the Sir
Nations of Indians in 1871 10 1898