Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1812-06-18

closing copies of three letters which have
PASSED between the Secretary nf State and
the British minister, on the subject cf,he or
ders IN council, since the date Of the letters
last published on that subec. The first is
from Mr. Foster To MIR. Monroe, under date
OF June 10; the second from Mr. Monroe to
MIR. Foster OF June IS; and the third from
Mr.. Foster to Mr.. Monroe Of Jnne IA. They
present no change in the actual posture of
our affairs with Great Britain; and afford a
most hopeless prospect of any thing To be ex-
pected from that quarter. In our next pa
per these documents shall speak for them
| selyes.-I6.
On Thursday last, a message from the
President was received bv Congress, enclos-
ing copies oi a correspondence which has
taken place between Mr.. Monroe and Mr.
Foster On the subject If the alleged agency
OF the British government in fomentiny Indi.
an hostility to as; which correspondence we
snail take the earliest opportunity of LAYING
before our rcaders.-I6.
| " BritiSh armed Uesseis oT orr Coost.
The Sioop Genera Washington. ON her
passage from New York to the Canes of
Virginia, was twice fired at by British, Brig
OF war; which sloop hove too and was board
ed by said Brig; the Capt. asked what he
| had on board; he answered nothing but bal
| last; he was then ordered to take of his
| matches and they examined the hole of said
Sloop; also demanded the papers of said
oioop, and the Captain Ct said Brig said his
orders were to stop all vessels that he met
with and examine them. After was set at
liberty BY the Brig, / saw the same Brig
beard another sloop little a.stern.
he above circumstance took place on
Thursday, the 18th OF June, 1912.
THOMAS SMITH,
City u Richmond.
~" Capt. s. says, that there is another
British armed Brig in company who was
Standing in the shore, as fin pursuit of some
/ smaller vessels nearer IN shore.
We hear many reflections on the calami-
ties OF war; so that we might be led to be
( .icNe that there was religious dread of il
or moral aversion from it. But the spir;t
Of parties is no proof of the pacific spirit of
cur citizens, or of the convictions of consci-
ence which render war accountable. When
! the Language of war with France was heard.
we had few remarks from the friends of the
English party upon the nature and evils of
| wal. nc abstract question WAS lost, and
the practical evils disappeared. The cues
tlon, then, now is, not how TO preve public
evils, but how to indulge national Lreiudic
cs; and i'll listening to the petition resDect-
ing war. the Congress will consider not the
! question Of war, but the attention due To 3,
parry who wish war, ii they could have it,
not to save their country, but to CRAFTY their
own preJndices. We discover nothing in
the United States which resembles a hone.
by "A pacific policy, to leave one civil or com
merciai blessing to cur cou,Itry If our COM
merCe falls ffs.. DER ais will be as otlious
| to cur political enemies as our commerce
I can be. We must be riN ais in nothing. Our
bare existence as "a people, commanding i'm
Inense resources, will make US the envy of
great states, and the object Of foreign iea,ou.
! sy. We must, then, be- prepared TO defend
all or lose ali, and %e ought to choose deli
berately the fit hour to demand what We
nave right to claim, and to maintain what
we demand, without me fear IN our duty 10
our country.--ESsec Register
| The reports of war are reprented as from
sangunary men of desperate habits. But if
the war cannot be indicated for itself, or
| from the provocations we have received. i.
may deliver the states from the dominion of
foreign influence which threatens more e.
VII than all o:her Causes which can combine
o5uiIaob Jul ntCTGSlS. ~.
We do not 7vant Canada" say, some
Granted.--A man might not want a cud
gel that was uplifted to strike him, but would
he not endeavor TO 7urest IL from his adUer-
| sary 2-Liston the British Minister, once
declared IN an official dispatch, that Great
Britain held Canada as rod over the u
nhed StateS.' III.
1t appears that the United State. are am
ply supplied with all sorts of clothing, ac-
coutrements and appurtenances for the ne
army. They have an abundance even of
BLankcfS.--It is stated that the returns at
ihe 7oar- flee give the astonishing aggre-
gate OF Sc entcen thousand men already rais
ed tor the new army-besides, the ranks of
the old army (1O,0OO menu are nearly or
quite filled mp. From the little exertion
made in this city, sc hardly knew that an
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