Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1812-12-10
VIRGINIA. ARGUS.
BRITISH LICENSES
RI CT MO Nd:
THURSDAY. DECEMBER 10. 1919

'S "'tiilS' OF rather the diiUnp fetle-.
'ai,sts' are always ready to assist their bou
an" -, the fhshsh prime minister, in a trick.
he licenses, granted in Lcndop. tn A.
meticau vessels TO carry tl.r &c. to CT,
and Portugal, began, some time apo. ~ ex-
cite the indignant attention of the peonIe rs
the Ohlted States; and what was worse f,,,
,"ose concerned, the privateers kept a sharn
TOOK out Tor these Anglo Hispano-Portu
Suese traders and now and then picked N.
few OF them AT sea. Our hearty letter rs
mark Boys concluded, by sort of sbort-
cutting logic, that those who sailed urde,.
6rIsish projections, could not be fairly enti-
tea to the Character of citizens of the Union
And they rock Them ia to7y
Popular Indignation would have had lttIe.
h,nuehce In arresting the CONVEYANCE ofsuD..
pics 10 the enemy bur the Eriuateers had
very engaging way with them. and a r,r-
tam Judge in Philadelphia seemed to ;ncl;n,.
20 their con iruction of law and patrio,,sm. +
he comforftrS at tie enemy in the pcninsn-t
Ia TOOK the alarm! 1t is positively asserrt5-
that In Alexandria and ,Philadelphia. !, N,
YORK and Boston, the hair Of the friends o.,
peace stood as erect as May-pole. so t,r..
rioiy were they irighted at the prosnert be-.
fore them -
but sherc was trick in store. The bint,
was given at London; and, al oTa su1f.l.n ~,
news was received at New-York that the
br't'sh would grant no more licenses There
Nv, you growing democrats" said the
driving federalsts," don't Won see hi. ms
JESUS gavernmentd DIX es not want yor, hrsas
stufs-so keep your peace" This was 10
iulLthe vigilance of the privateers
Mark yon, however--the plan was 5rIv
'c"qHsed. instead Of licenses ON paper, whsk
cur i'rlvateers might get hold Of AJiyafe s,e-
M0's' Weihgibie only to British cruis,.,. NJ
me traders to the Peninsula, are Ia bf. $50,
So that 1t an American armed vessel -,
nose ira ,ers 70 licenses are to be f.tnd IS
an EnsiiSh cruiser meets them, nh eoea t5c
sSnaf agreed gGon!
,,a nnt, tate care, gentlemen. Congress
10y nIahe u pcna! Tor yop to carry any o.
ther than single American alp ~ :. -;
c",a, ae:cripoon and hen, if you ares
caught wi'h any other, YOU vii swing fnr
Notwithstanding This signal nan is aeaeI
pom, The 6censeS brou., hit into tb. II Sr.te,
~ tue irst instance are not vet exhoust
" mere are Believed to be at pre- en-, ar
iedSI a shlp-ioid for fiyiUQfe sale in the conn
- III application to the mystapop,l-s of-
= britain rom passamtquoddy to NewOr
leans But the business is now trans,crad
win great privacy and the captains of A.
'nericaf vessels who use The licenses jnsfead
CT tHe 9ignals hide tk-m in place on baard
~''i'tu tilC ellI) = JOD.
ne driving iederalists, fearful that ,his
'r'Ok would 90 soon be penetrated, have Er
HV S''he pee" propagating stories in order
to account for the circumstance ne H. ~.
ISL pelag able &C. do without -four, &c Tr,,.
ItTneT'ea- Al one time we vera told mr.
.he hngiish c, mmiSsary in Spain, had f,rs.-
seen the war, and had bought up snpnles.
II advance upon this Country Sufficient to-
answer an demands: Then, again, the crops
~ Engldnd; nay, even the croDs in Snaip
and IN Portugal, it was asserted, were o.
erabundant, and that as Marmont had bee,
wounded near Sal manca, and lord Well
ington was OH the high road to Madrid the
Spanish gneyiias could secure The harve,,
at their leisure. The American public, how
ever, sa% clear enough that this was an
'fHD nut ina 1t would not exactly answer.
the british IN tie Peninsula for bread 81
Something else mus be Invented 20 r.,xer
The trick of the news from London a,ont nc
'toppage Of licenses. Scout comes the mc,t
redoubtabt Enos Bronson. from Z,charc's
court. on the nortS side of Walnut-str et.
between Front and Second streets, i'm the ciJ
" OF Philadelphia on the 23th ult. and as
'ures us con good aotborty '-Brtusli os
;ourse--that the British connis,art-.-e-
leraI effected Contract, in MAY last. frr,
he delivery, at OdeS8a, in the Bfqck Sra Of
rain equal to the fui. demands for the Bri-
ish armies and the inha bi,ahts of Spain and
'ortugal, at the rate of Twelve shjiGrrs.
terhng the quarter, or about thirty thee
ents per bushel delivery To- Commences
within six months from the date of h, coma
rAct." This is, to be sure, a pretty good
hI0acker tor man who lives in. ZacA1~
Us court" Enos certain - 49,
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