Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1812-04-09

msuuaineo against 50 formidable 4 force wo1ld
be Just and clear beyond all dispute.
Mr.. Barring said, that Notwithstanding the
moderation, expressed by tho tone and manner
OF the right hon gentleman Che chancellor of
the exchequer) still he felt perfectly confident,
from the state of the discussions between the
two countries, and from the prevailing feeling
IN this country, that it was hardly possible that
war could be avoided. If it were carried on
IN the spirit and tone expressed BY an honora-
BILE and learned gentleman TMr. Stephens he
augured most serious mIschiefs from it.-As to
tie feeling ot this country, it was ut least rs
strong against America in the time of the last
American war He PRAYED to God that the
termination OF the war which he now anticipa-
ted might not be as fatal as that of the last war
Ii VIC were not then able to conquer the m,
what could we do now against them, When their
population and resources had, at least, trcbled
since that period !-Whenever the orders in
council had been the subject of discussion in
that house, their authors had always ADM, ted
that America had just grounds of complaint a.
sainst these orders, and that neutrais mus
greatly suffer from their effects. Bat then it
was commended that their operation vas direct
cd against France--and pledges were given that
whenever the enemy should repeal his DEGREES,
| TINS country would proceed pari passu IN re-
sending the orders i'm council The quest ion
therefore, was, whether ministers had fulfilled
these enSagements-and, whether France had
made such repeal of her DEGREES as should
call on us to proceed with similar st.ps in as far
| as respected America
The honorable member then proceeded to
contend, that the system introduced by the
orders in council was in itself an evil. oven
leaving out OF view the imminent danger of
their involving us in the calamitous contest
WIN America. Nothing could more surprise
| nm than to hear the honorable and learned
gentleman opposite Mr.. Stephens1 talk so
loudly OF our commerce being Frustrated be-
fore these orders were adopted-and asserting
mat they had produced great commercial pros
perity. He could hardly believe it possible.
that any man should be so utterly ignorant of
the state OF our trade--so utterly unacouaint
ted with all that was going on around him. rs
| to BRING forward such an assertion CHear
near The number of bankruptcies every day
rakin5 P!ace-the crowds of starving manu-
| lecturers in our townsville circumstance of
Whoie regiments being necessary to keep the
peace IN ono four large manufacturing. dis
| tricts--and the petitions sent up from the
Potteries, from Sheffield and Liverpool. all
proved the calamitous effects of the ortlers in
council on the commerce of the country. II
was natural, however, for the learned gentle
man 70 be ensmorcd ola system, to which his
own writings had so greatly contributed. The
| orders IN council, besides their other pernici-
| ons effects, had lost us, 1T could not be denied
Que important branch of trade: that with A.
merica itself.
The hon. member then proceeded to observe.
on the order in council of thr 9TH Jan 1906.
which went to prohibit the Americans from
carrying on the coasting trade of the enemy.
lhis measure he thought perfectly UNSUITABLE
he would not give up the cossting trade
ana any discussion which might have arisen
| with the American government on that subject,
| could never have produced any hostile feelings.
me non. and learned gentleman opposite had
talked IN very imposing language of the i'm
Portance OF preserving our maritime rights
ne did not see they were connected with the
orders IN council. In the correspondence be-
! tween Mr.. Foster and the American govern
ment, the former had expressly admitted that
! the blockade Of 1906, would not be again enfor.
ced, unless it was thought proper to maintain it
with sufficient natal force. The American
secretary seemed to receive this intimation
with great satisfaction: so that it really an
PeaTed that the sole ground Of difference be-
tween the two governments lay in the orders in
council. He trusted therefore that when the
hon. gentleman again used that high and inffam-
matory language as to the maintenance OF our
maritime rights, he would explain himself
little more particularly, and show where they
were threatened or endangered
For the motion % Against, 1856.