Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1812-11-26
VIRGINIA ARGUS.
PRESIDEW7Ds MESS,yGE-NoA
II I CHM o ND:
THURSDAY. NOVEMBER &c. 1879.

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Public attention has been chiefly attract.
Ell to mat part the Presidents message of
the 4th instant, which relates to the sc,,,,I
posture of The dispute between the tJn;,eS
States and Great Britain This attractio.
follows the main current of affairs, for our
c.ntroversy with the British government.
hHe Aarons Serpent" swallows up. or inS
ciuoes, almost every other political tonic an
this side of the Atlantic
Our readers are we'll acquainted with the
SUITE rings and humiliatinns which Amer;cs
had endured from the rapacity and the ;r-.
science of Britain before Congress decIareJ
war Every thing had been SURRENDERED
nut our honor, an'; even that was allowed IN
cnrrode little, for the purpose of Dresser.
wing peace When, therefore, we were FIRST
informed that the president, in "the armop
and the attitude" Of war had made 49,,
I'yIoShicns to the british ministry, we took
1t for granted that those proposit;one CIR
braced something more uiian had been 20
CURED before arms were resorted to. Az
any rate, we did not suppose that they would
ADMIT ut Tess What then, was our aston
lshment on reading all the public documentsA
America, injured, insultcd America. pros.
trate at The feet of the British moharrb
stul SUNG tor peace, Offering to .sheatbe liz
sword, and more humble than ever l., her,
demands of redresst In this SITUATION VOC.
behold her spurned by naughty lord viii,
sheer Of ridicule anda look Of confeG,n-
hese post beiligerent proposals fora mi.
clhcation were doubtless eytorted from tbs.
Soou sense oil Mr. Madison by the clamor.
oes passions OF the icderalists in the cas,era
section OF the Union. They had asserted
'na. tne administration riiSM make peace
with England, if the demands of the IT,
ted States were reduced within reoso,,,,Sh,
bounds. This assertion continuallv r,s+a,.,.
tea, 1t is presumable, influenced the pre.;-
dent 10 renew attempts for reconc;lia,;o,,-
al tne very instant our armies were f,,r,,-
ing on the canadian border. Tke pr.e;de,.
himseli must have been previously wcII a.
Sured mat war alone could open the ave.
ne to peace with the British. lie had ~.
perleneed too much Of their ;,sin~a,.;.',.
thelr tyranny, and their double.tleal;n,, -
THINK otherwise. But he wished ~ 80
the asperity ct the opposition, to'convincc
'he''i OF theIr error. to win them bv strl,,or
convection to the standard Of their couu,,,.
ana by uniting all ranks in the con,es, si,or'
yen the duration of the war, and commune
'o'" Tue enen'" an amicable arrauge,nerf
upon y. ,erHls corresponding with the d:gpt,,
. .t,u interest on the country. It is in this iigh,
that we view the last cfT3rfs nj NJ D,,.,hi
at London efforts which. bo,ycves ..,',,
meant we believe % have been imnol;,;c
because aproud infatuated cabinet like tn.,r
OF OF James, would not fail to mistake thein
TOT indications Of national fccbleness oud a.
decision. Lord Castiereagl, cer,ainly coalI
no, regard the propositions IN ouesticr "a
holding out any thing like a kbrsaf thc,.
uid not pre>eut themselves in that sh1n,.,
Mr. Madison demanded no sacrifice # 70.
i!sh rights AS the price of suspension ofbns-
mites He did not even demand ne nrc-
n"'ine'7''he full rights e 4merra. On