Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1812-11-02
DOMESTIC.
From the on ~ Military Monitor.
THF OBJECT.


What motive had England in forcing war
on the United States, is question i'm the
| mouth of every, even the most Indifferent
| politician and what motive could She have?
say we, ranking ourselves with the unknow-
ing ones. Much as " condemn British po-
| Icy iii many respects, we could hitherto dis
Germ in the projects of England seine object,
the attainment of which would be 70 them
worth rislSing the possible evil that might
result from failure.
| in all the tyrannies and injustice, duplici.
| ty and treachcry practised towards ireland,
we saw an objcct--lreiand was 80 be made
| subserrient 70 Engiand---thc Ir.sr.s ulust not
be manufacturers, lest il might lessen the
profits of the British inanufacturer-the
rish must not have trade, iest'it might iniure
| the British monopost--tlc Irish must not
have arms, lest thev would Use tnem for the
benefit of Ireland--thc Irish must not be C.
ducated, lest they might read the rights OF
Mantle Irish must not have a resident
parliament, lest their representatives should
be too restire or uncomplying with the ,,illsf
| q British minister. All those advantages
| could not be acquired bv -hc British thout
tyranny and INJUSTICE to Ireland. WITHOUT !.
ranny, Ireland, tue 'DSs. prop of Bingham
would assert her observation-disclosures
Ireland, England could not rule the seas
nere then was an object. <
When England induced the Emperor Of
Germany to wage war against Louisslle 10Th
and the French people soon after the French
revolution, when England sn5sequentto The
death 81 Louis took a direct part III the wai.
against the French people, when She pour
cd out her Treasures TO subsidize grea. rer-
| tion OF that incDnglpuus ASSOCIATION of kings
princes and potentiteS which were allied fur
ok,
vas Al objec,-France was To be partition
ed, and TIE Duke ofYork, second son of The
Brtiah king, was to be crowned ut Pans -
ms project, the execution OF which proved
'ajpractcabie. did then appear to many
I'good politicians as very feaSi,r1ie.
When England Carried her Grms into Il
gyPt, there was al object--Esvpt was the
h'eh road To the British possessions IN In
d'.i, deDr! ea Mt which Britain might possibly
cetse to exist a natiou-here then was an
o.2ject, an o5iecf worth riskiug every thing
for
When England bdmbardcd Copenhagen,
there was an object France, itcou be then
sren, was coiug to command the European
continent, and England could not suppol t
her independence without the mastery OF the
seas he possession or destruction OF the
DANISH fleet seemed necessary 10 this end,
and Was OF course the object Of this pro-
j ct.
NVhenEngand carried her arms into Spain
and Portugal, there was al important oh.
Ject +; the Peninsula had lonss sea coast ant!
a fleet; both ufthese inpossession of France,
and the maritime preponderance of England
wonld be endangered.
The late war in Germany, by which the
Emperor of austria became political cy-
pher, and the present Russian war, by which
another Emperor will pr badly be annihlla-
ted, had ther objects. They both drew "a
way the attention and resources of France
from Spain and Portugal and, although
neither Germany nor Prussia codld procure
| advantages from these wars, yet England,
the promoter ofboth, had an object, and one
which was the most likely TO rescue the
Peninsula from the Bonaparte- dynasty
Were we to follow England through all
her wars and projects, previous 70 that in
winch she iSnow engaged against America,
we could discover always objects-objects
the attainment OF which was either probable
or apparently possible.
But when we come TO the present war a
gainst the United States, we become hewitt
dered in thought, wrapped up in amaze
ment without a practicable object, without
a possible advantage, without provccaion on
the part Ofthc United States, with every thing
to lose and nothing 70 gam, Eng land has wa
ged war against the United States---against
government whose policy and interest was
pacific. England was the first to trsnsgres:
England was the first to wage war, foi
such must be the true construction Of En-
glIsh conduct previous to that moment wher
America, hacing exhausted endurance ant
negotiation, had no resource against thc
multiplied and multiplying infractions of hei
sovereignty, che piundoring other properly
and the enslaving of her citizens except al
ahbeaI 10 arms.
We shall in future number, perhaps on
next, offer some observations ON the unwisc
theeXtremely imprudent conduct OF Englant
towards the Ua.ted States OF America.
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