Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1812-04-06

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February 81.
1t is again reported that all hopes of peace |
between Russia and Turkey had vanish
ed.
line report of peace being concluded be-
tween England and Sweden, is without foun-
daiion.
February %.
Yesterday, at three o'clock, Lord Visccunt
Castlereagh was introduced to the Prince
Regent, at Carlton house, and received, at
the hands OF his Royal Highness, the Seals
OF Chief Secretary of State tor Foreign Al
tairs. a morning paper states, that his
hordship, previously to his accepting this
high oihce, came to an explicit understands
'nS with Mr.. Percival, OH the question con-
corning the Catholics of Ireland as far as
respected his own liberal sentiments on that
important subject. No other official appoint
ment took place.
February 90
We are inclined to regard the intelligence
winch has reached us from Sweden, as the
| most prominent article of foreign news that
nas franspired since our last. Whether
bernadorte. the Prince Royal, has been sti-
mulated by Benaparte to cndcavor to bring
TINS Country to an accommodation, we shall
not pretend to say. But certain it is, that
| communication on the subject of peace has
been received by ministers from the court of
! Stockholm {; and, if we believe the Ministc-
| rial Journals, they have returned for answer.
that these wishes will meet with no OBJ
| stacles on our part" We cannot suppose
that TINS communication is merely confined
to the conclusion of treaty between this
country and Sweden because such trans
| action would be the signal to Napolean to
aismemOer that kingdom, or elevate to its
throne a sovereign more subservicnt to his
views than this favorite General. II is, in
deed, said, that the proposal received by
| our government relates to a truce between
TINS Country and France, preparatory to ne
Soclations tor general peace, and that
| similar application has been made to Boz
1 naparte. We have no doubt that the latter
VIII readily accede to the proposition. AS
to the present ministers, we entertain a very
| different opinion. Still, however, we shall
be happy to find ourselves mistaken and
probably 1t may turn out, that MIR. Percival
and his associates have pledged themselves
TO adopt what, at one period, were the well
known sentiments of the Prince Regent up
on this subject; or probably the Indication
'''~H h'HhStSio SGSul 10 nave SHOWN to-
wards pacific overture, may be a mere
maneuvre to hull his Royal Highness into Sc
curity, SO as they may more eifectually ac-
complish their Interior views. Whatever
may be in this, we earnestly pray that the
blessings OF peace may be restored to this
country. Peace will establish cur COM
merce; revive our manufactures; give to
thousands the means of subsistence and
put AN end to that murderous strife, and all
those other caiamities consequent on a state
OF warfare. But while we are anticipating,
with s.fondness of which we cannot divcst
| ourselves, the approach of termination Of
hostilitics with France, it is with regret We
md, by the arrival of every vessel from A.
| inerlca, that the government of that country
are adopting measures of most hostile ma
ture towards us. Not only has the bill been
passed by both Houses of Congress to embo-
dy $4,000 additional troops, but a proposal
has been made to levy new taxes for the ex-
press purpose of giving effectto these war
ike preparations; and the bill which we
noticed IN our last as a measure calculat-
ell to give some relief to our manufactures.
mas, we ind, made no progress whatever
IN the House of Representatives. Another
letter has also been written by Mr. Foster
to Mr. Monroe, respecting the Orders in
Council, which the latter regards as unfavor-
able to an accommodation and has even
gone so far as to submit to Congress the let
ter OF our minister as an additional proof
of the " warlike" disposition of this country
towards the United States Neither are
these sentiments confined t. the American
administration alone. The people of the
United States seem to have imbibed the hos
tile spirit OF their government and, re-
CARELESS otconscquenceS, which they cannot
fail to appreciate, they have resolved to de-
vote their lives and property to the defence
of the state. In an address presented bv the
Volunteers of Virginia to the President of
the United States, the following energetic
language is made use of:
"ST-The crisis has come when the honor
and rights of the nation must be enforced
and protected by the energies of the people.
we love peace, but there is point in hu-
man forbearance beyond which we cannot
pass-and If war must come, we shall look
upon 1t with that hrmness, and those senti-
ments which become men who are free and
resolved TO continue so-sunk in the deeD re-
cesSeS OF our mountains, the convulsiye
Stru SSlCs O. ccntendiug nations Cannot reach
us--our wives and families are safe behind
hem-another enemy dare rot brave their
lofty summitts--but we are the sons of n
common family, and if but a hair is touched
IN the remotest corner of the world, we feel
the wrong, and will avenge it our swords
leap, flaming, from the scabbards, and can
not be returned unappcased. We have Dut
on the armour" of our nation, and de-
mand to be marched in her service-the
heights ct Bunker's Hill, or the Plains of
saratoga, shall be points of equal glory to
us: we will fight ON the shores Of the At
lantc, or ia the wilderness Of Canada. -
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