Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1813-02-04

'he principles of the Duke OF rass,uo's letter.
N'I even insisting thatthc American flag should
MAKE tree goods. Now, he would ask tine no
bic lori, was ne prepared to give un what we
considered our mara'ime rirhts--the rich, of
'orkading our enemy's ports, and the ri,,h, or
.eS"'S BRUSH seamcn out of American vessel,
Il ne was not prepared to make these c.nc,s-
s'ons which the American government insisted
on, how was that governments 20 have bec,
concii'a'ed Mr.. Stephen c0nc,utlsd by de.
'end'hS, at some length, the Principles unon
whieh he had always supported the orders in
council. ~
Lord Castlereagh said he should forthe pr,.-
se'st 'ofoear from all discussion, and he rose 10
defend ministers from the s,ippos;,ion ,ha, ,,S,,
NAG, AZ any time ven opinion, that Amcri.
ca hau right to a particular revocation of ,h,.
orders IN council with respect to her on account
OF uat trench document which pretended IN Z
DC revocation OF the Berlin and Milan DEGREES
vain respect to America.
Mr.. Canning was not at all desirous IN n,o-
long the debate, but felt it his duty to SET lin
sell right against some msconstruc,;ons of the
SENTIMENTS he mad delivered on the preceding
80. ms Objection to the manner OF carry
"H on hostillties against America was not in
reaiity TO the peculiarly of forms, but tn the
Nait Vi considerable portion of our naval and
Wiiitary strength the coast of Am.r;c,
"h,ch might be enabled to effect real services
ana herneticaliy seal her ports. Instead ofd;s,
Patch'he force of that description. Sir John
squadron had been actually made up
vice performed by the ships under his command.
was 'hc conveying OF flag of truce to the exc
Gu I've government of America When h. had
useu tue phrase, that our commerce was svrnt
from the seas by the Americans. he ev;dep,Iv
eun1d ne only understood meaning, thatN
.en nall.
We" VIC feiative naval means of the two coun-
trees were compared, the Captures made bv Tic
american, were much superior to ours- ne we
had one thousand ships of war. and thew b,5
on'y tch 10 contend with so vast superiority
u" our part. lie would not detain the house in
retuting the fallacous estimate of the nrosnc-
ivy Oh our commerce, from the returns made
o. 'he exports Of the port of London but he
stOu'd persist IN repeating what he had main
tanned last night, TIA when America CHARGED
this couptryGin forps declaration, win the
commission Of acts degrading 10 its character
ana nonor' the English government orght most
decidedly to- have rNucd such eGa1ges. ne
winch i was altagetlisr incapabls;by issuing a
declaration no less fqpe,al and aaylentic NJ
o"r ster a;n.l;n,dSeftng gh the mpoicy of
ting the fictitious decree. Of Apeallon Nbe mart
OF France, and that Americstossessed tie RIGHT
Of separating herself from all nations, carciu-
ded win requesting The noble lord To ;nforn,
MIN, what was the precise state of our relati.
ons with America, and whether we are Mt var
or IN negotiation or whether DIR state wa
mat OF half war or half egotation and which
na'f was likely TO preponderate as he thourrIt
ana ne spoke With perfect sincerity, that n 81,
tuation OF uncertainty was worse than even that
OF certainty of greater evils
Lord CastlesesstAf maintained, at som. I.ro.h
that the orders in dpunciI, grounded as tIey
were IN. tire law of nations. had been in M IN,
stance departed from. in favor of tn. probabln
success OF any fgotistio1ssExith America. Tbe
right hon. FenqemaF had asEAsl him, what e ~
the actual statS pftM> .relstoAv between this
country & Americ pr hestated not TO answer
tee right hon. gntleWan, 1,stthey were pls-
ced IN a state Of VIZ, nsve~p staxed hut when
,nSisient with the hese~t<zSJ of the country,s
interest with respect to the proposition TO
"HiGi ne ALLUDED last night, as being still
pending. he 'uld say no more than he had al
reauy sald " was not determined. and there
'pre II would not be proper to produce any
documents relative to it. The prnnosi,;or Sng3
gone to greater length than ministers b,J
iright 10 expect end when an answer favor.-
Die or unfavorable arrived, he would immed;.
atcly lay it before the house.
Mr. Ehi'bread asked questionable noble
N'e ipro had sad, that If a favorable or unfa
Voranie answer saeeldsbe received from Ame-
house, Howlong die he ffean to wait for that
answer. '' ''''''
lord Lord ,c3,s,,sre.ia ksv1e1. that whenever
namira, warren -fsrsased ,fthat any or no COM
m !. had Be In ma% to him on the sub.
house ne would lay it before tie