Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1813-06-03

= sense OF the subsequent articiea II Is ais
agreed IN like manner, that fhe sGtre !i6syi
: ee EXTENDED 10 perEons Ssh0 are on beard fe
: chip, with this effect, that although they b,
, enemies to both, or either party, they are ns
20 be tdkeB our Of thar free ship, unless they
are soldiers, and in actual service of the enc.
I"mies."
This treaty of Utrecht is OF the more autho.
rity, and deserves greater credit, from the
causes OF the war which it concluded. The
chlei objects of that war were, the securing the
Dutch, then hOurishing CONNIE rcal people,
by barrier, against the encroachments OF
France, and the preventing the union Of the
crowns OF Spain and France on the head Of any
one individual of The family of Bourbon All
the great powers or Europe were parties to the
war and the peace. The cutlery was az loud at
that day, against Louis XiVth on the score OF
HnIreT'sl domination as It IS now against Bona
parte: And, indeed, there were several cir.
cumstancos OF that period similar to those OF
the pr, sent time. The duke of VI. rl5orough
had been, preceding the peace, playing game
IN the lower countries which lord Wellington
IS nov mimiOking in Spain and Portugal; and
Tile reigning cabals of St James are ut present |
quite as prohigate the wings and tories
wee u1der queen Anne. treaty delibera ely |
framed under such circumstances so analogous |
10 he poliucs OF the year 1918, and whIcl |
treaty was sanctioned by almost all the Euro. |
pean states, rs unquestionaby entitled To re
specttui attention. Great Britain now saects |
To Contend Tor the Independence of Spain and
tnr barriers against The ambition oi Napoleon
hut IN u'ese she far ex eds what queen Anne
insisted on. tor that princess did not requr.
that no Bourbon 9ould reign in Spain. only
that the crowns OF Prance and Spain should not
be placed on the head Of any one of that house;
whereas Great Britzirs now demands that no
Bon parle shall reign m SPIN. And on the
s'de Of German, her policy is, it would seem,
s"t To secure the independence of the states
bordering on France; but to bring back the
European sovereigns 10 their former state and
bearing, which was condition of things most
favorable to "a monopoly of commerce in her
own hands. She calls it the balance Of po1rerj
nut one OF her proposals to France very dis
tinciiy shews what kind OF balance the Bri-
tish want. Napoleon says they require him to
reduce his navy 10 eighty ships oil the line,
which would leave Great Britain the uRdisput
&C dominion of the sea, without either check
or balance. If the British were sincerely
disposed to establish true balance among
n~uonS, they would ducetheir own navy, AM
| insist on the French eniPeros's reducing his
armies. But fair equlihsit7na is not what
Great Britain wants. She is willing to balance
| all other nations, if they viii permit her to
hold the scales and dispense justice according
| to her own notions.
We cannot close this paper, ,ri,hout calling
the particular attention OF the reader to- the
concluding part OF that article which we have
| quoted from the treaty Of Utrecht. 1t guaran.
tees that even the persOHs Of faeniies not soldi-
| ers in actual service, IhaH nof be taken Out Of
neHfTa! vesseki The spirit, and even the letter
ct Ibis provision, has been preserved in many
subsequent treaties and whilst it marks the
scruPulous delicacy observed even towards the
| person Oi an enemyfaot in aSns, forms an i'm.
posing precedent in iav;ir of tle poor unofIend-
ing nsuirl sailor, to whssn no regard or deli.
oacy Whatever is shevn lf TIC person Of an
I ene'ny is protected by the Gag, Why should not
that dag protect the persen of AMEND,