Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1815-03-18

OF SlLBERT tEATHCoTE rose and l
deserved, that it would have been most sa-
istacto.y to have heard from Ministers that |
he negotiations ut Client were going on
tavorab'y. That he could not approve of
that part of the Address which promised
further support in the American war, mas.
much rs the cause of she DISPUTE had ceas
"a since the general haeifcasion on the
Continent. When we Withdrew our Or
ders, in Council.;he American shad rescint,
cd their Retaliative acts so that the right
ct searching American ships for British
seamcn alone remained rs subject of con-
troVersy- When peace was established
throughout Eurcps we could not think Of
exercising thet right so that this last point
OF contention fell TO Mc ground naturally.
The war must. therefore, be carried on TO:
either reUsons, for the sake of .vhas might
hdfaen, and not for any hresent grievance.
tie thought the situation of the country did
not warrant Minister'S in doing this. Were
our finances so ilourishing the property ak
ourtaen so light and easy, that it matter
ed not what might be the amount of the
annual national expendture9 There might
De some pretext for Ministers to keep ON,
some or the late war taxes, after the couu
Try was placed en- a peace establishment,
ProVideu there was an excess of eNpcndi-
ture, to make up any deficiency in balan,
eng the accounts but no pretext wha,e-
yer Tor retaining such imposts for the pros>
ecutlon OF war which appeared unneces.
sary. 1t appeared to him that sue feared
me rising hoscer Of .dmeriea. and 4pished
10 enrfdn if. This was an important fea,
ture In this war, for if persevered in we
must be prepared to con,hieteiu subju>
sate our enemy or we should be in worse
Ssd'e fhdn .oe norv spere. We had tried To
siodue America thirty years ago. and had
lai.ea. "hen she was nothing ike so pow.
eriui as at present. We should recoliect
NO" we 'eit France situated, whilst we
were engaged in this contest she was at
profound peace, recovering from her
wounds, and, ii the war was protrac.ed or
unProsperous. she might jon, .4merica or
ATTACK rs herself A strange policy seem.
ed 10 be pursued, whilst we were wapiny
war IN America to prevent her becoming a
powerful naval state, close at home. in
RANGERS, we were creating one. Let us re.
cai TO mind the history of the reign of
Snar'es the Second, or, in later times, the
pohtics OF the Dutch Cabinet previous to
she engagement off the Dogger Bank in 1871.
ana the march ct the Prussian army under
tne rate Duke of Brunswick into Holland in
iroI. Would any one, having knowledge
OF these transactions, believe that our min
listers would, in all times to come he able 60
TO manage the Dutch Cabinet, as to eradi.
cate all French influence there. as thu.
power we are now creating NAV not. at no
very distant time, become highly danqero,,s
10 the naval supremacy Of this cosntry.
WIN respect To the conduct of the war he
u'd nor wish now to enter into il, he was
against me war altogether. In these con.
tests we must expect the alternate yicjssi
tudes OF fortune. He had ALWAYS under,
$1,000 That Sir George Provost was both q
brave and intelligent nan and, no doubt
n Us, naa good reasons frr what he had done
hat IN a Country like America, after hav
'p6 loss the naval support, On which de.
peneeu 'he provisioning the army, aid con-
,eyance of military stores, with the re o,snn
trance OF Saratoga and York Town. he
must have been bold man indeed ,vb,
sonld have placed himself, by advaoc;oo
'nto the country, in situation, 10 he orr
rounded As to what was said in the nnb
nc prints of the modification feu In tbe
HoofS fvhich had been sent from Shaiu he
cehevet, IT more confidence was placed IL
IheT eXertlons than on those of the rest M
The army. we should be disappointed. In
the outset oil the last American war. II was
ooasteu mere, that battalion of British
,rcops would march across the continent -
ne mower OF our army was sent, aud com>
manded by officers who had served will,
reputation in the German war under Prince
Ferdinand The result is well known
these troops, as brave as any i'm the world.
were compelled. at two different enoche
TO lay dozwI their armsNfo The nerp roiee5
leUies Of Hm1ica. He was aeamsf fbe
continuance Of the 79ar."
l agree with Sir Gilbert Heathcote in .
very word that he uttered. But ne was al
most alone. He had but one member with
him. Thus, then, we are TO go on with This
war. battle IS to be fought now between
the whole or our navy and army and those
ct the Republic of America. She will not
shy the light. She is ready for us. The
World IS now going to witness tie tall of
nc last Refiubhc, or the decline OF the ma.
Uaf 1i7z9sT Of Engiand. There will be NO
medium after another year of war. w.
must comp letely sGbjugate the Americans
or openly fall be ore theu. We must beot
fheDli or they unst beat us and the heal.
ing must last during the existence of the
parties.
Mr. Wh;tbread asked if there was now
any aew ground of the war. ANY new oh,
Ject. Nobody avowed that there vas
but fear the Americans will bear ia mind
that the moment Napoleon was subdued
aud our alarms in Europe we're at an end.
our public prints the most patroDized. oprn,
ufOrlaionpd To ho At