Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1815-03-04

navy have inspired even their privateers
with remarkable Gudacity. The present
papers mention the cruizes of the Peacock,
the ChasseHr, and the Mammoth, all OF
| which were very successful, and all ven.
tured on the coasts IF England and Ireland.
The two latter being American built, out
sailed every thing that gave them chase.
ms is circumstance requiring strict az
fentton on the fart Of our ddniTalty--
| Surely there must be some discoverable
and iositd6!e cause of celebrity in sailing,
| which is so important point of naval
tactics. Mr.. Fulton, of Catamaran memo-
ry, appears to have employed himself on
naval machine of singular powers. It is
described as a Steam Frigate, and is inten-
ded to carry red hot shot of one hundred
pounds weight When we remember how
contrary to expectation was the tremendous
effect of the batteries of the OAR anelles
we cannot entirely dismiss from our minds
| all apprehension of the effect Of this new
machine of Mr.. Fulton's".
| Before proceed to inquire into the jus
nee of these charges AGAINST Mr.. Monroe's
! Bill, cannot refrain from noticing i'm par
ticular manner, one phrase of this article,
Mr.. Walter for, hire he whom he will to
write for him, he is the aufhor) calls the
Biil this DARING Bill of Mr.. Monroe's. :"
MT. Walter is no grammarian, my Lord ;
nor is 1t necessary that he should be, to quail
NY nm for addressing such people as the
| weil-a,tired rabbie of England, who are his
leaders, But this is not the thing that
| nave IN view: l want your I.ordship to
mark the word DARING" as applied to
this Bill as if it were thing which the
| Republic ought not to think of without eur
permission as If it were like the act of a
| servant taking up a sword and chaHengfne
| ms master; as If it were trait of insokence
| 'ttn0eard6Le In nation at war with Bic John
sbuH to take etfectual means 70 resist his At
! tacks on their shores: as if il were audaci.
| o~s IN them to provide the means of pre,
lRenting their cities, towns and Villages from
oe'hs piundered or burnt. This Mr. Wal,
'er' nliY tew days ago, called Mr., Jeffer-
| son " Har and SiaUe" He has a hundred
times called MIR. Madison hiiscreant, a
! naRof, a Har, Ufliain; and has as often,
INSISTED, that no peace ought ever to be made
wilh MN: lie has frequently Insisted, that
NE, Maoison and his faction Che majority
81 ~ ConsreSs) must be hnriea from their seats.
lie has called MIR. Jeffersoa the old aerhs1t
10 short, it is the next to iinpossib e 70 ih;n.
| oil any vile term or epithet, which this Am
thor has not applied to the American. Pre-.
siaent and the majority of that CONGRESS.
wmch IS the real representation of the Ame>
| rican people: And yet he has the cool i'm {,
p9aeace to speak of this Bill, this measnre
Oh deJence, as it II were something insoIent
! towards u.s.
| The truth is. my Lord, we have so long
had to deal with East Indians and Portu.
| gnese, and Spaniards and Italians, and Ger.
mans and Dutchmen and Russians, and I'm
| perialist Frenchmen, that we are quite
| spoiled for dealing with the Americans
] We have at last arrived at such a pitch,
| that we regard 1t as inSolence in any people
even to talk of resisting US. Mr.. Walter is,
| in this respect, but the mouth piece of his
readers. We must correct ourselves as TO
this way of thinking and talking, if the war
| with America continue or we shall be ex-
! posed to the derision OF the whole world.
Now. then, rs to Mr.. Monros's measure.
| Mr.. Waiter describes it as = conservation :
says, that it will subject the people to bar
! 6arous humiliation gays. that It makes the
President military desfot of the most san ,
| suina,y character; asks, who is to cham
/ the conscripts and drag them TO head.quar
ters of the military division : calls the rais>
ing of this force putting collar on the neck8
| ofhe american citizens
/ 1 hese are the charges which Mr.. Walter
/ prefers against this grand measure IF the
! Republic, and he observes, that when an
American gentleman Of s1tiendid Ittainn1e.1tS
some years ago composed his celebrated re-
view of the CONSUMPTION Code of that mon.
ster BonahGrte, he could not possibly fire.
see, that his own country would so soon Ge
subjected to- the same 6arbarous hu1nilia
ton This gentleman of " shIendid at
| tainments" was MIR. Walsh, of Philadel.
| pbia, who, having been in France. came
over to England, where, under the patron .
! age of the friends of bribery and corruption.
he wrote and published pamphlet, calcu-
lated to aid their views. This pamphlet
clearly Showed, that the author was ore of
| those Americans, who, by the vain splendor
that they here behold, and by the hope of
sharing in it, have been Induced to aposta-
tise from the principles of their own Repub,
lican Government. This young man, whose
work was really very poor performance
| Astounding with Inconsistencies, and, indeed,
with downright falsehoods, had his head
| turned by the batteries of the hireline wri-
| ters and reviewers here and / should not
wonder if his work acquired him the un,
| speakable felicity of hearing, that euen his
| name SvaS mentioned in a conversation be
! tween two Lords. The great recommen.
| dation of the work was, that il was not the
work of an EHgtishmaH. No: it was said,
the work of an american, who, Of course,
was friend of the French, and not at all
disposed to eXaggerate in describing their
misery, This was the fraudulent colour I'M
| der which the work got into circulation
| MIR, Walsh was "A tool in the hands of craft,