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

my %nich was proposed? What, Mr.. T.
asked. was our situation in regard TO En-
ropean powers Are not our affsirs with
Spain wholly unsettled The TERRITORY Yves,
OF the Perdido was still subject of Dispute
WI tn the knowledge we have of the char.
acter OF the present King of Spain, would il
DC prudent to disband all our forces with.
OUT showing what were his sentiments in
resara 20 mat territory9 In regard to G..
D DrNaln' Is true we have a Treaty Of
Peace. But what's itf NOTHING h.,
suspension of hostilities it does mt h;ns
her, or her future abstinence from practices
which produced the war. Shall we bnIev,,
SAID ne. that she will not, on the f,rst IN,
msnt, avail herself OF an opportunity 70 re-
Feat themf The only obligations on her ON
TINS SUBJECT are, the wounds her pride and
interest nave received during this cnotest -
Even her wounded pride may Stimulate her
10 redeem the honor she has lost. by a :.
newal OF hostility. Gentlemen NM ;,r,e
CINE, aud unfortunately there are ,or, $50
VINO doimagine, that the Justice of CT,
is such as to induce her to observe with g..
puious hdety the Treaty which has H..
MADE Make 1t her interest, and she ,.;,i
violate It. Does not every gentiema, -.
coiiect how our posts were held by her g..
ue reaty OF 1888, and retained nnt;,;,
- eoa"e her interest to release them, A.
non, nonoraoie gentleman has said, too, that We
reciprocal. But, after we hay. ,,;s, WI, DC
our force, she may do in that respec, ne Ut.
pieases. Let us take into view ano,h.r sae
slderation, said Mr.. F.-the public ssnt;n 80
IN Great Britain after the news from MI
orleans The public expectation there nil,
nave oeen on tiptoe ; the ministers f,,i &c
nope ano Joy at the idea OF having stencil =
blow which would be felt AN hnndcsJ a $3.50,
thereafter. May we not calcuia,s On 80, $50
hostility from the deep morti6cat;o, ,sn..
VIII feel on hearing tie reality II 10y
drive the Ministry to renewal of host;l;.;sSs
against us; Or may drive them from, .ha:.
SEATS. And who will be their successors s.
NOT the friends of peace with us-not thos,
VINO VIII cultivate good understandinsr
WIN US out the CanniDgs and the Castle,
ieagns-,hose who wish us punished for our
,nS' a.i'uue 70 Great Britain, " for assis,;n,
.ne Urea. DESTROYER of Europe 7" Mr.. F.
.o.C,uaea oy saying he hoped the reduction
!" take place would at least be martial. NOT,
total, until these questions were settled ny
til we had not only peace in name. but =
peace in reality.
Mr.. SHEFFEY, repeating the ob.er,,
tion OF Mr.. Forsyth, that the period i, onr
history, when Executive Recommendations
had influence, had passed away. said be
wished to q ID it had passed away. and that
the time had arrived when such recommen-
dations had no more influence than ,bev
merited. For himself, Mr.. S. said be conj.t
not bend, 10 Excessive recommendation.
what he believed the good of his constituc
ents --When he looked at the caiamities of
the people. and the pressures upon them
he could not bend his opinion to that of the
Executive to Continue tnem RI 4he doc-
trine OF the gentleman was correct, instead
OF diminishing, we ought to increase n,p
military establishment, he having given i.
as his opinion that the peace vas but a
truce suspension Of hostities, and that
we ought TO SXpsct a renewal of the w,,I
Had it not been complaint during III
,rhole of the war that our military force wss
DOT adequate and was there NOT now nm
he table recommendation to draw out bv
force the tree people of the country into The
ranks ct the regular army If we are vet
o expect war IT this be bat a Cessation Of
hoslli'ies, one two things follows e tber
tina, the recommendation on the table wa.
preposterous, or we ought now 20 Increase
the army. Instead of telling the neo,J.
that their caiamties have ceased. we n,ps,
commence system of vigor to ob,a;,
an army. Mr.. S said he did no, believe CIV
Thousand men of our present army would TO,
main, after dischargng all those men who
were enlisted during the war aud, if the
establishment was fixed at ten thousand
men, the recruiting officers might at once lie
sent out to get mcn.--He did not under~
stand the doctrines Oft gentleman from
Georgia, when he argued that Bri.ain,s hav.
ing been beaten would induce her to renew
the war. live have teen thus successfu, in
the contest, and she in thus smartiDp under
ne iashi we may reasonably expect some
security, that some time will elapse before
sne engages in contest on such uneopaI
terms Nothing but folly worse than mad.
ness could induce her to engage in hostilities
again. For his part, Mr. S was for settling
the Peace Establishment at 5000 men r.
IL were large the Recruiting officers must
be again set to work. Of this he had No
idea, nor had the People. The time had
arrived when these notions would not he
borne, and must be abandoned.
Mr. FISK of VT. said, he was not a liz.
tie surprised to see the course taken no
some gentlemen on this question. II had
oeen well stated that the enemy vas vet in
our neIghbourhood, and was yet in posses.
sion OF many of our posts What was now
proposedI To reduce the army to rather
less than the last Peace Establishment. F,x.
perience ought TO dictate contrary course.
VINO could recolect the disasters of Har.
flnNa go g.