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

leans, as The chances are that il NAV, The
people OF England will be utterly astonish.
ed and contounded! So that JohHathan
must stand clear ; for we are now safely
isunched against him. 1t is, in my opinion.
IDLE to expec' peace with America in less
space than six or seven years for, am
morally certain, that Jonathan will MOI
give in. He, as Lord Melville very Justly
observed, is at home; has all his men and
tools upon the spot he has been bred to the
ride from his cradle; he has cheap gov
eminent, or rather, he loves to govern him
self and, though he may 40. always feel
bold, he will, first and last. give US a good
long, tough battle. Jchnathan, Sir. is not
subject 10 hts and starts in his politics and
notions OF Government. We found no rab
BILE at the city OF Washington to cry r,ipenf
nos geHtreuE allies. as did the cannnlIe at
Paris Men must submit to musket or
bsyonet at their breasts but we shall. /
am OF opinion, not find submission go much
further before us in America.
Mr. WHITBREAD is deceived in sun
posing thai 1t IS the mere burning of the
buildings OF Washington, which has u lied.
as he calls 1t, all parties in America. There
never was any party our friend in opposi .
ton to their own Government. All parties
| cried out against our Conduct All parties
CRED out against what MIR, Madison com.
plants OF now. And, as to a setiaraff1n nj
sae ofafes tor oar sake, no one but down
r'snt fooi ever thought of such thing. II
Was always false notion. There never
| vas any ground for it and experience will
shew U.S. that' IN this respect, this nation has
oeen ns.en!ns 10 knaves, who were seeking
| their own interests in urging us ON tn ,br
| war.
| u am well a ware, that we shall, do Jo,.
than an minute deal of hresent mischief
And he seems aware, OF it TOO. Mr.. Madisoo
taxes great pains to give his constituents
s.fenS sense OF the violent hostility they have
90 encounter They are now. even at tbi,
"'oment, getting ready their powder and
oa'i' their rifles and their swords, their ha
NerSacks and accoutrements. There will
not De man unarmed, or unprepared fnr
oattie, before the opening of the next RI I'M.
paTn. million of free men i'm arms u,;II
be ready to receive whoever shall march
against them. The debates in eur Parl;a.
nent, the language of our new papers. which
Jonathan knows so we'll how to estimate,
WIN urge MN on to measures of prenara,
alton. he is expeditions in these matters
| beyond All NATIONS upon earth. The battle
VIII DC battle ut to engage the attention Of
tne world. have often been rebuked for
enoeavorihS to draw the public attention to
AMERICAN aHalrs. 1 have neyer been able
to persuade any body, that America. was ~
any consequence. She has now become Of
consequence and, if the war 90 ON. as 7
| Tear 1t viii, she will soon be of most fear
| mi Importance III the view OF every matt, n
| il Europe
! Perhaps you do not know, that the pres.
ent INJURIES, which we are able to ipfiict ON
America, are the great. st of blessings in the
| eyes OF some OF her statesmen. They have
! always wished for something that would ser
! parate her as widely as possible from Great
Britain. Whether wisely or not is ano,her
matter They have always wished il and
! II they can see this accomplished by the
destruction OF twenty or thirty towns on the
coast, they will think the acquisition won
deriuily cheap.
when to marry or to fight" as some
are, T" both parties are equally eager thew
soon come together" Both parties are in
earnest and eagar in this case and they
VIII soon reach enc another, though the dis
lance between them isso great. The bait
dom, the mistress Of The aea and dictatress
ct Europe, on the one side; and the last of
Republics on the other. Net oaly the cues
non OF maritime rights is now to be deci
ded' but the Question of the nature Of go.
vernments- The world is nov going to see,
whether Republic, without standing ar .
my, with half dozen frigatss, and with
Chlet Magistrate with salary of about
oooo pounds year., be able to contend,
s,nge"nanded, against kingdom with a
thousand ships fwar, an army of two HIM.
dred thousand men, and with a ROYAL Fam
| NY, whose civil list amounts to more than a
million pounds year. Nothing was ever
so interesting as this spectacle. MAY the
end be favorable to the honor and happiness
OF TINS country and mankind in general!
| i am, &c. &c.
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