Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1815-03-01
From Cobbctt's Political Register of
Dec. "a.
LITTER ".
Io THE EARL OF LIVERPOOL,
ON TIE AMEnICAN WAR.


10 THE EARL OF LIVERPOOL,
ON TIE AMEhICAN WAR.
My LORD
The nation begin to suspect at
Hast, that this American war NAV
prove an unfortunate thing. If your
Lordship reeollects, tainted Johnny
Bull, fiouted Rim and gibcd, when, nj
the out set ofthis war, he crowed and
cock cock. caw'd. at the idea of giving
the Yankees good drubbjng. Ifyour
Lordsbip reeolieets that / flouted wise
John and told him, that. at aRy rate,
ihoped, ifbe was resolved TO erioy
his sport, he would never let me hear
MN say word about the PROPERTY
tao, or, what he vu,garIy calls the
Income tdT. knew from the begin
nhg, that / should see him CALLED
mere. KNEW that SHOULD have him
npon his hip; and here have him
Tor he is now crying out against the
ld1, as loud as pig under the knife
ola butcher, though he al the same
time, seems to have no objection to
the work of slaughtel!ng going on.
La short, so that he is safe himself,
ard pays nothing, his Delights in see
ing war desoiate the rest of the world.
But he does not like to pay. Ra-
Their than pay, he would give the world
Chance Of being at peace, and of cea-
sing TO bleed.
That so amiable parsonage
should meet with any rubs or crosses
IN life, must, OF course, be a matter of
regret to bis friends, and must remind
them OF the maxim, that, as virtue a.
lone is not in ell cases, sufficient to in
SIRE happiness in this world, the yir-
tnous atilicted, ought chiefly to rely on
the world TO come-This sort of reli-
Ace Is very suitable TO Johnny at this
time he has not given the Yam
KEGS d'ubbing; and yet the income
tax sticks 10 him like bird. lime. The
Times newspaper cheers him indeed
o! telling him, that he il causing the
Yankees TO pay taaes that though he
SO sorely feels himself, he does not
suffer in yain for he is making others
suffer too. To be sure, that is con-
sobng reflection but still it is moi
quite sufficient TO reconcile him to the
continuation Of the income tax, see-
ing that, when called on for the mo
ney, he sometimes forgets the DELIGHT
OF seeing others suffer, which he has
enjoyed for his money.
But now, my Lord, leaving wise
johnny, to his taxes and his hopes of
giving the Yankees drubbing, per.
init me to remind your Lordship brief
~, OF the origin Of this 1cqr for if /
have life to the end of il, this orr
gin shall not be forgotten. 1t is ne
cessory, at every stage, to keep il
steaGi!y in view for unless we do
this, We shall be wholly bothered
out of it at last, as we were in the case
OF the French war.
Tire war against France was a war
against principle at first it then be-
came a war of conquest ; and it ended
IN being a war for dcfipernnce. We
set out with accusing our enemy with
being dangerous, as disOrgani7ers of
ancient governments and we ended
with accusing them of being danger
Gus as dcspots.
The French were too free for us at
the beginning, and 100 much ensldred
Tor us at the end; it vas SO contriyed as
to make more than falf the world be.
lieve, that the Coraeks were the
great champions Of cioil and political
liberty. So that when we came to the
close, leaving the French nearly as
we found them, not seeing tythes,
rnonks. gsme.laws, gabelles, corvees,
bsstiles, or seigneu ial courts re-estab.
li,hed, We had spent more than q
thousant mi'lipns Of pounds in a war
O. III. first onfct Of which we had
Vho'iy lost sigii. We will not have 1,
thus, my Lord, with regard TO q 9
= meTiean war. We will not suffer IL,
first object to be lost sight Of. NoboJ,
as 20 this point shall he able 10 ss bo
ther" any historian WHO is disposed e
speak the truth.
The wnr with America arose thu
we were at var with France, A
melIco was neutral. We not only ex
ere'std our known right Of s,oDoin,
American merchant ships at sea, /,
search them for eremg's goods, fot
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