Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1815-03-04
LETTER vi.
TO THE EARL OF LIYERPOOL,
ON THE AMERICAN WAR.


My reasons for this have often explain
ed; and the mode Ihave pursued has been
this to endeavor to prove, that the grounds
of hope of success. held out 10 MS by such
writers as the WALTERS, are fallacious.
The Division Of the STATES, the In,heach.
ment Of Mr.. Il qiison the Resistance of
Taxation, and the various other grounds of
hope, have endeavored to shew were
hollow, as much IS was the expectation of
sweeping the ocean of the "half a dozen
of FIR frigates, with bits of stirred bvnting
at their mast-heads."-1 task of coun,
teracting these delusive hopes has increas-
ed in righteousness with the progress of the
war. Beaten out of one hope. these wri-
ters have resorted TO others ; and, as was
the case in the last American war, pride
and shame and revenge are mustered up
to prolong a war which policy has ADAM
doned.
There is now a new de'usion on foot -
Mr.. Walter, the proprietor of the 7nse8
newspaper, who Shocking to think Of y has
been a principal actor in producing this
calamitous war. is now endeayoring to per-
suade the public, that the President of a
Inerica WiU be unable TO raise the force vo-
ted by Congress, To complete the regular
army CT that great Republic TO 1OG, 900 men
by way Of ballot. or what Mr.. Walter calls
CONSUMPTION. 10 be sure this is a
measure very well calculated to astound
such a man as Mr.. Walter. who knows
nothing at all about the people Of Ameri
ca who receives all his information thro'
the very worst of all possible charnelS
who appears to be extremely ignorant
himself who publishes purely for gain
who desired to flatter the follies and pre-
JUDGES OF his readers and who, finding
himself the gamer by being he avowed en-
envy of freedom, in every Fart f the world,
has become, to say nothing of his breeding
up, a mortal foe TO the American govern
ment and people. Such man, who had
been led to suppose, that the defence of a
country, like America, was inconsistent
with freedom, naturally relied upon the o.
VerthTow ct the government, the moment
it attempted to raise an army to resist it's
invaders /; such a man would naturally be,
as he has been, almost smothered in the
foam oil his own malignity, upon seeing
measure like this Coolly proposed by Mr..
Monroe Grow Secretary at War,) atten
lively considered by committee CT Cons
gress, and smoothly passing iato a law,
made, or 10 be made, by the real and not
the sham Representatives of a free people,
elected by that people only few months
before, and knowing that they are again to
be elected OF rejected by that same people
few months afterwards. This has as.
founded Mr.. Walter. 1t has, apparently
given his brain shock too rude for It's
powers of resistance. 1t has upset all his
calculations and he is now CRYING out for a
rebellion in America as 6ercely as he ever
cried out for bullets, bayonets, haiters and
gibbets for the rebels in ireland but, ne
yer losing sight Of his old object, namely,
to delude this nation into a hope that the
measure n;ust fail, ard that, therefore, We
ought 10 continue The fvar.
Despicable, therefore. as this writer may
be contemplate as is his stock of under.
standing; mean and malignant as may be
his motives, his efforts merit attention. &
call upon us to counteract them without
loss of time. In doing this, must first
take the best 2Ccount that car find Of
this grand measure of the American gov.
eminent, 70 which has been given the name
of ConSctihtion. The following is the re-
port of the bill as re-pubIished by Mr.. Wall
ter himself -
Here follows an analysis Of the bill re-
ported by The Military Committee on Mr..
Monroe's plan
Such IS the measure, which Mr.. Walter
assures us cannot be carried into effect
but says, that if IL could be carried bqto
tVcCt5 "Outu CCpTiFe US OF OdDaQa IN
year, unless we sent out cur great matt
onak Hero J" and, indeed, that under the
bare possibility Of such measures sue
ceeding, we ought to cast aside all En-,
rofican Politics." What change, my Lord
This foolish gentleman used to tell us, that
TIE Ane ricaps would be 'redAeed,' as
the old phrase was, in "a few 7yeeks.' He
has often exhausted all his powers of speech
to conVince his readers, that this enemy
was too dcshica5ie to he treated with in
the same sort Of way that we treat ether
nations. There is no eXpreasion Of con
tempt, contained in cur copious language.
which he did no. use towards America and
her President. And this same foolish Mr..
Walter now tells US, that so great is this
same America, that, in order TO meet her
with a chance Of success, we ought 80 cast
aside all EuroPeah foiBies.'
beg your L.crdship, now, to have the
patience to read MIR. Walter's remarks, at
full length upon this measure of defence in
America. The article is Of consequence !;
because, though coming from such a source,
though proceeding from son, or sons, of
OLD WALTER Of Regency menOry, it is
what will give the cue to almost all the
rich people in the metropolis, and 10 net
few OF those in the country. After insert.
ing this article, ] will endeavor to shew its
folly AID its malice: aud we're the author
my nther than a Walter, ] should not be
afraid to promise to make him hide his head
fer shame