Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1815-02-18

SlOnerS 90 not agree IN OPINION. ne title 10
the islands in the bay of Passamaquoddy be
ing controverted, the possession will remain
with the parties respectively, which now
hold them, until the commissioners decide
upon the title, but without prejudice to the
claim of either party.
Periods are fixed for the restitution of ma
ritime captures in different latitudes; and
hostilties are to cease as soon as the ratih.
cations of the treaty are exchanged at
Washington. 1t is understood, that Mr..
Baker is the bearer ofthe treaty ratified by
the Prince Regent and will be ready to
Exchange the notifications, when the presi-
dent and senate have passed upon the sub
Ijcct. We are happy 10 AID, that the trea-
ty is thought in all respects TO lie honorable
to the nation. and TO the negotiators. The
President will, probably, lay it before the
Senate this day.
az a friend who has conversed with Mr..
Carroll, has obligingy favored US with the
following; .Nesv York Gazette.
Louis the XVIIIth sits insecurely on his
throne I; there was conspiracy formed to
assassinate him on entering the Thuilleries,
which was discovered by Marmont, and the
necessary STEPS taken to suppress it,
Bonaparte is restless, and desires much to
go to England.
LATE AND VERY INTERESTING.
From London fohers to the 3lsfof Deccm-
Der, rcceivfid ar fbis fsyt By His BsitGn-
nic Dfajesfy's sioof. OF soar FaUoriie, in
40 days from Plymouth.
| LONDON, Dec. %.
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When Mr.Baker was sent with Dispatch
es from Lord Gambler, the American Com
missioners also transmitted dispatches by
way OF France for America, to be embark
ed at L'Orient.
| From the favorsble state of the wind,
there is little doubt of the dispatches from
the Secretary Of STATE Office having sailed
this day from Portsmouth. Dispatches for
Sir Alexander Cochrane aud Commodore
Owen were sent 1T the same time.
| Dec. 80.
The state of the funds may be said 10 af
| ford most striking comment on the text of
| those who have the front to call the treaty
| of Client honorable to this country. What 2
An honorable peace, with the last of our
| anniversaries, with populous and CONNER
cial nation-and yet a depression in the
public funds the thing is impossible
There is amorai inconsistency In the facts.
But the truth, uhhappily, peeps out in the
course of the eulogy bestowed on this ia
| nous specimen of diplomatic ingenuity -
The peace is. like that of Amiens, peace
OF necessffy--aDd upon what grounds? q
leaning to certain points,, it seems has
been e limited" at the Congress of Wen.
ma. Nov, let us pat this MYSTERIOUS LAM
guage into plain English.---it eau bear no
other construction than this-that Russia,
or Prussia, has ayowe an nclina ion 10,
! SUPPORT the innovations on public law
which Mr. Madison asserts. Might not
THIS nave been ioretoid--was it not fore.
told IN this paper above six months ago
Was 1t not the very argument we urged
for pushing the war in America with the
| utHiost vigpr, while yet the field was open
and our adversary without allies ?
And is itnot motive for the same con.
duct even at this late periods II any of
the powers who hare received our sufsi
dies or have been rescued from destruction
| by our Courage and example, have had the
Daseness TO turn against US, it is morally
certain, that the treaty of Client will con.
/ frm them IN their resolution They will
reflect that we have attempted to force our
| principles on America, and have tailed
| Nay. that We have retired frsm the combat
with the stripes yet bleeding on our backs
with the recent defeats at Plattsburp. and
on Lake ChampIain, unavenged. To make
"a peace AT such moment, they will think
betrays deadRess to the feelings of honor
| and shows timidity Of disposition. inviting
| further insult. II we Could have pointed To
| America overthrow, we should sureiy have
stood on much higher ground at Vienna.
End every where else, than we possibly can
90 now. Even yet, however, if we could
out Close the war with some great naval
triumph, the reputation of our maritime
igreatness might be partially restored hut
to say, that It has not hitherto suffered in
the estimation of all Europe, and what is
worse, of America herself, is TO belle com
mon sense and universal experience -.
Two or three of our ships have struck
to force vastly superior" No, not two
or three, but many, on the ocean, * whole
squadrons on the Lakes and the numbers
are to be viewed with relation to the com.
parative magnitude of the two nayies.-
Scarcely is there one American ship of war,
which has not to boast victory over the
British flag, scarcely one British ship in 80
or 40, that has beaten an American.
| Our seamen, it is urged, have on all oc.
casions, fought braveiy- Who denies il p
Our complaint Is, that with the bravesl
\ SS@ihCh, ouu ehS must powerful navy IN the
world. we retire from the Contest when the
balance Of defeat is so heavily against us
Be It accident, OF lit misconduct, we en-
quire not now into the cause the certain.
the inevitable eonsequenees are what we
look to, and they may be summed up in a
few words--the speedy growth of an Ame.
rican navy and the recurrence of a new
. and much more formidable American war
From that fatal mcmest; when the aa0 nI
the GeerTiere was struck, there has been
quite rage for building ships OF war in the
United States. Their navy has been al.
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