Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1816-05-11

\ peace ana universal good VIII and harmony.
We co"fess our utter inability To prevail O,
ourselves, any time, TO indulge in those godei
Ia"t'cipations. In the stupendous catastrophe
which his hurled rom his proud EN- nence o.
bower The modern S,lmoneus we saw, not d
| intuition. bur change, of evils. Ifthe ambition
! ot a part cular severe gn was checked, and his
fortunes lspeA. Others took his place, and The r.
ascendency was scarcely less omr,ous 10 tn
rid than thar which he had ng exerc d.
u he i9 MS fatuus Of cong uest and foreign dom
nation was extingushed in one country, i, was
lied in neighboring nations In the great
game of royal and imperial warfare, the gan Is
never on the side Of the people. &" Quidgmd DELI
~dnereges, pIectunhur .4clivt" OF the virtues.
am ableness, moderation, justice and pietv. of
Kings in general, hstory afforded us very unsa-
tsfac'ory specimens and the VARYING policy OF
the Allied powers in respect to France, and to
each other, was not calculate ed 20 counteract and
overcome our incredulity on many importaot
points. In short, whether fears orpina, ed
in TIVE gloom ola saturnine disposition, or were
foun led on ind sputable data, we uniformly ap
pretended a prompt solution of those ties
hich r,ed 'm,nsting interel and c mmon dan
gers had formed-We viewed the last extraordi
nary and overwhelming coalition against F,ance.
as one ot those anomalous occurrences, which
ra'eiy axe place and more rarely are attended
W TN durable effects We thought, too. that
from he nature of the human mind. aud IN. i'm.
mu able constitution of sublunary things. IL was
impossible, on the one hand, to reconcile the
French to the sway ola dynasty decayed i'm me.
rat, as we'll as IN fortune and authority imposed
on areuctant nation by foreign violence and,
both phys cally and morally, unworthy of that
throne on which valor and genius placed its H.
lus'rious founder, and, the other, TO " can the
princes ofthat dynasty from the sweets of that
absolute power which they had early been taught
to consider as their ;rth-rght, to extirnste
from Their minds deeply rooted sentiments of
hatred and rev.nge and to accu tom the return.
ing mobiles who had shared heirexile, silently to
acqu eSce in the confiscaton and the loss fspien
did es ates which they had never ceased to deem
and To call thelrown nor did we aug,r We'll of
those pretensons and of that spirit which W..
Knew bigoted clergy to carry back with them.
The restoration of the Bourbons appeared to us
a measure which arose rather from the novelty of
the circumstances in which unexpected triumphs
had placed the Allies than from mature delibe
ration, previous concert, or jiIdcious and COM
prehensive views The whole plan offered sucb
motley arrangements-such tumble of discor-
can't matesials-such mixture of abrIpt UNI
harmonizlng mosaic fragments-here ITO use
the language of the times1 an apostate priest, a
iaiieyrand, whose versatility has become proven
oial-there an Able de Northumberland a
Fouche-there a V.Iublanc-in short. so incobe
rent, so repulsive OF each other, were the differ
ent parts of this and singular combination
| nat we always expected, and still, expect, soon.
er or later, violent dissolution of the whole
| There Is no affinity between the government and
| the other elements Of society-on the con rarv
| there IS repulsion-and the intermedum of for
| egn bayonets cannot, with all s boosted efIica-
cy amsigamate the restored f,nily, and their re :
senitli, haugh'y retainers with revolutionized
and Der lized France
! 10 Judge between those who have hoped for
every thing and those who have hoped for moth.
( ng, at least, for norhn good, from this extra
| ordinary change OF masters IN one country and
of political relations the rest let us consult
| the records of the lay. Are tranquility and pros,
Derity the lot Ot France, of those nations that
boast ut having conquered her Does harmony
! prevail among he Potentates, whose late union
has, like the resistless torrent overthrow every
| barrier of popular opposition, and swept awav
every vestIge of national independence Let us
look bv turns at the principal countries over
which those Potentates weld their sway-And
| first, what is the situation Of England
England has had the chief agency in effectinp
the overthrow of Bonaparte, and, of course, En-,
| gland ought to enjoy the pr ncipal fruit of the
boosted result. Yet, we see her peace establish
| ment placed on the gigantic footing of $50 600
| men for the land service, and % thousand sea
| men. ID 'es tins look If the ministers appre
hepded no f,E tier empeSts What shalt we saw,
beses, of the secret treaty framel and agreed 10
Austria against the Russian autocrat at the same
time that they were allied and cooperating witt
HIM Is this mistrust an evidence Of Derfect
| understanding and good will in those govern
ments No-The fit of chivalric en- hu,,a n,
IS over-The common foe is prostrate-the com.
mon danger has vanished with it sincerity has
disappeared, although liberal professions NAV
still continue-England apprehends new storms
For her there is no solid, no lasting peace -As
To her prosperity, we find but poor pictul &c of II
IN the late Parliamentary debates, on the subiect
OF the Pr9ferty tara tax, the very name of winch
is odlous to Englishmen, and which even the IN.
calculable influence OF minis ers has not been n.
bic to continue. Ireland is agita' ed--25 thou
sand troops are stationed, or 10 be stationed
there during war, the continuance of wbicl
till final success, the people were taught tn CON
s'der svtaily important to their very existence nc
a Body Polite, The Ministers had OBTAINED money
by holding out the prospect of a reduction in the
public burthens, so soon as peace should again
smile. Peace has beamed at length. and the ex-
! penditures of England amount annually to "a mil.
lions.-The Property tar having failed, money
| must be borrowed-fOr what whyi To paw the
| interest OF the enormous old debt-What an un.
| Ia homable gulph opened before the English ma.
ton VIII the maritime, strength, ard the com.
mere al monopoly of that nation be able to FIJI
up such an abyss,the depth at winch is hourly m.
easing such then, or nearly c., IS the con
N'NOi, VI tiS DlitiSh bhpUS, III tnG BOSOM oil Vic
| tory, in the height of its power
But, perhaps,f we turn our eyes to the North,
we will see there the dove of peace gently sailing
| through serene, cloudess atmosphere, with u5
| rufed pnons, breathing the fragrance of the
rose. aud shedding around the vyifyng dews OF
| Heaven..".No such thing--The sinister raven.
OF war are again beginning IN that quarter, then
| dismal Notes.-The late adyices mention q man.
festo Of the Emperor Of Russia against Austria
on account, it Is SAID, of the refusal of this power
TO comPy with former treaties relative to certain
terrltories.-fhe internal agtations of Prussia
have not ceased--Austria, il is added. bss nosrcb,
| ed another army into France-Indemnjte les ar,
claimed IN favor of Maria Louis The interests