Virginia Argus

FROM THE AURORA.

The Speech of the English Solomon is exactly such a one as might have been expected, and such as is calculated for the meridian of our coffee house. The assertion that Britain would make peace with France, on honorable terms--if France would meet her with equal dispositions--is just such an idea as could only come from such a source.

When Britain during our revolutionary war, offered terms of peace, they were called honorable--but, on examination, it was found Hancock and S. Adams were to be subjected to the punishment of traitors--that they would consign Washington and Franklin, and Greene to a gibbet. The same mad monarch, in his speeches, always told his parliament that he was ready to treat with us on honorable terms.

The poisoning and murder of our citizens on board the Jersey prison ship was honorable!

The piracies on our merchants--the impressment of our seamen--the murder of Pierce--are all justified now by the British papers on the grounds of honor!

Britain is ready to meet America now, also on honorable terms!

And what are these honorable terms? Why forsooth, that the whole world might be in subjection to her tyranny--that we shall carry on no trade but what she permits--that we shall pay more duties than any other nation in her ports--that we shall be her vassal and her minion.

The starvation and annihilation of France, according to the literal meaning of the words as proposed by that famous guide, or traitor, to liberty--Edmund Burke--were all for honorable purposes!

For the definition of what constitute honorable terms, is it that nations at any time fight!--had they been always of equal dispositions, then there would have been neither coalitions nor wars of extermination, nor even a Bonaparte to play the emperor over France.

To those who have credited all the contradictions which have appeared in the federal papers, on former rumours of peace we leave the reconciling of a peace on equal honorable terms--but this principle we lay down as insurmountable--BRITAIN CANNOT MAKE AN HONORABLE PEACE ON THE FOUNDATION OF THE WAR:

Neither will France conclude a peace till she has compelled Britain to acknowledge the NEUTRALITY OF THE OCEAN.

As lately asserted by Bonaparte, and the security of the high seas upon the basis of equality to the whole world.

If Britain makes a peace, it must be upon conditions of repentance and contrition, as high way robbers are sometimes pardoned upon sincere reformation; for atoning all the havoc and dishonor of fifteen years to the whole world: it is not to be expected that she would go without bail for her future good behavior.

Making due allowance for the necessity of vulgar abuse in federal prints, there is more point in the following article, than is usually to be found in prints of that cast.--Aurora