PRINTED BY D. WILLISON, CRAIG'S CLOSE, FOR ARCHIBALD CONSTABLE & CO. EDINBURGH, AND JOHN MURRAY, 32. FLEET-STREET, LONDON. ART. I. Pamphlets by the Hon. J. Randolph and others on minary Notices. By R. Southey IV. Outlines of a Plan for educating Ten Thousand Poor Children, by establishing Schools in Country Towns and Villages; and for uniting Works of Industry with useful Knowledge. V. The Principles of Botany, and of Vegetable Physi- VI. Observations in a Journey through Spain and Italy to Naples, and thence to Smyrna and Constan- 31 40 61 73 THE EDINBURGH REVIEW, ОСТОВЕR 1807. NO XXI. ART. I. The Speech of the Honourable J. Randolph, Representative for the State of Virginia in the General Congress of America, on a Motion for the Non-Importation of British Merchandize pending the present disputes between Great Britain and America. With an Introduction by the Author of " War in Disguise." pp. 75. (New York printed.) London reprinted. Butterworth, 1806. 8νο. Concessions to America the Bane of Britain: or, the Cause of the present distressed Situation of the British Colonial and Shipping Interests explained, and the proper Remedy suggested. pp. 63. London, Richardson. 1807. 8νο. Oil without Vinegar, and Dignity without Pride: or, British, American, and West India Interests, considered. By Macall Medford Esq. of America. 8νο. pp. 102. London, Richardson. 1807. THESE three pamphlets relate nearly to the same subject, the discussions which have for about two years existed in form between this country and the United States, which have in reality, however, been growing up with the increase of the American commerce since the beginning of last war, and which have now come to the point of being speedily terminated, either by mutual concessions, or by an appeal to arms. It is peculiarly interesting as well as important, at this particular moment, to examine well the ground on which the parties are taking their stand; and we are not without hopes that there is yet time to remove the ignorance in which the public of both countries have been studiously kept, until the voice of the multitude has seemed to decide for war. But it is not merely for its temporary interest that we have chosen to bring this subject fully before our readers up VOL. XI. NO. 21. A on |