Virginia Argus — Richmond, Va., 1810-09-11 00:00:00, page 3

|H>I^>esittr-n to the administration ~
^Blrir.ks toasts, makes speeches, depre
ciates our republican institutions, boasts
™ of the power of his sovereign, and o- '
penly proclaims the doctrine of British '
supremacy on the seas! Does lord !
Wellesley, In his letter to Mr. Pinkney,!
condemn Mr. Jackson ? No. He
applauds him ; the king refuses to shew
•him any mark of his displeasure ; the
^propriety of his conduct is, in fact d
, vorvdli and the insulting Mr. Jackson
triu® phs in his insolence. And yet
Ure are told 41 that in the manner in
*4 which Mr. Jackson has been recalled
44 the feelings of the American govem
44 ment appear to have been respected.”
If the American government should be
so far deluded, as under these circum
stances to consider its feelings res
pected, it would not be worth while
to enquire into the character of those
fceling3, since it would be manifest
that it could have po fediugs worthy of
respect.
In one observation made by the edi
tor of the Intelligencer we do most
cordially agree. We do believe that
the formalities of Mr. Morier’s ap
pointment and introduction 44 amount
to but'little.” They are trifles Unwor
thy of serious consideration ; affairs in
course, and to be regarded as mere
fointa of etiquette. But is it not lu.
dicrous to be commenting upon these
little courtly ceremonies, and affecting
to consider them as respect for the feel
ings of thq American government,
whilst the outrage of the Chesapeake
remains unatoned for: whilst our
seamen arc kept in bondage, our com
merce subjected to tribute, & our very
flag corrupted by the forgeries of Bri
tish merchants, sanctioned by the Bri
tish government ? W« arc persuaded
tn»t -use rresieent does not view
things iti this light; Mr. Gales* ob
/NserVations roust tbe regarded as the
hasty strictures of the Editor of
\ the Inttlligercer, whose own better
and more deliberate judgment will con
demn as an error the acceptance of
the stiaviter in medo for the for titer
in re. In obr political relations with
Great Britain we should never forget
that 44 a man may Smile, and smile,
and be a villain.’*
The appearance of such paragraphs
as that iuquestion, in the Wa hington
paper, is calculated to wound the ad
ministration. The opposition will take
advantage of it; they will compare
notes; they will treat the sentiments
as if they came from thfe executive ;
and ridicule the clamor raised on the
occasion of an insult which so mild a
plaisttr has been considered so effici
ent to soothe ! It is not possible that
Air. Madison is thus the dupe of mere
diplomatic courtesy^ He has truer
notions of men and things. He does
not find consolation for the wrongs of
of his country in a letter from the
King of Great Britain; but keeps ah
eagle eye fixed upon the actions of the
British cabinet. If, however, he could
by any possibility be so deceived, it
would be the duty of his faithful
friends, to remind him of his fame,
and (like the Fellow-Soldiers of Juli- j
us Caesar when he had becofne enam
ored of Cleopatra) to recall him to
nobler thoughts and id counsels better
eui ed to his great reputation*
TOR T»f AROOS,
OiF it be triiej^dT the present mise
ries of Spain ty|r ) Ac nature of rerri
- bntion for the murders and ma sacres
of Corte3 and Piztrro in Mexico and
Peru, artd for the slavery and wretch
edness which the followers of Chose
conquerors bi ought upon the poor In
dians ; and if this species of retributi
on be within the scope and design of
Piovidence in the current of human
nil*its ;^-what may hot Great Britain
' She is not only wicked
d cru ) to the last degree;
the cause of wickedness and
other nation*. Literally
spe aking, th'*re is scarcely a portion
of t e known Globe wh-re she i.as not
propagated bribery and corruption, in
stilled treacht ry, and exercised barba
rity. The Inuiansofcur Lakes and.
of the Wilderness beyond them have
been often purchased by the British
for the purpose of vengeance; the m
hnhitan.s oi lndcstan have been a thou
ear.d times and still Continue the vic
tims ot commercial avarice. The lit
tle kingdoms of Europe, -whilst they
remained independent, constituted by
their opposition to the lending monar
chies, a salutary ballance of power.
i» relit'Britain seduced them into an al
liance with her, put them foremost in
the hattl.*, Caused them to bleed and
suffer, and thus occasioned their over
throw aid degradation, till the Frerch
\ mrmarc i), combatting thiough a se
ries ol twenty years, has put epawn ah
oppositi »n in Europe, anu gives law
to the n uiotis of one quarter of the
Globe. kSurtiy Great ilruain wiil, at
• one ti in or another, be her»ell tut
Victim ol suth atrocious pol’cy. And
Y* V \.* j . . V .
inky we net suppose that her suffer- ‘
ings have already commenced ? The
late insurrections of the military in In
dia ; the turbulence and riot at home ;
the general disaffection of the people
to tlte government/ and the prospect
of a famine; are all indications of a
state of things the most disastrous and i
melancholy. And yet who shall pity
her ! The outraged world can feel no
commiseration : the venal tribe of euw
log'sts, who praise for pay* will be
dumb the moment the channel of bri
bery is choked-by political convulsions
3and4he dissolution of the corrupt
ass jiherqon the British Constituti
> atureseftt stands will be a whole
some ffno^jh dreadful) warning to o
ther oaudns who may find themselves |
treading the same track of destructi
on.
***" .
TOR. TIIE ARGUS.
FROM THE CLUB.
August 2£, 1810.
IT has been universally a complaint
in modern times, among men of lite
rary turn, that people of fashion pay no
attention to intellectual merit; and
some persons carry the charge much
further, contending that ladies of the
bon ton give a positive preference to
fops. Although 1 think there is some
thing in the constitution of women, that,
generally speaking, renders them fond
of light, airy, and even of frivolous a.
musementswhich, in some mea
sure, will account for their fondness
for what is gay and trivial in the other
sex yet I have also entertained for
some time past an opinion on this sub*
ject v^ry complimentary to the taste
of the fair although it may not be so
creditable to the solidity ot their un
feature of the true femi
nilc%iHyt if delicacy ; and hence that
gra^e of awre and courtliness of de
■nean(Mf4or Which women are so re
markable. To render themselves ac
ceptable to theth, the men are compel
led to obey the dictates of that delica
cy, by dressing at least in a neat and
cleanly manner. Beaux, who, taking
advantage of female taste, pay attention
to nicety of dress and gracefulness of
manners; become, of course, in fash
ionable circles, the greatest favorites ;
particularly with young ladies not much
accustomed to reflection. Men of lit
erary pursuits, let their mental accom
plishments be ever so extellent, are too
apt to be slovenly in their dress and
negligent in their manners, which ren
der their personal presence disagreea
ble and sometimes disgusting.- They
are, sfccordingly* neglected in the gay
and sbeial circles of life, which neg
lect renders them peevish, and they
exclaim upon the levity and want of
just dweernmeni in the female sex.
Literary gentlemen Ought to reflect;
that slovenliness of person must always
tend to obscure intellectual vigor and
accomplishments, as the fogs obscure
the brilliancy of the sun’s rays. In a
misty morning, we may observe that
the’ circumstance which strikes us
most forcibly is the mist, which pre
vents the solar beams from being man
ifest ; and so it is with an aukward,
ill-dressed, filthy man of great and im
proved mind : We shrink from con
tact with him ; and as in the prevalence
ot the mist we do not recur to the glo
ries ot the sun, so we do not qualify
neg*'geQce of the man by
the force and richness of
The fops appreciating
operation of this branch
ot metaphysics more correctly than the
men of sense, the latter are fairly out
witted by the former; and, in my
judgment, the fops deserve much cre
dit tor the exercise of so decorous and
rational a stratagem. At all events the
ladies are not to blame.
Gentlemen devoted to letters, deck
out their thoughts, in writing, in the
most comely manner possible : they
are, in that respect, sometimes fasti,
d'.ous, and always nice, to a syllable*
The ladies, constant to their delicacy nf
taste, always pay the greatest deference
to ideas thus handsomely set forth ;
and it the men of erudition would
take as much pains to appear to advan
tage in their habiliments as in their
bo /ks, the women, i ain confident,
would have no more objection to meet
their persons than their minds in
sheets.
In corroboration of these remarks,
it inhy be observed how very superior
a literary man of tine mind, well dres
sed, a^i of easy manners, appears in a
fashionable circle. Let him be a* ug
ly as he may he will not be neglected i
And, it to these nature has given him
a tine person and an interesiing coun
tenance, what a figure does he make !
I What Havre among the fair / What
iiiratship and envy among those ot
! his own sr\ ! Let ue, then, r.o Ion*
g.r condemn the women for 1-vity and
caprice ; but reproach the met* of un
derstanding anti atCQi.d refinement tor
neglecting those nebcsfeary ornaments
which would render them pleasing to
the most beautiful part of God’s Crea
tion. . ,
The ladies, indeed, are very uniform
and Consistent in the gratification of
this principle of taste. They decide
with the same delicacy on the beaut\
of intellect and the beauty of apparel.
As a prooPbf this, i appeal to the no
torious fact, that they ndiculc the sil
ly chatter of fops, treating their con
versa* ion as itoatter of mere diversion.
No lady would be .aeeia in company
with an ignorant beau if the brains of
the latter were to constitute bis out
ward dress and manners: Whence
we may conclude', that a man of intel
lectual greatness, in slovenly attire and
of auk ward behavior, is a beau turned
inside out; and a beau or fop is a
man of fine mind turned outside in. ,
It is high time that men of knowl
edge shomd assert their proper person
al influence in society so as to put
mere foppery out of countenance, and
do justice to our fair Countrywomen.
I will venture to say, if the learned- part
of the male sex would devote a
little more attention ’to the graces of
dress and behavior; the beaux would
soon be compelled to cultivate their
minda or be obliged to relinquish the
society of the ladies. Let literary men
therefore, throw by their night gowns
and slippers, step forward in the walks
of politeness, nor longer suffer the wo
men to bear the odium of a species of
scabdal for which those who propa
gate iL£ge only to be condemned.
I \ \ z.
\ V THE ARGUS*
'w ORATION
ON GOVERN M Eft
Delivered on the 4ihjuly, 1810.
br Wh. R. ROANE.
IN appearing before this assembly,
I feel not only that awe, which a cou.
sciousness of my own deficiency natu
rally excites ; but I tremble lest the im
portant subject upon . which I have pre
sumed to address you, should prove
too weighty for my best exertions s for
what subject is more worthy of the
minutest investigation; or more im_
portant to the citizens of America than
the theory of government l By them
it cannot be too frequently investigat
ed ; every principle in human nature ;
every interesting fact ; every event,
which tends tb point but those'causes,
which influence social happiness, ought
to bO known and mq&odized'; ought
to be collected and compounded, so as
to form a theory, extensive, luminous,
and the best calculated to insure that
practical form of government, which
the great ends of civil; upion, essenti
ally require.
If government be a-science, it must
have like all other sciences, its first
principles ; these ought to be first
known ; conclusions deduced from
them by a sound logick, afford the on
ly means of establishing that science:!
but do I presume in this address to at
tempt, so mighty a task l Far from it,
I can present only , such reflections, as
my own weak powers have suggested,
and which I am conscious will require
all your indulgence. I shall not dwell
upon government in its primeval state,
or call your attention to the age of a
Sesostris, a Bachus, or a Semiramis,
when tyranny possessed an unlimited
dominion—-but proced to consider
first, the object of government. I shall
define it to be an intermediate power
between the citizen and sovereignty in
stituted for the administration of pub
lic alfibrs—that is, to procure for eve
rj- man in a stale of civil society, what
cifct' lli^nqcessitiei* require, the conve
niences, add accommodations of life,
and.whafever constitutes happiness, and
in short, a mutual defence against all
internal and external injustice and vi
olence.
Government receives its denomina
tion fro n the fundamental laws, which
give it being j it has appeared under
three principal forms.—1st. Absolute
monarchy, where the legislative, exe
cutive, and judiciary powers, are con
solidated in a single person. 2d. Aris
tocracy, where the same powers, are
• n a select assembly, who succeed to
their places, either by election, or in
heritance—>3r,d. A republic, where all
P°Wc^veffdes in the people, but who
adifciwsten their public affairs, by
mean^of representatives or delegates.
Irnrjrdei^kJ'do justice to each, 1 will
j enumerate their advantages, and disad
vantages.
The principal advantages, offered by
the advocates for monarchy, are unity
of council, desision, activity, secrecy,
and dispatch j the preventing by a
known rule of succession, popular con*
tendons, and competition tor the su*
prem:po«vtr, and thereby repressing
the hopcs,fntrigues, and dangerous am
bition of aspiring citizen*.
But the disadvantages ar.d dangers
pf this government are tyranny in its
«,ost Hideous forms, expense,exaction,
military domination, unnecessary wars
wegrd for the gratification of individu
al passions, and too often the rule of an
ideor? or of one, deprived of mental
powers ; a total ignorance in the gover
nors, of the interests and accommoda
tions^! tlje people must prevail, and
~~>nJeqMrntlyva total deficiency of salu.*
tarw rt#Aati«ss c It oppresses virtue,
a,i<wcxflks vi«, stifles the cries of jus
i,Ct®r •yp-st liberty and supports
itstl^biMUpROft tyrannical laws. But
notw;sf?§flmling these defects, thereare
still advocates for monarchy, who con
I tend that eVcry thing in nature points
to uniiy in government, and approbates
the monarchical form. The universe
|th. j* say, is governed by one supreme
being, and the nations of the earth in
tike manner, should be guided by the
authority of single sovereigns, who
may maintain in their respective em
pires, that harmony which reigns
throughout all nature. But what can
be more absurd than to compare an
immaculate, wise, and omnipotent God,
with the limited powers of corrupt, and
frail man!
Monarchies are divided into elec
tive, and hereditary ; the votaries of the
latter, conscious of its defects, have
preferred on some occasions an elective
monaVchy, to prevent the sovereignty
from falling into the hands of persons
found few advocates—.faction, intrigue,
and a thousand calamities attetid it.
Rosseart, who certainly did not love
monarchy, gives the elective a prefer
ence to the hereditary, and endeavours
,to provide against the evils of an elec
tionj by introducing a species of sorti
tion, or lot, but how far chance, or the
decision by lot, may be compatible
with the sound principles of policy apd
sober reason, I refer to more compe*
tent judges than mj'self to decide.
If such be the evils of elective mon
archy, what are the vices of the here
ditary? Is it not inconsistent with
evtry principle of just and uatural law,
anl common sense, that one family in
a sWiety-sho|*ld be exalted above the
rest of mankind, all originally equal by
the order of creation, and designed by
heaven to enjoy the same rights and
privileges,and possess in coparcenary,
the common bounties of nature ? 44 Can
the distinction of kings and subjects,
bejustifiedby any natural reason ? Male
and female are the distinctions of
native tfgond and bad the distinctions
of hlavK,?,, Examine the infant son
of on* of-thoie mighty potentates and
a mechmio-’j has nature designated in
different lineaments their future for
tune ? Is one of them born with cal
lous hands, aiul ungainly form? Can
you trace in the other, the early pro
mise of genius, and superior under
standing, or more exalted indications
°f Kirtj^e *nd honor ? We have been
torn t(at“ nature will break out, ’ and
thaVthg eagli t of a valiant nest,
\44 Will quiskly tower
44 Up to the region of his sire.”
Poets may ch .unt their venal prais
es, or soar aloft upon the wings of im
agination—but Poets are not the le
gislators of a wise, and scrutinizing
people.
Ancient credulity, and superstition,
adhered to that opinion—But all nature
has s nee been renovated by the rays
of liberty and science, and mankind will
no longer bear such absurdities ;—but
it is not so much the absurdity, as the
evil whith concerns mankind. Did
monarchy insure a race ol wise and vir
tuous men, it would have the seal of
divine authority. But as it only o
pens the door to the foolish and the
wicked—the sooner it is closed and
barred with adamantine security, the
more.fortunate for man.
The mAifc.plausible plea that is of
ferer! ip fa ♦or offlicreditary succession,
is, that it preserves a nation from civil
wars, and were this true, it would be
well worthy of consideration; but the
whole history of EngMd disowns the
fact, for the revolutions*'and rebellions
which have convulsed th.»2 kingdom arc
well known. \
(To be continued.
1 he editor of the Aurora asserts in
an editorial article of Aug. 30, that of
the merchandize sequesien d by the
power raised up by the corruption and
lolly of England, ** sev«?n-eighths is
Bri ish, covered by the prostitution of
the American flag.” Although we
have to lament the baseness which has
been practised uudef the American
I flag by the British in order to carry on
a proscribed trade wi.h the conunrrt
to which we may attribute many of the
restrictions our commerce now labors
| under yet when assertinoR »re ma’a
which hsve a tendency further to em
barrass property bona tide American,
already too much embarrassed, it is
•ur duty to notice them. We shuu!4
be extremely cautious in our lucubra
tions how we utter that which can af
ford the smallest pretext to thohe who
are robbing us of our property, where
upon to ground their unjust condem
nations. The assertion we have quo
ted from the Aurora, is on too broad'a
basis, As it affects the sequestrations at
Naples, St. Sebastians, and Amster
dam ; which property (with few or no
exceptions) is bona fide American,1
shipped to those ports direct from thfe
United States; by American citizens ;
aiid it is extremely to be regretted that
they should be furnished with the
slightest grounds for condemnation by '
any incautious assertion in t*e Ame
rican papers. Bat. American.
It is stated that the fly which is so
destructive to wheat, mayj in a great
measure be destroyed at this season ot'
the year-t by burning the stubble; by
this means the eggs which are deposit*
ed in the stalk near the ground will be
effectually destroyed. This method is
so easily effected, that it is certainly
worth a trial. The ashes will at the
same time be good manure.
Phila. Psp.
P’r'fljPthAmost accurate Meteorolo
giml Tables? that have been kept it ap
Pe^l» TRaj^o early and continued u ‘
droughtrfHhat of the present year, hast
not been known since the mertiorablo
year of the Spanish Armada.
London paptr.
—5*S5tS3tS3t£5XS*«63SS3SSi«s;»S
CHARLOTTE COURT, 3d Sept. 1&10.
Edward Hatchett, Pltf.'l
against j
Thomas Hatchett, executor of Robert | In
Hatchett, William Hatchett, Jesse )-<hance
Chiffin and Phebehis wlfl- .and the | t/.
same Thomas Hate own I
dgl'L eLs.J
THE defendant Hatchett, Je3l,
Chaffin and PI not hayinx en.
terxd their appears ji»g to the act of
assembly and the i court, and it ap
pearing to the sati^ the cou’t that they .
are not inhabitants state, on the motion
ot the plaintiff by hil^ffttorney, it is ordered
that thcytppear nere on the first day of Novem*
ber court n«*t, and enter their appearance *od
answer the plaintiff's bill, and that a copy’of
this order be inserted in one of the newspapers
printed in Richmond, for two months success,
ively, and posicd at the front door ot the court.
ou*e of the said county,
A Copy Teste,
. Thomas Read, c. c.
CHARLOTTE COURT, 8th Aagt. l«io
John Ashworth, Pltf.^
against | in
Willism Crenshaw, Daniel Cren- y Chance.
shawrf William Deupree, Miles | ry,
Bottom and Reps Osborne, Deft*. J
I7.HE defendant retub aw-, not ha
according 10
and Florist,
LJ AS for sale, Apple, Tear, Peach, P]'mb
L A Nectaiin*, Apricot, and Cherry Tt«e» r.f
ibe very best sort* and all now in a rows. m>u
rishing conditionAUo-ftoosrberrr and Cur*
ram bushesj with a noyfftiW variety of shrubs
and plants of the mostnare Aids,
CaWtr.gn-1 of the awrvAmalk* seen at FP 7
Wl^TLSUHN 4r /'ffrdfklt’sVtichmond, wno
wd| a'tcmt ^ any »r&«eft wli them.
<|entle%i4whi ft #desir#s of furnishing
theW orchSSTor jfSittens wu|rthe very best kinds
of fait ha»R a V>o^^pp>>r'nnn y of duitig
RO, aVg|te appa^clim^ltfSaon pror.niea to u« 1,
vorable for transplanting.
Order* should be iorwa'derl by the first of No
i vembsr
R chmond, September 6 h, 1810. v.lt
N B. F. U P. have just received a su( ply
of turnip hooted cai»u ,gb sk.ru,
| which, if sowed about this sens »n, will ptoebuo
, the ca: JiCHt and most abundant crop in the spring
l\7IIRRIA Lucy has In ety
• *" m from home for
nn cans glad to receive
her a urn nil p rflops
In.g wi'ti her < .i
• a® , not pay any debt
that Si
\ MUEt BAILEV.
Scpbcm , 1810, ip.