Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1801-01-27
PAets, ; -, Nog. e.

1 This aitlc'e WIS ihis Gay pgeteh'eu 10 lpe
Legislative Body By the CounGeIors o.
State, 2sgaier. Gou'ion, St. Cyr, asd
Najle.l
e. At the moment when the Legislative
Body - umss the courle OF i,s laoourc. the |
government tnbmiti 70 all France a Gletch |
OF lis operations. This IS a duty dictated |
81 i;s principles, aud it diichrgesthe talk
with that traoknefs which II owes 10 the |
pubic in,egsa, aad the purity of the fenti-
Ineuts BY which il Is Animated. Az know
wha, waa she fitua;ion of the Republic on
the 4,h Niyole. year 8, 18th December
T7oo.-The events Of the 9Th Byumaire
bad re animated The courage Of the people,
but mems minds fill loa,ed in uncertain
tT.--'ihc Dsparlmeuts OF the Wet were
Prey to civil war: eye.y where ,he.e prevailed
feeble, GiH,ra6,ed administrations, without
unity OF principles, or conce,t OF operations.
No energy in command, no promFtitute ia
execution. 4 police without activity lri.
6unais without authority; diGorder in the
public receip'i requitiIioas which harrdiT-
Cd the poblic, and continued our revenue /;
commerce and manufactures in a astg Of
hagnatior ;hs armies Of Anaria from the
sop OF the Alps snd Appenin;s naenlcing
LiEuayia and Ftance; neutral veiIes driven
from the Tea By The terror Of the Engih
maratine code; Aucrica, which owed 20
rs Ter independence, armed ag1init ours ;
Spain, Batavia, RelVetia, Lisusria, faith
fpi TO our allics, but waiting with painful
anxiety what he fs'uFe Gloull decide re-
focAiuB our flte and thcirs
T. wss snder thefc aulpices that the year
3 began Peace was the tirA want, and tbs
ardent prayer of the ua.;on Peace TOO was
the 6ra obisa that occupied TIE mind OF
government. Two letters written BY the
chief conful TO the emperor of g .rmany and
the king of Ecglsnd, e&pr,Fcd to them
with wSakuefj but without gUil-, the win
OF France and of humanity. This prayer
was rsisAed by thc rniniRer Of Autsia ADD
Great Britain, The cabinet of Vienna
Mingled (ome hopes gi.h the refufai The
cabine, OF England blended bitterness and
Iep.olch with ito corrc(pondence. and after
wards dec,smations aud inve9ive in the
public dlcuidons, il which il expofcd the
ovsytures made by France, his publicity,
thefc declarations aad nveaiyes, bot i'll
aii}ed the sninoGty and the plans Of ,he
Briliai admiuillTaton. Frenc0men recog-
nized in me conduit of their chef maeif-
trste, The iincere deGIe OF peace. They
felt indignant at tie enemy ~ whom the
overturea were reie6ted, ard faw that they
had to exPect peace only from iaeir efforts
and their courage. Hence the principle of
that energy, which p-oduce our lar fuccef-,
and ouf lat victories: Hence, perhaps, ia
the minds OF the Eusla, Ien,imenr of
jo.,icc towards a people, who, after 70 ma
ny eXplo,Is, aud 70 much glory, ighed only
for peace; hence, in me minds of other ma
tons, return OF favor For The caufe OF our
independence & our iberiy,-The rebellion
IN ihe WeG was luppreGed - Nothing more
was neceaarY than 10 luPpcrt 5y the L, play
of force the authority Of feaion and princi-
pie, in order to bring the people back to
their duty. III ,hof. who had b-ca led a.
way by Gedu9ioa and terror, lubmittsd 10
. government benihcent aud protecting.
Every day The attachment to the Republic
rncssaies IN thele departments, as we'll ss re
ipeet for our inaitutions, and hatred to-.
wa'a5 our enem'es. The Establishment of
zen d4Tnris pie will ferve TO clear the
Nountry from toe remains Of lct OF wretch.
ea habi;uatei to pilIage, and covered wiki
crimes which III: amn;aY could rot reach.
In ihefs departments q, ia al others, the in.
Auence OF he authorities ehabliled by the
Contribution has been marked BY proerSf-
t7e operations.
r. power concen;rsd in an individual
and therefore, inevitable refPonGbility gives
70 public and private aiTaira rapid move.
meat, and reaores by degrees, economy in
adminiarslion. Iaipe9ion "a more aaive
information is more prompt and nor. Ger
tai9 the eiii4eas perceive more clearly the
advantages OF the power which pro,,as
theo, IS veil as the vigor OF ,hl, authority
SnicA gep'ct5es & rslrsirs them. Through.
ont .ae Repgbi.c there RI cxias Gome iodh
s,jcsl1 Who Ns,et the paa fom- feeble
ni ds whom relidue OF fsuaticifm Cor
raeaisj bur thelc regrets become daily more
weak, fsnsiic,fm dies away, audmsnlg lent:.
uen; gaina more the alceuaency 10 win
that Gnu lhoud diiayow withrraa;aels, to-
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