Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1804-02-29

INV hiSdi'N Wv plGhNI' aNii Oh OIcaQ iNSSil'
have died with the father and the nus
band. The cries oil private distress never I
reach the cXakation OF The throne, aud .
hardly - command Ia" passing tribute OF
tear" Yet some patrivt iHay have fallen,
whom the good revered, whom the bad |
themselves respected; the memory OF
whose fate, may rh=d Il transient gloom,
even through the house Of Teasing. But,
tc,lOw-citzeus, none oil these drops ct Bit
Icrness have tal.en into our cup of nation
al happiness. We mourn no heroes slain,
~ patriots dead. No tear tiims the eye
OF beauty. No grCan Of despair wounds
the soft bosom OF compassion And we
celebrate an event which extends its con-
sequences and It's blessings, not only to the
panpered tGV, whom wealth and fortune
ma eXait, but TO every honest and indus
trldus citizen; not 10 America alone, but
10 the whole race OF mankind. This cx-
/ traordinary eFent will deserIediy excite
universe aG.nratioD. SO far as my know
, edge OF the history of the world extends,
whenever, heretofore, the ties OF al!egi-
ance have been al solved, ani It's duties
, transferred; the work has been accom-
pllshed by the fire aid sword Of var. The
conqueror cloaths himself in Tive tcrrors
OF death; the smiling harvest Of industry
biazes before him the huns!: inhabitants
OF peace, the revered temples o! Religion,
crumble beneath his fury; and he traces
a brood ieoiarcafion 2t' ai3oa as ID. boun-
d ICY line OF his newly acquired dominion.
Thus, IN ancient times, the fertile boYders
! ol the Danube, were wasted and depopu-
lated, FOR breadth of many miles, to mark
he frontier OF the Roman empire. In
modern days, 70 secure and maintain her
possessions liz The east--;Yh4t has not
Great Britain Perpetraled ?-l'o describe
the most HONORABLE: and mcrciful of her
conquestsi To paint the most venial of her
crimes, to rccite the llghtest Of the wrongs
of India, would chill The soul with horror
At this very moment, Great Britain and
France are preparinc to open anew, the
yet unhealed wounds of Europe: When,
II they were animated by ,ac coolest sem
| tIment OF hberality AID Justice. If they
were not stimulated by an insu,iatc lust
Of domination, It would be d matter Of no
Importance, which, or whether either of
them, Possessed the barren rock of Malta.
In times like these, The United States
alone nave been able to obtain Justice,
and to command success, by The gentle
Heans of peace. need noe dlate upon
the Importance OF the navigation OF the
/ Mississippi, TO our western brethren
With " hat anxious so.ici,ulc this right has
been invariably assere ed a'rd maintained
what feelings the bare proposal of tenn.
porary rellnqulshment oft, much more it's
D ssf.. al c., 4
SONS OF the real patriots Of this country,
IS still freshly rectlic@ted. Enterprise has
aeYer yet explored the vast e,slen, uf Lou
is'aua. Yet we know, that it contains a
rich variety of soil, Oh climate, and OF pro-
ductions that il abounds in whatever can
munster to the wants, or to The iuxulies
o, mankind, Tint most essential r:phi.
i and this most valuable country, has been
| transferred - u, and secured 10 our pos
terlty forever, without ole Circumstance
OF public calamity or of private sorrow-
without one single drop Of blood To seal
the CONTRACT. Yes, felilw citizens, we have
| heavy ncreasc OF public bmIhons we
have been guilty OF no iniuitice towards
France, Of oppression towards the peo-
pl@ OF Lou siaaa: On the contrary, the
. former have made The cession with cheer
fitness; the latter rejaiGe in the change
OF their political connections ;---aud the
people OF this country willingly pay the
moderate price Of these benefits,
Yet, fellow citizens, there are not want
ing in the United States, those who con.
tend, that republics are deficient in that
essential strength, which constitutes good
government; that monarchy and Nrlslo-
crscy are requisite to afford that energy,
without which, society Is but new modi-
tication Of anarchy. Aud, when The porl
of New Orleans was for moment SHUT a
gdinst our citizens, there was party IN
this country, who coupselIcd thatwe should
seize by violence, what we have since OBJ
tanned by negotiation.
had hoped that that party g would
| have stumbled themselves IN their errors. >"
had hoped, that there yet remained a.
nong them, a sufficient fund ofmarnani-
nifty and good sense, Or at least of prr-
dcnce and policy, to have approved the
measures, by which the administration
have secured TO us the navigation of the
Mississippi, and the entire possession of
Louisiana. have been disappointed.-
Had the advice oil chic f,arf, h,..r ,,,,.-,,-