Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1804-05-12

FROM THE AURORA.

fHDM FlE Az hONh.
We copy the following earnestly from
the Roya! Gazette OF New York Tor tie
amusement of our readers, and as speci-
men ct Stiomon Lang's perspicacily:
Mr.. Monroe, our present ambassador at the
court of Great Britain. is said is abou, 10 return
IN consequence of an nsuifciency of salary for his
support. Tie governorship of New Orleans Of
fers more inviting prospects, and thither Mr. Mon
roe IS 20 be translated. On viewing the policy &
the dieeren; movements of the leaders of the pre-
sent economical administration, one cannot bur DE
sensihy struck with the singuarity of the eonsis-
feHcY and the vti me which animates them
i'uring the early part of our la:e worthy ambas,
sador's Mr. King residence at l. ondon. it was not
uncommon 10 hear violent charges against our
men government. for the extravarant salary al
ioWeH 'hat embassy, which amounted, as ar pre-
sent 10 nine Thousand dollars per annnm, with the
usual allowance OF niue thousand more at first for
g ont ITS" The present embassy it viii be scents
therefore 10 cost the United States, ejpbtcen thnu
sand dollars for the single year the " out ftsn he
ing OF course claimed as if the residence had con-
tinued many years When the nextmi ster shall
be sent. another eighteen Thousand dollars for one
years residence, must also ne allowed, and so On
o. inhn'f"m, or At least until all the economical
, Ir'e"us OF the present government, shall have
come III tor their eighteen thousand dollars for one
Mr. King, whose wide spread broad and GENERAL
hospitality TO his countrymen was equalled. rs we
nave olten been tod only by hisconstant attention
% their interests, well rs TO that of his country
IN General, never reques cd an increase of salary
nut with the nine thousanddo!lars per annur,, sun
ported during seven years, dignity or character
whlch added dignity to the country he rppre sented
from what we have heard of the s,i{e of E7;pg
OF TIE present minister. should have expected,
least OF all, The complaint, that his salary e, as in
snihcieat to supper. him.
REMARKS.
Upon the face ofthis article, in the very
trst sentence, there is an absurdity which.
stupid as the tory editors are, would not
nave escaped from them generally. It's
gwen as reason for the return of Mr..
Monroe that his salary is insufficient, this
certainly might be good reason enough,
were 1t true and Stood alone but when il
IS coupled with an inference, that his re-
tIrement from the British embassy was 10
be followed by his tran8lcfio, to New Or.
leans, we cannot avoid tgv;stine ortr 4,hiskers
and cXclalming 10 the wooden headed ed
torIal conJurer-this would indeed be re
dNcf"S hfs nobIeS 10 nine fcnce."-That a
salary OF 5000 dollars should be nsufici
ent-apd yet salary OF 5000 dollars suE-
hcient-we cannot reconcile by our arith
metic.
When Solomon proves himself to be a
n"'"hS in the very first sentence of his
'nfe|hSrrcc. what must we conclude unon
he remainder of his augmentation upon
Whether Mr.. Monroe is or is not about
70 return or whether it was ever thought
ofbut bv Solomon Lang, is questionable.
Yet rs the au'Tfosihcn appears 10 he erect
ed more for the purpose of raising an eu-
io"um for Mr.. King, and an indirect re.
proach upon the government, we do not
think IT enough to detect he absurdity ND
on which the whole is raised--but to notice
the, real obie6t Of the article.
ne article from beginning to end
IS tissue OF ialsehood and absurdity. 1t
SAYS,
iha'it was common to hear violent charges A.
gains the extravaganza of Wr Kings salarv
Vhis falsehood is made to bolster nm the
deducti made from the FIRST absurditv.
lie salary and outfit allowed Mir. kim.
were neither Of them objected to, as less
due TO him than 10 any other minister.
There were many o5iecfions indeed made
ABOUT that time, to the ayhhointments and
outfits OF so many ambassadors at The same
time 70 the same country. 1t was Object.
ed that the chicfjRsticc i'm should be taken
from the supreme seat of ius'icc TO be sent
IN an embassy because he might in his
caracity ofchief justice have to sit in iudo-
meni on his own acls; and it was obie6led
that besides the saiaryuo him, and The outft
to him, the public was put to an enormous
expense for his fG@saee and even his sec
sforSS; while an ambassador os connetent
talents was already in England, and who
remained IN England, when The unfortu-
nate treaty wasnegociaiing-Th.g sc thinrs
were loudly complained of in the case Of
Mir. JaV-and time has confirmed every
thing that was then said of the extrava-
gance, and disgrace which ACCOMPANIED
every step from the commencement 10
the catastrophe of that fatal negotiation.
It's indeed true that many other embas.
sizes and outfits were complained q nj tina;
period and since as for example tbe ero.
hassies Of John .. Adams to Prussia in
which the principles of the armed nen.
'raIlty were 90 the eternal reproach Of Tie