Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1804-09-01

oi England. As to ireland, they said, it
would tall by itself, ifthey were victorious
in Great Britain.
"rhese particulars are no secrets here.
but talked of in our first and best inform
ed societies."
That Bonaparte soon will, and must a..
tempt an invasion, fools ouly Cannot fore
see, and traitors dare 10 deny He has
pledged himself to France and to. the
worid--and, prepared ia he now is, his
own troops will regard longer delay as
defeat. IL we are upon cur guard, and
possess the same spirit and patriotism
which we evinced last year, the sooner we
have tried oug strength with our irrecon-
cileab,e foe the better; because we are
convinced 1t wsii finish 10 his shame, and
the last. With all y! his powerful means.
the real and reiaii'e situation of TINS ex
traordinary man is IS desperate as in any
iormcr part of has career. a defeat will
inevitably be Followed, not only by loss OF
rank aad authority, but that of life; for
he owes every thing 10 an uninterrupted
success, and, battered as his soldiers have
been. with az easy and certain conquest,
m,.i me will soon annihilate the golden
image, which prosperity alone has set up
Pichcgru and Moreau, will be remember.
ed, and the universe reveaged. Besides,
detested and feared IA 30naparte is, every
where upon the continent, defeat would
be now, rs after the battle Of Aboukir,
signal Tor a new coniederacy; and while
disunion, dlsaff-cs.on, and perhaps CT
VII wars, rage at home, France would
experience an invasion from abroad, and
the Disseminated, euslaved, and oppressed
Swiss, Batavians, and Italians, seize the
FIRST opportunity 20 th,ow oil a yoke, which
Notwithstanding commanded addresses
and populations they wear with so much
disgust.
The speech of .J2Les PoEgaac, before
the tribunal made great impression up
on the Judges rs we'll as upon the audi.
Gee, and has made him the tavor!le wi h
-:hc Parisians. With q calm and firm
voice he said
"Should my brother ArmonG be found
guilty, and be declared innccent, sup
pl!cate most earnestly 10 be permitted TO
take his place, and die for him he has a
wife; | am unmarried (; and in the present
situation OF my king, nv country, and my
iamily, have no ties Mat attach me TO
HE; which besides i have not enjoyed
Tong enough To regret much It's loss. An
unfortunate bat loyal exile from my youth,
have tasted little of existence but its
wretchedness, which is now become al
most insupportable; and see no other
| happiness or glory upon this side OF The
! grave than to be allowed 10 ascend the
same scahoid where the most virtuOus of
men and OF kings Louis XVI. has bled.
| My sentiments are, besides unaiterabc
neither 10 be shaken by terror, OF Chang
ed by clemsncy. No PofgHac was ever a
! traitor. either 10 his God or 10 his king !;
and shall certainly moi be the first who
! dishonors my name. Whether | am 10
! die in an hour or TO live for century, my
I constant prayer and wish shall be that Pro-
violence may restore 10 my county its law.
!ul sovereign"
! During his speech, Of which this is on.
! iy short sketch, several ladies in the gal
I lcries with their tears evinccd the interest
he inspired. Even the gems d'armes were
moved at seeing his firInness, and hear
| ing his frankness.
Private accounts from Paris Of the ION,
state, tina, 900 men ofthe Imperial Guard
| had preceded Bonaparte to the coast.
They add, thai between the 2lst May and
he 9Th June, upwards of20e vcssel, some
of them with troops entered Boiogne,
I from Flushing, Osterd, .Havre, SC.
| All our accounts from the continent
concur in stating that the long menac. d
invasion is on the eve OF being attempted.
! Our letters from Holland during tie
week, state that the enCampment in the
nelghborhood Of Berwick had broken UP
| for thepurpose Of embarka,ion. and that all
the forces in North Holland we're moving
towards the Helder Tor like purpose.
The circumstance, however, which
more than any other cOnvinces us that
the enemy are about TO engage in some
naval enlerprz- IS that the crews Of al,
The F.cnch prIvaieers arc impressed i'm
medistely on their return to port, aud
sent 10 man the national marine so pc
neral and SO urgent is the order on this
subject that the famous priva,eer the
Blonde, which made greater devastation
in on commerce than any other of the
enemy's cruizers, has been stripped of all