Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1804-07-28
From The Eoening Post. ofJaly 6.

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From the EUening Post. ofJtlv 6.
Those who aifeel 10 feel such an en-.
ihusiastic admiration for every paragraph,
sentence, line and comma, in the Decla-
ration of independence, and who lose no
opportunity 10 extol the prodigious talents
and courage OF the Immortal Jefferson, as
being the penman, are invited TO peruse
the following address to the " King of G..
Britain," drawn up by the same Immortal
Jefferson, only ten months before he, with
that singular consistency which has Away
so happily characterised him and his wri-
tings, drew up The Declaration of Indepen.
dence.'
" Attached to your majesty's person,
family and government, with all the de.
votion that principle and affection can in
spire, connected with Great Britain by the
strongest ties that can unite societies, and
deplcrinS every event that tends in any de-
gree to weaken them, we solemniy assure
your majesty that we not only most ard.
emily desire the former harmony between
her aud the colonies may be restored, but
that concord may be established between
ate its blessings uninterrupted by any FLU.
ture dissent'ons to succeeding generations
in both countries; and TRANSMIT
YOUR MAJESTY'S NAME TO POS.
TERITY, ADORNED WITH THAT
SIGNAL AND LASTING GLORY
THAT ATTENDED THE, MEMO
RY OF THOSE INDUSTRIOUS PER
ISONAGES WHOSE VIRTUES AND
ABILITIES HAVE EXrRlCATED
STATES FROM DANGEROUS CON
WILSON'S, AND BY SECURING
HAPPINESS TO OTHERS, HAVE
ERECTED THE MOST NOBLE
AND DURABLE MONUMENT TO
THEIR OWN FAME.
We beg leave further to assure your
Majesty, that Notwithstanding the suffer
ings of your loyal colonies during the
course OF the present controversy, our
breasts retain TOO TENDER a regard for
the kingdom from which we derive our o.
rigln, to request such reconciliation as
might in any manner be inconsistent with
her dignity or her welfare. These, rela.
ted as we are to her, honor and duty, as
we'll as inclination, induce us 10 support,
and advance and the apprehensions that
now Cypress our hearts with unspeakabIe
grief being once removed, your Majesty
will find YOUR FAITHFUL SUBJECTS, on
this continent, ready and ~ Ting, at all
times, as they have ever been, with their
Hpes and fortunes to assert and maintain The
rights and interests ofyour Majesty and our
Mother country"
eve have ventured to say that the adj
dress from which the above axtra6t is ta-
ken was penned by MIR. Jefferson this,
however, is only strong conjecture we be-
lieve his title 10 it is at least as good as that
10 the Declaration. But to place it on the
proper footing we may with strict truth as
sert that this address was, at any rate,
signed by Thomas jefferson, in his own
hand writing ; it is preserved on the pub
lie records of the country, where it will G.
YER remain incapable of being altered or
misrepresented. Should it be thought
proper at the next anniversary to begin
with the Declaration of Independence, we
recommend to finish with the above adj
dress; so that the audience rnay have as
well the reverse as the face of the medal
tits on the authority of friend of Mr..
Jefferson, who has long enjoyed his con
fidence, and acted with him in many of
the important scenes Of the revolution,
that we are enabled to declare,
THAT IL is .faise haI Mr.. Jefferson eUer
DREW such a tcher as rs there aScr bed
TO him.
.dnd that il is HkeI0ise false that he euer
SIGNED such a faher draqvn by ano-
Mer.
Let the Editor of the Evening Post re-
sort 10 the public records of the country
Let him produce them and prove his as
sertions or acknowledge their falsehood.
Uuless he does one or the other he will
stand arraigned before the public as the
base traducer of character, as the propaga.
tor of falsehoods.
We will not forego this opportunity of
remarking that there is kind of infuria.
( ted malice, with which, on all occasions,
/ the character of Mr.. Jefferson is attacked
| by this print, that looks more like person
al hatred than party violence. There is
not feature of that character allowed 10
be fair. Candor is stigmatised as hypo-
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