Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1805-03-23
FROM rne AURORA.


When the poison-t0oih Of q rattle snake
is drawn, tue bite and shaver the reptile
Ike the SANDER snd foam Of Mr. Hubert
become deprived OF the power OF InJuiing.
The success OF tue republican ucSee ."
Massachusetts has, at last drawn INC
teeth ofthe rattle snake otfcderaIisms ana
reduced the mschieyous aDi'nai 20 iaush,
able insigniHcance. In this tooshiess ana
pitiless condition, the rattle inits tau, IKE
The rattle of the legislator OF Sheffield, is
heard without alarm. ~
Slsader belongs TO The class OF BASTARD
u; vices. railways ac,s under cover. 1t
nuts insinuation in the place of evidence,
& tries to impose by pretending to believe.
It's loudest language, when it speaks is a
whisper.-At other times il DISCUSSES it
self in anonymous paragraphs, For which
nobodyis accountable. But tits refine
ment on mesnness when the sIanderer Coz
vcrs himself with the privilege of legis-
lator speaking in his place. /, requires
no courage to tell a lie, insinuate a calum.
ny, where the preroga;ive of the place pro-
techs him from punishment, and the alb
sence of the person slandered precludes
immediate detection, aud this is what Hut
bert has done.
MIR. Jefferson, at, the distance of six or
seven hundred miles, and myself ar the
distance of almost four hundred miles,
have both been attacked in the legislature
of Massachusetts, by this toothIess rattle
snake, the legislator of Sheffield. Mr.. JET
ferson as president of the United States,
has other matters TO attend TO than that of
answering this successor of Calender, WHO
finished his career of slsnder by putting
an end to his existence; aud as 10 myself,
Mr.. Hubert may see by the reply now
make him, that hold him and his abuse
in iaughable derision.
One Of his attacks OH Mr.. Jefferson is
introduced in the following manner:
!" Does any one doubt (said he) that Mr..
Jefferson invited Thomas Paine to leave
aFrance and return 10 the United States.
sI Let him read his letter and he viii doubt
no nose.' Here Hubert read part of
MIR. Jetierson's letter.
Any one u,acquainted with the case
would suppose, from 'he justification with
which the legislator of Sheffield brought
forward the letter, that he had made a dis
covery that had remained concealed from
all the world beside, and been mira.
cuiously revealed - him for The salvatiop
of the feds. Poor foolish impostor.
The whole OF Mr.. Jsilessun's letter L
me, was published in my sixth letter q
: the citizens of the United States, The sum
mer before last. The falling faEtion 9
the feds, feeling themselves sinkiog int
the bottonlsss itofpublic contempt h.
he=n, for several months before, inyeu
inc * publishing falsehood upon Iaisrhoc
with respect To The supposed contents
this letter, and when they had run the
length. Qor only give such people rope
nough aud they will hang themselve9
published the letter 10 expose their falls
hoods and pat themto confusion, The lie
ter when publicly known did honor to til
writer Of it, and the election of Me-. Je
ferson, By a majority of one hunded an
sixty TWO votes, cut OF an hundred and Sc
veDty six, confirms il to be a fact.
The part which this toothlsss rattl
snake, the aforesaid legislator of Shcliiel,
attacks, is that, in which MIR. Jefferso
after he arrived at the presidency, lool
back with generous aad even grateful r
membrancc "a virtue which the uicerate
heart OF federalism knows nothing of c
the long services of former fellow labo
or in the vineyard of independence.
was myself among the first that propose
independence, and it was Mr.. JeHerso
whodrew upthe declarationofh. Here 70
lows the part which our graceless Ieg,sIs
tor read. il was in answer TO letter re
ceived from met
" You express wish lsays the lettet
TO return 10 America by national ship
Mr.. Dawson is charged with orders 10 III
captain of the Maryland to receive and n,
commodate you back, if you can be read
20 depart at such short notice. You wi
find US, IN general, returned to sen,imen1
worthy OF former times. In these il will
your glory TO bayesteadiiy labored stwiths
much effect as any man living. That 20
may live long to continue your useful Il