Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1806-04-18

,irpation Of which i would BE- folly bsr
derlng upnn insanity To hope for any real
| and permanent good. To MAKE, there
lore, a true and Misrepresentation TO put
such a representation upon record, TO
promuigate itso that it should be tamili
ar TO the mind Of every man in the coun-
try is, in my oplnion, absolutely pecessa-
ry, not Only 10 the reputation of the new
ministry but TO the support Of their pow.
er. This representation should be far
one; it should tell, not only The trui h, but
the whole tru h. Were I CONCERNED i'm
the making of it,, would begin with the
Church, and would show, that, from an
iJadlcious not to say corrnp, use of
power, in the heaping of bene6ces and
dignlties upon persons aud families de-
Voted TO the ministry, the establishment
has been, and is, daily sink ng in the eyes
OF the people who, deserted by their plu.
ralist pastors, and LEFT, in but too many M
stances, without any resident pastor at all,
and not without a fair justification upon
the ground of piety, exchanged the
church for the meeting house, where they
Ind, at least, diligeat earnestness in the
ministry: and hence has arisen schism
including million and half ofthe poo
pie of England and Wales, while, as 10
the property of the church, and, of course,
the Influence ofthe legitimate aristocracy,
dlminution IS, from the same cause, dai
ly taking place, by the means of the al
most forced compositions, introduced and
continued by the convenience and the ex-
ample of'the nonresident incumbents, 10
whom, as their parishioners cannot see
the just reason Of paying tilhes, is to be
ascribed all those grulgings and heart
burningsp all that inwafdahatred and out
ward disrespeet 10 hsStfergy, whichnow
seerns 10 threaten th&io,al overthrow of
the establishment, and which, as its least
possible evil, cannol Mail to sender men
more indifferent than they otherwise
would be with regardio the defence aud
the Independence oftheir country =
OF the state of the Macy we may be
proud. IL is with such correction of
abuses as may easily be accomplished,
and with great extension of the means
ofproviding Tor disabled and worn out sea.
men, which exteBsI IN would present very
lew difficulties; with these improvements,
the navyns exactly what we must wish il
10 be. But, the .Army !! Who shall make
u, not what one could Spish, but " ha, we
cannot exist in safety without! II any
man can do this, L should expect 1t from
the wisdom and The zeal of Mr.. Wind
ham But, is it hossiSie? Afer all the
tamperng after ali The balotlng; all
The nonsense with volunteers and parish
officers after bouhlies OF so gu,neas a
man even for service for a limited tins
alter all this. is ii IN The mind of man To
devise scheme by which a permanent
military force Can be raised aud kept up
inihls colntryl certainly think that il
is possible; think that an army such
as we stand IN need Of can be raised and
maintained; butt am by no means Ger
tain, that the measures necessary, abso-
iuiely necessary, thereun,o, will, or can
be adopted In the present stale of mems
minds. full as they are with notions Of
trade, and obstinate as hey are IN their
Preference 0f every thing hostile to the
bestowIng OF privileges and immap,ties
upon The soldier. II is, by all men ofdis-,
cernmeDt, clearly perceived, THAT within
these few years, Europe, and particularly
N-~'SSS ua' u'Nc' Ss'hC Complex moral
revolution; that the age of commerce is
gong by; that arms are now 10 predomi-
nate (; that we, 100, must become militia.
~ people, or become nothing as an indie.
pendent patton that our choice lies be-
tween military nation and a nation Of
slaves; that this is the simple altsrna-
tive, slavery and the continued predomi,
nance OF commerce, or freedom and arms.
All this Is clearly perceived blu, as the
drutkard and glulton, goes on, from din,
ner TO dinner with disease in his frame
and death before his eyes; so fear,
greatly fear, that THIS besol,ed, this pelf,
loving nation will go on in lis present
course of destruction.-There does not
appear to me TO be ener gy enough left for
the exerton absolutely necessary to re-
covery. Men faik, indeed about "mak
ing agood army !" but, when the means
are pointed out, my fear is, that the ma
lion will say, I" il is too late rather than
encounter this, let u, die quietly, First,
perhaps, 1t will look 10 heace.--peace will
be easily obtained but, when we con-
template the situation OF The continental
powers and particularly tina, Of France,
IS there any man living that can hope
Tor secure peace, until we have got AN
army! Mr.. Fox IS come with great Ia