Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1806-05-06

heScSSf~s Ihat tnc COhy OF C!Sr'
chants, who fo,esaw the Impending dan
,ger, aud petitioned congress and the state
legislature to afford protection to this city,
and its lawful commerce, have merited
the appreciation of their fellow citizens.
Reso.ved, That the memorials OF The
merchants and citizens TO Congress, have
been neglected, ard that we have not per-
c.ived, on the part of the members of the
Senate aud Assembly from this city, such
exertions and zeal as were expected OF
them TO engage the interposition and in.
fluence of the state Legislature with Con.
gress for the protection of our defence.
less city.
Resolved. That so long as the British
ships Of war, which have assumed a s,ati-
on at the entrance of this port, are suffer-
ed to remain there, it is earnestly recon.
mended, that no supplies, provisions, or
succours of any kind, should be afforded
them from our markets, nor any inter-
course held with them in any shape what
ever, and that our pilot.boats should alb
; stain from visiting them.
Rescued, That the MURDER ofJo1N
PsARcz, one of our fellow. ci,izens, by a
shot from british ship of war, at the en-
trance Of our harbor, and within half a
mile OF the shore, while he was engaged
IN peaceably navigating a coasting vessel
laden with provisions for our market, was
an act that excites our dete.tation and alb.
horrence, and calls upon our government
tor 1hs adoption of prompt and vigorous
measures to prevent repetition of such
wanton and inhuman conduct, and so IA
grant violation of our national sovereign.
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Rescued, That this meeting approve the
conduct ofthose persons who intercepted
the supplies which were sent from this
city to those vessels who now blockade
our harbor, and who have murdered our
fellow citizen John pearce.
Resofued, That we will attend the fune-
raj OF the deceased, and that it be recon-
mended to the Slips in the harbor TO dis
play the customary signs Of mourning.
RESOLVED, That John b. Coles, Ebene-
Ger Stevens, Samuel Mansfield, Robert
hogardus, and Samuel Gedney, be a
committee to confer with the friends of
the deceased, and make the necessary
arrangements in behalf Of this meeting
relative TO his funeral.
Resolved, That the proceedings fihis
meeting be published
CoRNELtus Ray, Chairman.
SAMUEL BoyD, Secretary.
We observe, by the New-York prints
That the tender sensibilities Of the fede-
ralists have at last been excited-by the
murder committed by their good friends
the British. A federal meeting was held,
IN consequences, where sundry resoluti-
ons were passed, condemning the a,,ro-
cious set.
Can any one explain this ebuIli,iou of
federal feeIingi
Can any one tell, why Oliver Wolcott
and other federaIists who for years palli.
ated the insults and robbery committed
by the British, should now be foremost in
resolving that such robbery and outrage
ough.no longer TO be suffered!
Can any one tell, why federalists, who
underJohn Adams patiently suffered and
winked at the murder, 4Uhithing and i'm
fressmenf ct American seamen, should
now call for prompt and vigorous ,nea.
sures to prevent the like in future.
To assist the reader to give an answer
I'VE viii Just mention, that an election is
ne7v bending IN .Nezv York, at which Ede-
tahsni is about 10 FRY IFS strength for the
mrs, fine since 1900. That he FEDERAL mar.
~ Is determined TO fry IFS strength in me
Hnion, on Pie t'ery,frsf ohhorfunify. rha,
a shew Of patriotism is now made to gull
ahe uDsuspeeting.
Let no man suppose that the N. York
federal resolutions breathe the pure spirit
OF patriotism---they are an eiecisneerfng
trick--if there had been no election, the
murder OF Pierce would never have been
thus censured, it would have been passed
over as the more ignominious murder oil
jonathan Robbins was under John Adams.
Let no man suppose that the murder
OF Pierce has excited actual and true alb
'horrence os the British in the breasts oil
the fcderslisls--in all their resolutions
they do not once censure the British adj.
mipis,ration or the British policy, the
whole are directed against the govern
ment OF this country as if it had perpetiat.
ed The outrageous ACT.
Let no man imagine that these resolu.
.tiohs are any thing more than the mere
fgnfs /afpi of federalism--they are of the