Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1806-10-18
ARGUS.
RI c II M o n d:
ssATURDAY, OCTOBER IS, 1906.

lac horrid consequences resulting from 1t,
q anotherSpecimen of the arrogance of that
XAper. How comes it about, that real war
measures are urged with so much alacrity
Skainst France and Spain, while the peace
Vble measure of rcfraining from articles
Siich can be manufactured among ourselves
x@1knrobated rs having the most mischievous
~ 5sf6gs1 Why should the federalists fly
- tN kssion against France and Spain
Hi1mf &ifing dispute of little extent of
Gefft$, wien they themselves declare,
Mat We nav have more land than we
Sowwhat to do with They should be the
h3r1aen to,entcr into . war on this subject.
Bel fayeranto the possession of more ter
n fE, theyHfe inconsistent to desire war
TOT taiAtlf4fS of which they have already
toy largosa dsnntity. Federalism is sys-
TEN of3frsB and absurdity. They advo-
cate measut4s in direct opposition to the
kyp6thesi& 4hey wish to establish. They
lhy tlfxkplted States should not purchase
territofV .aSsRc have too much already, but
ara tnter into open hostility, with
the moi Hflable power in Europe, to ac-
qS5U 81 49, addition !! If we have AREA
dts3hur f6aqwe want, why should we ex-
pend blood s*Jid treasure to acquire more
The pisa tf:f8 war, on the part of the fe-
6ersGsfk r. Che greatest absurdity in no
turex ID mo R epublicans should be desir-
esxs}6f war, might be reconcilablc to their
idea Of the.N 97ue of certain possessions, but
for the fedElists, who are open-mouthed
IN 6etf DISCRIMINATION against additional ter
xheryx ~ gHfrsue n war system to add to its
extent Is ineomprehensible on any princi-
pie of ipgicAnr policy. 1t is no more, nor
less than HSleral absurdity, just calculated
20 llaee. Ma Jnitcd States in the power of
tic b rffiEbxustion whenever peace should
be SOUGHT forsy them. The federaists by
an Amcficanw donot want TERRITORY, but
they w;lut.to get us into the vortex of an
European embraced in the arms
of England, <pd in this desperate state of
thi5gset to enable Britain to work out their
salvation, bEhaking the United States the
scfpe~goat all their follies. sins and ini-
'qNffjes.e Thisis toryism, of late christened
federalism rhis is the deceptive policy
pursue4 ~ ABOUT twenty men, distributed
fhbae lieut. the. several states, and unless
watched Eitftagacity will involve us in trou-
BILE before we are aware of it.-Ind. Chron.
3. 81 = ~ r4E -
~ ~ NEw-YoRK, Oct. 10.
" Ne " (ozKfqIoN AGAINST France.
We. ara iatsjted to a respectable merchant
= Of this ciek,zfor the following extract of
q letter, sdaeed Liverpool, August 10Th
received BY the Hudson.
! 81 send thiS down to the Rock, by boat
In time for t3fe Hudson, to advise you that
the mail from Hamburg brings accounts of |
Prussia, Germany. Sweden, and other pow
ers, having formed a coalition against
France, and try with her the fate of arms
once more, This information is brought by
day paper of the I7,h August. Perhaps,
however, it is stock jobbing business"
There appears to be great reioicings a
fnong the fcdcralists, at the loss of one of
the gun boats, on her passage to the Medi- !
terranean. That the federalists should re-
Joice at any misfortunes which may attend
the measures of government, is, to be sure,
nothing strange-their cnmity to the govern
ment which protects them is Of that nature
that klcir rejoicings are in proportion TO the
disasters and difficulties its operations may
hav9to encounter. 1t was doubtless the se-
cret wish os many hions federalist that
Ali the gun boats might sink before they
reached their port of destination, and they
world probably have had no objection to the
sinking Of all the rest of the squadron, be-
cause it would have frustrated the views Of
observation-disclosures, doubtless, would have
been great cause ofjoy to these exclusive
1tafriots Their joy commenced in 1904,
when gnn boat No. ! was driven ashore in
a gtie of wind, together with a number of
other vessels in and near Charleston har-
Dor. In the late gale another United States
vessel was driven ashore at Charleston.
This viii also be further subject Of rejOi-
cling, and I'VE expect soon to see some Gle
giant production from the pen of Fessenden,
0he federal poetaster) on this funny sub
ject.
Chr federal fresh water sailors attribute
these disasters to the unfitness of these kinds
of vessels for the service for which they
were intended This story will do very
we'll TO tell green hands, but it won't do a. !
mong those who have seen blue zcater.
Did any Of these critics ever see the gun
boats2that were built during John Adams ,
ADMINISTRATION If they have, we would
thank them to point cut their superiority
and the services they performed. Wehave
seea several of them that were built Mt
greatcxpense. They were curious things
But the discovery Of their being unfit for
service was not made till after they we're
launched, and the contractors bills were
paid aThey would not do, and were laid
up---nct IN dry dock, it is true, but where
the worms could have fair play upon them.
Tn this situation they lay about two years,
and officers we're appointed and paid to see
that they did notify a7oay! for they had
neither masts nor sails. These queer things
NJ. L., A Jo,,c1 .,.Ic..N