Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1806-07-23


RON $50 do.
Erfracs ofa letter frsm commercial house
IN Charlesfons 10 reshrcfa5i- mercantile
housc IN JNo5fcae, dated Juiy 8.
we have accounts, pia Neg Py,yi.
deace' not OF the most pleasing co,np,exi
on. Private le,serB from L.on,,nc arT; -,
thar MIR. Fox, in his speech on the ssd
OF May, IN The House of Common. -.
Cared TIE COUNTRY TO BIZ At VA,
WITH ALL TIKI WORLD! and that IL mar
matter OF indifference fuiefher .f1,er;ea
T0s fhrosu'i mo she sccie OF. M. I--N1cro,.
SONS non importation bii had caused
much sensation and il xas said. TIM, ~.
should be allowed no ssads OF any des.
cup'ion' since We would not indiscrimi.
na,eiy take the IN all"
1o''eshc Haff'necs.-T'hc great end of pru.
u'"Ss $40 g'v' ehee'iuness 70 those hours which
sp'endor caanot yild, and accs nation o.nsoi e,.
Nitrate. Those soft intervals IF uubend.a =.
n'nssfnent, IN which man shtirks to his nam.
raj dimensions. and throws ssi,lc the o.r,r,e,,.
OF si.es which he feels, in ~ iv.cv IN h. ,s.
'ts; ineu'nbfanccs. and TO lose al esaa ,vb.r
hey become ta'rilisr. 20 lie Ass6y n, b,n, is
.uS u'''''sts 'sIut OF all ahibi'ion the and 70
vhi'n every erternrize end labor ends. and AZ
~nen svery desire promprs the prosecution. II
is Indeed st horne hat every man nous, h. -.
ny these who would r,ale. iust estimate e;,h.r
o. his virtue % felicity for smiles and ernb,o;
aeFy are alike occasional. and the mind L. of,en
drassen Tor show in pain.cd honcr, and Haiti
| Gus b:ncvalence. N>''''
We insart. with pleasure, the fo,lovy;no y,-,rk.
on . hab;i 5v mach too rreya,en, General
sSu'e 10 i, all times ungcnsrous ana thee
can never he any less ,iue. than that WHICH il
a"sc'Sd against che halt of creation] Ems-sid
ON TIE FRE%UEE7' Satire UPoN Yo
MN
FROM the 'i5srt'ne 20 ,ie rake proceeds tina,
,nso'sn' con'srrP, with which. in iublic ass.m
S'is', and pubic prints. he Eersales of the IRE
sent day are insr'ted From The error. Of ner.
vsr'ed "ainfs these iacorrigibe profiiga,es rive
"c."1e 10 ,hr'r tongues, and prestae TO speak
, Sns wt''e IN most di:reapeeful terms of a sex,
Tor y hosc pro;eeiion and support the Cod If ns'
lure Intended Alm. FroC them proceeds Ia,
s'5'e Oh remark. that SO oftcn wountls tine en-, of
'"'!hG Ihnocence, or raises the wei deserved
s'Hiie OF eontempucus dieseEari
woman IS the tenuer flower of society. whose
very Weakness is the best claim to protel,ian
rreventsd. however. from defence OF her sex
" ~ ''eSi!n able snJ indispensable ,le.icacy, bv
'es'""'i "n'sn custom and general opinion impo
ga AMI which propriety " uuld eed ber 10 i've.
,eve IN its fullest extent xhe i. sufisaed 70 IN.
aeTaeHoa OF confident caiumniators. .io,ina in
the entertained lcenlicusness of their ,honob .
ano tsrnng into udcule and scorn the weskness
%aich cannot resi-, insult
genera satire en- the sex proves nothing hu,
nicWlun" cowardi'e. Ii snow that The. vr;,c.
!, ma'icicus enough 10 do mischief. bu. wan
we slhr't 10 make n attack, where there is
chance of resis,ance
Il Is nor he protection Of her person. in mo.
meits ot corporeal danger. tina; cos,prahends he
e~'eh. o. 'hat tenderness which is due to the
sex L j, not the Zen Q 'ixot,e salliss Of hea,ed
"iaSiha'i9n Which proves the regard they are SO
often acknowledged TO deserve, or pays the dest
"'neh ns'ure has imposed on man, We well
, KNOW that the breath of SANDER shakes 4 wo
mans reputation, which is her whole deDen
cence for esteem. and her sole claim for yesneG
yet 9th uncqualcd ilibe, .li,y the whole sex ia
publicly and undesesyedy ccnsured by those. who
say me oest OF them, are mere vasaries OF vice.
oieh wren ladies are present by particular in
snaion. TO grace an assembly with their pre-
ssnce me literary exercises of the day are fraught
WIN 'uos en,epdses and i'll cln,rived aueun,s
az wiz ths snbjsa of ahieh 10 the feras. part
or the community. This is adding insult 20 in
J'ry' ana Is rs2'e un6lsnly. because il must be
bcrne unrcsisled.
y you.n' insn'7'e with the dregs OF humanity,
JuS' coming from gccn"S Of immorali,y and vice,
eniers Az assembly of vir,ush3 females, sur-
veys them with that l;cerous eye watch the
asp'avIty OF his hear enkn .les, and forming his
lnogn'ent OF Them from his own character, he.
cides. that ike himself the, would sacrifice hon.
rto the gross pleasure OF sense
Should modesty by that awe which i, ca, n
ways inspire, check the wanton gaze of its in
temperate observer and by vir,ue's brightest raw
ior moment enliSh'cn the dark shades of cor
tuption the eye IS closed TO i,s power i,s purity
u denied, 1t is charged rs the ecFt e brb9erisy.
Thus virtue and vice are equally impIicated, and
women are divided into two classee, the i,nsu,.
raj and rhe dsceiifm
DO these manly and ,oi,ifsc gentlemen, recol-
le6 while they UNFORTUNATELY inplica,e the sex.