Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1807-05-16
From 7'RE AURORA.
"IHE DANGER OF THE COUNTRY"

A''c - tiiS titiG w ,)Si1pnie1. nuDllSned
in England, by the author OF a memorable
pamphlet OF hostile to the peace and indie
pendence OF neutral nationS-Cailed &" H0r.
IN di5guise."--As the JEar in diseu Sc,
was one of the most audaciOus and unblu>h-
ing attempts upon the rights of free natl
j onS, and TO claim legitimate right to the
power usurped by Britain, over the ocean,
and the commerce of the universe, So the
present pamphlet, by the same hand writ
ten, with the same ability as to composite
on, is the most abjcCt and miserable evi-
/ dence OF alarm, that perhaps has ever Ga.-
len from the pen Of suddenly COMPOUNDED
and astonishcd guilt.
| The pamphlet was begun, before the o.
vcr.hrow of the Prussian fabric of desDo
tlsm, and was published the DIST of Lanua-
ry, after The battle of PUiiGusk had xpcl-
LED The Prussians and their allies, cut of the
! Pruss' an part of the Polish partition, and
carried the war out OF Poland, into the ve-
! ny heart of the kingdom Of Prussia The
battles that were but The overtures to the
terrible tragedy at Eyiuu, had not ii EN- ia
Ken place, but tho author anticipated from
tie past, what really happened, and de-
cllrod that Sin his estimate the danger
"trom the power of France was never
"more serious and imminent, than at that
I
last.
This sentiment is in fact the real text of
his dchiorGbte picture IF that hanghiy and
oper0car,"g Fosyer, which la, fevcrish
| Imagination had drawn in dazzling coiors
in his former Pamphlet.
| There we saw the pstentates Of the earth
resting IN happy security OF the shield OF
the genus Of Britain, and ncr navy giving
the law 10 an humbied and unresistins UNI :
verse
here VIC see the iofly dominafor lower
ing MS arrogant crest, and forgetting or
liepertins OF It's recent vauut'Bas, retract-
Ing the rash asacverations OF a tevcrish ar
rogancc, and trembling, on h IS re-awaken-
'Hs to tru4 scn.c OF his dangers, at the
abyss which opens beneath his feet, ard
tiis terrible horror of the surges which lash
the bias upon which he stands, that menace
TO Undermine and ovcrwheim him. Such
is the character O! this pamphlet, and oniv
in the third page OF which lie thus raving-
iy eHC.aims and as madly ingenious an
Whence then that indifference, that
STANCE defect at length ot patriotic zeal and
eXertion, which marks this arduous cri-
sis?
1t cannot be the effect of a rational con :
fdeHce IN oHr security, for who is there
now that doe8 NOT admit our country 10 be
in DANGER?
| The absurd oiiinion that England cannot
be invaded while we have an inUincib[e
..Beef, is now rejected By cUery iHfeLfeent
man, as it always was by men of nautical
knowlege and the government itself has
long since practically admitted, by various
costly preparations for interior defence.
that powerful descent on our shores is nc
impossible event.
The character of the pamphlet is siIewn
nv these few sentences but the detail Oh
terrific apprehension, which is heightened
to l42 close pages, is an object Of serious
astonishmeut, and where the feeling of alb.
horrence for the cause and consequences
can be suppressed, of ludicrous contrast
and amusement--for never was adapt
more truly eXempliied than in this pam.
phlet, chat the most insOlent and naughty
In the fancicd security OF power, are the
mos, AFFECT and base III the moments of hu
III nation.
We shall give only Il very brief araly.
sis OF this pamphlet, after what we have
said upon it, as nothing can be added of a
|uy moment, but what goc. to iilustrat,
what we have already said.
The book is divided into sections of ttvt
parts, and subdiviGed into equal sections, if
the first there are eleven sections, and II
the second only four, but the four occur,
from the 45th to the ff2d pages of iii,
work-thc following are the subjects treat
cd Of:
Part I, Sec. J. ne aay be eonqusre,
by Frauce.
IN this section he considers nations likt
individuals, as always too improeident i
was the case Of Greece, Carthage, Rome
he refers to Austria without naming IL, an,
infcrs the same with England where M
says, " There seems 20 be an uuextin
guishable vitality in the body polite a
well as natural, which cheats into per
suasion that Whatever may have befallcI
others our own is secure" As eviGenc,
; of ths he says, that at tie late parlia
lmcntary election, the cOmbats az the hust
. ings had more interest than the battles j.
; iSaXony-the state of the poll was the sub
5 lject Of more anxiety than the adUanceo
= the Russians; and tie subversion of throne
] events Of less concern than the rejection {
- a favorite candidate"
a g Are we proudly confident Of our mill
= tary powers :" he asks" SO we're the re