Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1807-07-01
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WEDNESDAY, JULY /, 1907.


ct freedom and of America. The outrage com.
mitted by The British or the Frigate Chesapeake
housed all The paui>tic feelings of the people
and seemed 10 have buried in oblivion, ali party.
spirit Federalis,s and Republicans united ia
expressing their adherence oi The ccnduc, Of
that perIi'iious nation, and la tho resolution o.
enoountering them in WAR totcvenge the UNI
nara'leled insults and injuries which they have
inflicted on our country.
Between four and five clock, in the a tier.
noon, multitude of citizens were assembled al
the capitol in ne hall OF the House Of Deiega es
4k'. li'RGe commenced the bu.iness OF the
evening with Exercising his great pleasure 4,
seeing so mauy cnizens assemn'ed on I,Is i'm
po'tant occasion, and his nope that ali patty ani-
rlosities would BE- relimTuished, ana ! complete
uaiouot senunen, would take place on the mo
menious subject Of our vn,a'ed rights He W.
we'd. for tne purpose of preserving order in the
deliberations # the meeting ikai = ohsinnAn he
appointed ard nominated the Hon Spencer
Roane one OF hejudges VI til Courof Appeals.
Judge Rome y. al uHaninou-y chosen and
expressed his ackapw,edsn eu;s TO- the honor
conferred on him by the meeting, and ms anxe-
~ % discharge the duties OF tn0 CHAIR the s.-
tisf,cton OF such numerous ana respectable as
sembl).
On the motion of NJ H4y, My. 7bonas RiI1
sbis was appointed Secretary 10 the meeting.
Tie psoe ejngs the late public me ting al,
NHri TX were then read; ana Nav Gay moved
tina committee OF seven be appointed by the
Char man, 10 take into consideration those pro-
ceedi gs and the event which had given rise to
them. and 10 report such resclu ions in tnsi
opinion would be proper to De adopted BY TIL,
meeting The Chai man expressed his reul-
lance 10 make selection among SO many c =
acIers, ~ho were worthy 10 BE- Rembe,s oi yhe
committee : but at length, Che on having Il :
-vnvei on himi by 4 genera v~te,) he named
Mes IS. Alexander H'iae John .ge. c ED
Taylor Gorge HAY, William Wit,, WLl4m
Fouhee sen and P,,ton Randolph.
The comnitIee vi hdrew and af;er some
time returning, DIR III Rae ,epor ed that lh,, ,
had prepared he following resoutIo on, aud AL.
dress to thu esd, M Of the I'M ed Staes.
WE, the citizens now convened, have
read with horror and indignation the mar
rauve OF the attack made by the British
ship Leopard on the United States Fri
gate Chesapeake. The demand which
preceded the attack was lawless in its
nature and most insolent in its manner.
The attack itself was not only lawless
and insoent, but base and cowardly :;
because it was made by ship of iifty
guns, prepared for action and suDpor-
by British squadron, in time of
profound peace, on AN unsuspectipg and
therefore unprepared fr end, a single A.
merican Frgate of six and thirty runs -
such are the glorious triumphs OF the Bri-
fish navy! We observe that this attack
flowed from deliberate order given by the
British Admiral Berkev, ut Halifax: We
believe that he would not have dared to
compromt his nation by SO bold and fla
grant breach of National law without the
previous SANCTION and order of ii S govern
ment: We consider 1t therefore as an act
OF the British government. We compare
TINS monstrous outrage Committed II the
moment OF treaty, with other acts ofusuf-
patton and aggression practised upon us
oy the same nation-theT lmpre ssments
OF our seamen so long continued, and their
gross and perpetual violations of our COM
merce, which they have the ctI'rontery to
advocate even from their II buna.s of law {:
the review confirms us in the belief, that
the attack on the Chcsape Ike is not the
act either OF Commodore Douglas or Adj
-miral Berkcly, any more than the act Of
the oriental slave who licks the dust from
the foot OF despotsm, is the act ofthe slave
ana not OF the deSpot: but that this attack
Is the act OF the British government and
simply another cffusion Of the same spirit
winch produced their impressmentS and
commercial spoliatons. This act is of the
same stamp and colour with the rest We
behold in it all, consistent picture a
nation lnsoent in the consciousness of her
naval strength-totaly regardless of the
rights OF Enthusiastically regardless of all
law, reason and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS of G.
very motive, feeling and principle which
binds civilized nations together-and hav-
ing no rule OF action whatever, but self
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT and the qualification
OF her own caprices by brutal force.
I'VE compare this bloody violence with the
caresses and attentions which they are e.
ven now showing to our ministers at their
feasts IN London; and We behold nation.
which, to the picture OF black and savage
piracy, adds the features Of smiling tre9-
emery and mean hypocrisy A nation
winch by her actions prociaims the opini-
on, that we are not only so feeble as To be
lDsuted and outraged with impunity, but
so weak and foolish as to be amused fore
yer with the pcriidi sernblancc of ne
goclatlon tor the redress Of our 7vro1 gs.
while she takes the shorter cut Of blood
anu battle Tor the attainment of HcJ. HUr-
poses. With nation of such PRINCIPLES
ana such practices, VIC wish no friendship,
no lnterceurse: to such complicated and
lncessant wrongs, continually aggravated
IN proportion to our patience, we are d g.
posed to submit no longer Wherefore
1. Resolved, That the thanks of the ci-
tizens of Richmond, be communicated To
our tellOw-citiZens of Norfolk, for the cv-
SmPiary promptitude and energy which
ihey have displayed on this occasion ard
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