Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1808-01-15


county in their hands, BY hclding on'
remlums and other encouraSemertst o the
Ut zens, the greatest benefits would he ga
ihered. In this view, the State legislatures
are omnipoteDt.
we nope the time rs noSv come, when the
wise use of the loom and spinning wheel,
Will give more pleasure than the tones OF
the harp; because nfiEfy alone should con-
secrate all employments-Wh is il that
the pursuits of agriculture have been held
most honorable in all ages among the most
virtu US nations : Because agriculture, i'm
opening the genial earth,'' opens at the
same time the source and support of life
Why des C;ncinnatus appear at all times
so amiable? Because his simplicity lad
bare the lustre of his virtues. Had he not
heen plowman /; had he been fnically and
fdppishly clad bad he wasted his time in
the, triiiing pursuits and amusements offhcl
ioqen, his name had never reached US.
Washington himself appears not half so
great, even at Trenton or Monmouth, as al
hishiosu.
Let US henceforth bound our desires by
the supply of real wants. Let us discard
az foreign sc w-gaws, and foreign trumpe-
ry ]; and estimate things only as they are
useful. Who can say we Cannot dispense
with English crockery, and French bran
dy Halt cur wants are artificial. Ame-
RIGA, rich in all the products essential to
human support, can surely do Without i'm
porting little luxures.
Many people / fear, (or rather hote)
miscaicuate very greatly on the score of
the embargos duration. No man of COM
mon sagacity can expect that our measures
OF seq defence land an embargo is surel.
measure OF self preservation adopted so
slowly, will be abandoned with an irrati-
onal precipitancy. Fickleness and ca
PRICE do not characterize us Did we a.
dopt an embargo 10 save our ships and pro-
perry from British and French deuredati-
on And shall we expect to remoye the
effect whilst the cause continues 1t were
i,bsurd TO suppose il possible. The truth.
believe is simply this France. find;ntr
that Britain abandoning all respect for nru,
raj rights; and being confirmed in that he
| liet, bv the infamous attack and pi!lage of
iCGpeniiagen, resolved 10 suffer Britain no
longer to profit by her rapacity, and the
nan resistance of neutrals, was about to Dut
! IN force her decree of November, 1905.
winch had been absolutely suspended a
whole year in favor Of America. So that
were our merchandise destined 70 England.
France would capture IL If To the CONT
49, va A-uiVl'S, England would seize 1T
What. IN such case, is the best policy =
10 "come out from among them to have
no intercourse with tn ir quarreIs; to live
az home and manufacture for curse Ives.
But the duration Of the embargo-what
ot that lis I reasonable to expect that
we can safely commit cur wealth 10 the
ocean until it is clear of pirates No AS
soon as England loses its soUerefgnfp-and
no sooner. AID England, by the plundcr
OF the treasure nozv afodt, NAV vet szyjn,
k7vetre months or more. unless a fire bursts
from her own entrails; unless revolution
happen IN her own dominions, or France
jshonld invade her. Now, as to invasion
1t rs probable, from the indirect mea,,s al
ready resorted to by France, that Bona
lparte has no intention of making descent
upon England. What Britain affe7,hfcd.
on France-will be realized on Fnrland-
STARVATION. Bouaparte has shut e1,e,.,,
port IN Eorope against English commerce
and me dishonest policy OF Britain herself
has barred up the ports Of the L. States.
| Humanity shudtlers at the concentration
ofthe hrobabie fate of England And the
horror viii be but increased, if we consider
that Cod is just and that the offences 81
| England are "rank and smell TO Heaven -
I Thatwe are neither sucked intothe war
by european whirIpools (asyet) nor wreck
I'd by domestic treason-should, on this
new-year's day, be grounds of sincere ern-
| litude to the great ruler of nations.
TAM5EfNY.