Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1808-09-06

duccd induces the commission OF acts detes.
table in virtues eye, CAUSES many 10 drink Of
the bitter cup OF affection, and at length in
fit of despair, the unhappy victim TO this disease
infiicts his own punishment by the guilty lri.nd
Of violence.
And is it possible, gentlemen, that the most
successful in This deinaed pursuit can derive
consolation from such scene He who thus
derives his friend, companion, or fellow-citi-
zen, of the means Of suppor', independent of
the mischiefs which arc often brought an those
who at all times are e'ninentiy entitled to our
tenderest sympathes and care. Can he, say,
derive any pleasure from such scene He
must be har,leued indeed, if he can, even in
the height of what he calls his good fortune.
Toa vrtuous and feeling heart, nothing is more
distressing TO noble and exalted mind, no.
thing is more abominabc These passions
are the effects of bad examples and worse mo-
rails, too often countenlnced and practised by
those from whom society has a right to
expect better modes of life-Aid your legisla-
tre, therefore, gentlemen, iii the suppression
ofths evil, and SITTER no QUE to exceeda reason
able amusement in this respect, and lie will
in all probability, employ his time more to his
oountry's good and his own honor. AS to the
formal parts Of your office, you are, am sure,
well acquainted with them, having often per-
formed them before therefore suffer you 10
retire under a full conviction that you will have
the pleasingsatisfaction of saying, whatever be
the result ofyour enquiries, youhavc done your
duty.
The federalists talk great deal Of national
honOr-they erpYess extreme regret that our rrt-
lers Gas they saw and our national character
arc diminishing in the estimation of foreign ma
tons. Now let us examine how PRACTICAL
LIZ honest those good men are with respect to
this point. Common sense would dictate some
thing ike this Elf Jefferson. is coward -
Madison, "tool of Bonaparte, Gallatin,
an "unprincipled foreigner, "-Dearborn. " an
oil women Wilkinson, "pensloner," &c.
&c. &c. What must the nation be, or the ma
.iority whose choice they are, if tories speak
truti, for the alternative is, that either those
public officers are su N the tories describe
chem, on those who describe them must be the
most abandoned Villains. and if what they al
lege concerning. their own government and
pubic officers is fIlse--that those who falsify
are holding themselves up for sac. Do not
proclaim it on the house top-keep these facts
a, least from the knowledge Of Europeans, for
by making this reclamation you subject your-
selves to their scora and devastation: besides,
The consequence OF such knowledge, may pro-
badly be fitt to your lives and liberty. For
What nation (havirg confidence in federal as
scrtion) would suffer the people long To remain
onassnled. whose rulers were a cluster of
FOOLS and ENAvEs Boston Democrat.
tft' -
The HeSe'DG1ldGriH The ours of faction,
from one end of the continent to the other are
making prodigious barking against Mr. JET
ferson's red breeches, because their wearer has
granted the permission requested by the own
ears OF the ship Beaver of this port, to convey a
Chinese Mandarin to Canton. II is asserted
To a the pretanded Mandarin has been hired by
the owners OF that vcsseIt 10 IMPOSE string of
lies and MISREPRESENTATION upon The govern
m ent, that their vessel might be licensed Ia
d part on profitable voy.ge w trdst and
believe, that the whhle storyis a 5sser,iB,1ria-
rig!ed }sseinI fzEsscsti1l r. she staieEaeat
however betrne, we would incharity suggest to
our federal editors before they extead lis cir
cu'ation farther, that it certainy reflects no
great iustreupon the morals of their party, that
the men who own the Beaver, AMI vyaoln Trey
charge with havi - p,tcsJed. deliberate sys-
ten OF fraud and villainy in order TO eliIde the
laws of their country, are all WARM ze..lous,
and thorough paced FEDERALIsrs.
Pa6. AiV
The fo'owingis NJ. JcFcrson's answer to
| the address of the Orleans L Legislature.
Geatl-nsea / ask the favor Of vol 70 connr-
nicate in such " ~ Is You shall thilk most pro-
per, the enclosed ans ver 10 the address of ne
Legislative rouncIl aud house ofreprese1ta5iyes
1T the territory Of Orleans, If March 2Jlh, AMI
! 10 accept for yourselves the assurances OF my
high consideration and respect
tn JEFFERSON.