Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1808-08-16
TO THE Observation-Disclosures.

Ye worthy friends of Bs1TA1N! t is said
That We again are looking up TO power;
That We are must'ring all your forces dread !;
And 10 the periious storm begins to lower
In secret We have met, dark divan,
And form'd committees who in secret meet;
| Thus have ye organized a subtle plan,
Throughout the states The Demos to defeat.
Such are your sanguine hopes but much
fear,
Those hopes will vanish into empty smoke.
| Already have we labor'd many year;
And still Gas est as form'd your bubbles broke
Long have We plotted, printed, puff'd and led,
| And us'd all arts, which Satdn's aid supplied
Your arch-foe JEFFERSON to overcome:
But, while we strive TO mount, We back ward fall
The PEOPLE will not listen while we bswl;
Nor will they follow when We beat the d nm.
In Massachusetts we have done great things:
Gain'd maj ority by rare fnesse
Yet even from this no solid comfort springs
That short liv'd triumph cannot fe success
Methnks, while there we strut, and fIune, and
boast
That for little while We rule the roas'.
(Ah soon to sink before the Sov'REIoN
PEoPLE)
I see the frog who with the OK in size
BY swelling strove, or Dsvayf ambitious rise,
On hP-toe, struggling hard to match stee-
Great were your hopes from little AARON
BURR;
J And yet in vain was all his mighty stir.
lis true you sav'd him from tn insulted laws
Yet his escape but little serv'd your cause.
Could he indeed dialenl have won,
The federal reign of glory, had begun.
Your Second Bonapdrte then
With dukedoms had adorn'd his chosen men
The mines of Mexico had given them gold
And Barr had given them titles grand
In splendor then each lordly fed had rolPd
Princes and chiefs, and rulers of the land
Alas these golden hopes, tOo sweet To last
| Were fieeting as the mornings airy dream:
! The cunning democrats your p oiects blast,
And still, alas their party is supreme.
"Choice spirits" cannot reign, nor "beSt Of
| 6iood''
Who scorn'd "the dull pursuits of civil iife."
Here must they Ves q tte" with SONS ofmud /:
Forbid 10 mngie in the glorious strife.
The sFiri;-surring drum, ear-piercing fife,
Pride, pomp anu circumstance of glorious
war;
All now are lost and (what they most abhorl
| This vile EMBARGO cramps their energies
fe qaogdG1' friends Of oraer then arIse
Put on your strength lone powerful ehort
maze,
And by that eRorty e may win the day.
! Now IS the time the citadel to take
Could but its sentinels The Sates bctrays
! IT'S true their honssy l. sucn,
, 30 bride them you may STRIVE an vain;
And such theIr WisJont, That not mach
Your ar,ful tricks from -ner, wIl gain
Your only char &C Is liscOTa 10 excite
That, VIII ie 1hey quarrel, you the gates may
reach.
Divide zai conquer then yourseloes unite,
| And stick together cioss as any 6cscI;
While they dispute tof CliHon or Monroe,
And .hus lie D en- TO he fatal blow
So thro' the world your victory may ring,
| And DepSDs bow To Coteswoyth or 20 AmX.
The Interesting revolution in Spain has
been followed with many moons stent re-
ports, which gIe not deseT y1Ug # public no.
tee. The jaternal s. ate OF spain has been
unknown since the French entered into ina
c uRry. The acqIiescence of the two
crown d heads IN the c tnpctitiOn for pow
err, IN the judgment of the French emperor,
nay lead Us 10 believe, that opp sion 10 his
will would have been Intellectual. Alarms
may have spread, and some measures OF
precauton may have been adopted in diff
ferent parts Of the kingdom, out we must
have better authority than vague reports
10 induce beliefthat the French emperor
would have adopted such measures as
brought the royal family into his power,
without the best knowledge Of the extent of
his influence in the kingdom At least we
are justified in the expectation that Spain
will completely be in the power Of France
before any powerful measures can be adop-
ted to prevent this very important event.
An entire revolution IN South America
will be important TO the world, and deeply
interesting to'all settlements in America
The event has been predicted, but the con-
sequences are unknown. We have no ne
cessity of such gloomy apprehensions as fiji
led Europe, upon our own revolution. We
have as good reason TO hope to share in the
prosperity, as we have TO fear any eventu~
al evils from the extended power OF hou-
Fishing and free nations. We certainly
have nothing to get by painful anticpations.
Essex Reg.
II Is amusing to observe the commoti.
on produced in the British ranks by the
appointment of WILLIAM DUANE to be .
Lieut., Col. in the u. States service. 81
many wry faces have not been seen before
since the auspicioas revolution in 1900
This appointment is peculiarly mortilying
TO the tories, because It is a reward OF tn,
pursst patriotism, an honor conferred on