Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1808-04-12

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salaries are annexed to thc b.iiccs
F7'ae -i'aeyieae,
The io9e Of Ki5gs aud Nljles Cor their su5;echs.
is strisingiy c1emPahed IN INC late conduct IL
The Portuguese monarchy and nobili;y While
the nation Drospered, they rioted IN its nrospe.
,ity-Nhen their iniquity or nnbcc.itv hn,,c
Grawn adversely up'n Il, they pack No she;r
il-goten riches, Tic fruits Of thc;. orpras.;o,s
and eStortions, aaa abandon il to the mercy "a.
Avn invading army
Had not the King and Court of Portugal lv
a long series OF weak and wicked cSat,tce
scuk themselves to The depth of disgrace. this
oingle act, of fleeing from their country on :,
approach II danger, would stamp them win
in@shbie iniamy %.
The tory papers in this country are more ~.
veteratc against onr government ti.an even.ef.,.
tory papers in EsgiasA. For example. MAJ
;espect TO the embargo, the tory papcss Ier,
denounced it as particularly hostile 10 cr.sr
Britain, leyei,ed purncsclv at .i,,-i ar .,,,,s-
proroke herres ntInent. The toty pare.s 49,.
confess thai 1t hears e'iually hard ipoa Tra,c.
| as uroa them; and t!sG IL could nos o.. ,,,y.si-
dered as hostile measure, bat one ,het vas
| absolutely nccess lry. ri,
The British orders by which orr re,sols.n.
taken in England, and there Obliged ia ,'aS,
| a duty or tax before they are alIo,9es ~ -
elsewhere, exactly Suit Inc tories Is e az
nitted to, they BRING our country back 10 ;mat
about were it was in 1774-ard list ,v5cr.
the tories want it to bc-to state or s,h;o.t
| ion to the will and Of contribution to the .rn-
| port OF the British government IN
| Extract of a letter from Washington. totbe
| Editor of the Baltimore American. f,atcJ
| Dad April, 1903.
| "The injunction Of secrecy has been "a
4 ken oil AS 10 the letter from Cham a.nv.
OF the 18th January, 1903, and as to a ley-
ter from Mr. Erskine to MIR Madison. the
23d OF Feb. 1908, and 5000 copies of each
directed to be printed: The American ma
ton viii be informed by these documents,
shat France and England are 18th oppres-
sing us with injuries, and each strivinp 70
draw US within their vortex, and that ,hcv
afford positive and most satisfactory con-
tradiction 10 The base and unprincipicd ca
lumnies which have Eeen Published rela
tive 20 cur councils being under French IN
huence. The letter of Mr. ErskiDe will
ahew that England is degrading us 10 the
state or colonies; nay, as All independent
Ination, to state worse than colonies, res
Training cur trade unless we trade under
British licences, and unless we trade tbro'
England, and pay her tax which She
l'niHKs proper 20 impose, more degrading
than the old disgraCeful Tea tax These
documents too are a complete sanction and
.. vndication of the Embargo, ard the mea-
snreS of defence adopted BY Congress they
also evince the imperious necessity of UNI
ON at this momenlous crisis and that :lI
E the talents ard energies Of our country will
and ought to be in requsiticn, to reserve
the national safety. And it will be for the
consideration of government and ofthe pee
pie, whethe: policy ought not to be stea-
IDLY and fiFmiy pursued to provide for cur
own defence, and to be connected and in
YolYed with neither''