Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1809-01-24
49srg;ala Argus.
TUESDAY, JANUARY "a, 1909.
RIG H NJ ON d:

It'll W. n mingled sensations of pride and
delight thatwe lay before the public i'm this
da 5 Argus the interesting letter Of Mr..
rnkney, on account of its luminous order
o. Illustration and the conviction which it
must fix upon every mind that the conduct
y our government is beyond the reach of
ips'nu ieions either at home or abroad. The
ING irious and insulting attempt of Mr..
tanning to excite suspicions and to spread
diStrust In regard tn, our executive, would
disgrace any man much tess British n,i-
MISTER. Yes, there can be little doubt but
that this base art fce was intended to Co.
operate with their 40 less base scheme of en-
deavoring to promote civil d. starbances a.
mong us, by inducing the people 10 believe
tnat Mr.. Jefferson has been insincere i'm his
professions of peace. This manly and dig
nihed letter exposes the desig n 10 the ridi-
Guile and contempt of every American. But
what rs the grand inference to be drawn
iron" Mr. canning, when we observe how
oeePy it is issued with meanness, ehicane-
ry ana Jalsehood Most evidently that
tney expect TO gut US, and that tfey have
no serious intention OF acceding to any terms
'dt submission.
We will not arrest the attention of the
reader with editorial Commemorative has
a.
Die document watch commences in our first
page.
The very best comment which can he
made upon the conduct of the late meeting
| III New York, is the extract which we hayS
| taken from the Public Advertiser. The
picture which it presents to the view must
excite every faculty OF the soul with the most
ively indignation That at this, unexam.
pied Crisis when our country is contendine
'or her Stand among the society OF nations,
ana those uaqnestionaole rights which he
long to her as such, we should see the torch
or foryism lighted up, and blazing i'm one
| OF ourprincipal towns. The smallest snare
! i discretion or the Ieas, feeling of D ,trio.
! Ism ought to have prevented this shameful
procedure. Great Britain IS looking upon
if win intense anxiety, and forms her cal.
uia,ions according TO the temper and deter.
ninations OF the peope. She has already
vowed that she. relied with great conf
ieifctupon our own div,s.ans and disturban
! ces for the repeai or cur embargo, and so
| o"gas THIS hope remains she wifi not res.
| end her odious orders of council. She rs
aware OF the many Streams of corruption
"nich emanatS from her, and which we with
shame must confess, How copious'y-in some
or our seaport tow.is. Under tllrse cir
ca Instances, can any individual DE entitled
TO the name of patriot or republ can, who,
| IN leSd OF maintaining our rights and che
rishing oar virtue, Shall dastardly abandon
the cue, aud endeayor to destroy the other.
1t is in fact, dong both to make head a, .tinst
the administration a. this embarrassing ne
riod. II is, in fact, declaring TO &. Britain
''that rather thai submit to the embargo.
We will submit 10 you, that rather than SUP.
port the present administration, we will nro-
| note ali the horrors of civil CON IN orio. 4"
| Our country is iii that peculiar STATE Of Cir
| cunstances that she may truly exclaim.
;. ron that NAT IoI' me are against me-
| But it affords some consolation 20 the Atne..
| rican in heart, aud sentiment, to believe
that party of men of this character could
| not have been formed of real Americans.
out entirely of British partizans, factors. and
| agents. We trust that the repuo leans of
\ New York will tear away the mask of pa
triotism and moderation which this meeting
| mas endeavored to assume, and expose them
IN their naked detormity to public abhor.
| renee. We have Thought for considera-
/ ale time that our policy demanded some
| nergetic measure IN relation TO aliens.
| The British agents in this country are inf
ditely more numerous than is generally sup
| posed. Their scheme of corruption no lon
ger hides in the alley and the counting
house, but spreads its disastrous influence
in the broad day. IfGreat Britain has bee },
induced to continue thus inflexible IN her
| injustice from the anticipation of oar dt0i.
sions, the course of conduct which is pursu
ed by her partizans and agents IN this coun-
try, in fomenting dlscord and encoura ging
insHrreehons, is calculated to inspire he's
| with additional confidence. II is tfnip TO
administer some remedy TO this disease.
| We are unable to present our readers
with any recent intelligence from Spain -
The accounts which, are furnished by the
last London papers are so extremely confu-
sed, uncertain and deeply stained with pre- :
JUDGE, that we shall NOT impose them upon
their attention. 1t woald appear indeed,
from the portrait o. France, which is sketch
ed IN one OF those papers, that she was ab :
soutely expiring in famine and distress.
The writer remarks, " the ports are
without activity, the manufacturers with :
out employ, and the merchasts ruined -
Examine its features, there is not one that
does not betray the paleness, the wretched-
ness and the squalor of poverty" Accor-
ding TO the French e.rHosc, so far from sim
] king under the f,ros O.. 20 of tle t;r.o.