Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1809-09-22
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FRID AZ, srpreupER %, 1909.

E-ctract Of letter G-orr 7ur 60 resho,,.
dent az fhs CRY Of. Hr1shingtou, dated
Seht-m5-r 1871, 1909.
"THE ,umo- % which alluded IN nv
last, and which excited no small 4 ,gr c os
sens'ot'tv in this citv,vz that Crnn l6ore
Rodgers had captured Brit sh fr,gate,
furns GU a mere 6ag0te{ie, there apoe ,ring
to be not the least foundation FOR It Had
1t been conf ned, ! believe that even the
tederalists you'd have been Il I Of it fo-,
Notwithstanding the individuals nt that par
ty, generally speakng, arc deeply stained
with preludlces IN favor of England, there
IS lurkiag PRIDE at the DO Ton of their
hearts, which would induce the ~ {, rejoice
at any heroic action by our brave seanen,
which should revenge the afFron, offered to
the tas OF the Uaited States in the instance
or the Chesapeake --Mr Jackson re-
mains here, and have been informed this
| morning that ne has taken the house which
W.T. Ersklne occupies, and which the at.
ter VIII shortly relnquisi. FIJI Presi-
dent of the United S ates is expected At This
place early IN the approaching month, (Oc-
tober - Maryland will be decisivelv re =.
publican a. he elections which t. .e place
about two weeks hence, and the federalists
there will be more humbied than ever be.
cause they mad counted largely ON the in
iluence OF two presses set Up IN Baltimore
within the last two years, and winch have
outV'ed the very ID in zeal for mischief
and IN lying. The editors of those vehi.
cies Go not seem aware that under party
pFetexts they are fixing upon themselves
perpetual odiu n. The repro,ation which
attends them now, will follow them hrough
life, and they will always be noted and
marked as hot-headed, falsifying DULLES !;
as injurious to their friends as they are
harmless TO their foes. You will see by
the New York papers, that there Is some.
thing attempting there IN the shape of a
nezv Press. think it thing extremely
, desirable that New York should rem in
sound and orthodox, and any thing that
VIII Tedfty have tendency TO produce that
effect ought not to be lett uninterrupted but
deem it extremely questionable, whether
the proposed harmonic f,aher will not hIay
IaISe, and thus increase the discord Much
Will depend on the choice of an Editor. 1t
is said that Mr. Holt, the present editor of
the Bee, IS to be the conductor of the new
| press. He has always been in oonnexion
! with the ClInt1ns; and it seems rather a
suspicious circu Instance, that the Public
| TdVerEtser, VIII ch, IN the factious period
OF tue embargo, rem t,ned firm to the adj
m'n'stTA,ion and true to the substantial in =.
terests OF he nation, should be thrown aside,
merely To make room for an erheriment.
! why not Unite IN support ofthe Public Ad-
/ vertser, since Mr.. Cheetham has aposta =.
tied Fhe public Advertiser never often
! ded against repu )iicansm and the ONLY
crime laid Ia it's charge is It's having sup
ported the election OF Mr.. Madison. It re.
ally looks to me, sir, as if the erection Of
TINS new press, and the exclusion of the
Public Advertiser, were designed as a
mark OF vengeance on the latter for having
exercised the /reedom of choice upon a
subject which was clearly open for discus.
sion TO every citizen. tits certainly no bust
ness ofyours or OF mine, as indiUiduais, whe
ther a new press is set up in New York OF
an old one pat down but when the objec
which Is in view may aiiecI the future wei
fare OF the principles aud institutions which
we advocate, It becomes our duty to inves
tigate the subject"