Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1809-11-21
COMMUNICATION.

Ambassador Jsckson has begun Il new ie.
w of tories at Baltimore, where his r..
cruiting aerjcants, Wagner and II ,nson,
are beating up for adherents most Justify.
These subal,erns in the service of British
ministerial perfidy and insolence use all
the tricks OF their vocation 10 cozen Amer h..
lean citizens to their banners but their
falsehoods being pretty well understood,
1t is thought they will dupe very few ind =
viduals. One art which they play off to
obtain partizans we should really think was
new, if we had not met with it in the he.
roic speech which coward y Scotch par.
son once made to his brave c0untrymeu
whom he did not like to lead into battle
He represented the danger of their being
cut To pieces, and the agonies of gun ssho.
wounds. Wagner and Hanson proclaim
that the disgrace of Jackson may lead 20
war, in which event the Americans would
be Cit down like corn..9talks Such is the
logic of JacksDn's menials. Aud yet, "a du.
cat TO doitD the discarded minister is more
terrified than the mos: ignoran. citizen OF
the United States that can be fou1d. There
is not a man in the union that would injure
hair of his head !; but every body, except
tories and tory minilns, despse hun. The
recruiting sarjeants az BAltimors are RIO,
only despsed, but they are hated; they
are mus anCe, offensive to every prtriot.c
sense in the country. They had before gi-
ven us 100 reasons for submitting to British
outrage and aud city, viz ]. Because e.
Britain is powerful: 3. Because she is Oh !.
ting Tor her existence. Now they announce
a Sd, namely, because the Am .ricans, n
they resent English inpudcnce and roooe-
ry, will be cut down like corn .s.aiks. Re.
ally, there is m end to this sors uf reas "a.
ing, AID to this description of reqaoners,
And, Il che people of America suffer them
selves to be- intimidated with this species OF
augmentation, we might rs we'll give 40
the affair altogether, and surrender at DIS
oretiGn. Inc question is, whether SuCh
fellow as Jackson with such vile tools AS
Wagner NJ Hanson, is TO govern this coun-
try, or whether it is 10 be governed by the
constituted authorities, lawfully chosen by
the people That is the question. Is BIZ.
fish envoy, on our own soil, 70 rule us wth
presses Conducted oY vagabond striplings
The people of the United States will nevsr
consent 10 il. they Cannot ne drilled into J.,
either by blackguard scribblers or wing
pienip0tentIar'es. Az then, what mis-
rable canting trash abolr Robert Smith ana
his brother the General, do the Brit sh re
crGiting scTjeants at Baltimore Introduce toI
aid tneIr c.,uss. Every body knows the Score
tary of State, Of his own mere motion, can.
net discard foreign minister. The Secret4rv
Of STATE, and all the Secretaries, act by i'm
mediate command from the President and
the Presldent has got no property in the
clutches Of B)naparte, But what a silly ar.
sumsn; is this Napoleon has seized 400,
900 10 lars worth of property belonging 70
General Smith, ergo he is a Frencnm an -.
ergo his brother the Secretary must put up
w,th tbs li5 direct; and the President, and
rl II mn hn Il
from Mr.. Jackson. Noble logic excellent
argument, truly Why. ii General Smith
we're so base creature as Jackson, as IT..
notify Pickering, or the Baltimore recruit =
ing serjeants, to worship the desDot that
wrongs him, one might believe il one
might, indeed, in such case believe that the
general was the friend of France because
France stole his goods. But he does not be =.
I long to the Essex or Copenhagen tribe: he
is of a diifsre mt species he classes with
Jefferson, with the heroes Of the revolu;i
on, and such living patriots as Giles, and
that band Of Eastern worthless whose off.
spring Timothy Pickering and Governor
Gore have attempted pol tically to bastard,
! ize. We laugh at the charges against the
. Secretary of state L: in one column Wag
ner q 90. accuse him OF being spendthrft
in another with being a man so fond OF mo
war to regain 400 600 dollars for hiz bro
tber. These examinations are moons stent
they are both false more faIsa than Jack
son, more contemplate than the Baltlmor,
British recruiting serjeants. Add then, H.
has kicked nii. q rHmhHs" because lack
son got the better of him in disputat,on he
lieve It wb9soever is silly enough. " A rum
Fus"-a beautiful phrase from the dihio
matte pen Of Wagner, we presume : a ma
certainly tit for Secretary Of State
lrH0lhus 70 Yes. yes good tories, rely o
il your Copenhagen negoc,ator has got him
self in;o 4 hobble from which ne will no
easily exlr.cate himself. He's gof il de
pend ont, he's got it, snugy enough He'
pepper'd for Uis world, th,s Western A
nierican world, we'll warrant. IL nav d.
for Copenhagen, for Stockholm, or the * a,
muck Tartars, or for the Persian Prince ,
the world who rules ever the Cocklep1y
aud Ravens bat he's done here the s
eretarY OF Stae has cook'i him aud
fine dish he wilt be for the Congress lie, ~
recruiting serjeants 60 on, let them must
their forces, array their levics, aud IRE a
|ays by scrip, or scrawl, or verDal war
tars the republicans will meet and bea
them trc scurvy knaves SHAFT ~ We.
lsshed, well logged, and scOursed .,i,h tn
rod ot patT ot,sm tbroust tle land