Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1809-10-24

osr5at ard deserve &c be. lad We
have toa! Iwed The p'ecepts az cur departed
bss. siast u, can ai3ea ~ that .neslirD able
eg aey, bcJ tea he'd % ouc use. Had The
nsts'e example which his iosS aud @irte.,
Gus lite, Impressed upoa 0AT ipen ories,
bScu cons 6csed he test OF pub &C meti1,
soi formed ,hs tone of public inaaners,
car coaa ry's honor bad bcea preserved
oiI c9aHtyy'.P o>fseii y ,pcfeased aud he
Ia ier OF HE sePubir slept quietly N his
grave.
iadepsnSent Of The mi!dsr SINS of Euro
p&aa gor:gumentss the nat9ssi conse.
gl4sacs OF eHctensed wealth and popula
t:on-~thst acCussed science, whose doc
tsties has ,aYagcd the old world destroy
ii:g every sysiem ct hNman happiness,
sI&a,s tc be creeping into socic y, and
SPEEDING us pesdfsg1us ,n6ucnce through
Oui ohce virtuOu3 iaad. Ii the fcpu5iic Us
cies;,c%d % taIl, ii ,he world car no lon.
get support an empire OF laws, aad govern
men OF reas3o, lie. us perish IN 4 Struggle
Wv)hy your came, and uo5 decay by 4 slow
q Il deadly polsoa. America reqa.red q
:, ilnu'o8s 10 rouse her Ia ent energies
!. crisis has now arrived, .'hich seems eig
with I've i4,e o! Ages yet unborn. NJ y
:he meet the event wi h hrmness s. coEa.
posu p, and place her futu;e des NY upon
is,e imD veabia basis of integrity and IN.
Ge3rNdence.
Sped tn Plough, Which FERNS the ba
SIS oi all nations grcatHess. Urse the
Rom, ~aich snell enari@ you 10 provide
Ivy I-du.Iy. whal you ro@ tece'Ve from,
favor. Enla;ge Inc mesns o. : owledEe,
which shall cause he ris,ng g="r:s ion L.
appreciate The blessings II tbs bsst O. ga
Sefnment AID laws, aud Drspsre O pio-.
tcct your flag that your Rag may prctecl
you.
May Guy country, 10 The day Of trial,
when weighed ia the political balance, be
mol found wantug," IN mat virtue and
ene,gy Inch shall shcw 20 ths void that
>e have net forgotten our tams, nor VIII
NC disgrace the asuss OF cur Faihes.
GEORGE w. z. GUSTS.
Arlington House 2isg Sep..
The explanation al MIR. Jackson, for the
extraordinary conduct of his government, III
denying the authority OF MS predecessor,
&C enter into engagements w:tn our exc
ciitIve, and refusing 10 raliy them, Viii be
communication OF so novel 4 kind, as to
demand serious attention, as 1t eXcites ex-
tFaoTdlnary curiosity
To anticipate the nature of this explana-
ton is perhaps not difficult, after the lam
euage ofMr. Canning liz the house OF COM
mons. That it will not prove satisfactory
Go the majority OF the people, We are
stonely inclined to believe gor is II pro-
babie that ne has authority 10 engage his
government to do thar, or which Mr. Frs
kire IS d,sgraced for having done. Let US
suppose, ,(what IS very natural to suppose
Hat Mr.. jackson tells the presiden what
MIR. Gaming told ne British people that
We shall not carry on any commerce with
any nation they are at WAT wth that We
shall not carry 10 any port III Europe, ANY
Gfiicle not the produce o. our own soil nor
even then, without thsy grant perm ssIOm.
Tnat they have power to force as 10 sub.
nit 10 these condittons, and tnas :" they
M! use TIL ,,I1er."
How would you - sh congress 20 receive
such communication Think & prepare
iGr the worst
Var You Justly reprobate, for it brings
ia It's train many evils, the least OF when
isthe expense IT wei put YOU To-. SuJmis-
sicn is ruin To your country, and - your
honor. To ask wheeler you vail snomit,
would be Insulting you: that you will not
We are 5Cerisiu.---i he question e. ~ Is, how
wiii you re5isi For some wy you must
do it. The non,intercourse yea see VIII
not be eEcciual for England, Through the
different chanuc S meni oaeu, and the aid
of agents here, can, and VII. be abundant
" supplied aud laugh at your wsak Ell
forts toprevent it. Wharou saved YOU,
Gao again save you. IL IS your own. virtue
and self denial that must save you and
nothing else will prevent you iton sinking
into the contemp; OF oiher nations--or raise
you 10 their estimation to the rank you
ought to hold.
.fuToru,
ANECDOTE OF LORD NELSON.
Tie following circume ,ance respecting