Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1810-03-30
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i S'V oyN Pha"N V, .hC HOS. PROM
nent features in their character be.
iieve me the Establishments OF power
the allure ments Of Office, with all It's
evil train of pride and avarice, and
Iinsolence and corruption, operate too
powerfully upon the human heart, 70
ne resisted by men of ordinary inte,
gritty before you repose confidence in
such men bring them 10 the standard
test them by the unerring spirit os
| your glorious revolution and IL
found wanting in the balance reject
all their professions (howevtr ardent)
as false and spurious and only design
ed to aggrandize themselves at your
Expense and that of your INNOCENT &
unoffending posterity. But / hare
welded perhaps too freely TO The feel
ings OF my heart. h We followed
lperhaps with enthusiasm the impulse
of pure and honest zeal for nv cow
try; cannot forhear ;the preservation
of the republic is dear to mvheart;
the duty which ] owe to my courtry
supersedes every other consideration.
1t is to the great body of yeomanry,.
BY far the most respectable portion OF
society throughout this vast extended
domain, that sincerely address my
self i it is their indulgence I soloit.-A
| plebian bv birth, trace nc noble ances-
try of which to boast the charac,eris-
tic traits ofmy proeenitors, uncnrrupt-
ed by the pride Of Office or Of wealth,
are virtue ard sincerity. With this
and the recollection that l have. been
a soldier Of liberty, and the consc;aus-
ness tl,at | have long been faithful
servant OF my country, am content.
The smiles and the ffowns OF the su.
percilious great are alike indifferent 10
me. ! envy not their grandeur or
Irheir wealth. know them we'll.
Whilst they hstter and caress you
with their smiles and lead you captiyes
to their will, they laugh at yeur Gre
lulity and mock when your fear COM
eth. Whilst they Dispute their real
lohjec's with the Elusive cry of nation-
al honor, and OF peace, peace, 50 dear
to every real friend to his country,
sudden destruction cometh upon you
as Of woman in travail. The real
Patriots Of my country, the genuine
friends OF liberty and ind pendence,
Of whatever condition, exclusively &
alone claim n regard, and ii the poor
and feeble Efforts in plain and simple
stiielot one OF themselves can arouse
chem from their supiueness before it
be forever too late---if an bouesr APP
peal to their reason and sensibility.
can. but contribute to awaken them TO
a Just sense of their national, their So
vereign rights and to apprecIa with
due regard their rea! honor, their sa.
cred Independence, L shall esteem
It more than all the honors, of all the
Kings, & Princes, and Princes Regent,
actual and expectant upon this terreS-
Trial globe. Lis therefore with re-
sPectfui deferenos 10 the great body cf
the people that ! presume to ask their
patient indulgence, confidently antioi-
pating the unison OF sentiment which
each one will accord with me. When
a soldier OF the revolution il was my
lot to actin concert with the armies of
France for the purpose of subduing
| ttiH9$ VA Oui pc HOiOuo ICE IL WAS
therefore natural to feel towards thar
generous people all the gratitude
which the importance and mag itude
of such an occasion could inspires IL
was just, as well as natural to respecr
as brothers in arms those VINO fouphr
by our sides. This sentiment will be
co-existent with my life. NY heart
and soul was devoted to her cause du-
ing the infancy of the revolutionary
'truggles. thought them Identified
With our own, and most heartily wish
4 ed them similar success. Bur when
The motives and views OF the French
| Revolution changed Ia their nature
and its object-.-when every noble
sentiment was extirguished and every
generous passion suppresscd--v hen
Z bold and daring faction M ap.~ "a
deduction and Iatrigue, piactised &C
successfully against that naguaoiY d,
, nd wonderful peorlc ,oncce e6cG
real patriots, who dcvls1d srdpl
their emancipation from sla, @
J yranHyj when q Danton, !, M. "',
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