Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1810-10-09

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'rannons planted III The streets and
squares; there were the armed boats
brought up the Thames and stationed
opposite the honorable house. There
was, no getting rid of hese facts and 1
unless hey could be gotten rid of, 10
was, the borough mongers saw, III vain
20 attempt to cheat this world into a
belief that The friends Of sir Francis
were :. contsrspti5le rabble" The
n.xt fetch was TO ;sceuse the friends Of
sir Francis with cioieht and murder
ons actions with firing OF pistols, in
the streets, at the army and with hav
ing formed design to block up the
ends of the streets, and tumble down
the bricks and tiles upon the heads oil
the army. IF this had been true, it.
would have afforded no,hingin support
-cf the assertion of the friends of sir
Francis being ga contemplate rabbie"
but it was VIGOROUSLY false and we
have now pretty good proofs of the
falsehood in the failure of the offer of
5oOk to bring forth any evidence of a
transgres,ion of the law having been
committed by the pespie, while it has
been proved upon the oaths of two ju-
ries, that some of the life guards did
commit wilful emurder upon two at
least, of the peoples. There is no get.
ting over this. Soldiers are sent to aid
ih,executing an order of The I" Repre-
sentdtices of TIE peoples" and, in this
execution, the said soldiers commit
MURDER upsn the peoble--while it has
act, in any case, been proved, that the
people, though some Of them were
murdered by the soldiers, committed
any act Of violence upon the soldiers.
What then were the borough-mongers
and their hireiinss TO do! Why. resort
to sheir old pedient-namely, abuse,
slctame, villify the persons, by whom
this exposure has been produced. For
this purpose the accident of MIR. o.
Conuor's being in the house of sir
F. at the lime Of It's being broken oper /,
was eagerly seized on, PARTICULAR BY
one writer, who in his conduct upon
this occasion, has discovered degree
Of malignity end of cowsrdice rarely
10 be met with even in the crew TO
which he belongs, ard neverto be found
in any other description of men. The
basercss of this mans attack upon MIR.
O'Conpor is truly unspeakable. Nc
words can do justice 70 it. TWAS not
merely a wanton srtack-Mr. o. Con-
nor WAS not only an unofendiug party
81 = n,
ing hiln for the alledgsd crimes of his
brother, since he lsa <te kingdsm, as
well as while he was: f<i91t. In addi.i-
on to all this :hSre was the reflection
that the assailant was faverTd by "a
strong popular prejudice. existing in
England, against the very name of
O'Connor and the sssailant, however
deficient In point of und rstaDding and
taiegt, had cunning enough to perceive,
that the prejudice would, in some de.
gree, at any rate. rk for him and
his abominable cause. There was
however, something &c detestably IN
just in the attack, hat very few per-
sons were Influenced b it. Detesta-
tion was the feeling tha. it generally
excited, yet, L could 70 satisfy myself
that l had done MY duty, without
bringing the ca , of M. O'Connor
frily before he Erpiish pablic--aad,
therefore, for ,be purpose Of doing
which, begged him 20 furnish M
with narrative Of what passed in re-
speot TO accusations againt him by
the governme nt--which narrative, in.
deed, was the mbre acxi9us TO pos
ssss, from having heard tnat liberal
minded, kind, and honest man, Dr.
Laurence, say, hat nsver was treat
msnt more VI worthy than trat whic
this very gentleman had rcceiyed. ard,
concerning which treatment, ~ ID
sent ne some papers, curing The az
minlstra;ion oil AAr. L and lord Cfen
vile.
This Circumstance naturally CAV
q spur 20 the 9th motives, when ted
rne TO desire to possess Mr.. O'Con-
ncr's narrative, which hay ng obtained,
There present It to my readers in his
own WORKS. Upon reading this mar
rstive, where IS the tut msa. WHO
vii! rot join ne IN ex~crning the re-.
cen; aiteupt 10 excite, 10 fenew, a
suspicion o! his character 4 his 40.
tivesf Well may he set oat s. i!h Oh