Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1810-04-10
THE.LATE NEWS.


OF Mr.. J ackson do not appear to re-
hsh It quite so well. The British mo.
march and his ministers do not seem
TO view things in the same light ,hat
] imothy Pickering and Governor
Gore dc. These latter gentlemen
could see nothing in the conduct of Mr.
Jackson that was reprehensible /; but
George the third and lord Wellesley
have not only descerned the insult, but
have actually acquiesced in his dismis-
sal, and promised to appoint success
scr. ltwou'dbe useless and frivolous
10 triumph over the federal Prints on
this occasion, over those precious
dabblers in politics and prophecies.
whose blunders and falsehoods of one
day are sure to be exposed and dissi.
psted on some future day. But we
cannos help remsrking, that no faction
IN any country, ever experienced such
complete and contemplate hupiliati-
on as the opposition have in the case
of Francis James Jackson.
But not only are the federalists o.
vel tsrown in relation to their defence
o. Mr.. Jackson; bur MIR. Jackson
himself is now entirely discredited
with respect 10 the a. thority in virtue
of which Mr.. Erskipe made the ar
rsngement of April 1909. 1t will be
ASoa1d that MIR. " hitebread has ex.
pressly and explicitly charged Mr..
\ Canning with having suppressed a d.
3 Garment JtAich 7ooul9 haze combletelv
justified D1r. EfSkiae in making that ar.
raagemenf. liz charged him with the
iact OF the floor OF the House Of Com.
mons; aud ii does not appear that
MIR. Canning even attempted to deny
1t. What, then, becomes Of Mr.. lack.
sons solemn declaration thst Mr..
Erskine acted in an unauthorized
manner, since had he so acted h could
not have justified himself? Perhap.
a man and mis- friends were never more
fully cisgSaced than Mr., Jackson and
his part.zsns have been. For, sup
posing him to have come with the ee-
mime iutention to cultivate peace and
friendship, he has demonstrated his
incapacity for such a mission, and his
.abettors have evinced the shallowness
OF their Wit IN supporting him; aud,
ii he came to brow-beat, he has suffer.
ed the severest and most Notifying
defeat that bully could meet with, be-
ing put out o! gentlemen's company fer
his vulgar impudence in gentleman4
" way, and finds himself disavowed
even 10y MS king that sent him. The
liitle bullies on this side of the Allan.
tic, who ssrutted around the discarded
minister, aud looked as big as they
could, must feel portion of the chief
bully's prostration, and hide their In
insignihcance in some new lie orin o.
pen repentance. The latter we think
they viii never do; tor we have seen
the same creatures, on more occasions
than one, bear a brazen front through
serie, OF contradictions and false.
hoods and exposures, for more than
ten years past, without b>ing ever once
suspected OF blushing or having the
least attention of admitting lnslr err
rJfs upon detection.
From Franee the intelligence will
likewise have a tendency TO depress
the partizans Of Mr.. Jackson fer il
has been long the desire Of thai de-
scripti0n OF persons to enbroil the T..
States with the French government.
and thus throw the United States into
the arms OF England. Yet, than this
Ghcre could not be more silly policy !
Ter, TO american commerce the steady
friendship OF France is very desira-
BILE thing, az every rejecting man must
perceive; aud more so at this moment
han ever; tor, whatever may have
been hitherto the bobeS Of the public
with rsgnrd 10 Spain, there can be at
present no doubt but what the whole
peninsula is ere this under the control
ol Joseph Napolsons SO that the
power Of France will be established in
al tint ports of Europe, from the Lee
vahtA 70 the Baltic, insomuch, that
wl.atAeyer is done at Paris will be
done az Iriesse, at Venice, at Cadlz
and Lisbon, as well as az Copenhageu
a1d Dantzi with as much pToDptness
sns energy as it they were pors OF
France pfoper. IL is to TIE marx r
cts ii continental Europe thai our to-
lse,o. rotten, Goldfish, and -four, 20 IN