Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1810-09-21
she would become almost contempt,

she would become almost ,ccnteuptb
1blc. "a
The more ncnstrous" the despo.
1tism of France, the mere terrible will
she be to other states; and the more
extensive The jurisdiction CT England,
the more with her present principles
of action, she is to be guarded against.
1t is because England and France are
lprohigate that we would fortiiy our.
selves against them. The provident
shepherd always secures his foldwhen
the country is over run with wolves.
When the hawk is abroad the hen
shelters her brood: if our Legislators
have not the wisdom of sound s,atse.
men, why do they not follow the In
stinct of birds,and beasts? The more
We hear of danger, as things go now.
the more we are soothed with alullaby /;
and the correspondent OF the National
Intelligencer performs his part with
|vivacity in the C Hush /! my dear, lie
sill and sfim6er 20 He puts us in
mind of an old maid in an arm chair,
who protests that the zoicked men are
SO odioaS there is no bearing with
them.
Its not true that "the giory of a
nation consists in the virtue which
characteristics it p Virtue is amiable,
but not glorious. We cannot alter the
mature of things. ImbeciIity will be
lcontemptible, let us be as virtuous as
we please; and the very blessings
which 6 Franklin" boasts that we en-
10y, must rely for duration on the
measures taken for their security.
Perhaps we spend too much time
upon a writer, who does not appear to
understand the force ofhis own words.
He tells us that we act magnanimously
because we do not redress our wrongs
that we are the g Queenof n eutrals,''
when we do not exercise single neu-
trial right in perfection. This reminds
US of the compliment paid to MAJOR
Sturgeon by the lady, to whom (quoth
she) alexander zoaS a drum-6oy! Ii
would do very well for irony, ii it were
not certain that Franklin is serious
but the Print IN which he appears, more
than the force of his own remarks, en-.
titled him to notice; for the National
tntelligencer enjoys certain reputati-
on which will give currency, for a sea-
son, to the most silly notions.
From the NEWBORN Mercantile Adver-
/ tises.
Joseph Gales, jufs on whom the
lprcprietorship of t i National Intslli-
| gencer has devolved, 3 a young man
of very respectable talents, whose pub
lie and private virtues have procured
for him the esteem of all whose good
opinion is of any value. He was brought
to this country from England by his
father 16 or II years ago, when a
mere infant. before he could have i'm.
lb.bed any political preiudices, before
he could have formed any local attach
ments, and before the passions usually
begin TO shew themselves. His father,
whose ardent love of liberty deprived
him of fortune and made him an
exile, and against whose moral cha
lracter calumny itself has not dared to
! utter syllable ofreproach, has doubt
less educate him in his own princi-
|, pies, and implanted in his heart a
high regard for the country of his a.
doption, its laws and its government.
He has executed the Office Of stenogra-
lpher to the house of Representatives,
during the two last sessions, with
great ability, and with great credit ;
and has exhibited, during the whole Of
his editorial career, such feelings on
political subjects, wherein the honor
of his country was concerned, as be-
came an American citizen, sensible Of
his rights, & not negligent of his duties.
10 s:igmatise such person, with the
character Of an I" English Rene gado %
as was ;mpudenty done in the Even
ing Post of Monday, argues either a
total ignorance of the man, or a mind
extremely jaundiced by depravity and
baseness OF character.
CFrom the Trenton True Americas.1
The following curious circumstances are
csrtIfied tous by sesveral respectable citi
| zPps of this ccurfU. and nublished AZ their