Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1810-06-26

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the most fragrant wrongs and injuries,
sniyels out whining epistle, seeking
to steal strained construction that
may enable him to 1--WE color of good
intentions<r hondGt purposes to the
most nefariAls syit lem of oppression.
Ii Mr.. Pinkps} had the i.:eIirgs Il
free man, VIII must be his sens ati-
ons on hudinyf Hks supbleness treated
with disdains and hold in a tone of in
solent consj hpt, Z at his differences
lwere all 4 psurd am the conclusions
which in pite of common sense he
had forced from the declarations of
the British minister, were in every
particular, unwarrantablc and untrue.
Can we be surprized that being thus
represented at London, with the de-
sertion of duty and patriotism exhibit
ed by tbs tenth congress, and by the
Massachusetts Legislature, with such
Ignorance or wickedness in the most
celebrated state o. the union as to have
its government calling out an armed
force to put down the laws of the land !;
how can we hope for respect, for any
thing but injury and contempt abroad,
when the nation is thus degraded by
Its own func onaries. Whsn we see
an .emissary Gscardea from the seat
of governmentSor his audacious mis-
behavior, travelipgfrom Dan to Ber-
shoba, finds sycd hants aud slaves,
rfV to lick the lin of his hoofs. To
auX1hat Observation-Disclosures r.sornJ.l
wiz the pasotic exfNrtations of A
n.eficans s0arms again the tyrant of
Great B1tain; to see kat hallowed
hall prystitutcd to purposes as abect
and incompatible with honor or virtue
as ever were contrived by the most
corrupt courticrs of the most corrupt
courts.
Such conduct at home, corresponds
In humiliation, with the tone and man
ners OF the minister at London. Re-
spect, much less justice, can never be
expected from any power, from such
minister, or such measures.
Contrast these things with the con-
duct which has been pursued, the feel
mgs displayed, the sentiments uttered,
and the language and conduct Of our
minister at Paris. There no right is
lost sight ONO wrong suffered to
sleep--no injury or Injustice uncom-
planned of. The ,oEe of the Ameri-
can minister is wfthy of a minister
. of Rome or GreEe, in the proudest
periods Of Their glory and indepen-
bdence- We see 10 strained differences,
MO unworthy 3 EoPhancy; he tells the
minister of cong Seror of Europe,
that he has Ten uni (rt, that he has
violated not merely the law of nations,
but has acted contrary TO the very prin-
cinles he had himself held forth; he
tells him, your emperor has held forth
the promise of protection to neutrals,
but here you have violated that pro,
mise given to America yoer emper-
or has declared that ubmission TO the
orders in council of England, would
be cause of confscation, but America
has resisted those orders, by various
modes of law and policy; and yet
your smperor seizes our ships, and
sells, and appropriates the amount to
his private uses; not only this, but
Your emperor, who holds himself up
Tor the defender of neutral commerce,
becomes its oPpressor, by ordering its
seizure and conhscation in the ports
of his allies.
Such is the tone of manliness and
h&nor of our minister at Parf3, he
does not go 10 sheep steering to utter
'sibels on the honor and charactef. of A..
b merida, nor to commute injuries and
out1ges the most atrocious, in the
rsrfnding of rhetorical, flourishes o,
which had the sad characteristic of be-
ing in every poin: Of view the opposite
of truth and 10 be repugnant to every
principle of prudence that ought to
have guided minister at the court of
an oppressor, Withholding PREPARATION
for unhcard fand unmitigated wrongs.
1he correspondence of gen. Arm
strong must be serious commentary
on those publications and artifces,
with y. hich so many wretches have as
sailed the public on the score of French
influence. Mr.. Jefferson and Mr..
Madison have been constantly accus-
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